A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Kira planted one foot on the ground, gathered his energy, and shouted loudly, pushing his magical power to its limit. With his left hand, he conjured a triangular pyramid-shaped object, and with his right hand, he waved his fingers repeatedly, instantly creating a strange phenomenon:

The sky above Tenrou Island was originally filled with dark clouds brought by the appearance of Acnologia. These clouds obscured the starlight and moonlight, shrouding the entire island and hundreds of nautical miles in a doomsday-like darkness.

But at this moment, Kira's magic soared to the heavens, unstoppable. That holy light magic was like a sharp sword, carving a hole in the endless darkness of the sky and drawing in the dawn of salvation from beyond the heavens.

Accompanying that dazzling, holy dawn was a chaotic and disorderly dragon roar!

The next moment, the opening seemed to be torn apart by a pair of giant claws, and one after another, huge creatures similar in size to Acnologia emerged from it.

In less than half a minute, under the holy light, fourteen giant dragons—a white celestial dragon, a dark red fire dragon, a golden thunder dragon, a silver-white iron dragon, a purplish-red poison dragon, and others of various colors such as bone, plague, star, ice, machine, sticky, mountain, evil, and hidden—circled beneath the giant maw of holy light.

Indeed: Holy light shatters the clouds of calamity, and a giant dragon opens the way to heaven!

"There are...there are other dragons?!"

Why does the scent feel so familiar?

To everyone's astonishment, the fourteen dragons in the sky roared and spewed their power at the injured Acnologia on the ground, and all sorts of magic merged together, creating a magnificent spectacle.

On the ground, Makarov, who had been watching this scene, finally came to his senses and then noticed something was wrong with the magical transformation: "No... this seems to be an illusion? But it's so realistic!"

This is obviously an illusion!

However, to make the illusion more realistic, Kira used certain methods: he first obtained some of the dragon's aura from a Dragon Slayer mage he knew, then found the most famous painter in the Kingdom of Fiore and had the painter make detailed modifications to the dragon's image. Finally, he integrated it with all the illusion magic, elemental magic, transformation magic, and word magic that he had studied for many years, creating the current dragon illusion.

He had already tested this magic once during the guild war, and it worked well, helping him defeat Mystergan and advance to the semifinals.

Although the dragons before them were illusions, their attacks were real, and the magic power they consumed came from Kira.

Kira is bullying Acnologia! Its mind is completely confused now, and all it wants to do is destroy, destroy, and destroy again, kill dragons, kill dragons, and kill dragons again. Not to mention that Kira has made this illusion so realistic that even if it discovers it is an illusion, it will rush up and tear it apart.

As he had predicted, Acnologia's rage flared, and he leaped into the air, charging towards the fourteen dragons in the sky.

In the middle of the move!

Kira's face lit up with pleasure. Suddenly, the triangular pyramid prop in mid-air emitted a dazzling light, followed by an energy overflow. With a loud bang, a large circular hole was torn open in the previously empty air.

The shattered sky was exactly what Xia Lulu had foreseen!

"What is that?"

"It's... a spatial portal! Is Kira trying to lure Acnologia somewhere else?"

That's certainly a good idea. Acnologia is immune to magic, but the spatial portal only connects the two places; it's not an attack targeting it.

The opening is large enough to contain almost half of Sirius Island, not to mention Acnologia. If it were at the edge of the passage, there might be a risk of being absorbed by the other party, but now it is in the very center, where there is only air, so naturally it cannot trigger its magic immunity.

Behind the cave was also a pitch-black sky, and from the ground, it was impossible to see much change. Only Kira, who controlled this magic, could clearly perceive its existence.

Acnologia moved extremely fast, and because Kira's spatial portal opened suddenly, it was caught off guard and rushed straight in.

It worked!

Seeing that the plan had succeeded, Kira quickly closed the space portal, and the shattered sky was rapidly repaired.

"Kira...did he lead Acnologia somewhere else?"

The moment Acnologia passed through the spatial tunnel, it realized what was happening, but unfortunately, its own inertia was too strong, and it flew dozens of meters away. By the time it turned around again, the spatial tunnel was only the size of a head.

Roar……

A deafening roar came from the ever-shrinking spatial passage, and just as it was about to be completely filled, a huge dragon claw pierced out from it!

"Oh no! It's trying to stop the repair of the passage!" Makarov exclaimed in alarm.

Few people know that Acnologia possesses extensive magical knowledge in addition to being immune to magic. If it places its claws at the entrance to the spatial passage now, it will likely reopen it in no time.

"Want to come back? Not so easy!"

Kira activated his magic again, and another spatial passage opened up. However, this new passage was in the opposite direction to the original one and was also smaller. The opposite direction was to wrap around it from the opposite direction, and the smaller size was to make it easier to close.

Kira flicked his fingers, and the new spatial portal swiftly moved upwards like a giant mouth, swallowing the original portal whole. Then, the giant mouth closed rapidly, completely engulfing Acnologia's voice.

The whole world seemed to quiet down. The earth-shattering dragon roar disappeared, the illusionary dragon shadows faded away, and only the faint sound of the wind remained in the sky.

Kira opened his arms, looked at the triangular pyramid prop in his palm, and wiped the sweat from his brow: "Thank goodness for the Anywhere Door, that was a close call!"

Acnologia has been exiled!

I'm safe!

Chapter 364 Post-War Reconstruction

At dawn, the warm and enchanting sunlight pierced the sky, dispelling the cold and darkness of the night and bringing new life to Sirius Island, which had been fighting for a day and a night.

At the guild camp, the aroma of food broke through the seal of the bedding in the wooden hut, luring Kira out of his sleep.

When Kira came out of the cabin, he found that only Mira, Wendy, and Melty remained.

"Are you finally awake?" Mira greeted her with a smile.

"Yesterday's battle drained my magic power too much, so I naturally need to rest more!"

Kira, without batting an eye, casually made up an excuse to stay in bed, then turned his gaze to the distant sky—the direction of the Tenrou Island coastline—where thick, bluish-black smoke was billowing into the air.

"what is that?"

“The president and the others are dealing with the bodies left on the island yesterday,” Mira replied, handing over a bowl of steaming meat soup. “Please have some breakfast!”

"Thank you!" Kira was already starving and couldn't wait to start eating.

Hmm... Mira's cooking skills are really good!

Too many lives were lost in yesterday's battle. Whether human or demon, their corpses cannot be left on the island. They must be cleaned up, otherwise the sanctity of Sirius Island will be defiled.

How to clean it up? Of course, pile up the corpses, burn them, and scatter them into the sea; as for the battlefield, we should thank yesterday's heavy rain, as it won't be too troublesome to clean it up; finally, we should plant trees and restore the vitality of Tianlang Island.

Mira is the guild's housekeeping specialist, so she naturally has to stay here. Wendy and Melty are just kids, so they weren't asked to go out and help. Besides, Mira needs help too.

"So, even Gerald and Ultear went to help?"

Melty nodded: "Yes! After all, there are quite a few people from 'Heart of the Devil' in there, and Ultear said she wants to handle them personally!"

"Oh? I didn't realize she had so much free time! Speaking of which, with magic like the Arc of Time, restoring the greenery on Sirius Island should be much easier! Hmm... afforestation is a great thing, we should support it..."

Seeing Kira talking on and on, Melty pretended not to hear and quietly walked to the side, but her eyes still stole glances at Kira from time to time.

'Did Ultear and that Jellal join this person's organization? Judging from yesterday's performance, he seemed stronger than Lord Hades, but why does he seem a bit shady now?'

Just as Melty was lost in thought, a soft voice sounded in her ear: "What are you doing here?"

It's rare to meet someone your own age, and Wendy really hopes to become friends with Melty. However, Melty remains a bit dazed, passively listening to and accepting whatever Wendy says or does.

Wendy felt it must be the fault of the 'Devil's Heart,' which had utterly destroyed the little girl's natural instincts! She felt she should act as an "older sister" to take care of her and help her out of the darkness!

'Here she comes again!' Melty quietly watched Wendy approach, a barely perceptible wariness hidden in her eyes. 'Ever since we first met yesterday, this girl named Wendy has been acting strangely towards me. If I weren't outmatched, I wouldn't be constantly being led around by her. She fought so fiercely against that dragon last night, but now she's acting like an innocent little girl in front of me. She's a terrifying person!'

Melty curled herself up into a ball again: "N-nothing..."

Wendy was confused. She just wanted to make friends, so why was it so difficult?

When Kira arrived at the beach, this was the scene he saw:

A raging fire was burning in the open space, with thick smoke rising straight into the sky, visible from hundreds of nautical miles away. Beside the flames were piles of corpses, some demonic, some human. The two sides that had fought to the death yesterday were now intertwined, one's head resting on another's foot, or one's face touching another's buttocks, seemingly inseparable.

Makarov stood beside the flames, silently watching the final fate of these enemies, without uttering a word, as if mourning their departure.

Not long after Kira arrived, the others also came over one after another, each carrying a mountain of corpses.

"Thank you all for your hard work..."

"Oh dear, I got up late, I'm so ashamed that I couldn't help..."

"Slept very well, slept very well, all thanks to you guys here handling the bodies..."

"No, no, no... I dare not take on such an important task as rebuilding Sirius Island alone. We still need everyone's cooperation!"

"Look at what you're saying, why are you being so polite with me? This is our guild's sacred ground, everyone has a share! I'll send Ultear to plant trees, the rest you guys handle..."

Kira greeted everyone one by one, and the others were also friendly and energetic, each responding to his sarcastic remarks with eye rolls and fists. Surviving the ordeal made it easy for them to communicate.

In the end, Kira couldn't escape his fate of moving corpses. He gritted his teeth and took over the shifts from several girls. When he returned to the beach carrying the demon's corpse, he found Cana and Lucy drinking together and trying to corrupt Levy and Lisanna, who were both minors.

That's outrageous! Don't they realize this is a drinking atmosphere? And what kind of alcohol are they drinking? Is it some kind of liquor? Or are they going to burn it with the fire right in front of them?

Kira, filled with righteous indignation, joined in, and unsurprisingly, ended up being severely reprimanded by Makarov.

The fire burned for a whole day, completely erasing the island's foul, dark aura. Both the mages of 'Heart of the Devil' and the demons of 'Gates of the Underworld' were wiped out.

Silver's body was frozen and taken away by Gray alone, seemingly with the intention of taking it back to his hometown to be buried with his mother. Later, Cana mentioned the necromancer Keith to Gray, earning his gratitude and Juvia's "rival mark."

Sera and Mad Flower were taken in by Mira. Storm and Jackal self-destructed, and Keith was frozen and shattered, leaving no corpses behind. The corpses of Maldo, Trafalgar, and Ethel were retrieved by Kira, who planned to take them back to experiment with Silver and the others. The only exception was Franmars, which was nowhere to be found on the entire Sirius Island.

According to Lucy and Loki, their final attack to defeat the opponent wasn't fatal, so the opponent must have escaped. Considering this demon's ability to "allow itself to be received by others," Kira guessed that the demon likely used this method to leave with the people of 'Demon Heart,' and decided not to pursue the matter further.

……

"Huh?! That Mester is from the Council of Judgements?!"

At night, by the campfire at the campsite, Natsu and the others finally realized that something was wrong.

"No wonder my impression of him was so vague, now I understand!"

The weakness of memory magic is that as soon as something is amiss, the magic can be quickly broken by following the "abnormality." So when they finally brought up the topic of Wendy's partner, she immediately woke up.

"President, is this alright?"

Makarov waved his hand dismissively: "Don't worry, he's not a bad person!"

"Did Kira already know all along?"

"Didn't the president say that he... he's not a bad person!"

Hmm... I have a feeling there's something to it about what you said...

Since Makarov didn't want to reveal his "undercover mission to the guild council," Kira was happy to cooperate. In any case, Kira didn't have a good impression of this Mester—who would have a good impression of someone who infiltrated their own guild? Not to mention, in the final chapter, he did something as despicable as "modifying Bran's memories and ambushing the Magic King."

After drinking and getting into a good mood, the group started talking about Gerald, Urutia, and Melti.

The guild members naturally didn't care about the council's wanted posters, and given their camaraderie in dealing with Acnologia, Makarov, in his drunken state, even invited them to join Fairy Tail.

However, Gerald refused in order to atone for his sins, and Ultear, not wanting to implicate others, also declined. Melty, unsurprisingly, chose to follow Ultear.

Nevertheless, through this incident, they officially joined Kira's "money-making organization," though this was never explicitly stated; everyone tacitly understood.