"Open! The gates of the Water Dragon!"

A deep blue light surged from the top of the key, outlining a magnificent magical door in the air. As Lucy forcefully slid the key down, the door slowly opened, and the light rippled like water.

Natsu and Happy stared intently.

Loki's expression turned serious.

Brandish's eyes widened slightly. She had never seen a real dragon before, but little did she know that she had already seen one, and that Eileen could also be a dragon.

All eyes were focused on the gate of light.

However......

After the portal was fully opened, nothing happened.

There was no water dragon, no dragon roar, and not even Melkkobia's unique, rich water element.

The door, its surface rippling with water, shimmered in the air for a few seconds before slowly disappearing.

Lucy stood frozen in place, holding the key.

She blinked, then blinked again.

"Huh?"

Lucy looked at the Water Dragon Key in her hand with a puzzled expression, then at the empty space in front of her. "Why isn't it responding?"

She shook the key, and infused it with another surge of magic.

The portal reappeared, but this time there was still no response.

"Was my summoning posture wrong?" Lucy muttered to herself, trying a few different postures.

Holding the key high, holding it horizontally, holding it with both hands, holding it with one hand... the portal opened again and again, but the Water God Dragon Melkkobia still did not appear.

Seeing Lucy constantly changing her movements, Natsu had a sudden inspiration and slammed his right hand into his left palm. "I understand now. Melkkobia might be sleeping and didn't hear you summoning him, Lucy."

"Do dragons sleep as soundly as we do?" Harpy scratched his head.

“It could also be that it’s taking a bath.” Loki stroked his chin and analyzed seriously, “It’s a water dragon, after all. It’s normal for it to not want to move when it’s taking a very comfortable bath.”

Even the water dragon, who didn't want to move while taking a bath, came...

Seeing Natsu and Happy's expressions of agreement with Loki's nonsense, Hope's lips twitched. These two idiots are hopeless.

Lucy, standing to the side, looked completely bewildered. She was starting to wonder if she had been tricked by the water dragon.

What happened to the promise of "responding to the call no matter where you are"?

What happened to the promise of being "available whenever needed"?

Aquaria watched this scene, sighed, and waved her hand, "Never mind, there will be plenty of opportunities to catch up with Melkkobia later."

She looked at Lucy and Brandish, her tone softening, "You two take good care of yourselves. I'm going back now; someone's waiting for me on a date in the Protoss Realm."

After speaking, Aquarius gently swayed her fishtail, and starlight enveloped her as her figure gradually disappeared.

Aquarius left, but Loki did not.

Hope glanced at him. "Aren't you going back?"

Loki chuckled. "Why go back? Of course, I'll stay here and join in the fun. It's a pity that I can't beat any of the Alvarez mages, Lucy. As the head of the Zodiac, I don't get a chance to participate."

Loki was met with boos from Hope.

Lucy may not be able to defeat any of the top empire's mages, but you, a Leo celestial spirit who can't unleash your full power, can?

To be honest, Hope even doubted that a fully-formed Loki might be able to do it.

"Alright, alright, you can go now."

Natsu suddenly remembered he was still in the ring, so he immediately shoved Happy into Lucy's arms, then put his hands on his hips and looked at the Empire side with high spirits, "Who's next?"

Lucy, holding Happy, gave him a speechless look.

Is there anything else in this guy's head besides fighting?

Lucy and Brandish walked off the ring, whispering to each other as they went. With the misunderstanding cleared up, the two girls' relationship quickly warmed up.

Hope returned to the stands and sat down next to Erza.

Kana leaned closer, holding up the bottle. "Want a sip?"

Hope waved his hand, resolutely refusing with a serious expression, "No, I'm a model citizen of the new era, I don't drink, I don't do drugs, and I don't gamble."

“You didn’t mention Huang at all…” Mirajane complained.

Eileen sat in the back row, watching Hope interact with the three girls, a smile appearing on her lips.

Hope, sandwiched between the three, still had a smile on her lips, but a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

Actually, when Lucy failed to summon the Water Dragon, he planned to use the "Wings of Water" to shake the Water Dragon over.

With his magic, it would only take him the blink of an eye to teleport Melkkobia from the Northern Continent to the palace of the Alvarez Empire.

Strangely enough... when he tried to sense the aura of the Water Dragon just now, he discovered that the Water Dragon, who liked to stay in its own territory and take care of the Hagis, was not actually in the Northern Continent.

Where is he?

Hope frowned slightly, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart.

The black dragon is missing, and the water dragon is not at home either...

What about the other dragons?

He closed his eyes, and his spiritual power, like invisible tentacles, extended in all directions, traversing the vast plains of the Western Continent, crossing the boundless sea, and stretching towards the Northern Continent...

Ignia, the Flame God Dragon who was punished by the Fire Dragon King to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion for two hundred years, is not here.

Luna Dragon Selene is not here.

Even that old fellow Elevseria isn't on the Northern Continent.

They vanished as if they had evaporated, leaving not a trace of their magic.

Could it be that the Moon Dragon took them to another world for a team-building activity?

Considering the relationship between Luna, Water, and Flame Dragon, Hope figured that even if there really was a team-building event, the entertainment would definitely be a group beating up Flame Dragon...

But what if the disappearance of the dragons was due to other reasons?

For example, the celestial signs that predicted this exchange meeting would be a near-certain death.

"What's wrong?" Eileen noticed Hope's unusual behavior, turned to look at him, and asked with concern in her voice.

Hope paused, a smile returning to her lips. "Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something interesting."

"what's up?"

"Just now in 'Star Memories,' Loki and I looked at a lot of the dark history of the Leo Celestials."

......

......

Ishgar, Fairy Tail.

Laxus leaned back in his chair, bored. "Home is so boring. I should have gone to Alvarez with my old man."

“Let’s have a fight, Mystergan.”

Mr. Gang, who was sitting opposite him, was about to refuse as usual when he suddenly sensed something and took out a gadget that looked like a mobile phone from his pocket.

This is a communication magic crystal created by Warren using the "Telepathy" magic as its core, capable of transmitting messages over extremely long distances.

Upon seeing the message he received, Mister Gang stood up.

"Let's discuss the competition another time."

"Hope messaged me to go back to Edras and bring his isotope over."

Chapter 451 Memories of the Corpse

Alvarez, the imperial capital of Vestalian, the royal palace training ground.

Natsu stood in the center of the ring. The aftereffects of the END power had completely subsided while watching Lucy and Brandish's drama unfold, and he had reverted to the familiar hot-blooded idiot.

"Who's next?"

Natsu shouted in a loud voice that echoed through the open-air arena, "Your Empire still has a lot of fighters who haven't gone up yet, right? Stop dawdling, the next one, hurry up and come up!"

In the stands on Alvarez's side, the remaining mages looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Agil?" Wahl grinned, his eyes gleaming with schadenfreude. "Aren't you going to go up and show the Fairy Tail guys your desert power?"

"Oh, I forgot, you showed it a few days ago and got beaten up as a result."

"Shut up!"

Agil muttered a weak curse.

Having just witnessed Natsu's terrifying magical power that overwhelmed Brandish, he could no longer muster even the slightest desire to win.

Agil now had only one thought in his mind: how could he have survived provoking such a monster just a few days ago? It was truly His Majesty's blessing.

Seeing that Agil didn't even have the energy to get angry, Val chuckled and didn't continue to provoke him. Although he was sharp-tongued, he knew exactly what was going on in his mind.

Brandish is considered one of the best among these young people.

Neither Val nor Agil were actually a match for Brandish; their 'Shape' magic was practically indiscriminate when the difference in magical power was not significant.

Natsu, however, possessed the strength to overwhelm Brandish, and Wahl knew perfectly well that the pink-haired boy was beyond his capabilities.

A minute passed, and seeing that no one on his side was willing to fight, Inber was a little embarrassed.

Fairy Tail sent only one person, yet they terrified the noble Imperial Mages so much that none dared to challenge them.

How can this be allowed?

Imber glanced behind him, "Neinhart."

A figure wearing green armor and with a high blue-purple ponytail stood up from the highest point of the stands. Neinhart was playing with a silver coin in his hand, which twirled between his fingers, refracting tiny fragments of light.

"Alright, alright, I'll do it then."

He spoke casually, stepped down the stairs, and then lightly leaped down onto the arena.

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