A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Old smoker Wakaba chimed in, "That's right! Whether it's those chivalrous young pirates or that resilient princess, they're both equally touching!!"

The two middle-aged men started crying as they were talking, which gave the girls a headache.

"Kira, how much longer are you going to prepare?"

At this moment, Kira was sitting cross-legged on the flying carpet with his eyes closed, resting. If it weren't for his upright posture, he would have looked almost as if he were asleep.

But in reality, Kira wasn't asleep; he was simply sensing the energy in the air and trying to use it freely.

Suddenly, Kira opened his eyes. His sky-blue eyes complemented the azure sky behind him, as if he had become one with nature. He was filled with a strong magical power and looked exceptionally beautiful.

"Almost there! Now it's my turn...wait?! They've already started fighting??"

Below, the rebel leader, Kou Sha, led the charge.

This time, there were no members of the Baroque Works deliberately causing trouble and instigating war among the Kingdom's army. Vivi appeared directly in front of the rebel army, arms outstretched, shouting loudly, determined to stop the thousands of troops in front of her by herself.

"Weiwei?! What is she doing here?!" Upon seeing the person blocking his way, Kou Sha's expression changed drastically.

Even though they hadn't seen each other for many years, that flowing blue hair and that stubborn and resolute face remained etched in Kou Sha's heart. The two had been playmates and close friends, but unfortunately, after so many years apart, one was still a princess, while the other had become the leader of a rebel army.

Although they were less than 100 meters apart, it was as if a sad, thick barrier separated them.

"Everyone stop! Listen to me..." Weiwei shouted loudly with her mouth open, but the shaking ground beneath her feet and the roar that soared into the sky completely drowned out the voice of the sixteen-year-old girl.

"Don't be afraid, everyone! Charge forward!!"

"For the future of the nation, we must not let the King go!!"

"This is the final battle!! Charge!!"

"..."

On the city wall, Bell, who had just arrived, met with Jakka and brought back the news that Princess Vivi had defeated Crocodile with the help of the Straw Hat Pirates.

"You're saying Princess Vivi is outside the South Gate?!"

When Jakka learned from Bell that Vivi was outside the South Gate trying to persuade the rebel leader to stop the war, his expression changed drastically. He stepped forward, grabbed his old friend by the collar, and roared, "How could you leave her in such a dangerous place?!"

"This is Princess Vivi's decision! You know her personality; I can't persuade her otherwise, and those pirates are just as reckless as she is!"

After delivering the message, Bell transformed back into his hawk form and flew towards Vivi. "In short, you heard me. No matter what happens, you absolutely cannot launch an attack! This is Princess Vivi's order!"

"hateful!"

……

'Damn it!! Why are you in a place like that... Vivi?!'

With his old friend before him, Kou Sha had no time to think. He gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and made a decision that shocked even himself.

He swiftly drew his longsword and shouted commands to the rear: "Everyone, don't scatter! Concentrate your fire on the south gate! Then open all the other gates from the inside!!"

Weiwei froze completely; at that moment, her heart turned cold.

The girl collapsed to her knees with a thud, tears the size of pearls streaming uncontrollably from her eyes: "Why...why..."

Why can't any of the 200 million rebel soldiers in front of her hear her voice?

Endless despair lingered in the girl's heart, but fortunately, she had a group of reliable companions behind her.

Snapped!

A large hand landed on Weiwei's shoulder: "Your voice...we heard it!!"

The familiar voices stopped Vivi's crying abruptly. She looked up sharply, staring in disbelief at Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper standing in a row before her.

There were only five of them, but their backs looked so reliable, their presence even more substantial than the world's strongest gold fortress.

"Everyone...wait! Everyone, you don't want to fight them, do you?"

In an instant, Vivi's nose tingled and tears flowed again, but she quickly realized Luffy and the others' determination—a determination to risk their lives to stop the 200 million people in front of them. Thus, Vivi's heart instantly hardened once more.

"Let me try again! They are..."

However, before she could finish speaking, Luffy interrupted her: "Vivi, I told you before! This is war! It's impossible for people not to die!"

"If someone has to die, then it should be me! I am the princess of this country, and if my death can end the war..."

"Your death may not quell the war; it might even escalate it! If you die, everything we've done before will have been meaningless!!"

Luffy's words stunned Vivi.

"We agreed before, you were going to risk our lives too!! Besides..."

Under Vivi's glistening, teary gaze, Luffy pulled his hat down over his head, then suddenly grinned and shouted, "I won't die!"

……

As they approached the south gate, the rebels at the forefront finally noticed the anomaly ahead: "Leader! Those people ahead..."

"Ignore them! Go around them! Our only target is the South Gate!!"

"Oh... but that person looks like Princess Vivi!?"

"This is war! Don't you even have that much awareness?! We... are already enemies!!"

The closer they got, the greater the rebel army's momentum became. Horses and camels galloped across the desert without any sign of stopping, charging straight toward the south gate until the two sides' figures collided...

"Rubber, rubber..."

"Three-sword style..."

"The first cut of meat..."

"A sure kill..."

"Power enhancement..."

At the critical moment, the world suddenly brightened and then darkened again before the eyes of the 200 million rebels, tens of thousands of soldiers stationed at the south gate, the Straw Hat crew, and everyone else. Then, thousands of blue lightning bolts, each as thick as three people could hug, descended from the sky.

The lightning bolt split several times in mid-air, transforming into a denser rain of lightning, hundreds of times more numerous but finer, which scattered and struck the rebel army like a storm, bringing the 200 million-strong army to an instant halt.

Boom!!

A thick bolt of lightning, without splitting, struck precisely between Luffy and his crew and the rebel army they were about to collide with, instantly sending sand and gravel flying and creating a cloud of dust several meters high in the desert.

"What?!"

"lightning?!"

Everyone was horrified. The bizarre weather they had never seen before left them momentarily stunned: "What's going on?! Alabasta has never had weather like this before!!!"

The next moment, everyone saw that the dark clouds overhead were as black as ink, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

That jet-black, unusually large cumulonimbus cloud seemed to be a single, unified mass, pressing down from the heavens towards Albania… no, towards the entirety of Alabasta.

The sky has fallen?

Everyone was stunned, looking up at the unimaginable scene.

A minor character riding a camel approached Kosha and reported, "It's terrible, Chief! We just received news that this dark cloud seems to have covered the entire Alabasta!!"

Another young extra cautiously asked, "Could it be a dance fan...?"

The rebel soldier to the boy's right immediately interrupted his speculation with a shout: "Don't joke around! This isn't just a city or a sea area, it's the entire Alabasta!! How much dance powder would it take to create this scene?! Forget about Alabasta's history of the past few hundred years, we've never heard of any island in the entire Grand Line having such a terrible climate!"

"Is this... the end of the world?"

Is this the end of the world?

Everyone wiped the cold sweat from their brows, thinking in unison: 'Perhaps it's not the end of the world, but just the end of the Alabasta Kingdom? No, for the Alabasta Kingdom, this should be a day of redemption, right?'

Before everyone could figure out the reason for the change, a loud boom came from the sky.

The next moment, the sky seemed to pour down ink, and a torrential downpour began! Alabasta, which hadn't seen rain for three years, was suddenly experiencing rain!

June rain, timely rain, life-saving rain!

Merchants trading in Nahana, tourists gambling in the rainy fields, farmers clearing land in Yuba, soldiers preparing for battle in Albana, and citizens doing all sorts of things throughout Alabasta—all of them were overjoyed and wept with happiness.

Because their country... came back to life!

Chapter 867 This rain will let the world know I've arrived.

On the magic flying carpet, Kira seemed to be in a very good mood, and even began to hum a song from the depths of his memory.

"A rainstorm has trapped us here. Your indifferent expression hurts me. The rain in June..."

Not far away, watching Kira immersed in his own singing, everyone was speechless. They wanted to complain that he sang terribly, but they were afraid of being beaten up, so they could only silently endure this torment and then turn their anger into appetite, frantically devouring the food on Zhu's table.

Robin didn't find Kira's songs unpleasant, or rather, she was no longer in the mood to care whether his songs were good or not—she couldn't understand them anyway.

Just now, he personally witnessed Kira's next move, and then a visible light emanated from his hand, spreading in all directions. Soon after, the area above his head became covered with dark clouds, just like now.

In other words, the current changes on his head were caused by him.

After thinking for a moment, Robin still asked a question that was currently of great concern to him: "Did you summon these rain clouds? How wide an area do they cover?"

Kira stopped singing and said calmly, "The entire Alabasta!"

hiss--!

Robin gasped, her face filled with horror as she stared at Kira's young, handsome face, her eyes wide with disbelief: "Is... is the power of magic really that strong?"

When she asked that question, she had already made up her mind that even if Kira once again threw out the deadlock of 'joining a guild' and 'knowing magic,' she would break the lock and show him her determination!

"Of course! Magic is the most romantic and magical thing in the world!"

At this point, Kira paused for a moment, then added, "By the way, I think the second most romantic and amazing thing in the world is black technology."

Even the simplest magic can be romantic, even if it's just a small lighting spell or fireworks magic. But only truly advanced technology can bring people a sense of wonder and joy.

Suddenly, Lucy looked at Kira, who was standing with his hands on his hips, looking smug: "I said, Kira!"

"what happened?"

"You said you wanted to make a big splash in Alabasta, and this rain that's spreading all over Alabasta has certainly been heavy enough, but it seems that apart from us, nobody knows that you caused this rain, or even that you exist!!"

Kira froze for a moment, his smile freezing on his face. After a couple of seconds of silence, he turned to the others and asked, "Is that so?!"

"Mmm-hmm..." Everyone nodded in agreement.

“Indeed, even during that hunt in the rain, you only made a sound and didn’t show your face, did you?”