A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"Looks like this guy hasn't been using his full strength since the beginning!"

They had seen laser-like magic before. For example, Stinger, who had just joined the guild this year, used White Dragon Slayer Magic, which had a similar attack method. However, due to insufficient magic power and experience, Stinger's laser was not as strong as Kizaru's.

"Kana, watch out!" Gildarts' eyes narrowed, and with a flick of his cloak, he shielded Kana behind him, unleashing a torrent of magical power like a roaring mountain.

"drink!!"

With a loud shout, the crushing power once again manifested its might, colliding with the laser in mid-air. The two energies were evenly matched, and finally canceled each other out amidst a series of explosions. The burst of energy stirred up a gale, causing the black and white cloaks behind Gildarts and Kizaru to flutter wildly.

"They can even block attacks like that? That's terrifying!"

Kizaru hissed, but his eyes grew even more serious.

His life principle has always been to do what he's paid for. Since he's receiving a salary from the navy, he has to do his job seriously. No matter how difficult the enemy is, he has to at least maintain appearances.

"The Kusanagi Sword!!"

With a soft shout, Kizaru spread his hands, gathering light into a solid laser sword. Then, he transformed into golden light and attacked Gildarts at the speed of light.

The Glint-Glint Fruit grants Kizaru extremely high ranged attack capabilities, so he often chooses to stand still and attack in battle. However, when encountering enemies with Haki or special powers, he is not hesitant to use his close combat skills.

Now that his laser tactics have failed, abandoning long-range attacks and switching to close combat has become an inevitable choice.

In an instant, Kizaru appeared beside Gildarts, raised the Ame no Kusanagi sword, and slashed down with all his might!

"What?!"

Gildas's expression changed drastically. He could indeed use the Shattering Domain to block the laser beams, but that magic couldn't stop a human body that could be shattered and then reassembled!

Stab it--!

The lightsaber was incredibly sharp, severing half of Gildarts's cloak from his back!

Chapter 918 Super S-Class Mage VS Marine Admiral

Kizaru did not pursue; his gaze fell upon the Ame no Miku sword in his hand.

The lightsaber was damaged; its end had disintegrated into countless light blades under the passive effect of the shattering magic, leaving only the hilt and a small fragment in his hand.

Whoosh—!

Gildarts quickly retreated, his feet leaving two marks on the ground. Seeing that Kizaru had stopped attacking, he breathed a sigh of relief: "That was close... thankfully I made it in time at the last minute..."

He had just sensed something was wrong and immediately used his shattering magic on himself, creating an invisible cloak of shattering magic around himself that could pulverize anything that touched him.

Although the Heavenly Cloud Sword is made of light, it relies on condensed heat energy to attack enemies. This creates an opening for the Shattering Magic's counterattack, which is why Kizaru's attack failed.

"That's strange. Based on my previous observations of you, you shouldn't have any Haki... So how did you manage to shatter my sword? Could it be that your Devil Fruit has awakened?"

Gildarts's lips twitched: Another guy who treats magic as a Devil Fruit ability!

"...We've already said we're not Devil Fruit users, we're mages!!"

Kizaru nodded, his attitude extremely perfunctory: "Hmm... I understand. People like you from small, isolated places, with little worldly experience, it's normal to give Devil Fruit powers strange names!"

Gildarts immediately flew into a rage: "Who are you calling a small-town bumpkin?! I'm a renowned Super S-Class Mage throughout the entire Asland!! If you don't even know magic, who's the ignorant country bumpkin here?!"

Unfortunately, Kizaru mistook Gildarts' roar for the shame and anger of having the truth exposed. He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, gathered light energy, repaired the Ame no Miku sword, and attacked again.

shhhhhh...

The Heavenly Cloud Sword continuously sliced ​​through the air, its dazzling golden light creating a series of brilliant beams that made the eyes sting and tears flow, making it difficult for onlookers to look directly at it.

Gildas dodged and used shattering magic to defend himself, but he was still blinded by the light that filled his entire field of vision. His eyes stung, and tears streamed uncontrollably down his cheeks.

"Damn it! You actually resorted to such despicable means?!"

"Hey, hey, hey... Let's get this straight, I'm a Marine Admiral who upholds justice! How can you call this kind of method despicable when dealing with evil pirates like you??"

"I'm not a pirate!"

"But you're standing up for pirates, aren't you? And you even consider them your friends!"

"Well... Ace and Buggy aren't bad guys!"

"Whether they are bad or not is not something you can decide for yourself. They attacked a Celestial Dragon in the street not long ago! Why don't you ask them yourself and see if they consider themselves good or bad?"

Ask them? Do I even need to say the answer?

Gildas fell silent. Knowing the two men as he did, he knew they would never shamelessly claim to be good people!

"But I've heard that the Celestial Dragons aren't good people..."

Now it was Kizaru's turn to fall silent.

Should I refute it? How should I refute it?

He knew in his heart that the Celestial Dragons were no good, but what could he do? They were powerful. They represented the World Government. They were the rulers of this world.

For a moment, the attack speed of the Heavenly Cloud Sword slowed down.

Gildarts used shattering magic to create an invisible gauntlet in his hands, a technique he had specifically developed to deal with opponents he couldn't directly touch but could only fight in close combat.

These shredding gauntlets can tear apart anything they touch, making them a perfect combination of offense and defense.

Each time the Heavenly Cloud Sword strikes the invisible gauntlet, it emits a brief, rapid, and high-pitched metallic clang, before being shattered to pieces by Gildarts's shattering magic.

But in the next instant, Kizaru will repair it and then attack again.

The two exchanged blows in silence, testing each other's close-combat abilities. Regardless of their power, it was definitely a spectacle, absolutely thrilling.

Kana, who was watching from the sidelines, was dazzled.

She can use Haki, so she intends to join the battle to help Gildarts, but she is also worried that she will become a burden because she has no way to deal with the laser. She is conflicted.

Kizaru naturally noticed Cana standing to the side and could feel the Haki swirling around her hands, but he had no time to pay attention to her right now. Even if a little girl learned Haki, she wouldn't amount to much.

At least, she's far inferior to the middle-aged man in front of her!

Kizaru has a pretty good idea of ​​Gildarts' strength. Although he doesn't know Haki, he can still handle Logia-type Devil Fruit users, a skill probably unique in the entire ocean. Most importantly, his strength in both ranged and close combat is excellent, easily reaching Admiral-level. If he were to learn Haki, he would definitely be an Admiral!

'I wonder if all mages are this outrageous? If so, Sakazuki is in danger...'

At this moment, Kizaru was unaware that Akainu's situation was not dangerous at all, but rather one that he envied greatly for its leisure.

"Great Flame Ring - Flame Emperor!!"

Just as Kizaru and Gildarts were locked in fierce combat, Ace's loud shout rang out from the side.

The two stopped fighting at the same time and turned to look. They found that Ace was covered in wounds and panting heavily, looking quite disheveled. Sentomaru was also in bad shape. His bellyband was burned off, revealing his large body, and much of his short hair was also burned off.

But the state of the two people at this moment is not the point. The point is that Ace released a large amount of flames, turning a large area around into a sea of ​​fire. The raging flames caused the surrounding temperature to rise continuously. Even Buggy, who was hiding far away, could feel the terrifying heat in the air.

Seeing this, Kizaru couldn't help but break out in a few beads of sweat on his forehead: "The Flame-Flame Fruit? What terrifying power!"

"Are you serious? I don't see a hint of fear on your face..."

Gildarts muttered a complaint to Kizaru, then stared at Ace's flames, thinking to himself, 'The temperature of these flames isn't even half of Natsu's... They're both 20 years old, both use the power of fire, so how come there's such a huge difference?'

Natsu's flames can burn a person's clothes from a distance, while Ace's flames struggle to even melt the ground, clearly demonstrating the difference in their control over fire.

In the time it takes to say two sentences, Ace has already conjured a huge fireball.

He held the fireball high above his head, as if holding a miniature sun, which illuminated the surroundings so brightly that it even overshadowed the golden light emanating from Kizaru.

Kizaru adjusted his sunglasses, specially designed to block ultraviolet rays, and muttered, "This is truly dazzling light!! If he were to use that technique, it would be a real headache..."

He stopped fighting Gildarts and turned to attack Ace, but Gildarts blocked his way: "It's not very nice to leave halfway through a fight, is it?"

"Sorry, I don't have time to waste right now..."

As the messenger of light, no one can stop Kizaru from leaving if he wants to. He had been holding back before for three reasons: first, to test the strength of the mages; second, because he thought Sentomaru was strong enough to deal with Ace and Buggy; and third, because he wanted Sentomaru to make military contributions. But now, the situation has clearly exceeded his expectations, so he has no choice but to take action himself.

Kizaru transformed into a golden light and escaped Gildarts's interception, instantly arriving beside Ace. His Ame no Kumo no Tsurugi, imbued with Armament Haki, slashed down heavily!

*Pfft!*

Estun immediately spurted blood, his body swayed, and he fell to the side.

"Ace!!"

"hateful!!"

With his last breath, Ace slammed the giant fireball in his hand down at his feet!

boom!!!

Flames erupted in response, the sound continuing incessantly.

The intense heat and flames reduced the entire Area 19 to ruins.

……

The following day, the World News Agency published two news articles.

The first incident is the "Clown" Buggy beating a Celestial Dragon incident. The main content is as follows: Former Roger Pirates member "Clown" Buggy beat a Celestial Dragon in the street. Admiral Kizaru led the Navy to surround and suppress him, but was ambushed by "Fire Fist" Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, as well as the magicians "Crusher" Gildarts and "Astrologer" Cana.

After the two sides clashed, Kizaru failed to achieve his goal, but successfully captured "Fire Fist" Ace.

The second event is the Supernova Collision Incident, which mainly involves the Straw Hat Pirates, led by Monkey D. Luffy, joining forces with the Bonney Pirates, led by Jewelry Bonney, to clash with the Blackbeard Pirates, led by Marshall Teach, a defector from the Whitebeard Pirates, on Food Street Island.

The three forces were severely injured and their whereabouts are unknown.

Chapter 919 The Assemble of Mages

As is well known, the magnetic field on the Grand Line is extremely chaotic, making navigational tools such as compasses and needles completely useless. To navigate here, one can only rely on recording the pointer.

The climate and magnetic field in the new world are even more chaotic than in the paradise!

Upon reaching this point, an upgraded version with three logging pointers is needed. These pointers will point to three different islands. The more unstable the island, the more dangerous the journey ahead. Experienced navigators need to choose the best route to ensure safe navigation.

For Kira and his companions, the New World was a completely unfamiliar territory, and they didn't have Log Pose, so finding the Torant Sea here was even more difficult than going to Skypiea.

Fortunately, the new world is now a mixed bag, and the Torant Sea is the focus of attention for almost all forces, so as long as you look carefully, you can still find guides.

Kira activated the signal transmitter on the Hope and quickly located the nearby islands. The group then split up and spent a day finally obtaining the permanent GPS for Whole Cake Island, as well as several life papers of the people living there, from their kind pirate friends.

After everything was prepared, Kira confidently piloted the Hope toward Whole Cake Island.

However, before he could come up with a cool way to make his entrance, the latest newspaper interrupted his daydreaming.