A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Both had matching red hair, wore matching black clothes, and held large magic wands. Even their ever-increasing magical power was immense. The man was handsome, and the woman was stunningly beautiful.

For a moment, Kira seemed to see himself after his gender swap.

No! How could I be thinking such a terrible thing?!

Kira shook his head violently, banishing the jumbled thoughts from his mind.

Both are high-class archmages, and since they are making a bet, they must inform each other beforehand to settle the score fairly and squarely. They will not resort to sneak attacks, as Kira's upbringing does not allow him to do such a thing.

So he warned before he took action: "Let's begin!"

The magic was unleashed along with the voice, and just as the words fell, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the ground, and several thick stone pillars rose up, hurtling towards Eileen in the center with tremendous force.

Eileen: "..."

This kid launched a sneak attack! I hadn't even said we could begin!

Chapter 523 Eileen: Keep it down, don't attract other people.

Rock magic, stone pillar thrust.

This is one of Kira's signature spells. In terms of effect, it is similar to Natsu's "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist," both used to initiate battle. As the first move to engage the enemy, it is a probing magical attack.

So, looking through all of Kira's battle records, this move appeared the most frequently, but he didn't get a single kill... After all, Kira only plays high-level matches, and powerful mages won't be defeated by this kind of magic.

Even Harpy could dodge a probing attack like the stone pillar thrust, let alone Irene, a queen with extensive combat experience who had participated in the war between humans and dragons.

In a split second, Eileen activated the enchantment magic based on her body's instincts, adding heat to the air!

Using immense magical power as the energy source for the spell, in an instant, a crimson fire serpent, several meters long and as thick as a person's embrace, appeared out of thin air, spiraling upwards half a meter around Eileen.

The fire serpent resembled a miniature sun that had changed shape, radiating terrifyingly high temperatures from head to tail. Under the influence of the high temperature, even the space in which it moved became blurred and distorted, giving people a disorienting visual experience that seemed slow but was actually fast.

When the fire serpent was fully formed, it looked like a 360-degree all-around, flawless, and unobstructed crimson shield that blocked all the stone pillars that thrust forward.

The moment the stone pillars made contact with the fire shield, neither the explosion nor the heavy blow that Kira had anticipated occurred. Instead, there was no sound, as if these stone pillars had always belonged to them and had disappeared without a trace, like water flowing into the sea!

This bizarre scene made Kira swallow hard to calm himself down.

He knew that this was the result of Eileen deliberately restraining her magic; otherwise, with her strength, even if she only used half of her power, the fire magic she unleashed could have burned the town beneath her feet to ashes in an instant.

However, Eileen did not choose to do so. Instead, she perfectly controlled the output of her magic power and even minimized the impact of the collision between the two spells, without even damaging the ground!

This silent move had a clear meaning: to show off her control over magic to Kira while testing Kira's level of control over magic.

The fire shield slowly dissipated, revealing Eileen's beautiful face, which held a half-smile and a hint of provocation: "This area contains the most expensive land in town, and rebuilding it will take a lot of time and money. If possible, could you please try to avoid causing too much damage?"

I have Urutia, what do I have to fear from building?

Kira mentally scoffed, glancing silently at the stone pillar that was now completely destroyed, and at Eileen, who, despite being so close to the fire serpent, hadn't even broken a sweat. He then felt the increasingly dry and scorching night air against his skin and was secretly astonished.

It's important to understand that controlling energy is far more difficult than releasing it when using magic! Especially for someone like Irene with magical power, perfect control would be virtually impossible!

But judging from Eileen's move just now, it seems that all of this is something she can do effortlessly.

That's true, after all, climbing to the sky isn't a difficult thing for her!

"I think you can afford to fix it!" Kira said in the most cowardly tone, but with the most arrogant words.

"Oh?! You were the one who suggested the battle, so of course you should pay for the repairs, right? Besides, didn't you take advantage of your position to accept money these past two days? That's a crime in the Alvarez Empire!"

Oh no! We've been discovered!!

Kira awkwardly wiped his sweat: "Heh... heh... it's decided, I'll leave here immediately after the fight!"

“Since you’re working for ‘Eileen’s Team,’ you can’t just leave as you please! Without my permission, you can forget about leaving the Alvarez Empire!” Eileen sneered, her magic pressing down on Kira.

An invisible pressure weighed on Kira's shoulders, and he felt as if he were in a training ground with gravity dozens of times greater than normal, his every move severely hampered.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance, and the more severe the oppression, the greater the resistance.

The powerful magical pressure acted like a stimulant on Kira, instantly awakening the dormant power within him. The magical energy automatically circulated, gathering into a powerful aura that burst forth, completely dissipating the weight pressing down on his shoulders.

"Why won't they let people resign yet? Is this a den of bandits?"

With Kira's nonchalant remark, the situation within a radius of several dozen meters between the two suddenly changed. Two equally terrifying magical energies clashed and rubbed against each other within the small space, yet neither leaked outwards.

This situation is like continuously pouring water into a sealed box with openings on both sides. The barrier of the box is sealed off by the two people pouring water, and the water cannot get in due to the resistance on the other side. There is no outlet around, but water keeps pouring in from the back, so the water pressure inside the box becomes heavier and heavier, almost to the point of explosion!

The two continued to unleash their magic for a full minute, and the entire space was already on the verge of exploding. At that point, these two overwhelming magical energies would surely sweep across the entire town in an instant, causing a storm, which would be the least of their worries. If the earth were to crumble and rocks torn apart, killing people, that would be a real tragedy.

Seemingly realizing this, the two exchanged a glance and simultaneously reduced the pressure of magic in perfect unison.

"It's best not to make too much noise, otherwise it might attract unrelated people and disturb us." Eileen raised her head slightly, revealing her fair neck, and her originally dark pupils turned a faint gold under the influence of magic.

Those eyes are like Naruto's Sage Mode activated...

"Don't say things that could be misunderstood! I'm just a 21-year-old kid!"

The probing is over; now it's time for the official battle.

Eileen gently raised her antler staff, launched the first attack, and instantly cast a spell.

A whistling wind, carrying a surge of heat, came from above. Kira, with his keen senses, instantly realized that this was the result of Irene adding heat to the air above her.

Looking up, I saw a huge fireball crashing down on me.

Kira suddenly had a strong urge to bring Natsu over for a midnight snack. With that terrifying magic and those sizzling flames that burned the air, it was definitely a rare treat.

Kira remained calm and composed, his body as steady as a mountain. With a slight movement of his lips, his incantation instantly locked onto the fireball: "Freeze!"

In an instant, the sphere in the air seemed to have suddenly changed its material, transforming from a blazing fire skin into a snow-white ice skin.

The puck landed heavily with a dull thud, and the ground beneath its feet trembled slightly.

"You said you wanted to keep the battle quiet, but you used magic of this level. Could it be that you are...? If this move lands, even this land will be gone."

Eileen's gaze fell on the perfectly formed ice ball on the ground, not a single ice shard scattered. After carefully sensing the magic power, her eyelids suddenly lifted: "Could this be... Word Magic?!"

"Oh?? You actually know about this kind of magic?"

Kira's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, but also a sense of certainty, and a touch of disappointment.

Although he knew that Irene had a wealth of magical knowledge due to living for four hundred years, Kira still harbored a slight sense of wishful thinking.

As a transmigrator, the word magic he uses is self-awakened, and its effects are so good that it's almost like the 'words become law' in the fantasy novels next door.

Could this magic be something I brought with me when I traveled through time? Could it be some kind of magic unrecorded in history? Could it be that even Zeref, Mavis, and Irene, renowned for their magical knowledge, are unaware of my magic, and consequently, August can't replicate it? ...

Just like the author of that fanfiction next door who gives his protagonist 'special magic', Kira also often fantasized that his magic was special and unique when he first awakened his magic!

Even after he grew up and became stronger, able to defeat anyone with ease, he still secretly retained this almost naive idea, because even the well-informed Makarov had never heard of this kind of magic before meeting Kira.

Last year on Tenrou Island, when Kira mentioned the name 'Word Magic' to Zeref, Zeref also acted as if he had never heard of it, which further fueled his suspicions.

However, Kira didn't expect that the magic would eventually be seen through.

After just one exchange, Eileen uttered the name 'Word Magic'. Since she was recognized, it meant that this magic was recorded and not exclusive to her, which explained her disappointment.

However, Kira quickly realized that since Word Magic was just ordinary magic without any cheat codes, it meant that he was the one who was truly strong.

I really am a genius!

Chapter 524 Kira and Irene's Battle in the Wild

"This is the first time I've ever met someone who knows about Word Magic."

Kira was somewhat curious about Eileen's ability to recognize Word Magic. "Have you heard of it before?"

"Of course! Word magic is a type of 'lost magic'."

Her lips, painted with peach-pink lipstick, shimmered alluringly in the moonlight, holding a special allure for a young, vigorous, and passionate boy like Kira. However…

Kira wondered if it was the moon's fault, but he suddenly felt that Erin's gaze towards him had become somewhat strange.

“Lost magic?!” Kira murmured, repeating Erin’s words, his mind filled with doubt.

Just how disappointed was he? He hadn't even heard of Zeref? No, it's possible that this kind of magic had been rendered obsolete by the times, and therefore didn't catch the eye of this great genius.

Eileen spoke eloquently, throwing out little-known stories at Kira: "Legend has it that in the distant past, before the concept and system of 'magic' were fully developed, some humans were able to communicate with 'gods' and use their 'divine power'."

Later scholars unanimously agreed that the so-called 'divine power' referred to magic; however, opinions varied on the means by which they 'communicated'.

Kira's eyes lit up immediately: "Oh?! Could this be the power of words magic?!"

Eileen did not answer, but continued, "Hundreds of years ago, influenced by the idea that 'all magic originated from one magic,' a group of scholars who studied magic proposed a hypothesis."

"[Whether it's the mainstream scripts of the four continents or the runes used to write spells, they all originate from the same kind of magic.]"

"Later, this hypothesis somehow became connected with the story of 'communicating with the gods.' The scholars suddenly realized that they had linked the 'magic of the origin of writing' with the 'method of communicating with the gods,' and named it."

"That is, 'Word Magic'!"

Kira's eyes lit up again: "Oh?! So, 'Word Magic' is the prototype of all current word magic?!"

"Idiot! Didn't you understand?!" Eileen seemed very unhappy about being interrupted and muttered under her breath, "What I mean is, so-called 'word magic' doesn't actually exist!"

"Hmm... but I think the scholars have a point!"

Kira narrowed his eyes and retorted softly, "The humans in the story are communicating with gods, but the only means of communication they can use are speaking and writing, which correspond to language and writing..."

"Looking at it this way, my statement makes perfect sense!"

and many more!

Just then, Kira suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of 'Ankhseram's Curse'. Could that be, or perhaps that was also, a means of 'communicating with the gods'?

"Let's stop with the small talk!"

Before Kira could think it through, Eileen suddenly made her move again. This time, she didn't use a large, easily countered spell like a fireball. Instead, she applied a special spell to the ice ball that had just fallen.

Under the influence of magic, the ice puck rapidly deformed, transforming into several ice chains that hurtled towards Kira.

Whoosh! Whoosh! ...

The sound of air being cut came from both sides, and the ice chains arrived around Kira in the blink of an eye, moving left, right, up, and down, as if to bind Kira's neck, arms, feet, and body.

"This magic looks so familiar... Isn't this my favorite move?" Kira's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but complain.

Then, with his arms outstretched, a powerful and precise shattering magic erupted from all around him, breaking the oncoming ice chains into tiny ice crystals that were invisible to the naked eye!