A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"Why are you here?" Sanji asked curiously, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He didn't have a good impression of these Baroque Works members.

It would have been better if they hadn't asked. The question immediately infuriated Galdino, who roared at the group, "Why am I here? It's because I was kidnapped by those two brats and that navigator on your ship!"

Nami did it? And who are those two guys?

Just as the group was puzzled, two rather immature-sounding voices rang out from the battlefield.

"The Roar of the White Dragon!!"

"The Shadow Dragon's Roar!!"

Although the full view was obscured by the candle wall, everyone could still see two enormous streams of magical energy, one white and one black, attacking the bear standing dumbfounded in the middle from both sides in the form of a raging tornado.

Stinger and Roger came to the rescue!

When Lola brought the group of people whose shadows had been stolen to provide support, these two did not come with her. Instead, they rushed to the port because they sensed an unfamiliar scent and feared that something might have gone wrong and they would not be able to get out. They happened to run into Nami and Buggy and the others.

After a brief exchange of information, Rector, the smartest of the two, and Nami reached a deal: Stinger and Rogue would help the Straw Hat crew defeat two Shichibukai in exchange for allowing them to board the Going Merry until they found their own crew.

To prevent Bucky and his gang from stealing the treasure while they were away, the three of them forcibly captured them as well.

"This attack seems to be... from a Dragon Slayer Mage??"

Seeing the familiar attack method before them, Sanji, Usopp, and the others, who were quite alert, couldn't help but think of Killer and his group that they had encountered before, and at the same time realized that there were mages on this island.

The group felt somewhat relieved, as they knew the strength of mages. Even Romeo, the weakest member of Kira's group whom they had encountered twice before, possessed considerable fighting power. Not to mention that the attack before them was Dragon Slayer Magic, the same kind used by Natsu, Gajeel, Laxus, Wendy, Eric, and others.

Sanji and his friends don't know much about magic, and their knowledge comes almost entirely from boasting during conversations. However, it can still be roughly judged that magic, like Logia-type Devil Fruits, is quite special and powerful!

But the next moment, they were dumbfounded.

Because the bear simply took off its gloves, then spread its hands out and held them horizontally in front of itself, the fleshy balls on its hands deflected both roaring attacks, and even deflected the attacks onto the newly erected candle wall.

boom!!

The wall of candles, as hard as iron, collapsed with a roar, shattering into countless thumb-sized pieces, instantly opening up the view for everyone present.

Chapter 961 Kuma: My nephew's pirate crew is no good... I have to help him!

Xiong looked around and quickly spotted the two short boys, Stinger and Roger, who were standing on either side of him. He looked slightly surprised.

'Two children possess such a level of attack?! Those mages are truly formidable!'

From the attack just now, Kuma already knew the mages' stance, and he also sensed with his Observation Haki that many people were gathering in this direction.

Although he was not afraid of being ganged up on, he dared not underestimate his opponents in the slightest. After all, everyone in the entire ocean knew that the mages were not easy to deal with—they not only had the ability to take down two Yonko crews at the same time, but they were also very protective of their own.

"A mage... It seems this operation is going to fail..."

Xiong muttered to himself, a slight smile playing on his lips that no one could see before quickly returning to its original position; he was already overjoyed.

He knew very well that the World Government was unwilling to offend the mages at this critical moment, which gave him the perfect opportunity to let the Straw Hat crew leave.

If the World Government or the Navy later question him about why he didn't capture the Straw Hat crew, he can use an excuse like "it was the magician and Buggy the Clown who saved them, and I had no choice but to retreat," and they will have no answer.

The attack was deflected. Although Stinger and Roger were surprised, they quickly suppressed their astonishment and launched another attack on the bear.

Stinger charged forward, two white orbs of magical light gathering on his fists. In a few breaths, he was beside the bear, then leaped up and slammed down with the Dragon Slayer spell.

"The White Dragon's Sacred Rain of Light!!"

At the same time, Rogue transformed into his elemental form, appearing as a shadow and striking first, strangely appearing in the bear's blind spot, and also using his most familiar dragon-slaying magic.

"Shadow Dragon's Sparrow Strike!!"

Stinger and Roger worked in perfect unison and launched another attack, this time a scattered attack. Under their control, milky white lasers and pure black shadows swept towards the bear's position like machine guns, producing a series of 'pop pop pop' sounds of air explosions.

Black and white magical energy attacked him from all directions, but the bear was not afraid at all.

Magic is also a form of energy. Even if some attacks are in blind spots, they still cannot escape the perception of Observation Haki. In Kuma's perception, Stinger and Rogue's attacks were completely visible.

The next moment, the Paw-Paw Fruit bounced off the air.

Boom boom boom...

The attacks of White and Shadow Dragon Slayer magic created a large amount of dust on the ground, making the already ruined battlefield even more chaotic under their bombardment.

"Its power is still far inferior to Nazsan's..."

Looking at the scene before him, a hint of disappointment flashed in Stinger's eyes, but it quickly disappeared, replaced by a bright and sunny smile. "Looks like I still need to work harder!"

When the smoke cleared, the area bombarded by the magic was completely empty.

However, Stinger and Roger were not surprised by this, because the moment the attack landed, they found that the bear's scent had disappeared from the spot.

Following the bear's scent, the two discovered that the tall figure had traversed dozens of meters in an instant, appearing behind the pirates.

"not good!!"

The ability to teleport instantly made all the pirates tense, and driven by their instincts, they launched an attack on the enemy in front of them.

"Two-Sword Style: Lion's Rest!!"

"Devil's Wind Kick - First Meat!!"

"Powerful right punch!!"

Ding! Dong! Bang!

Zoro, Sanji, and Franky attacked simultaneously, but after three muffled thuds, Kuma was unharmed, except for a slight tear in his clothes, revealing his alloy body that was harder than steel.

"So hard!!"

"Is this guy a cyborg...?"

"A cyborg and a Devil Fruit user, this guy is even more troublesome than Moria!"

Stinger and Roger were quite surprised by the bear's ability: "Was that... teleportation?!"

"The effect is somewhat similar to spatial magic, but the principle is different."

Throughout the entire Aslant, the number of people who use spatial magic is extremely limited, because this kind of magic is just too difficult to master.

Although the two Dragon Slayer mages were young, since joining Fairy Tail and watching the Grand Magic Games, their knowledge and experience were far beyond what ordinary children of their age could match. Their eyesight was also quite good. After these two moves, they had already judged Kuma's strength and the difference in strength between the two sides.

"Rogge, this is really bad..."

"what happened?"

"I feel like I can't win, what should I do?"

"You bastard... at least try to struggle a little more! You've only exchanged two blows!!"

Roger gets a headache every time he sees Stinger's carefree attitude, but Stinger never learns his lesson and continues to do as he pleases.

"Anyway, we don't have any deep-seated hatred for him. If we talk things out, we shouldn't have to fight, right? You see, even the council sometimes turns a blind eye to people from the dark guilds, doesn't it?"

Rogge's eye twitched, realizing that Stinger was again mistaking the Navy for the Council and the pirates for the Dark Guild. Feeling helpless, he could only explain, "That's because the Kingdom is vouching for us! Also, the Navy and the Council are different!"

He suddenly paused, thought for a moment, and then continued, "But then again, we're not pirates, so maybe we really do have a chance?"

Upon hearing this, Stinger's eyes lit up instantly: "Right?! I told you this method had a chance!"

Although they couldn't yet see the bear's attack limit, the fact that it could deflect magic attacks and teleport instantly made it virtually invincible.

In fact, even in the original Fairy Tail manga, Stinger and Rogue were always ranked below Minerva, who uses space magic, so it's normal that they can't beat Kuma now.

Just as the two were discussing how to negotiate with the bear, the bear spoke first, asking, "Are you two mages?"

"Huh? You actually know about mages?!"

Both humans and cats were surprised to hear the bear reveal their identities, but they quickly figured it out.

"So, Nami-san mentioned before that Irene-san and Mira-san were in the newspapers and were already celebrities on the sea, so it's not surprising that he knows about mages... But how did this guy figure out that we are mages?"

"It's probably because of the guild crests we wear..."

While the two were chatting casually, the bear on the other side had already begun to back down and was planning to retreat.

"Since there are mages here, we'll let you go for now. I don't think the World Government wants to provoke another powerful force at this time..."

Zoro and the others were quite surprised by his casual words. They frowned, looked at each other, and began to discuss in hushed tones.

"A vast power? Is he referring to mages?"

"But Kira said they only had a little over a hundred people, and they were all separated."

"Something terrible must have happened outside in the last couple of days. We've been stuck in this godforsaken place and haven't been able to get any news from the outside world..."

"..."

The bear's ears naturally caught their voices, and he grew increasingly anxious: 'How come my nephew's pirate crew is full of such incompetent brats who don't value intelligence? They can't even gather information on a world-renowned mage in a timely manner; how are they going to survive in the New World? No! I have to help them!'

Thinking of this, Xiong suddenly reached into his pocket, pulled out a latest newspaper, and threw it on the ground, trying to appear casual: "Right now in the New World, the Mage organization has defeated the Beast Pirates and Big Mom's Four Emperors crew in succession, and even Kaido and Charlotte Linlin have lost. Their momentum is at its peak!"

Upon hearing this, the first reactions of the minor pirates were shock, absurdity, and the other party lying.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Defeated Beasts and Big Mom? Are you kidding me?! Those are two 'Yonko'!!"

"Putting aside those two emperors, the pirates under their command are all incredibly strong. How could they possibly be defeated by an unknown mage?"

"Even the strongest Whitebeard didn't have the strength to defeat two pirate crews in one fell swoop, right?!"

Most of the pirates like Lola were born in the New World, so even though they had been trapped in the Devil's Triangle for several years, they knew the weight of the 'Four Emperors'.

The captain of these people, Lola, was Big Mom's biological daughter. She knew how terrifying her mother's strength was, so she didn't believe a word that Bear said. But after they saw the contents of the newspaper, they had no choice but to believe it.

Since the World Economic News Agency reported it, it can't be false!

Chapter 962 Luffy's Decision

After reading the newspaper, Lola and the other pirates believed what Kuma said. However, unlike these knowledgeable pirates from the New World, Luffy and his crew, along with Sting and Logue, knew absolutely nothing about the so-called 'Four Emperors'.

"The Four Emperors? What are those??"

"I don't know! Is it edible?"

"It shouldn't be, right? It sounds like a title similar to 'The Ten Saints'?"