Chapter 450

【The moment the moon appears, the natives living on this island are forced to mutate into terrifying demons.】

【And the goal of the mission is to investigate this strange phenomenon.】

【After being transported by the ship of a mysterious ghost, Natsu and the others successfully arrived at Galuna Island.】

【The reason they call it a ghost is because, on the island, within the village here, they saw that person's grave.】

【According to what they learned, the deceased was the son of the village chief.】

【But, because of that moon, he was forced to turn into a demon and completely lost his sanity.】

【For the sake of the village's peace, the village chief painfully ended his own son's life.】

【Whenever this matter is mentioned, the village chief is full of heartache.】

【They believe this is the curse of the moon; starting a few years ago, when the moon turned completely purple, this curse descended upon their village.】

【Whenever night falls and the purple moon appears, everyone will turn into demons.】

【By the next morning, they will return to their original state.】

【After this, the village chief also presented his mission request to everyone: destroy the moon!】

【For Natsu and the others, destroying the moon is almost impossible.】

【Although Natsu is somewhat eager to try.】

【But, impossible is impossible.】

【Fortunately, there is a normal person like Lucy in this temporarily formed team.】

【Therefore, they decided to rest for the night and wait until the next day to explore the island, attempting to find other solutions to the problem.】

【The next day, the temporary team set out.】

【It is worth mentioning Gray; ever since this guy was knocked unconscious and brought here, he no longer had the thought of forcibly dragging Natsu back.】

【According to him, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.】

【In fact, at the end of the day, Gray himself is also very eager to challenge an S-Class mission.】

【Anyway, this time it's Natsu's fault, so he also plans to follow along and complete this S-Class mission.】

【The exploration of the island went smoothly at first.】

【Until they encountered that giant rat that sprays foul odors.】

【Once that smell, like a sewer fermented for dozens of days, came out, it immediately caused Natsu, a guy with a sensitive sense of smell, to collapse first, directly losing his combat ability.】

【However, it was fortunate that Gray was in the team.】

【The group ran while fighting until they reached a place with ancient ruins, where they finally finished off the giant rat.】

【And those ancient ruins clearly also attracted the attention of Natsu and the others.】

【The name of the ruins is the Temple of the Moon.】

【Inside the primitive architecture, various ancient texts were scattered everywhere.】

【None of the group understood them, but for the sake of investigation, everyone still pretended to study them.】

【Until... Natsu, unable to resist his curiosity about whether the floor was sturdy, stomped his feet hard on the floor.】

【Instantly, the floor shattered, and the group fell straight down into the depths of the underground.】

【However, perhaps it was a blessing in disguise, as they were stunned to discover that beneath the ruins...】

【... was an unknown cavern.】

【Or rather, an underground passage would be more accurate.】

【Upholding the idea of exploration, the group began to move along the passage.】

【Until... they discovered that... behemoth frozen in ice!】

【The moment he saw that giant figure!】

【Gray froze.】

【His pupils trembled, and sweat instantly covered his cheeks.】

【Unbelievable!】

【Gray could not believe this!】

【Under the questioning of the others, Gray also revealed the origin of that giant figure.】

【Deliora!】

【The immortal demon known as the disaster!】

【A terrifying monster that ravaged the north of the continent years ago.】

【At the same time, it was also the culprit that destroyed Gray's family and even caused Gray's Master to lose her life to seal it.】

【Just then, another group approached, and Lucy immediately decided to take everyone and hide first.】

【From the mouths of this group, they managed to gather some clues.】

【Moon Drip!】

【A mysterious ritual.】

【Also, the previous giant rat was their pet.】

【And the giant Deliora before them was brought to this island by them.】

【Furthermore, they talked about gathering the moonlight onto Deliora.】

【And their leader, a guy named Reitei.】

【After these analyses, everyone guessed that the villagers on the island who turned into demons were very likely related to Deliora.】

【After all, this terrifying demon, Deliora, did not die.】

【Even today, it can only be considered in a sealed state.】

【A state sealed by Gray's Master, Ur, with her life!】

【After that group left, Gray and the others had no intention of chasing them.】

【Instead, they planned to stay where they were and wait for nightfall.】

【They wanted to see what this so-called Moon Drip was.】

【Time flowed away like the tide.】

【Gradually, the sky turned dark, and immediately after, the entire underground space began to tremble.】

【Above Deliora, rows of purple magic circles appeared out of thin air.】

【Purple radiance fell from top to bottom onto Deliora.】

【Noticing this, everyone immediately prepared to follow the magic circles upward.】

【Until they reached the top of the ruins and saw that group of people in cloaks chanting around the purple magic circle.】

【Only now did everyone understand this so-called Moon Drip ritual.】

【It was a ritual capable of melting the ice that sealed Deliora, which was formed by Ur's life.】

【In other words, what this group wanted was to resurrect Deliora.】

【And the series of strange phenomena on the island was likely caused by this Moon Drip.】

【Including the mutation of the villagers.】

【Having seen through all this, there was no need for the group to hide anymore.】

【Coincidentally, the so-called Reitei had appeared here now.】

【The battle erupted at this moment!】

【However, this battle was a failure.】

【First, Reitei ordered his subordinates to destroy the village.】

【Lucy and Happy went ahead to intercept them.】

【The remaining ones, whether Natsu or Gray, did not gain any advantage in front of Reitei.】

【Natsu was frozen, and immediately after, kicked off the cliff by Gray.】

【The purpose was to fight the guy in front of him one-on-one.】

【Just because this person was actually Gray's senior, Lyon!】

【In this battle, Gray was defeated, but at the same time, he learned of Lyon's goal.】

【That was to resurrect Deliora and defeat it, in order to prove that he had surpassed Ur!】

【A ridiculous idea, but Gray could not stop it.】

【After the defeat, Gray, lying alone on the ground, was carried back by Natsu, who had climbed back to the top of the ruins.】

【In the village, they encountered another attack from Lyon's subordinates.】

【In this village defense battle.】