Fairy Tail Space Mage

He was furious, of course. If it were just the Fairy Queen and the Fire Dragon, he could barely manage to deal with them. But with Kong added to the mix... his plan, painstakingly crafted over many years, seemed destined to fall apart completely.

"Another S-Class Mage?"

"Who is he? Why have I never heard of him? Could he be that mysterious Mystergang?"

"It definitely won't be Laxus."

……

The masked crowd couldn't help but murmur amongst themselves upon hearing the short, masked man's words. Clearly, because Kong had been less active in the Kingdom of Fiore in the past year or two, the people here didn't know him.

"Zalut, do you know him?" Even Leo, upon hearing that the other party was an S-class mage, couldn't help but ask the short, masked man.

“Yes, his name is Kong Black, a space-type S-rank mage known as ‘Dark Star.’ Although he’s low-key and mysterious, his strength is terrifying. I never expected him to appear on such a remote island,” Zalt introduced to Leo.

“I didn’t expect you to be here either. But this might be an opportunity.” To Zarut’s surprise, Kong actually struck up a conversation with him. Moreover, he seemed to know him.

"What are you talking about, Mr. Kong? We shouldn't have met before." Zhalut seemed a little guilty.

"Hehe, really? I think we just met not long ago."

Kong smiled at Zhalute, then patted the little pink cat on its head. The little pink cat immediately chirped loudly at Zhalute a few times, as if to say, "It's her."

Zhalut immediately wavered.

“Not only that, but that time not long ago wasn’t our first meeting… Although it’s been a long time, I haven’t forgotten you.” Kong added, and this time, Zalute’s wavering was even more obvious. He couldn’t even manage to refute her.

“Fairy Tail mage, I don’t know what your relationship is with Zalt, and I don’t want to ask. Tell me, did you come here to stop me?” Seeing that Zalt remained silent, Leo decided to ignore him and asked Sora directly.

"Help you? Sorry, I'm new here and don't know what you're up to." Kong shook his head.

"You didn't come here because of a request from the village on the island?" Leo frowned when he heard Sora's words.

“No, that’s Elsa and the others’ business. I’m here for my own purpose.” Sora shook his head again.

"So you weren't in cahoots... Then, what is your purpose?" Leo's phoenix eyebrows relaxed slightly as he continued to ask.

“There are two… The first one, I came to get rid of Deliora,” Kong honestly replied.

"What! You want to compete with me for Deliora?!"

"null!"

Leo and Gray exclaimed in surprise upon hearing Sora's words.

"What's wrong... Are you all interested in Deliora? In that case, I'm willing to give it to you. Anyway, it's already half dead. Any of the mages here can probably kill it."

Sora had no idea how the plot had progressed while he was away. Therefore, he was actually quite confused about Leo and Gray's reactions.

"Half-dead...what happened?!"

"Ku, are you going to liberate Deliora too?!"

Instead of calming down after hearing Sora's words, Leo and Gray questioned him together. This made Sora's head spin.

"Lord Leo, please calm down."

"Gray, calm down!"

Zhalute and Elsa each tried to calm the two down.

"Alright... I don't understand why you're all reacting like this. But let me answer your questions one by one... First of all, your name is Rio, right? You should know that Deliora is sealed in Absolute Freeze."

Kong decided to answer Leo's question first.

“Of course I know. I’m actually wondering why you know about this magic?” Leo calmed down a bit.

“What’s so strange about that… This magic has been around for a long time. Moreover, because it’s easy to use and powerful, quite a few people throughout history have actually used and studied it. I collected information about this magic when I was organizing the theory of altering the nature of magic. I’m quite familiar with it,” Kong replied.

"You know it well? You don't even know this magic, yet you dare to say that..." Leo clearly didn't believe Sora.

"Even if you know that magic, you've never used it even once. So, you have no right to question me." Sora interrupted Leo, seemingly knowing what he was about to say.

"This..." Leo couldn't refute it.

“Yesterday, I went underground to investigate Deliora’s condition. There’s no doubt that his life force is almost gone. On the contrary, if you don’t have the means to investigate, you have no right to speak here! Understand?” Sora seemed very dissatisfied with Leo’s unreasonable interruption.

"Harby, so this is what 'empty' is all about? The theoretical type?"

Lucy was surprised; she had always thought Sora was the martial arts type. After all, he always dressed like a swordsman, and his strength was astonishing.

"Of course. Sister Xun loves reading, which is actually influenced by Kong. The two of them often sneak into the magic laboratory and don't come out for weeks!" Happy explained, exaggerating a bit.

"Huh! Is that so..." Lucy's impression of the sky was immediately refreshed.

“Now, let’s move on to the second question. Gray, since we’re going to get rid of Deliora, of course I have to free Deliora.” Seeing that Leo had fallen silent, Sora turned to look at Gray.

Chapter 174 I Want to Restore Uru

“…Sora, since you understand the spell [Absolute Freeze], you should also know…” Gray was silent for a moment, then his gaze toward Sora began to turn dangerous.

“Of course. I know very well that the ice that sealed Deliora was actually alive. And she was your master—Uru.” Sora closed her eyes and answered.

He seemed unwilling for Gray to see the concern and sympathy he wanted to show Gray. After all, he knew everything Gray had been through.

"Since that's the case..."

“But Gray, whether it’s ice or water, it makes no difference. Your master, Uru, still can’t touch you, and she won’t respond to your words.”

Sora opened her eyes and looked at Gray. The penetrating gaze that seemed to pierce into his heart made Gray feel immense pressure.

“Of course I understand…of course I understand! Of course I understand that Uru can’t come back; the ice she turned into has even partially melted. But…but…”

Gray lowered his head, whether to avoid Kong's gaze or because he didn't want anyone to see his frustrated and desperate expression.

The atmosphere at the scene immediately became very somber.

Leaving Fairy Tail aside, on the other side, Rio and his group, along with the masked men, also fell silent. Many of the masked men even felt guilty about their past actions.

"Sigh... Gray, you still can't forget your master. Abandoning the past and facing the future is indeed not an easy thing. But in that case, my risk was worth it, wasn't it?" Sora sighed.

As Sora sighed, the little furry ball on his head let out a worried whimper. She seemed to understand; Sora had made his decision.

“Gray, I know what you’re thinking. As long as the ice of Uru remains, one day, perhaps you can find a way to restore Uru to its original state.” Sora’s words seemed to resonate deep within Gray’s heart. Gray’s body trembled involuntarily.

"That's impossible..."

Meanwhile, Leo muttered something under his breath. It seemed he, too, had tried to do something about it. Of course, in the end, in despair, he chose the opposite path—if he couldn't save them, then kill them completely.

"This is my second purpose in coming here. I want to restore Uru."

Sora seemed to have gotten used to it, always calmly uttering words that shocked everyone.

But each time, no one could immediately grasp the stark contrast between the tone and the content. So, after a few seconds of silence, Gray finally looked up, his eyes wide!

"Kong, what are you saying!" Gray thought he had misheard.

“I said, I want to restore Uru,” Kong replied again, turning his head with a hint of helplessness.

Because Gray's expectant gaze was so intense, Sora felt extremely uncomfortable. He couldn't help it; he had been avoiding crowds for too long and was unaccustomed to such intense stares. His first instinct was to look away.

But in doing so, Sora was met with another similar gaze—Leo's gaze.

Kong was in a bit of a dilemma. He seemed to have remembered now that this person was also Uru's disciple.

Judging from their confrontation, Kong thought they were enemies. Turns out, it was just a quarrel between fellow disciples. Kong immediately thought of Xianju and Liu Yun.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I know your magic very well! Although you have mastered quite a few lost spells, the only magic you should be good at is spatial magic! I've never heard of you knowing healing magic, let alone resurrection magic! You're lying!"

To everyone's surprise, the person who reacted most strongly to Kong's words was actually Zalute, who seemed to have the least connection to the matter.

“The lost magic I know isn’t just spatial. You should know that.” Sora wasn’t surprised by Zarut’s reaction; she simply looked at him and answered like this.

“Lost magic outside of the space system? Could it be… Impossible! That magic is extremely crude and crude, that kind of low-level magic…” Zarut finally remembered a certain magic that he had despised but which was treasured by Kong.

"So, this is cause and effect. That magic is indeed incomparable to the magic you know; it's very basic and rudimentary. But precisely because of this, it has all sorts of possibilities for improvement... I never imagined that the magic I obtained because of someone would now become magic that can resurrect someone very important to her... At the same time, I never imagined that the time magic, which was originally only improved to help a girl (Lisanna) remove the scars on her face, would come in handy here..."

Kong kept saying things that most of the people present couldn't understand.

"I see. You've modified that magic to be effective against living beings as well. However, that's not enough. To restore Uru with that magic, you'll need an enormous amount of magical power, and besides that..."

But ironically, it seemed that Zarut, who wore a mask and was very mysterious to both sides, understood Kong's words.

“Of course, I’ve taken all the factors into account, and I’ve prepared all the conditions. However, if you’re willing to work with me to use that magic, the chances of success should increase significantly.” Sora looked at Zalute, who finally understood the meaning of Sora’s previous words.

"I didn't expect you to be here either. But perhaps this is an opportunity."

Back then, Sora was already considering collaborating with him. However, Zarut thought it was utterly absurd. Why would he help Sora revive that person? That person he had always harbored resentment towards!

"What, you don't want to? You and her, you're clearly..."

"Don't get me wrong! Fairy Tail and I are complete enemies! I also have absolutely no good feelings towards Ul! How could someone like me possibly help you revive Ul!" Zalut seemed unwilling to let everyone know about her relationship with Ul. So, she rudely interrupted Sora.

"No good feelings at all... What a nuisance. Is it really because you're a woman... Never mind, let's not talk about feelings. Even if it's just for the sake of breaking the [Absolute Freeze], you should be interested in participating in this miraculous magical feat of 'reviving mages'... Don't you, as a fellow mage, a genius like you, want to delve deeper into the abyss of magic?"

Zhalute seems to have underestimated Kong's ability to persuade others.

In terms of the allure of intangible influence and the ability to read between the lines in negotiations, Kong is second to none.

"That's really a very attractive offer."

Zalt, or rather, Ultear who used the [Transformation] magic, was slightly tempted.

"Of course, even if this experiment fails, you'll still gain an improved version of time-restoration magic in another direction. At the same time, you'll gain a deeper understanding of time magic. Honestly, if I were invited, I wouldn't have any reason to refuse such offers," Kong continued.

Chapter 175: Persuading All

"...Alright. These are indeed very favorable terms. I will help you."

(Zalut) Urutia remained silent for a while, and finally agreed without hesitation.

To be honest, Kong wasn't sure if she was genuinely interested in this, or if she actually wanted to revive Uru. Or perhaps, she intended to do something dangerous during the collaboration.

But this was already an extremely risky operation, and Kong didn't care about adding another layer of risk.

If successful, any risk will be worthwhile!

The current situation is somewhat like a gambler's mentality.

He didn't know why he was working so hard this time. Perhaps, it was to successfully bring this cause and effect to a close.

Perhaps, it was an attempt to try and create a miracle that could break the tragic ending.

Perhaps it was to touch that mysterious, incredible thing called "fate".

Despite having reached an agreement with Ultear, the restoration of Ultear cannot begin immediately. Besides Ultear, Sora also needs the support and understanding of Gray and Rio. At the very least, he cannot allow them to hinder him.

So, Sora looked at Leo and the masked men.