A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

After dodging each attack, Kira would utter a sarcastic remark, "If it's a dragon with this kind of power, I think I could defeat it even if I weren't a Dragon Slayer!"

"You think just anyone can hunt dragons?" Hearing Kira's words, Billy unceremoniously revealed his information, "In this world, only we, the strongest magic guild in Giltina, the Dragon Hunting Guild Diablos, have that kind of strength!"

Sure enough! They came from here!

Kira continued to probe, "The Dragon Slayer Guild...it sounds like all the members are Dragon Slayer Mages like you, right? How can such power become Giltina's number one magic guild?"

Billy yelled, "What do you know, you ignorant fool?! Our guild leader has been capable of hunting dragons on his own for decades!"

"That's amazing? Tell me, besides your guild leader, how many dragons have the others hunted?"

Billy's voice froze for a moment: "Why are you asking so many questions?! Why should I tell you?!"

"Pfft—!" Upon hearing his words, Kira immediately laughed: "You really know your stuff! Saying that is basically saying, there isn't a single one!"

"Damn it...we got tricked into talking..." Billy thought fiercely, increasing the pressure on his hand. "That's because the guild leader killed Longdu! That's why we didn't have a chance to show ourselves!"

Bang!

The two spells clashed again, the pure white magic shattering the dark dragon's power. Kira and Billy used the force to retreat, opening up the battle.

"If everyone in your guild except for the guild leader you mentioned is a mage like you, then I think you should give up on your dragon-hunting dreams as soon as possible! With this little strength, you can't even beat me, yet you want to hunt dragons? You're just like a frog in a well!"

"Can't beat you?" Billy sneered. "Who said I can't beat you?!"

Kira pointed to the other person's disheveled hair and tattered clothes.

Billy: "..."

Chapter 260 Three Actors

Faced with Kira's silent mockery, Billy laughed instead of getting angry: "Hmph! It's not that I can't beat you! Didn't you notice? I've been stalling for time from the very beginning!"

Kira feigned surprise and said, "Oh! Really? I didn't notice. Can you tell me why?"

The other person's level of chuunibyou (delusional thinking) was off the charts, to the point that Kira couldn't help but want to play along with him.

"Hmph... Since you asked, I'll tell you!" He looked at Kira with an air of smugness, a sinister glint in his eyes. "We fifth-generation Dragon Slayers gain our power by hunting dragons! The dragons here include not only real dragons, but also other Dragon Slayers besides us!"

"We're holding you back so you can go hunt down the other Dragon Slayer Mages here!!!"

Billy burst into maniacal laughter, looking as despicable as a cunning villain who had succeeded in his scheme. However, when he saw that Kira remained unmoved, he gradually stopped laughing.

Why do you look so calm?

Don't you know why I'm calm?

"What an idiot!" Kira was deeply frustrated by the other's lack of intelligence. "Since I knew you were stalling for time, how could I not take corresponding measures?"

"What?!" Billy exclaimed in surprise, but regained his composure after two seconds. "No! Even if you saw that I was stalling for time, how could you possibly know that we would be targeting other Dragon Slayer Mages?"

“I really didn’t know, but that doesn’t stop me from preparing beforehand!” Kira looked at him like he was an idiot. “You’re really slow! Haven’t you realized by now that you and your teammates have been separated without you even noticing?”

"What did you say?!"

Billy hurriedly looked around and was shocked to find that he was no longer in the original open-air arena, and his two teammates, the uncle and the strong man, were nowhere to be seen.

There were only him and Kira here!

In fact, as soon as Kira and Silver rushed forward, they reached an unspoken agreement to use a chain of magical attacks and a barrage of mechanical bullets to divert each other's attention. At the same time, Silver, who held the highest authority in the castle, secretly separated the three of them.

The purpose of doing this is to defeat them one by one.

"Your opponent is me, and that big guy's opponent is Silver!"

Upon hearing Kira's explanation, Billy realized he had fallen into a trap. He was now at a disadvantage, and it seemed that he couldn't count on Dockken to take action himself.

"I see, it was our oversight! Facing an unknown enemy, it was indeed difficult to fight three against two, which is why we separated the three of us. You deduced from the magic power that the two of us were weaker, so you decided to defeat us one by one first, and then join forces to deal with Uncle Dorken who was trapped. That was indeed a good idea!"

Billy analyzed Kira and Silver's battle strategy, "But even if we lose, are you sure you'll still have the strength to fight Uncle Docken after fighting us? I can tell you, that uncle is stronger than both of us combined!"

Kira grinned and held up three fingers: "You've got three things wrong!"

"Huh? What did I do wrong?"

"First, dealing with you won't cost us much at all!"

Billy's anger flared upon hearing this: "Huh?! You really dare to say that..."

"Secondly, separating you wasn't a strategy we adopted because we couldn't fight three opponents together. In fact, we never even considered joining forces to fight that old man!"

"Finally!" Kira retracted his last finger. "Who told you that no one could handle that old man?"

"What did you say?!" Billy was startled and frowned. "No! Apart from the two of you, everyone else should have already fainted and be too weak to fight! Who else can deal with Uncle?"

Kira chuckled and replied, "Three actors!"

……

On the other side of the castle, Docken stood silently, opposite him stood Gerald, Ultear, and Eric, who should have been lying on the ground.

"Looks like we've been tricked! The three of you weren't actually knocked unconscious by that red-haired boy. You just pretended to fall down to lure us out... No, I should say, you weren't controlled by your emotions or driven to anger from the very beginning?"

Directly in front of him, Gerald stared intently at the seemingly powerful Doken and said seriously, "Magic that manipulates other people's emotions is indeed tricky. Normal people can easily fall for it without knowing it, but as long as one's mental strength is sufficient, it is still possible to detect it in time and react!"

“There are no machines in the castle that can block magic, and I can hear everyone’s voice clearly!”

To his left, Eric chuckled wickedly. His beloved snake pet, Chuberios, was not immune to anger, so he had already placed it elsewhere and did not bring it with him.

"I'm confident in my magic. Even the castle's master can't find us. You shouldn't be able to hear us either!"

“Although what you said really annoyed me, I truly didn’t hear your voices!” Eric said. “What I heard were the voices of others!”

"Others?!"

“That guy who used the plague was completely unlike the calm he showed when he fought me,” Eric explained. “At first, I thought it was because the people here have a very peculiar attitude towards food, but I realized something was wrong when Dark Night and that cat started arguing! Fighting over food with people is not something Dark Night would normally do!”

"I see. So it went against your usual personality, which is why you were exposed?" Doken nodded and looked at Ultia on his right. "And you, little girl?"

Ultear didn't answer him, but turned to look at Jellal with a mocking gaze: "Since you weren't affected, then what about that 'Erza' you just called out..."

Gerald turned his head away shyly, not daring to look at her: "Let's not talk about unrelated things, let's focus on the enemy in front of us!"

He had only been thinking about not being able to be with Erza in the future, which was why he couldn't help but shout it out. Of course, he was also somewhat influenced by her magic.

“Judging from the current situation, he possesses three abilities: concealing his physical presence, hiding his true feelings, and transferring those bullets to another dimension.” Eric analyzed for a moment, then looked at Gerald and Ultear, “Have you thought of anything?”

Gerald said in a deep voice, "When I was a member of the council, I heard something. In the Western Continent, there was a mage named Jacob Rechoo who was proficient in assassination magic! The magic they used was very similar..."

Eric couldn't help but say, "You really have a lot of free time when you're in the council!"

Gerald: "..."

"That assassination genius from Arakitasia? I've heard a bit about him too!" The stubble-faced man stroked his stubble and said, "Indeed, our magic is quite similar!"

"Let me introduce myself, I am the Hidden Dragon Slayer Mage!"

"A Dragon Slayer Mage?! Is it the second generation?"

"No! It's the fifth generation!"

Doken's words startled Jellal and the other two, but then he explained to them their generational division of Dragon Slayer Mages and their advantages over previous generations.

"Hidden Dragon, invisible?" Gerald pondered. "That's why it can conceal its form, its heart, and even Silver's mechanical bombardment..."

His gaze met Urutia's in mid-air. Their long-term cooperation had given them a tacit understanding comparable to that between partners, and all the information was successfully conveyed in a moment of eye contact.

Gerald: 'It's called invisibility, but Kira just proved it's more of a space-based magic.'

Ultear: 'Time-based magic might be useful against mages who use space-based magic.'

Gerald: 'So, Eric and I will work together to create opportunities for you?'

Ultear: 'Our opponent isn't that easy. Remember to hold back a bit when the fight starts! In terms of explosive power, your magic is the strongest among the three of us; we might have to rely on you in the end!'

Gerald: 'Don't worry! I know!'

Urudia: 'Eric should be able to hear our conversation, right?'

Both men turned their gazes to Eric on the other side. Eric pointed to his ear and nodded, the meaning of which was self-evident.

The three exchanged knowing smiles: 'Looks like we won't be bored in this organization from now on!'

"Has the communication been completed?" Just then, Dock spoke up. "If it's completed, let me see just how big the gap is between Ishgar and his mages, and between Giltina and her mages!"

In the next instant, starlight, crystal ball, and poison erupted simultaneously, rushing towards Dorken, who was standing in the center!

Chapter 261 Two Mistakes

In one part of the castle, the battlefield was open and spacious, with a ground made of a combination of yellow earth and metal. The sounds of gears turning, electronic ticking, blades cutting through the air, and armor fitting together filled this wide corner.

"What's wrong? Didn't you say you were going to flatten this mountain?"

Olaf stood on dozens of sharp swords, chewing on guns made of some unknown metal with relish, occasionally tossing in a few bullet-shaped candies. Looking at Silver opposite him, he said, "Whether you use swords or bullets, I can eat them and turn them into my power. You should be out of options by now, right?"

Silver remained silent, simply watching the other man eat with smug satisfaction.

"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to metal of your quality that my strength and defense have been greatly enhanced!" Olaf clenched his fist, feeling the power in his body, and thought to himself with pride, "It's a pity that if your opponent had been Billy, the outcome might have been different! You're a machine, without a heart, making you a natural nemesis to his kind of magic!"

Just then, something unexpected happened!

The sword that he had been stepping on suddenly liquefied, the hard metal turning into a formless fluid that, under Silver's control, rose into the air and scattered into raindrops of fine needles, each one incredibly sharp—the material of the "Dragon Slayer Blade" was originally a metal that could freely change shape through magic!

Olaf didn't react in time and staggered to the ground. However, before his feet even touched the ground, a dense rain of needles fell from the sky, relentlessly sweeping across the area.

Olaf immediately raised his hand to block, and the rain of needles made a clanging sound on his body. Many of them directly pierced his clothes and stabbed into his skin, turning him into half a hedgehog.

As soon as he landed, two more magical cluster cannons came blasting at him. Olaf quickly jumped to the side and barely dodged them!

boom!

The cluster blast was far more powerful than a needle rain, blasting a large crater in the ground.

"That was dangerous! What was that just now? It seems to be a weapon with the same mechanism of action as the legendary 'magical spirit power'?"

Olaf emerged unscathed from the smoke and fire of the cluster cannon, his face still showing lingering fear, but he was holding a piece of re-solidified metal in his hand, which he ate with gusto.

"I've had enough fun. Billy should be done fighting too. Let's finish this with the next blow!"

However, Silver didn't rush to finish the conversation but instead laughed and said, "Yes! It's time to end it! But not you, I will end it!"