Chapter 183

Hades: "So, those Dragon Slayers are actually people from four hundred years ago, and they only came to our era because they crossed the gate of time?"

Ultear: "Then, this makes sense; why Irene from that world was worried about not being able to meet again."

"Is it because she was afraid Black Natsu would go to the very distant future, and she wouldn't be able to live until then?"

Mirajane: "If you put it that way... that Irene was purely taking a risk; this is simply gambling her whole life on whether they would meet in the future."

Erza: "Just how infatuated must one be to make such a decision!"

"However, why am I still so repulsed, why is that?"

In the scene.

【Following Anna's soft whisper.】

【The tightly closed gate was opened by the twelve rays of light, and holy white light gradually radiated from the gate.】

【Looking at this scene, Anna understood that this was the holy radiance linking time and space.】

【Similarly, this was also the radiance that changed destiny.】

【Anna looked back at the five children behind her.】

【"The unknown future is up to you; truly show your radiance in that world, in order to defeat Acnologia!"】

【Without hesitation, Anna took the five children and crossed the gate directly, and their figures disappeared from here.】

【The screen on the screen also turned accordingly.】

【And marked the date as the early morning of July 7th, X777...】

【On the other side of the gate, a woman who looked exactly like Lucy, almost identical, was panting heavily, her forehead already covered in sweat.】

Outside the screen!

Lucy was struck by lightning again!

"This!!! Is this my mom???"

【"The gate... really opened? The ancestral teachings didn't lie to me..." Layla finally showed a smile, looking at the pure white radiance emanating from within the gate.】

【Layla Heartfilia, who is also Anna's descendant!】

【In her family, an ancient book has been passed down, said to have been passed down from the era four hundred years ago.】

【According to the records, it seems to be the ancestral teachings of the Heartfilia family's ancestor, Anna Heartfilia.】

【To let her descendants gather the twelve keys of the Zodiac in an era with abundant magic power, and then open the Eclipse Gate.】

【Layla didn't know if the era she was in was the era of abundant magic power mentioned in the ancestral teachings, but Layla didn't want her next generation, Lucy, to bear such a mission.】

【Therefore, she chose to open the Eclipse in this era to completely resolve the mission of the Heartfilia family.】

【"That is..." Layla's gaze gradually locked onto the figure slowly stepping out from the light.】

【"Are you the Eclipse opener of this era?"】

【Anna's voice followed.】

【The connectors of two eras met at this moment...】

【Boom————】

【Just at this moment, a clear vibration sound came from the Eclipse Gate behind Anna.】

【Immediately after, five rays of light flew straight out from the Eclipse Gate.】

【This night, people in the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore all saw the five rays of light that suddenly appeared, flashing like comets.】

【That is the symbol of a new era, but at this moment, no one can understand it.】

【...】

【In a primeval forest, the light wrapped Black Natsu and landed towards this forest.】

【Boom————!!】

【The huge roaring sound startled the birds in the forest, as well as all the nocturnal creatures.】

【But, very strangely, no creature could set foot in the center of the roar.】

【For all the creatures in the forest, they smelled a dangerous aura that they absolutely could not approach.】

【As if... a giant dragon had landed here.】

【And at that landing point.】

【The light dissipated, revealing Black Natsu's unharmed figure.】

【He sat up from the ground and rubbed his head with one hand.】

【As if he were organizing the chaotic thoughts in his mind.】

【Finally, it turned into a long sigh.】

【"Is it over?"】

【He touched his chest.】

【His keen senses allowed him to clearly perceive the warmth in his chest.】

【That was Igneel's temperature.】

【Recalling all the information collected in his mind, for example, the scene where Metalicana's dragon claws became transparent.】

【He seemed to have understood something.】

【The dragons... had encountered some unknown situation that made them unable to survive in the world anymore.】

【So, they chose to hide in the bodies of the Dragon Slayers, continuing their weak lives.】

【And, according to Igneel and Anna's words, it can be known that they went to the future, and there is another reason, because of Acnologia.】

【Why go to such great lengths to go to the future to deal with Acnologia?】

【Obviously, they couldn't beat him in that era, so they thought of such a plan.】

【In an era with high magic concentration, to cultivate Dragon Slayers so that they could eventually grow to the point of being able to defeat Acnologia.】

【Then, is the situation of the dragons' bodies related to Acnologia?】

【Most likely yes.】

【After a series of analyses, most of the reasons were already very clear.】

【Then, the next goal was also very clear.】

【First, find a way to restore the dragons' bodies, so that Igneel and the other dragons can be revived again.】

【Secondly...】

【"Acnologia, huh?"】

【Black Natsu stood up, looked at the sky, and narrowed his eyes slightly.】

【His fist clenched unconsciously, and the goal was also set at this moment!】