A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Gajeel and Levy, Natsu and Happy, were just fighting off the minions of 'Heart of the Devil' when, before long, a tidal wave of demons engulfed them.

In no time, it turned into a battle between demons and humans.

"This smell...it's demonic!"

Dragon Slayers have a keen sense of smell. Having experienced the battle with Zonia, Natsu is no stranger to the scent of demons, so he knew the identities of new enemies when they appeared.

Gajeel continued, "Is that even a question? Just by looking at them, you can tell they're not human!"

"What's going on? How come there's a demon here?" Happy asked, hovering beside Natsu.

Natsu punched the charging demon away and kicked the mage behind him away, replying, "I don't know! They don't seem to be together! Could it be that a new enemy has joined the fray?"

They were rather slow to react; until just now, the man and the cat thought it was reinforcements from 'Heart of the Devil' arriving.

"Idiot fire dragon! You should be able to figure this out with a little thought!"

Gajeel smashed the charging dark mage away with an iron rod, then killed a demon with a single strike of his iron sword, saying, "Even in the Dark Guild, there's no way humans and demons could coexist peacefully, is there?"

Unlike the guilds 'Orochimaru' and 'Heart of the Devil', 'Gates of the Underworld' is too mysterious and has no guild emblem, so no one can recognize them unless they reveal their identities.

Natsu, unconvinced by Gajeel's disdain, shouted, "Why is it impossible?! Happy, what do you think?"

Happy thought for a moment with its small head and replied, "Hmm... I think Natsu is right!"

Gajeel rolled his eyes at Natsu and scoffed, "Tch! Your cat is just as naive as you!"

"What did you say?!"

"You're all so naive!! What? Want to fight?!"

These two, both hot-tempered and unwilling to back down, were about to fight when Levy stopped them in time: "Stop arguing! This is...this is not good! If this continues, the formation will be disrupted!"

Originally, the mages facing the 'Heart of the Devil' could fight individually because their opponents were relatively weak, and there was even a tendency for them to compete to see who could defeat more enemies. However, with the arrival of the more powerful demons, the mages immediately realized the change in the battle situation and banded together to fight.

At this moment, Natsu, Gajeel, and Levy were standing back to back, while Happy stood between them to warn them of the approaching enemies.

Seeing Levy's anxious expression, Gajeel chuckled slyly, "Hehehe... Don't worry! I'm not a fire dragon, so I don't need to rely on any formations. Just stay behind me!"

Natsu immediately retorted, "Huh?! You're the one who needs a formation, aren't you? I can take them all on my own!"

Their faces collided, sparks flying between them, and then they simultaneously threw punches at the demon that was lunging at them.

On the other side, Gajeel's words made Levy blush slightly, her heart pounding: "Really..."

Happy sidled up to Levy, glanced at her sideways, covered his mouth, and curled his tongue: "They're having an affair~"

Levy immediately covered her flushed face in embarrassment, not daring to look at anyone: "Eeeah!!"

Because of the various spells and weapons, a large open area had been cleared to serve as a battlefield. They were in the center of the battlefield, surrounded by either unfamiliar mages wielding weapons and using magic, or strangely shaped and powerful demons. The latter were clearly more numerous and stronger than the former, and were also far more ferocious.

When facing enemies, the Fire Fist and Iron Rod are extremely lethal. Although Natsu and Gajeel don't get along verbally, they are more in sync than anyone else when they fight.

With them leading the charge, Levy faced less pressure. She used her magic pen to create three-dimensional words like "stone," "iron," "sword," and "fire" to assist the two in dealing with any stragglers under their command, while Happy dealt with the stragglers under Levy's command.

Just as they were pondering how to break through the encirclement, the battle situation changed again, and the reason for the change was naturally the arrival of the demons from the 'Nine Ghosts Gate'.

The arrival of the two powerful auras temporarily halted Natsu and Gajeel's argument.

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"There are so many people here! Looks like we can have a good slaughter!! Hahaha!!!"

"They don't seem to be all from 'Fairy Tail'..."

"So what? They're just mere humans!!!"

Two voices, one arrogant, the other deep;

Two figures, one was bizarre beyond belief, the other was just a normal human;

Two scents emanated from them. One was a strong, pungent, evil, and dark demonic odor, while the other was strangely familiar, so familiar that Natsu and Gajeel were momentarily stunned.

"Hey! Fire Dragon! That smell..."

"Ah! It looks just like Gray's..."

The two enemies who stepped onto the battlefield were a tall and strong man with a spiked head, four arms, and eight octopus legs; the one who surprised Gajeel and Natsu was, of course, Silver, who was "Absolute Zero".

Gajeel frowned, his gaze fixed on the figure before him, not daring to relax for a moment: "What's going on? Although he seems to be with the demons, this guy... is he human? Could it be that this person is someone related to Gray?"

Natsu, of course, was unaware of the various reasons: "I don't know either! Gray said that his family should already be dead!"

"Oh! Aren't these the people from 'Fairy Tail'?"

Ethel slowly approached, moving his octopus legs around. He crossed his four arms in front of his chest, his gaze towards Natsu and the others filled with contempt, as if they were ants.

No, that kind of look is even more despicable than looking at an ant!

Because ordinary humans would never care about the life or death of ants, and would simply watch them in silence, but this demon in front of them would exterminate humans and take pleasure in it!

"That guy's eyes... they really annoy me!" Gajeel said with a grim face. "One of the fire dragons, one for each of you. I'll take care of this one, okay?"

Natsu nodded: "Sure! I was just about to ask that person about Gray!"

They moved suddenly, sinking three inches into the ground as their footsteps created two gusts of wind, and each rushed toward their designated target with the speed of an arrow released from a bow.

"Iron Dragon Sword!"

Running a few meters in front of the enemy, Gajeel suddenly bent his knees slightly, jumped up with force, and in mid-air his arm transformed into an iron sword, slashing down at Ethel.

But the opponent was no pushover either. Facing the menacing twin dragons, he countered with his own incantation. He chuckled softly, crossed his arms to gather power, and a powerful incantation flowed through them: "The Five Swords of the World..."

Levy, sensing something was wrong, immediately shouted, "Gajeel, watch out!!"

But even without her reminder, Gajeel's keen senses had already detected the danger, and he stopped his attack in time, forcibly changing direction in mid-air.

next moment……

"Onimaru!!"

With a loud shout, Ethel swung out his four arms, unleashing two slanted cross-shaped slashes.

Gajeel only saw a flash of white light before his eyes, followed by a sharp wind blade slicing past his side, then a loud bang from behind, and a series of agonizing screams.

Looking back, there were four sword marks several feet deep on the ground behind them. On both sides and at the end of the sword marks were dozens of mages who had been hit and fallen. Their wounds were so deep that the bone was visible, and some had even been cut in half, with blood flowing out in a gush.

Recalling the voice he had just heard, Gajeel turned pale with horror: "Levy, are you alright?!"

"I...I'm fine!"

A trembling voice came from the sky; it turned out that Happy had just managed to fly up to the sky with Levy and save her life.

Gajeel breathed a sigh of relief and turned his gaze back to his opponent, his eyes turning sinister: "Dare to do such a thing on Fairy Tail's territory, it seems you're ready to go to hell!"

But that look only made Ethel more smug: "There are so few people, they're not even enough to fill my teeth!"

Chapter 330 Natsu is Frozen

"Why does this person smell so much like Gray?"

With this question in mind, Natsu charged toward Silver.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

However, the powerful strike was easily dodged by Silver, who then reached out and placed his hand on Natsu's arm, throwing Natsu away with a flick of his wrist.

But Natsu's attack was not so easily neutralized. Just as his body was thrown out, his right leg quickly rose and kicked at Silver's head.

Hearing the sound of wind, Silver immediately bent down and ducked to dodge the side kick, but Natsu's attack was not over yet!

With his powerful muscles and superhuman muscle memory, Natsu unleashed a kick while his body was enveloped in blazing flames. He flipped in mid-air, using the force of the rotation to amplify the power of the flames. The white dragon scale scarf around his neck also spun around his body with this movement, displaying a dance-like beauty.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!"

The flames roared and the wind howled, and Natsu's shouts made it seem even more imposing. Even the rain falling from the sky seemed to have no effect on it.

But the flames, shaped like the wings of a fire dragon, did not hit the enemy in front of them, but instead struck an ice wall!

Natsu had just landed when, from his perspective, he couldn't tell how thick the ice wall was, but it had indeed blocked the flames that were invincible against the minions. Although the ice wall shattered, Silver behind it was completely unharmed.

"ice?!"

Natsu was surprised and before he could think further, he saw a cold wind mixed with rain, rain mixed with ice shards, and ice shards carrying magic. The wind, rain and ice combined to form ice arrows that rushed towards him.

"The Ice Demon's Arrow!"

This offensive reminded Natsu of Gray's "Lancers," but the ice spears they created were shorter, more numerous, and faster.

"Fire Dragon's Claw!!"

Having fought Gray for many years, Natsu was extremely familiar with how to deal with this type of attack. His body unconsciously clenched his claws, and at the same time, magic power turned into flames and attached to his ten fingers, making them as sharp as the claws of a fire dragon.

Natsu controlled his fire claws, which flew up and down in front of him. His fighting style was close to that of a beast, seemingly without any rules and wild swings, but in reality, it was a unique talent for fighting out of instinct.

In the blink of an eye, Natsu could always pinpoint the trajectory of the ice arrows and predict their location two or even three seconds later, then shatter them with his fire claws at the most opportune moment.

This is Natsu's innate intuition, an ability that even Gajeel and Wendy, who were also raised by dragons, do not possess.

A few breaths later, all the ice arrows were torn into tiny ice crystals by the fire dragon's claws, scattered on the ground with the rain, but they showed almost no signs of melting, which made Natsu realize the strength of his opponent.

"This guy's ice... is so cold!"

Natsu said in a low voice, but did not say the words "colder than Gray's ice" aloud.

Gray's Ice Shape should more accurately be classified as a shaping magic, rather than an ice-attribute magic. While it possesses characteristics such as stable ice creation and high physical attack power, it is actually much weaker than ordinary ice-attribute magic in terms of temperature-based magical attacks.

The reason why Gray, Leon, and even their master Uru, these users of the Ice Form, are so powerful in combat is entirely due to their own strong talents.

The technique used by Yin is the Ice Demon Slayer Magic, which, in addition to its annihilation attribute and its ability to attack demons, is also a top-tier ice magic.

Just as Natsu's Fire Dragon Slayer Magic is hotter than ordinary flames, Ice Demon Slayer Magic is naturally colder than ordinary ice.

In the original work, Gray was able to barely maintain his status as the second male lead in the later stages of the story precisely because he inherited Silver's Ice Devil Slayer Magic. Otherwise, he would not have been able to deal with the enemies in the later stages with just one Ice Shape Magic.

Natsu was unaware that his opponent was using the Ice Slayer Magic that had leaked from the battle with Zonia. He only knew that his opponent's ice magic was indeed quite impressive, but no matter how cold his opponent was, he wasn't the kind of person who would stop attacking just like that.

Seeing the ice spikes scattered all over the ground, Natsu and Silver simultaneously launched their next attack.

"The Ice Demon's Blade!!"

Swish!

As Yin casually swung his hand, several crescent-shaped ice blades appeared out of thin air, attacking from all directions and making rapid whooshing sounds.