A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Because fire consumes oxygen, Kira could create it using Word Magic, but this would require him to spend time and energy casting another spell, which would be a significant disadvantage in such a battle.

For Ice Demon Ace, indoors, his ice magic couldn't be used freely at all.

Due to the limited space, Kira was able to concentrate the flames in one place. The enclosed environment did not waste magic power and also increased the temperature, making it easy to melt his ice.

Once outside, he could take advantage of the cold climate, which greatly enhanced his magic. The wider casting range meant that the flames had to cover a larger area.

Furthermore, purely from a magical perspective, controlling a tangible substance like ice is much easier than controlling an intangible substance like fire.

The two combatants initially tested each other's spellcasting speed and magical attributes, then used area-of-effect attacks to probe each other's combat awareness and lock onto positions, and finally unleashed single-target bursts to demonstrate magical strength and mana control. After these three probing attacks, the human and the mage stopped, needing some time to consider their next battle strategy.

What should we do at this time? Chat to kill time!

"As expected of a demon who has lived for nearly a hundred years, his strength is indeed formidable!"

Kira offered a simple compliment, but Ice Demon Ace could hear the underlying message.

Judging from his appearance, Ice Demon Ace is just a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. Only a few of his companions know his real age! This means that the person in front of him must have obtained some information from Klaue!

Ice Demon Ace feigned composure: "What do you know?"

What he's worried about right now is that his plan will be exposed.

"What do you think?" Kira's lips curled into a smile as he looked at the enormous ice sculpture not far away. "Sea King..."

Upon hearing that name, Ace knew his opponent already knew his plans, and his face darkened: "Damn it! That Krowy guy... betrayed us?"

Hehehe... Getting anxious, aren't you... Your scheme has succeeded!

"Yes, you got the answer so easily. I never imagined your plan was so rudimentary! I also never imagined that someone with your abilities would be so ignorant as to follow a legendary tyrant!"

"You...shut up!!"

Seeing that his opponent was flustered, Kira seized the opportunity and launched an "Energy Shock" directly at the giant ice sculpture.

Although it was an ineffective attack, Ace, who had just been distracted, didn't have time to think about it. Seeing the Sea King being attacked, he immediately waved his hand and froze the snow into a shield, blocking the seemingly powerful but actually ineffective attack.

"It's a feint?! Oh no!" Ace finally realized what was happening, but he had lost the initiative. In desperation, he could only immediately transform into his elemental form, attempting to use his ice-like body to block the opponent's fire attack.

Even now, he still thinks Kira is a fire mage because Kira's flames are so hot that they can rival his even in this place.

However, intelligence plays a significant role on the battlefield. Kira's fabricated image of a fire mage using Word Magic was firmly remembered by Ace during three consecutive tests, but this move led him to change his tactics!

The magma, enveloped in flames, crashed down like a meteor volcano after an eruption, shattering the ice block into water!

Anyone who has watched Naruto knows that fire overcomes wind, earth overcomes water, and the combination of fire and earth forms Lava Release Bloodstained Stones, while the combination of wind and water forms Ice Release Bloodstained Stones. Therefore, it is reasonable that magma overcomes ice. Didn't Akainu defeat Aokiji?

"What's going on?! Isn't this guy a fire mage? How can he know such powerful magma magic?!"

Ace's body was smashed into tiny ice and water fragments under intense questioning. In his understanding, every mage only specializes in one type of magic, and even if they can use other magic, it shouldn't have such a powerful effect!

Countless magma fell, staining the vast battlefield with a crimson hue, before turning back into charred rocks under the freezing snow.

Its temperature may not be as high as the flames, but it is more effective against ice.

Although such an attack is not enough to cause fatal damage, it is not something that can be restored in a short time, which gives Kira more time to cast spells.

Chapter 79 Solar Eclipse

The magic of speaking, commonly known as telepathic communication.

In Fairy Tail, there is a mage who uses this kind of magic, named Warren. His telepathic magic has played a crucial role in several major battles in Fairy Tail.

Intelligence gathering, information transmission, and tactical orders can all be communicated to every comrade at the fastest speed, making this magic indispensable in battle.

In the original work, he even used this magic to invent a small mobile phone and satellite maps; he was truly a genius.

Kira had studied this magic extensively a few years ago in order to give his magical artifacts a new lease on life.

Learning telepathic magic is not difficult; the only requirement for the user is a sufficiently large mental strength, and in this respect, Kira far exceeds the standard.

Three minutes ago...

"Winter, I need to borrow your water magic later!"

The message that came to Winter's mind startled her, but she immediately realized that Kira was talking to her.

In order to prevent the enemy from overhearing the plan, Kira had no choice but to resort to this method: "So, so, so..."

Will this work?

"Give it a try! Remember to act convincingly!"

"I see!"

just now……

As the lava shattered Ace's body into ice shards, Winter controlled a massive torrent of water that swept across the entire battlefield, while Kira also infused his magic into it!

The water carried away the snow that had accumulated on the mountains for countless years, leaving only bare rocks in its wake, without a trace of water. The combined magic of the two stripped away all moisture from within a meter of Ace!

With the help of a small amount of water and his own magic, Ace painstakingly reformed. By this time, he was already panting. The lack of water and the imperceptible loss of magic power in his body made it impossible for him to use high-intensity ice magic again.

"What's going on? It's just a simple magma spell, how could it consume so much of my magic power?"

In fact, whether it was the pillar of fire that erupted at close range, the magma that fell from the sky and struck his body directly, or the water that Kira and Winter deliberately left behind to help him recover his body under the combined magic of Kira and Winter, Kira had added something else to it—a magic-sealing potion!

The Magic-Sealing Potion is a potion created by Kira through experiments using trace substances extracted from the Magic-Sealing Stone. It is used to weaken and seal the magic power of enemies. Kira's Word of Power Magic [Magic Loss] was created under the inspiration of this substance.

This medicine is colorless and odorless, making it difficult for the enemy to detect, and it can be used both internally and externally.

First, use flames to evaporate the potion into moisture in the air, which surrounds Ace and is continuously inhaled by him. Then, use magma to wrap the sealing stone and smash it around his body to form a "sealing zone".

The third step involves Winter using the Water Demon's power to strip away the surrounding moisture, leaving only water containing the sealing potion. Ace then uses this water to restore his body, and the potion's components enter his body along with it.

"How could this be... my magic..."

The massive loss of magic power within his body left Ace completely powerless, causing him to collapse to his knees with a thud.

With the little magic power he has left in his body, he can no longer continue to transform into elements, and even the power of ice magic will be greatly reduced.

Indeed, using "Seastone" to deal with "Nature-type" is the most effective!

"It worked!" Winter shouted with relief.

"Chain Binding!"

Pressing their advantage, Kira manipulated the stones beneath Ace's feet to form chains, intending to trap him directly.

This stone was left behind after lava met snow, meaning it contains elements of sealing magic. Using it to form chains is tantamount to handcuffing a mage with sealing magic.

But how could a century-old demon be easily dealt with? Even a pig (referring to a magical beast) can achieve something after living for a hundred years, let alone a demon with even greater magical talent.

The sudden attack did not restrain Ace; instead, it made him realize the strangeness beneath his feet.

After dodging the chains, he leaped out of the "Demon Sealing Zone" and ran to the ice sculpture of the Sea Demon King.

"What? You're still going to protect your so-called 'master' at a time like this?"

Kira was a little curious. Had this guy really lost his mind? Why was he spending so much time protecting a sea monster that he had never even met? And now that they were about to lose, he was still protecting it?

If you believed in Zeref, I might respect you more, but what is this sea monster that appeared out of nowhere?!

Besides, it's still completely frozen. Wouldn't it take a lot of lunar drops to thaw it? Wait... where are the lunar drops? Didn't they say they'd already prepared enough lunar drops? Why aren't they using them yet? Are they waiting for the solar eclipse?

Kira looked up at the sky, his brow furrowing. He sensed something was amiss! He decided to probe...

"Fireball!" "Fireball!"

A fiery red magic circle rapidly formed in the air, and then a huge fireball flew out from it, causing a violent explosion in mid-air. However, it was frozen into an ice block by Ace's wave of his hand and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Seeing this, Kira was even more puzzled. Ordinary fire magic cannot destroy absolute freeze, so the opponent should know that. Why would they deliberately block it?

So, the reason he blocked my [energy impact] just now wasn't because he didn't react in time, but because there was another reason?

Could it be that the absolute freeze has been broken? Kira suddenly had this thought.

The immense magical power, the magic of the same element, the frail ice demon, the unsealed sea monster, the solar eclipse... fragmented pieces of information, like a jigsaw puzzle, gradually formed a guess in Kira's mind.

Just as Kira was trying to confirm his thoughts, the sky suddenly darkened.

A solar eclipse is coming!

Noticing the unusual surroundings, Winter walked behind Kira and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Something's not right. Be careful!"

The sky darkened quickly, and the entire Zonia was instantly shrouded in darkness.

However, the imagined phenomenon of "using the Moon Drops to break the absolute freeze" did not occur. Seeing that Ace did not make any move, Kira became more and more certain that the so-called plan was just a lie told to them by Ice Demon Ace.

"Pah! What a wicked fellow! I knew the uncle who lured the innocent girl was definitely suspicious!"

Winter was puzzled: "What's going on? Wasn't he supposed to use the Moon Drops to break the seal at this time? Why hasn't he done anything yet?"

"That's not absolute freeze at all! Either the legend is wrong, or he already broke absolute freeze with the Moon Drop. In any case, what's freezing that demon now is this guy's ice!"

Kira explained, "I was wondering why the magic-sealing potion worked so quickly; it turns out he used all his magic power on this stuff!"

"Then what about this solar eclipse?"

Kira shook his head: "I don't know either...maybe it was just a lie to other people?"

However, he soon realized he was wrong, because Ace gave the answer: "Hahahaha, the moment has finally come! Become my power, Sea Demon King!!!"

Upon hearing this, Kira immediately understood: resurrecting the Sea King was to obtain its power; waiting for the solar eclipse was to bring his power to its peak; and deceiving the ignorant young boys and girls was to find henchmen for himself, or perhaps also to obtain their power.

Chapter 80 Demonic Cannibalism

A thousand years ago, gods and demons fought each other.

In order to deal with the endless stream of demons, some humans suggested undermining their unity from within.

Through the collaboration of gods and humans, an evil form of black magic was born, and through a deliberately arranged "coincidence," it fell into the hands of demons.

The magic name is: Demonic Cannibalism!

As long as two demons belong to the same lineage, they can permanently acquire each other's life force, physical strength, and exclusive magic by devouring each other!

Although the evil magic was eventually destroyed, it was too late; the greed inherent in the demon's nature had already caused irreversible damage to its race.