Chapter 69

【Black Natsu reached out and covered the back of Irene’s hand that was supporting him.】

【Heavy breathing echoed.】

【"Don't worry... I can still fight."】

【Black Natsu slowly raised his head, his black eyes gradually beginning to turn toward golden.】

【"Oh? Still alive?"】

【The Thunder-Descending Dragon August seemed a bit surprised that Black Natsu was still alive.】

【But, what followed was even more furious rage.】

【"As a human, being able to withstand my breath, you can be proud of yourself, Dragon Slayer!"】

【He opened his mouth again, and massive magic energy continuously gathered in that giant mouth.】

【"But! This farce ends here!"】

【Crimson-black light continuously bloomed from August’s giant mouth.】

【The gathered magic power alone was enough to make the earth tremble and the atmosphere shiver!】

【Irene, watching all this, couldn't help but show despair.】

【Could it be... that humans really cannot defeat dragons?】

【This thought was budding in Irene’s mind.】

【But... is that really the case?】

【Black Natsu shook his stiff arms, then pushed Irene, who was supporting him, to the back.】

【He took a step, walking forward shakily.】

【Although his figure looked as if he would fall to the ground the next second, in the end, Black Natsu forcibly stabilized his figure.】

【"What a troublesome ability... this kind of thunder..."】

【He whispered softly.】

【Then, he slowly raised his head.】

【His gaze fixed on August, who was accumulating magic power.】

【But the corners of his mouth curled up, contrary to the norm.】

【Irene, who was watching Black Natsu at all times, even doubted if something was wrong with her eyes.】

【Why... even at a time like this, can he still laugh?】

【"Hehe... Hahahaha..."】

【Black Natsu covered his forehead, his laughter seeming to mock the giant dragon in front of him!】

【"However... I seem to have discovered something interesting..."】

【As the words fell, Black Natsu lowered his hand, and suddenly! A wisp of crimson-black lightning! Flickered at the corner of Black Natsu’s mouth...】

Hades: "What’s the situation? Did I see that wrong?"

In the endless void, Hades’ consciousness was staring fixedly at the sky screen.

At the wisp of crimson-black lightning leaking from Natsu’s mouth.

In his mind, memories sealed for a long time gradually began to clear up.

On that Tenrou Island.

On that warship, the miracle where fire and lightning intertwined.

Hades: "It shouldn't be possible... That form was born under a series of coincidences, how could it be replicated here?"

"Impossible... Absolutely impossible..."

In the void, Hades’ consciousness kept whispering.

It wasn't just Hades who noticed this scene.

There was another person, Mavis.

At this moment, deep beneath the original Fairy Tail guild.

In a huge underground space that no one had ever known about, except for the past masters of Fairy Tail.

Mavis’s thought-form was standing here.

Her gaze was fixed on the sky screen, and behind her was a huge magic crystal, in which Mavis’s physical body was sealed.

Originally, Mavis intended to come here to study how to unseal her body and revive herself.

But she was distracted by the scene on the sky screen.

In that scene, the last wisp of lightning remaining at the corner of Black Natsu’s mouth was clearly captured by Mavis.

That scene was exactly the same as the war she witnessed on Tenrou Island many years ago.

"The combination of fire and lightning... can such a miracle really be replicated?"

Mavis’s brows were tightly locked, her gaze staring fixedly at the sky screen.

She didn't move away, and even the matter of recovering her own body behind her was put aside.

Mavis was very curious if Black Natsu had really started to evolve toward that miraculous form.

In the sky screen footage.

【Crackle... crackle...】

【The sound of electric current kept echoing, and the curved, connected residual electricity seeped out from the giant mouth opened by the Thunder-Descending Dragon August.】

【Striking the earth, it emitted a series of small explosions.】

【Hitting the earth into one crater after another.】

【"This is... the Thunder-Descending Dragon’s Roar?"】

【"The range is too big, isn't it? Is it trying to destroy this place along with the palace?!"】

【Below, watching the scale of that extremely dazzling crimson-black lightning.】

【Irene’s face looked terrible to the extreme.】

【She began to look around.】

【"Damn it! There’s simply nowhere to hide..."】

【The violent magic energy in the sky was still rising wildly, as if there was no end point.】

【Irene’s brows were tightly furrowed, and she shouted at Black Natsu in front.】

【"Natsu! Retreat quickly, this attack absolutely cannot be taken head-on, you’ll die!"】

【"If I don't block it... you’ll die."】

【Black Natsu’s forward pace paused slightly, and he turned his head to look at Irene behind him.】

【The voice wasn't loud, but it made Irene’s heart tremble violently!】

Zeref: "Ara ara, I even got goosebumps. How about it, Irene, not bad, right?"

Irene: "??? Did you take the wrong medicine? Your Majesty?"

August: "But, isn't Your Majesty worried that Black Natsu will really die under that blow?"

Zeref: "Probably not. Black Natsu’s personality wouldn't let him do things he wasn't sure about. He should have some unexpected trump card, right?"

Dimaria: "Is that so? In this situation, what can Black Natsu rely on to turn the tables? This gap in strength is already cliff-like."

Zeref: "Keep watching. Since the last time, I’ve understood that Black Natsu always gives people a surprise in ways ordinary people can’t imagine."

"I believe this time will be no exception."

【Black Natsu turned his head again, his gaze fixed on the behemoth in the distance.】

【Then he took a deep breath.】

【He murmured:】

【"And it... can't take my life, I know what I’m doing."】

【Although the words just now made Irene’s heart tremble, she still knew what the situation was.】

【On the contrary, Irene was already starting to doubt Black Natsu’s mental state at this moment.】

【"What kind of joke are you making, that kind of attack really..."】

【Irene’s words were not finished.】

【From the distance came the heaven-shaking roar of a dragon!】

【Roar——————!!!】

【The extremely high pitch made Irene couldn't help but raise her hands to cover her ears.】