Fairy Tail: Capturing the Demon Mirajane at the Start

And so, this colossal creature, as large as a mountain, shrank to a hundred meters, then to ten meters, and finally transformed into a small old man barely a meter tall, standing in front of Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna.

"So small."

Mirajane descended from the sky, raising an eyebrow slightly as she looked at the diminutive old man before her. She couldn't reconcile this old man with the colossal beast that had stood over a thousand meters tall, resembling a mountain.

"hehe."

Igor stood beside Mirajane, a smile on his face.

Although there is a stark contrast between Ulfheim's true form and the magic he possesses, his strength is undeniable; his 'Receive' magic has already placed him at the pinnacle of the continent.

Chapter 27 Igor and Mirajane's Path to Becoming Apprentices~

"Hello, Senior Ulfheim."

“I am Igor, and these are Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisana. We have come to the Monster Forest to pay our respects to you…”

As soon as Ig saw Ulfheim dispel the 'receive spell' and transform into human form, he immediately took the initiative to introduce himself.

"Hello, you little guys~"

"As you guessed, I am Ulfheim, who holds the third seat among the Ten Wizard Saints."

Ulfheim, wearing a white old man's cap, a shirt, and floral cotton trousers, stood on the edge of the pine forest, looking at the young man with a serious expression. He was discussing matters with the young man, saying, "That old man Warold has already explained everything to me. You're here to become his apprentices, right?"

"exactly."

Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna exchanged glances and nodded in unison.

"When I first heard that old geezer Warlord say that four exceptionally talented young people who had mastered the 'Receive' magic were preparing to visit me in the Monster Forest, I was still somewhat skeptical..."

At this point, Ulfheim paused slightly, carefully examining the appearances of Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisana before continuing, "So I prepared the previous test to examine you a little and see if you are qualified to become my disciples."

"After all, I am one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar, and I have very high expectations for my disciples."

Ulfheim's words were tinged with pride.

"So what was the result of your test?"

Mirajane seemed unfazed by Ulfheim's reputation. She crossed her arms and looked down at the diminutive Ulfheim before asking him a question.

"Congratulations, you've all passed..."

With a smile on his face, Wolfheim looked at Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes, praising, "First of all, Mirajane, as the eldest sister, you have surpassed me in my youth in terms of magic, speed, and strength. Your future is simply limitless!"

"As for Elfman, you're most like me when I was young, and you're the most likely to inherit my mantle!"

“Then Lisanna, you are still quite young, it is already very difficult for you to 'receive' magic completely.”

Ulfheim was satisfied with Mirajane, Elfman and Lisanna, until his gaze fell on Igor, at which point his brow furrowed.

"Uh."

"Senior Ulfheim, is there anything I have done wrong?"

Igor was slightly taken aback. He didn't know what he had done to offend Ulfheim that made Ulfheim stare at him with such a strange look.

"You're not just not good enough, you're too good!"

With a smile on his face, Ulfheim praised Igor's talent and strength to the fullest.

"hehe."

"You're too kind, young man, you still need to keep up the good work..."

With a humble smile on his face, Igor waved his hand repeatedly.

"No, no, no~"

"You're too modest, kid..."

"I don't think most people could do what you came up with before, having Lisana shoot feathers into my nostrils."

As Ulfheim finished speaking, he slowly walked up to Igor with a polite smile on his face.

"Uh."

Igor had a bad feeling; he seemed to have guessed what Ulfheim was planning to do next.

"Speaking of which, I have a general understanding of Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna's strength, but I'm still not sure about yours, kid."

"How about this? In order to teach the four of you individually in the future, I will give you a rare opportunity to spar with me one-on-one. What do you think?"

"Young Ig, be thankful! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spar with a 'Heavenly King' level mage. Countless mages on the continent of Ishgard dream of such an opportunity but never get to experience it!"

Ulfheim wore a smile, but his constantly clenched fists revealed that he was not at peace.

"Uh."

"Senior Ulfheim, I think it's unnecessary?!"

Igor kept waving his hands, trying to refuse.

"hehe."

"That's not up to you to decide whether you agree or not..."

With a smile on his face, Ulfheim had already received the soul of the 'Beast King' as he spoke.

"Uh."

Igor felt the immense pressure emanating from Ulfheim and subconsciously received the 'Bomb Demon Soul'.

"Humph!"

Without uttering a word, Ulfheim swung his fist and smashed it into Igor, sending him flying into the air.

"Great!"

After being knocked away by Wolfheim, Igor showed no panic. Long before Wolfheim's fist was about to land on him, he released a bomb.

So rather than saying he was punched away by Ulfheim, it's more accurate to say he was blown away by himself.

"You're not bad, kid."

Ulfheim looked at the charred patch on his fist caused by the bomb, a slight smile playing on his lips, and looked up at the sky.

"FOAB!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Igor unleashed the Father of Bombs.

"call out!!"

With a thud as something fell from the sky, a bomb over a meter in diameter was shaped by Igor's hand and dropped from the sky.

After both the 'magic particles' and 'magic barrier particles' within Igor reached 'S-rank', the power of the Father of Bombs he created was also enhanced. The Father of Bombs now has the destructive power of a full 100 tons of TNT.

“Venerable Ulfheim, watch out.”

Igor floated in the sky, reminding Ulfheim to be careful of the bomb's power.

"Elfman and Lisanna, you two run! Ig has used that move..."

As for Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna, they turned and ran without hesitation after seeing Igor use FOAB.

No one understood the destructive power of FOAB better than the three Strauss sisters.

"Humph~"

However, when faced with Igor's super explosive capable of leveling millions of square meters, Ulfheim showed no panic. He simply transformed into the immobile, thousand-meter-tall behemoth that had previously intimidated Igor and his companions, and held the explosive in his palm with one hand.

"Boom!!"

The next second, a scorching shockwave and a mushroom cloud exploded from Ulfheim's palm, the terrifying destructive power of the FOAB making Ulfheim's palm slightly numb.

"Hmm, this move is powerful enough, but its accuracy and speed are too poor. Igor, you need to practice more."

After crushing Igor's FOAB, Ulfheim said calmly.

Chapter 28 The Gap Between the Top and Bottom Positions of the Ten Wizard Saints~

"Are you a monster?"

As for Igor, who was in mid-air, he looked at Ulfheim, who had crushed FOAB with his bare hands, with a somewhat blank expression, and thought to himself, "As expected, the world's view of the 'Ishgar' Four Heavenly Kings was correct. These 'Heavenly King' level mages are all incredibly strong!"

"Om."

After exchanging a few simple blows with Igor, both of them withdrew from their fully 'received' state.

"Igor, you're really good..."

"It seems that old bastard Warlord wasn't lying to me. His description of your strength wasn't exaggerated at all. Even some of the bottom-tier members who were forcibly dragged into the Ten Wizard Saints by the Magic Council ERA to make up the numbers might not be able to withstand that attack without injury."

"Honestly, if I hadn't met you in person, I would have found it hard to believe that a child who is only sixteen or seventeen years old could possess such formidable strength."

Ulfheim had originally intended to teach Ig a lesson, but after exchanging blows with Ig, he seemed to have discovered a new continent, his eyes filled with unexpected joy.

"You're wrong, that's right."

Igor's expression remained humble. Facing seniors in the demonic path, especially 'Heavenly King' level experts, maintaining proper humility was what they were supposed to do.

"Hahaha……"

Ulfheim ignored Igor's self-deprecation, laughed loudly, and said smugly, "What a pity! What a pity! It's a pity that the magic that old geezer Warlord possesses is not 'receive' magic, otherwise he would have taken away four good disciples of yours for nothing."

"So what does Senior Ulfheim mean?"

Igor stood before Ulfheim and asked the question with neither humility nor arrogance.

"Ah."

"From today onwards, the four of you are my disciples."

With a wave of his hand, Wolfheim accepted Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna as his disciples.

"Thank you, Ulfheim senior!"

Upon hearing this, Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisana's eyes flashed with joy. They all turned to look at the short-statured Ulfheim in front of them, their eyes filled with respect, and bowed as they spoke.

"Ok?"

"You still call me Senior Ulfheim?"

Ulfheim looked at the four people in front of him with a hint of displeasure and feigned anger.

"Uh."

"Thank you, Master Ulfheim."

At Ulfheim's prompting, the four of them changed their tune without the slightest hesitation.

"Haha~"

"Okay, okay, okay~"

After Ulfheim accepted Ig, Mirajane, and the other two as his disciples, he laughed loudly and said "good" several times. Then he continued, "Come on, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll take you to the forest to hunt the Beast King."

"The King of Hunting Beasts?"

Upon hearing this, Lisanna and Elfman's eyes lit up, their expressions filled with excitement. They were both young and curious about everything.

"I'm rather curious, how big is the gap between my current strength and that of the Beast King?"

Mirajane stood with her arms crossed in front of her, her eyes filled with a strong fighting spirit.

"The Beast King?"

Igor frowned slightly. He remembered that Mirajane's first S-class mission after becoming an S-class mage was hunting Beast King, and the result of that mission was not pleasant.

Fortunately, they now have the great veteran Ulfheim by their side, so the mere Beast King should be no problem.

"Let's go, let's go..."

With that, Ulfheim led Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna into the forest.

On his way to find the Beast King, Ig carefully observed his surroundings, fearing that he might encounter some unexpected variables.

As for the beast king, he seemed completely unconcerned, as if he didn't take it seriously at all.

To Igor's surprise, they did not encounter any danger in the so-called most dangerous monster forest on the continent of Ishgar; the journey was smooth and uneventful.

However, when Igor looked at Wolfheim, a member of Team Bloodlust I, he couldn't help but laugh: "Heh, I'm afraid the most powerful and dangerous being in this Monster Forest is none other than our master, Wolfheim!"