A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Kira clapped, wiping away imaginary tears with emotion: "Listen to that, how well the old man speaks! Extremely enthusiastic applause!"

Gildas wiped away his tears and said to the sunlight, "Alright, I've decided! After the Sirius Island trial is over, I'll get together with Kana..."

"Shut up!!!" Kira suddenly shouted, interrupting Gildarts before he could finish speaking. Under their puzzled gazes, he said, "You absolutely mustn't say something like that, or you're finished!!"

"Huh? Why..."

Kira simply waved his hand, too lazy to explain: "This is the power of words, you wouldn't understand! Anyway, don't say things like that again!"

“It’s about time!” Maklov stood up and said, “If the information just now was correct, the other side should be arriving soon.”

"In that case, I should get going!" Kira straightened his clothes and turned to walk deeper into Tenrou Island.

Gildas and Maklov exchanged a glance and asked, "We'll deal with the local leaders, the rest of us will deal with the enemy's elite, and what about you?"

Kira didn't turn his head, but looked up into the depths of Tenrou Island with a solemn expression.

"I'll deal with the ceiling!"

Chapter 309 The Ceiling of Humanity: Living for 400 Years

The scattered fairies are like scattered tigers.

They donned sheepskins to disguise themselves as fat sheep, patiently waiting for the wolves that were about to hunt them down.

As soon as the other side sets foot on its territory, a fierce battle of "one tiger hunting a pack of wolves" will begin.

……

Deep within Tenrou Island, a young man who did not belong to Fairy Tail strolled about. He wore a high-necked black robe, with a long white cloth covering half of it. A pendant hung from his bare chest, and he wore black boots.

He had short, shiny black hair with a "V" shaped fringe on his forehead. His eyes were filled with loneliness and desolation, and his face was full of sorrow, yet his heroic spirit remained undiminished.

Jelf.

This most influential dark mage in the nearly 800-year history of magic, an evil being pursued, revered, and superstitious by countless dark guilds, is currently on the sacred ground of Fairy Tail.

Jelf's steps were unhurried and silent, only causing a slight ripple when he passed by the flower bushes.

"Huh? Is it a person?"

The commotion ahead caught his attention. As he passed through the flower bushes, he saw a muscular man and a voluptuous woman. The two were making quite a racket as they tried to avoid the monsters on the island.

"There are people on this island... I thought there wouldn't be anyone here..."

The two people in front of them were Elfman and Abbagrien, who were searching for Mavis's grave on the island.

It's like a chaotic overlap of time and space, or a predetermined cycle of fate.

Because of Zeref's appearance, the world began a completely new chapter from that moment on.

"You...could it be..."

In the sacred grounds of Fairy Tail, the sudden appearance of a non-guild member immediately reminded Elfman of the enemy that Makarov and Kira had mentioned not long ago.

Are they the enemy? They arrived so quickly?

The two exchanged a glance. Didn't Kira say the other person wouldn't arrive for half an hour? How much time has passed?

'Have I been recognized?' Jelf thought to himself, but quickly dismissed the idea. 'Impossible! Nobody here should know me! And these two are too young…'

Abba Green assumed a fighting stance and questioned, "You... are you perhaps from 'The Heart of the Devil'?"

'So...you mistook me for someone else?'

Jelf felt a sense of relief and was about to explain when he felt a pang of loss—a desolate feeling of being abandoned by the times and despised by the world. Conflicting thoughts and complex emotions left him speechless for a moment.

"You bastard..."

However, Elfman mistook Jelf's sluggishness for arrogance, yelling and lunging forward to punch him. But a subsequent shout made him realize something was wrong.

Jelf took a half step back, raising his hand to block in front of him: "No! Don't come near me!"

"What did you say?!"

Elfman stopped himself. If the other party were an enemy, they should have charged at him the moment they met! At the very least, they wouldn't have said "Don't come near me" at this moment.

"I am not one of the 'Heart of the Devil' you speak of; I am just an ordinary traveler!"

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes, but remained vigilant. Turning to the stranger in front of them, they asked, "Who are you? This island is only for members of our guild!"

"So this is an island under guild control... Sorry! I understand, I'll get out! So please don't come near me!"

Elfman and Abba Grin were both wary and puzzled by the strange words and actions. The only thing they were sure of was that the other party had no desire to fight.

"What's wrong with this guy?"

Elfman analyzed, "Anyone who can pass through the magical barrier of Sirius Island is definitely not an ordinary person! But if they're not an enemy... can we just leave them be at this point?"

"No...no...the Death's Predator...is coming..."

Suddenly, a surge of pure dark magic emanated from Zeref's body, threatening to devour all life around him!

……

"It's finally here!"

Sensing the evil magic in the distance, Kira, who was darting around Tenrou Island, immediately changed direction, using his Word of Power to activate [Swiftness], and rushed towards the direction from which the magic erupted.

"I hope he's alright!"

Not long after...

tread!

Kira's blue figure suddenly stopped, and he looked ahead. In the distance, there was only devastation and no sign of life.

Whether it's the trees around us, the weeds on the ground, or the fertile soil, everything seems to have lost its life, withered, decayed, and cracked, and the air is filled with the smell of death.

Not far away, four figures stood facing each other in a three-against-one formation.

On one side were Elfman, Abrams, and Natsu, who arrived at the last minute and saved their lives. Behind them was Happy flying in the air.

On the other side stood a man who looked familiar to Kira but whom he had never seen before, a stranger whose life story he knew.

With this outfit and appearance, there's no doubt that he is the potential enemy in this Sirius Island instance: Zeref!

"Finally appeared, Zeref..." Kira muttered to himself. "Speaking of which, why couldn't I find it the past few days? Is it like an RPG game, where only specific characters can trigger the event?"

Just as he was thinking this, Natsu suddenly rushed forward and punched Zeref squarely in the face!

The punch was powerful and landed with a loud thud. Jelf was sent flying by the blow, tumbling through the air.

"Goodness! I've never seen Natsu this reckless before!"

Kira muttered a complaint, then glanced around at his surroundings. "Is it because of this magic that you instinctively feel the other party isn't a good guy? Or is it stemming from a deep-seated bloodline urge to kill Zeref?"

The demons created by Zeref are collectively known as Etherias.

That was a completely new species he created over the past four hundred years using demonic factors, resentment, magic, and other technologies in order to kill himself. Therefore, all the demons in the Book of Zeref have an instinctive urge to return to Zeref's side and kill him!

Natsu was the first Etherias to be created!

Before Kira could figure it out, Zeref gently pressed his hand on the ground, used the momentum to jump backward, landed steadily on his feet, and then...

He cried!

Perhaps it was seeing his brother whom he hadn't seen for four hundred years that caused Zeref's heart to overflow with love. Endless longing, sorrow, grievance, and helplessness, mixed with regret, resentment, loss, and disappointment, turned into two lines of tears on his face.

Then, it triggered the "Ankhseram Curse" on Zeref, and "Death Predator" came again!

Unlike Abrams and Elfman, who were stunned and bewildered, Natsu was the first to realize the extraordinary power of the magic and immediately turned around, shouting, "Everyone, get out of here!!!"

This time, simply lying down won't be enough to avoid it!

In the next instant, an even more powerful, darker, and more evil force of death surged forth from around Zeref!

Upon hearing Natsu's shout, Elfman and Abrams immediately ran backward, leaping to the ground in an attempt to dodge the Grim Reaper's scythe; but Natsu was too late to dodge!

"Natsu!!"

Happy yelled and was about to fly over, but Elfman grabbed him tightly: "Idiot! Don't go!"

At the critical moment, a clear shout rang out, and three spells rose up in succession.

"defense!"

Annihilation!

"Spatial teleportation!"

The spell commands that were usually not taken seriously by the few people were now like heavenly music!

A familiar voice, familiar magic, accompanied by a calm, confident, and composed power, rescued Natsu from a life-or-death situation!

Natsu only felt two beams of light blocking his way, and then his vision blurred as his surroundings suddenly changed!

"Spatial magic?!" He instantly understood the situation and quickly realized who had made the move. "Kira?!"

"It's here!"

Natsu turned around and saw Kira standing behind him, with Happy, Elfman, and Abram standing beside him, still shaken.

The dark magic, filled with the power of death, gradually dissipated in the distance in front of them, leaving only smoke and dust, with no sign of anyone.

Looking around, one can still see a dead zone. The once vibrant trees are now withered, and the ground is barren, with not a single fallen leaf.

"What terrifying magic!" the group exclaimed, still shaken.

"Of course they're terrifying! They're not ordinary people!"

Upon hearing this, the group quickly asked, "Kira, do you know him? Who is that guy?"

We've been waiting for you to ask!

Under the expectant gazes of the three, Kira slowly spoke, uttering a shocking answer!

"That's Jelf!"

Chapter 310 First Encounter with Zeref