A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

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As Despel battled Ikaruga, Kira, just as they had guessed, faced off against Gerald.

"I never expected you to be the first person to arrive here, Kira Hopelight!"

"I didn't expect you to be able to keep your composure. Your men are either losing or betraying you. Is this because you haven't been paying them their salaries?"

Faced with Kira's thought process, Gerald could only remain silent.

"The council should already be preparing to launch the magical spirit power. 27 billion magic power, that sounds like it will last a long time."

Kira looked around and said to himself in a nonchalant tone, "If we sold all these magic crystals, how much money could we make? We probably wouldn't have to worry about money for the rest of our lives!"

"Hmm?" Gerald felt increasingly uneasy as he listened, wondering if this guy was also eyeing the Tower of Paradise.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, once the magical energy of the magical spirits shoots in, I'll take this tower made of magic crystal!"

Their attitude wasn't exactly arrogant, but it was more accurate to say they completely disregarded Gerrard.

Gerald didn't immediately reply to Kira; at that moment, only one question remained in his mind: 'How does this guy know the true nature of the Tower of Paradise?'

After thinking for a long time without figuring out the reason, he could only laugh awkwardly: "Kira Hoplight, you've certainly surprised me by knowing the true nature of the Tower of Paradise! But if you want to get the Tower of Paradise, you have to defeat me first! Can you do that?"

"Tch, even if your mental form Zekrein returns to your original body, you're still just a Wizard of Ten," Kira mocked rudely. "Wizard of Ten? It's just a unit of measurement for strength, like you can't beat anyone!"

Gerald was already surprised enough that Kira knew about the Tower of Paradise, but now that Kira even knew Zekrein's true identity, he had to start considering where he had gone wrong.

I shouldn't have had a private conversation with him using the identity of Zekeline. Even if you count the entire Fairy Tail, there was only one time we had a private encounter, which was when Zekeline and Erza first met a few years ago. But he fooled me by using the identity of "Jellal's twin brother" that time.

All the actions should have been kept secret, so how did Kira know?

Could it be Urutia?

The most likely possibility is that there is a traitor among his own people, and the first person Gerald thinks of is Ultear, who has been by his side for many years and knows all his actions!

Despite his inner doubts, Gerald didn't want to add any more variables at this crucial moment, so he kept a straight face.

He knew very well that Ultear was not someone who could be easily subdued. Even if she had ulterior motives, at least their goals were aligned so far.

Once I revive Zeref, all the demons and monsters will be nothing but clowns, whether it's Ultear or Kira in front of me.

Poor Gerald, he is still being manipulated by Ultear.

"You're not still dreaming of resurrecting Zeref, are you?"

Attacking cities is inferior to winning hearts and minds; using words to demoralize the enemy before battle is a common tactic.

Kira would never resort to a direct confrontation if he could resolve a problem through underhanded means; he wouldn't pass up such a good card, since it would only take a few words anyway.

The effect was remarkable, and these words immediately caught Gerald's attention.

The Tower of Paradise was built to resurrect Zeref and create a world where Zeref exists; only such a world can be a true paradise!

Gerald had always thought this way, and he had told his men the same thing. He already knew that Simon and the others had betrayed them, so he wasn't surprised that Kira knew this.

Influenced by Ultear, he is now a blind fanboy of Zeref, and he immediately focuses his attention whenever Kira mentions Zeref.

"I've seen plenty of people like you. You always want to resurrect something. Last time I met someone who wanted to resurrect a demon. His goal was to eat the demon and become stronger. The time before that, I met someone who also wanted to resurrect a demon. His goal was to defeat the demon and prove his strength, but the results were all disappointing."

At this point, even Kira himself couldn't help but marvel at how different the world was with magic, with resurrection rituals happening one after another...

"Oh, why is that?"

Gerald asked cooperatively, "Kira wants to talk, so I'll talk with him. Now I wish I could drag this out as much time as possible."

"The plan to resurrect Deliora failed because it was killed by Absolute Freeze; the plan to devour the Sea King failed because the magic itself was flawed; I can tell you very clearly that your plan to resurrect Zeref is also destined to fail in the end!"

"Hahaha..." Gerald laughed loudly upon hearing this, and after a long while, he finally spoke, "I thought you were going to say something, but this is all?"

His expression was quite smug, with a smugness that said, "You have things you don't know too": "That's right, it's normal for someone like you not to know. The Tower of Paradise, originally called the Resurrection System, is a magic created by the dark mage Zeref 400 years ago. It has no flaws!!"

"Hahahaha..." Kira retorted with a burst of laughter at Geralt, "I thought you were going to say something, but this is all?"

Not only do I know that Zeref created this magic, but I also know why he created it. Am I smug? I also know what happened to him because of creating this magic. Am I arrogant?

"Foolish fellow! He knows nothing and yet he dares to try to resurrect Zeref with this magic. Why don't I become Zeref's follower instead!"

Kira's reaction surprised Gerald: "What did you say?!"

"The reason I say your plan is doomed to fail is not because there's a flaw in the magic, but because—Zeref isn't dead at all!"

Chapter 127 What era is this? It's about guns, of course!

Gerald thought his idea of ​​resurrecting Zeref was crazy enough, but now he found Kira's idea to be even crazier.

"You mean Jelf... isn't dead?" This news sent a chill down Gerald's spine.

Is it possible? It's very possible! That's Zeref, the Great Dark Mage who hasn't been surpassed in 400 years!

Gerald had never thought about this question before. If it was true, as Kira said, that Zeref was not dead, then everything he had done over the years would have been in vain.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Gerald immediately refuted Kira's words. "If Zeref were still alive, this world would already be under his rule!"

Now, all he can do is shout these words to calm himself down.

"The world where Zeref exists is a true paradise, but this world is now so ugly it's disgusting!!"

His tense and uneasy expression, his hysterical roars, all revealed Gerald's panic. He couldn't admit that he had been doing something impossible.

"Hahaha..." Suddenly, Gerald laughed again, a hearty laugh. "That's right! Zeref died a long time ago! And until now, only I can sense his spirit and communicate with him. How could someone like you possibly understand?!"

This kid is hopeless!

Logically speaking, Jellal shouldn't be this stupid! How on earth did Ultear manage to convince him that it was Zeref's ghost?!

Urutia isn't much older than Gerald. When she seduced him eight years ago, she was just a little girl. How did she develop such persuasive skills?!

If I had such eloquence, would I still have to worry about not having any business in the store?

Kira felt that his persuasive skills were the only ones lacking in this world. Could it be that he had put all his talent into magic when he transmigrated?

"Zephyr? What era are we living in? Still talking about Zephyr?" Kira didn't hold back his mockery, pulling a pistol-shaped magical artifact from his pocket as he spoke. "Everyone plays with guns these days, plays with guns, you know?"

His attitude was extremely arrogant.

If Gerald hadn't known Kira was no ordinary man, he would have thought this was some arrogant brat showing off with just a gun.

The pistol's outer skin is unique; it's not a single color, but rather a red and white checkered pattern with black English letters written on it.

What kind of gun? This?

Gerald looked at Kira with a puzzled expression: "Since you know that Zekrein is one of the Ten Wizard Saints, do you think that mere firearms can beat me?"

"Heh, want to give it a try?"

Kira didn't even look, and fired three shots in quick succession, starting the battle.

Three bullets, with absolutely no recoil, were fired at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye toward Gerald.

This isn't physics, but it's magic!

An ordinary person might not be able to dodge it, but Gerald reacted extremely quickly. In his eyes, the speed of the gun was not much faster than swinging a sword. Dodging such bullets was a piece of cake for him.

His dynamic vision was exceptional; he not only dodged the bullets but also clearly saw their appearance—three small glass marbles with alternating red and white squares and letters written on them.

Is this a child's toy?

“Yes, that’s right,” Kira readily admitted. “This was originally intended for children in orphanages to learn to read. I just changed the bullets.”

'A toy for kids to learn to read? Did they change the bullets?'

Gerald was furious, feeling that Kira was disrespecting him by using a toy gun in battle.

"You..." He was about to hurl a curse when he realized something was wrong.

The three bullets behind him had different effects after hitting the wall.

One left highly corrosive acid on the wall; another aged the wall into lime; and the last one pierced through the wall and flew away, leaving only a small hole.

"They've imbued bullets with the power of words? That's incredible!"

Status enchantment magic is a very difficult and advanced spell. Jellal doesn't know it, but that doesn't stop him from having heard of its fame and having investigated Kira's magic.

Based on his existing intelligence, Kira's Word of Power magic can attach status effects to objects, which is why Geralt said that.

"It's not an extra!"

Kira immediately denied it, "The purpose of this gun is not to attach a status effect to the bullet, but to directly turn the Word of Power magic into the bullet!"

The Word Magic Gun transforms Word Magic into bullets and fires them. Upon hitting a target, the magic is applied to that target; it is a form of indirect magic.

Compared to Kira's direct use of Word Magic on enemies, the Word Magic Gun is undoubtedly faster in terms of casting speed, but its accuracy and effectiveness are somewhat reduced.

Most importantly, you no longer need to shout out the spell!

As mentioned before, Kira needs to shout out the name of the spell to cast Word Magic. Without shouting it out, he cannot use the true name of the spell and therefore cannot cast Word Magic.

To cover up this flaw, he specifically learned other magic and used it alternately with word magic in battle, which resulted in him sometimes shouting out his moves and sometimes not.

Although the two ultimately produce similar effects, they are actually different. Word magic is magic that mobilizes the power of the true name, and it is much more powerful than ordinary magic.

Kira has so much magic power that no one has noticed this yet; they simply assume that Kira provides different amounts of magic power for each spell.

Jellal was unaware of all this, and this was his first time fighting Kira. Although Ultear had previously mentioned that Kira's casting speed was very fast, he now had doubts about Ultear, so he had to reassess the information about Kira.

"What an interesting magical item! But at that speed, who can it even hit?"

"Since I can build this gun, I can naturally continue to modify it and increase its attack speed!" Kira laughed nonchalantly. "Let's go again! Let's see who's faster!"

The two remained silent for three seconds, and then acted simultaneously!

"meteor!"

Celestial magic, Meteor, can make a mage move as fast as a meteor. Ordinary mages simply cannot keep up with such speed and can only stand still and take hits.

But Kira was no ordinary mage!

BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!

Gunshots rang out continuously, each shot hitting Gerald's trajectory. Although each bullet was slightly slower, they were gradually closing in on Gerald's figure.

Corrosion, explosion, rust, aging, penetration, twisting, slowing down, fastening...