[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla":3,"chapter-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla-fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-280":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Fairy Tail: A Tale of Two Natsus, This One Truly Slays Dragons!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1993679,2878,"Chapter 280","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-280",280,"\u003Cp>【The tall and burly man was thrown onto the ground like a dead dog, kicking up clouds of dust.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Is he the one you were talking about?\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Natsu and Juvia walked slowly from the end of Sho's line of sight.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Natsu, with his hands in his pockets, arrived in front of Sho.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Sorry, I seem to have... destroyed your hope.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sho was stunned!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【His trembling pupils stared fixedly at Simon on the ground.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He couldn't believe this fact.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"How could this be... how could this be...\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"It was clearly... only a moment ago!\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yes, from the moment the darkness descended until now, not even a minute had passed in total.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Excluding the time spent walking, that would mean...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon was defeated the moment the darkness shrouded them?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This... what kind of joke is this!!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【That's Simon!! The leader of everyone when they were at the Tower of Heaven!!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【His body began to tremble uncontrollably again.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sho stared fixedly at Black Natsu in front of him: \"It's you!!\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Natsu glanced sideways at Simon: \"Don't worry, that guy just fainted.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"I haven't killed him yet.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"The main thing is that I want to hear what your goal is.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Speak up, otherwise...\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The smile gradually disappeared from Black Natsu's face.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Otherwise, they will all die!\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【At this moment, Sho didn't doubt whether Black Natsu's words were true.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Because the chill contained in those words made even him feel a chill down his spine.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He knew that this guy was truly capable of doing such a thing.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"I...\" Sho gritted his teeth.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Cough cough... wait!!\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Just then, Simon, who was lying on the ground, seemed to have some movement.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Natsu turned his head to look at Simon.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【At this moment, this guy was holding his abdomen, struggling to crawl up from the ground.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Oh? You're awake?\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Natsu narrowed his eyes.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Cough cough... please... don't do it...\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon's face was ferocious as he spoke with difficulty.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"I'll say it, I know everything, let me say it...\"】 ===== CHAPTER 588 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Simon struggled to stand up from the ground, swaying.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【His gaze swept over Sho, Millianna, and Wally, who were sealed by the sword formation, bound by ropes, and knocked unconscious.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He took a deep breath: \"Although I did think we might fail, but... I never thought we would fail so thoroughly.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Huh? What do you mean?\" Lucy looked at Simon with some confusion.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon, upon hearing this, even wore a smile: \"Do you know? After learning that you were so strong, I was actually very happy.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Natsu frowned slightly: \"What... what is your goal?\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"The thing is... it's like this...\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Next, Simon began his narration.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【All of this goes back to the rebellion at the Tower of Heaven many years ago.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【At that time, whether it was Simon, Sho, or Millianna, they were all slaves captured to that tower.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Under extreme oppression.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon and the others, led by Jellal, began to plot a rebellion.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【In the end, the rebellion failed, and Jellal was captured.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But, things started to get weird from here.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【When everyone was on the verge of despair, curling up in the corner, waiting for the dark fate to descend.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The door to the cell was opened.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The one who opened the door was Jellal!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Through Jellal's description, everyone learned the ins and outs of the matter.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It turned out that Jellal had received the favor of a god in that interrogation room.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He awakened legendary magic.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And with this, he overthrew the Black Magic Cult that had once controlled the Tower of Heaven.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And now, he came to rescue Simon and the others, also under the instruction of that god.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And, according to Jellal's words.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He saw true freedom under the guidance of the god.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And the medium for this freedom was the Tower of Heaven.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Jellal began to call on everyone to build true freedom together.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And, to show his magnanimous appearance.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He even proposed the idea that everyone should decide their own fate.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Those who didn't want to stay could take a boat and leave.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Those who wanted to stay could work with him.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【When the day the paradise was built, everyone would welcome happiness and freedom.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【What a beautiful expectation.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【These words were like a dream that couldn't be refused for those slaves who had been oppressed to the extreme!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Over eighty percent of the people were willing to stay and follow Jellal toward that ethereal, happy future.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This included Simon and the others.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But, there were also over twenty percent of people who decided they wanted to leave.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【To see the real world.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【As expected, Jellal agreed.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He even personally found boats for these people and watched them leave.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【By this point, almost everyone who remained believed in Jellal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Believed in this new leader who gave them humanitarianism.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Thus, the construction of the Tower of Heaven proceeded smoothly.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This time, they were no longer forced to build it, but built it voluntarily, and even put in twelve times the effort to reach that beautiful, happy world sooner.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon at that time was the same, until...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【One day, Simon found a pile of dry bones drifting along the ocean current on the coast of the island!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【These dry bones were still wearing the clothes of the slaves from that time.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The clothes were covered in the charred blackness after an explosion.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Although it was sloppy, Simon still recognized their identities.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【These were definitely among the twenty percent who had left the Tower of Heaven.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【At that moment, Simon gradually began to doubt the tower.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But, Simon was clever.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sensing this, he didn't panic, but quickly disposed of the dry bones.】 ===== CHAPTER 589 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【He returned to the tower as if nothing had happened.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【However, from that day on, Simon began to be more cautious.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【During the construction, he began to investigate the true purpose of the tower.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And the whereabouts of those who had left.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Every once in a while, Simon could notice new dry bones drifting from the sea.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This made him increasingly suspicious of Jellal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Could it be that those who were let go... had all died?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Could it be... that Jellal really did it?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【These questions vanished into thin air after Simon figured out the purpose of the Tower of Heaven.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It was almost certain that Jellal had done it.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The Tower of Heaven is taboo magic, so Jellal would never allow anyone who knew about it to leave and tell the outside world.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Those people... were probably secretly destroyed by Jellal not long after they left, right?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon, having learned this truth, even began to doubt the perfect world Jellal had depicted.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Until he investigated that the person Jellal really wanted to resurrect was not some god who could bring happiness to people.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But the legendary Black Black Mage Zeref!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【From that moment on, Simon realized that Jellal had changed.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He had become a stranger, he had become... evil!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This tower could not be allowed to continue, but...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon's strength was too insignificant.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Although, in the eyes of people like Sho who hadn't seen the world, Simon was the strongest.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But, for Simon, who had won Jellal's trust and could often go out to perform missions.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He knew clearly how insignificant his strength was.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Let alone overthrowing the Tower of Heaven, I'm afraid if he showed any sign of something being wrong, Jellal could crush him with one finger.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Thus, he laid low.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity... to borrow a knife to kill someone.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And that opportunity only appeared recently.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The Tower of Heaven was completed, and Jellal ordered them to find a body suitable as a sacrifice.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Who it was didn't matter, and the quantity didn't matter.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Even, whether the strength was strong or not didn't matter.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【As long as the talent was enough! Even a child would do.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Therefore, Simon and the others boarded a ship to the continent.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【At this moment, Simon knew his opportunity had come.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【An opportunity to lead a powerful Black Mage to the Tower of Heaven, then stir up hatred between the two sides, and thereby destroy the Tower of Heaven.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon immediately set his sights on Fairy Tail.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Over the years, he also knew that Fairy Tail had long become one of the strongest guilds on the continent.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Especially Black Natsu, Erza, and the others, whose fame had spread across the entire continent.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This attack, to put it bluntly, was actually just a probe by Simon to test the strength of Black Natsu and the others.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【If they were strong, it proved Simon hadn't misjudged the person.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【If they were weak, he would look for others.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【After the attack ended, he would retreat directly, and then find a way to kidnap the cat beside Black Natsu, which was Happy.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Bring Happy to the Tower of Heaven, thereby attracting the strong of Fairy Tail to this tower.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This was Simon's entire goal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【After hearing all this, Black Natsu couldn't help but laugh out loud.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"I really... should I say you're smart? Or stupid?\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Smart... you could think of so much, the plan was methodical, and the success rate was even very high.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"But to say stupid...\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Natsu paused, his gaze looking at Simon: \"Perhaps you never thought that you would be finished off by me in an instant, right?\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Do you know? If I wasn't a bit curious about you.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"In that moment just now, you would have been dead!\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Simon, upon hearing this, nodded bitterly: \"Indeed, I was negligent about this point.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"At the same time, I also looked down on the strong in the world.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【\"Setting my sights on the strong, it was indeed a bit beyond my capabilities.\"】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Speaking of this, Simon's eyes narrowed slightly.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【That moment just now kept flashing in his mind.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【An instant! It was really only an instant.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The moment the darkness descended, his body suffered an unimaginable heavy blow simultaneously.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He didn't even see clearly how the other party made the move.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【His entire consciousness really fell into darkness.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【He couldn't help but shake his head: \"It really is... a monster beyond cognition...\"】 ===== CHAPTER 590 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1697,"2026-06-15T13:50:32.810Z","2026-06-15T13:55:37.298Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","925ce7f3828a75af0e9b4fe88cbbe5660019f787111dc2677ee0bc6f8dd7cbc6","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-281","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-279",287,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-cover.jpg"]