Fairy Tail: Capturing the Demon Mirajane at the Start

Chapter 38: Igor finally reaches the 'Ten Saints' level!

"Boom!!"

Without a doubt, Igor's magic has now officially entered the threshold of the 'Ten Saints', and its strength has even surpassed that of the four great beast kings of the 'East, South, West, and North'.

"Clang!"

In the sky, the expressions of the various magical beasts changed drastically after sensing Igor's magic power, and they let out terrifying growls.

"Gun Demon!"

Seeing this, Igor showed no sign of panic. He snapped his fingers and summoned the 'Gun Demon'.

"Boom!!"

As the shimmering purple magic circle rose beneath Igor's feet, the 'Gun Demon,' exceeding forty meters in size and comparable in height to the Statue of Liberty, was summoned by Igor.

"Fire."

Igor raised his right hand, making a gun gesture, and softly said to the flying monsters in the sky, "BOOM~"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."

At Igor's command, the Gun Demon's arms transformed into thousands of machine guns, which were aimed at the flying monsters in the sky and began to sweep indiscriminately.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!!"

Under the indiscriminate sweep of the Gun Demon, the magical beasts that had been entrenched above the Bird Valley were instantly shot down by the bullets, crashing heavily to the ground and perishing.

Igor has already inquired with the 'Northern Beast King' and found that among the 'Four Great Beast Kings', only the flying magical beasts protected by the 'Western Beast King' leave the Beast Forest and run into human towns and countries to cause trouble.

At the same time, due to the high mobility of flying monsters, many human towns and countries can only suffer in silence, unable to do anything about these flying monsters.

Of course, perhaps only flying monsters that control the air have the ability to leave this monster forest that spans thousands of miles.

"Roar!"

Under Igor's cleanup, the 'Western Beast King,' the leader of the flying magical beasts, finally couldn't hold back and stepped forward. He knew clearly in his heart that if he didn't come forward, he would lose his title as Beast King.

If he doesn't stand up to protect his territory, then from now on, none of the flying magical beasts in the Beast Forest will obey his commands, even if he is the strongest among all the flying beasts.

"You've finally come out."

Looking at the giant black bird with a wingspan of tens of meters, about the size of a small passenger plane, Igor knew clearly in his heart that this was the true form of the 'Western Beast King'.

Therefore, without any hesitation, Igor directly accepted the soul of the 'Gun Demon'.

"Buzz!"

Then, Igor set up a massive sniper rifle with a barrel ten meters long on the ground and aimed it at the 'Western Beast King' in the sky.

"boom!"

As Igor pulled the trigger, a deafening gunshot rang out throughout the valley, and the 'Western Beast King' fell from the sky like a shooting star.

Well, Igor didn't use any fancy tricks against the 'Western Beast King'; he just killed it with a single shot. There's not much to say about that.

After Igor shot the 'Western Beast King' down from the sky, the birds in the valley scattered immediately. He didn't chase after them, but instead came to the valley, walked up to the dying 'Western Beast King', and said coldly, "Keep an eye on your birds. If I find out that any of your birds have left the Beast Forest for human towns, you will surely die."

"Clang!"

The 'Western Beast King' growled, its face displaying a human-like, ingratiating expression; a beast king of this level already possessed considerable intelligence.

"Ah."

After Ig knew that the 'King of the West' had been completely tamed, he took a black and gold feather from its head.

This is proof that he defeated the 'West Beast King' of the Warcraft Forest.

In this way, he had all the beasts: the indestructible broken horn of the 'Northern Beast King', the sharp claws of the 'Eastern Beast King' that could cut through iron like mud, the indestructible scales of the 'Southern Beast King', and the iridescent feathers of the 'Western Beast King' that could radiate light under the sun.

"System panel open."

Igor stood outside Bird Valley, silently reciting to himself.

Character Panel:

Name: Igor

Age: 18 years old

Affiliated Guilds: None

Magic: SS-(+)

Magic Particle: SS-(+)

Magic Sources: First Magic Source, Second Magic Source.

(There are still ten years until you reach the next level in terms of magic power and magic barrier particles. Battles can accelerate level progression.)

The current demons of the contract: the bomb demon, the crusher demon, and the gun demon.

The included magic books are: "Advanced Magic and Magic Particle Refining Method" and "Elementary Magic and Magic Particle Refining Method".

Yes, since Igor's attributes were upgraded to 'S+' level a year ago, and he successfully defeated the 'Northern Beast King'...

After another year of arduous training, the 'magic' and 'demonic barrier' particle attributes within his body finally both reached SS level.

In layman's terms, it refers to the domain of the 'Ten'.

Of course, this "Ten Holy Ones" refers to the 50 to 10th Holy Ones below the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar, and does not include the four who have stepped into the "Non-human Realm".

According to Iger's own inference:

The system's 'SS-' level corresponds to the ninth to tenth place in the 'Holy Ten' ranking.

The system's 'SS' rank corresponds to the sixth to eighth place in the middle of the 'Ten Saints'.

The system's 'SS+' level is equivalent to the fifth place of the 'Ten Saints', which is the 'Human Limit'.

At the same time, because Igor has a dual core of 'magic' and 'magic barrier' particles, Igor's true strength is now comparable to the middle level of the 'Ten Wizard Saints', which is equivalent to being one level higher than other mages of the same level.

Moreover, after Igor's strength was raised to the 'Holy Ten' level, he opened his second magic source on his own.

Only after activating the 'Second Magic Source' did Ig realize how vast the difference was between the 'Holy Ten' and ordinary 'S-rank'.

Unless they are senior 'S-class' mages who choose to launch a surprise attack on a 'Wizard Ten' mages, they have absolutely no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with a 'Wizard Ten' mages.

This is understandable, though. As the leader of the "Four Elements" within the Phantom Lords mage guild, Aria possesses the strength of a seasoned "S-Class" mage...

Aria, relying on the unique nature of her magic, was even able to successfully launch a sneak attack when Old Marth was completely focused on Joseph Bora.

However, in a direct confrontation, Aria would be instantly killed by Erza, who was already heavily injured.

Finally, there was the system notification: "It will take ten years to reach the next level in terms of magic power and magic barrier particles. Battles can accelerate level progression."

Because the so-called level promotion in the system is a major level promotion, which means that the so-called level promotion in the system actually means entering the 'non-human realm'.

Furthermore, the time given by the system is the time it takes to reach the next level by passively absorbing 'magic' and 'demonic barrier' particles from the atmosphere through the 'Advanced Refining Method' without engaging in any active cultivation.

In other words, Igor can now do nothing but lie in a place for ten years and successfully enter the 'inhuman realm'.

Combat can greatly shorten this time.

Based on the nearly one and a half years it took Igor to successfully advance from 'S-class' to 'SS-class', if the training is adequate, Igor could reduce the time given by the system by at least half.

In other words, it took Igor about four or five years to truly enter the 'non-human realm'.

"This timeframe is acceptable."

After stretching his limbs, Igor headed towards Master Ulfheim's stronghold and said with a smile, "Alright, now that I've defeated the last 'Western Beast King,' it's time to go back and report to Master Ulfheim."

Chapter 39 Ulfheim's Unannounced Departure!

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

After Igor returned to his territory in Ulfheim, he saw Igor dressed in a traditional Chinese martial arts style, waving his fists and carrying out his daily training.

At sixteen years old (by Chinese reckoning), Mirajane exudes youthful beauty, her long, snow-white hair tied in a ponytail fluttering in the wind behind her with every punch she throws.

Perhaps because Mirajane exercises regularly, she has no excess fat on her body. Her smooth abdomen is covered with sweat and marks left by her workouts, but her fuller figure has not shrunk at all; on the contrary, it has become more and more prominent.

"Truly worthy of the Strauss family's powerful genes."

Iger attributed this to the great genes of the Strauss family.

After all, in Igor's memory, all three members of the Strauss family were 'large-breasted'~

Elfman: "Yes, me too."

cough cough.

Besides, Elfman has already grown to 1.8 meters tall, and he's about to surpass Igor, who is 1.85 meters tall.

As for Lisana, she is now over 1.5 meters tall.

"Oh?"

“Oh, it’s Igor, you’re back.”

Mirajane stopped her training immediately after seeing Igor return to the camp. She turned to Igor and laughed, "So, you've already defeated the 'Western Beast King'?"

"Ah."

With a smile, Igor nodded slightly: "Just as you said, I have already solved the problem of the 'Western Beast King'."

"Ugh."

Mirajane sighed deeply upon hearing this, a hint of helplessness in her eyes, and shook her head, saying, "I always thought I could surpass you, but the gap between us is only getting bigger and bigger. It's really hurting my pride."

About six months ago, Mirajane learned from Ulfheim that Ig was practicing asceticism.

Meanwhile, Mirajane, carrying Ig and Ulfheim, went and challenged the 'King of the North' without permission.

The final outcome was naturally that Mirajane was instantly killed by the 'King of the North'.

After Mirajane was instantly killed by the 'Northern Beast King', she exclaimed in surprise, "So Igor actually fought against such a monster and won?!"

It was after Mirajane lost to the 'King of the North' that she put aside her competitive spirit with Ig and focused all her attention on her cultivation.

After Mirajane humbled herself and became more cautious, as the saying goes, hard work pays off. After a year of secluded training, she finally raised both the 'magic' and 'demonic barrier' particles in her body to the 'S-' level as rated by the Ig system.

On the other hand, Elfman and Lisanna's magic has also reached the level of 'B+' and 'B-' respectively, which can be described as rapid progress.

"Yo~"

"You've all arrived!"

Just after Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna had all gathered at Ulfheim's camp in the Beast Forest, Ulfheim, their mentor, finally arrived late.

"Master."

Upon seeing the newcomer, Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna all bowed respectfully and greeted him.

"Ah."

After giving a slight nod to Igor and the other three, Ulfheim stood alone on a huge stone wall and said softly, "Igor, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisana, how long have you been here?"

"It's been a year and a half."

Igor replied.

"Ah."

Ulfheim nodded slightly. He opened his mouth several times, as if he wanted to say something, but the words seemed to be stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them no matter what. In the end, he just nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.

"Alright, Master, stop rambling."

"Hurry up and arrange our next training session and tasks."

Mirajane put one hand on her hip and said hurriedly.

"Training courses?"

After taking a deep breath, Ulfheim laughed and said, "Today's training session only has one thing to do: have fun!"

"Huh?"

Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna were all taken aback upon hearing this. They stared blankly at Ulfheim, their eyes filled with confusion.

"Haha, Master Ulfheim, what's wrong with you today? Why are you suddenly so agreeable? Could it be... that you've found love again? But Master, you can't stay single forever, your disciples understand."

Mirajane looked at Ulfheim with a smile, a hint of amusement in her eyes.

"Uh."