Chapter 74

Brian: "What is going on? A chance at resurrection that we couldn't even beg for... was actually obtained by a living person? What use is it to him!"

Ultear: "Just give it a rest. I guarantee that if you were to be resurrected, I would be the first to take you out, Brian!"

Ur: "Count me in. If you were to be resurrected, things wouldn't be so simple."

Brian: "...Damn, I forgot there were two enemies left."

Jellal: "Could it mean he gets to keep an extra life?"

Kagura: "I am very glad that you, Jellal, did not receive the resurrection reward."

Jellal: "?? What is the situation? What is this inexplicable hostility about?"

Jellal was very bewildered.

Who is this person?

Meredy: "It seems to be the guy who obtained the fatal blow earlier."

Jellal: "Huh? No, what exactly is going on here? What did she mean by that sentence just now?"

Kagura did not respond to Jellal's words, but instead fell silent.

Leaving Jellal alone on the spot, completely bewildered.

Silver: "? Resurrection? Does this count as lying down and winning?"

Inside the Fairy Tail guild, Gray frowned deeply.

Looking at the words on the sky screen.

"Silver?"

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the figure that had appeared on the sky screen before, a figure that was incredibly familiar.

A series of questions flooded his mind.

That person... who exactly is he? And why is he exactly the same as the figure in his memory?

And this resurrection now... what exactly is going on?

Too many doubts left Gray feeling confused.

Gray: "What is going on with you? Who exactly are you!!"

Silver: "Me? Just a lucky demon, hahahaha."

Tartaros Nine Demon Gates, Dark Monk Keyes: "Oh? This is truly an unexpected story. Has a person who passed away actually regained a new life?"

"Things are starting to get interesting."

[Ding! Finally, congratulations to the Fairy Tail guild.]

[Obtained a monetary reward of one billion J.]

[Congratulations to the Fairy Tail guild master, Makarov, for obtaining one body-tempering opportunity.]

[Note: Body-tempering will help the Black Mage clear out the hidden injuries accumulated over the years, allowing the Black Mage to return to their peak state.]

Inside the Fairy Tail guild.

Makarov didn't even hear the subsequent rewards.

Standing at the bar, clutching his wine glass, he stared blankly at the text on the sky screen.

His body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"How... how much J?"

Makarov looked tremblingly at Mirajane beside him.

Mirajane smiled and said softly: "One billion J! If converted into cash, our guild wouldn't even be able to hold it."

"One... one billion?!!"

"It wouldn't even fit?!"

Makarov rolled his eyes back! His whole body fell straight onto the bar.

Causing countless people to gasp.

"Master! Master, what's wrong? You have to pull yourself together!"

"Is it a heart attack? Quickly, go to the west and invite Porlyusica!"

"Oh, you idiot, once the sky screen rewards are distributed, the Master won't even have heart disease after the body-tempering."

"But, the rewards haven't been distributed yet, right? So what do we do about the Master?"

"He wouldn't just pass away from excitement, would he?"

Countless people surrounded the convulsing Makarov, their anxious voices echoing constantly.

Laxus, who was actually still in the guild, frowned.

"Move aside, let me handle this."

He pushed through the crowd and arrived in front of Makarov.

He leaned close to Makarov's ear.

He said softly:

"Hey, old man, if you die, that one billion won't have anything to do with you anymore."

"What?!!"

Makarov suddenly opened his eyes and sprang up from the bar.

He roared furiously: "Whoever dares to touch my one billion, I... I will fight them to the death!"

[Ding! Rewards are now being distributed, please prepare to receive them.]

As the prompt from the celestial screen echoed throughout.

Within the Alvarez Empire.

Brilliant golden light descended from the sky, enveloping the entire empire.

At this moment, every citizen within the Alvarez Empire was, without exception, blessed by the golden radiance.

Their lifespans were increased by one year as a result.

An incomparably comfortable sensation filled the hearts of everyone.

It made people unable to help but cry out in delight.

On the other side, the Spriggan 12 had also made their choice.

They handed the qualification for evolution over to Irene.

Immediately following, a pillar of pure white light gradually began to envelop Irene.

Her constitution began to undergo a transformation at this very moment.

An indescribable sensation caused Irene to involuntarily squeeze her eyes shut.

It was not until a long while later that the light gradually dissipated.

Only then did Irene slowly open her eyes.

"How does it feel?" Brandish looked at Irene curiously.

Irene slowly raised her hands; the hands that had long ago turned into dragon claws had now recovered into fair, human palms.

She gripped them together, feeling a sense of disbelief.

Her left hand touched her right hand, and her right hand immediately touched her left.

The moment she felt the texture of that skin, Irene finally confirmed one thing.

She raised her head, her eyes brimming with tears of joy.

"I... I have finally become human again..."

Inside Tartaros.

Pitch-black light enveloped this group of demons.

Overbearing Curse Power surged into the sky.

Kyoka: "Such a comfortable feeling... My Curse Power, which hadn't been able to improve for hundreds of years, has actually increased again?"

Tempester: "Could this be the overall increase in Curse Power that the celestial screen mentioned? It's truly astonishing!"

Jackal: "Haha, I'm already starting to get impatient. How long until we finally start our move!"

Seilah: "All of this depends on the arrangements of Lord Mard Geer."

Keyes: "Lord Mard should have new matters to deal with now, after all, that guy has completely slipped out of our control."

Kyoka: "Is it Silver?"

Keyes: "Yes, it seems that guy has already used resurrection; I can no longer control him."

Seilah: "That is Lord Mard's business. Perhaps we will have one less colleague later on."

Meanwhile.

In another room within Tartaros.

Silver slowly opened his eyes.

He reached out a trembling hand and touched his own chest.

His heart was beating!

This was the sign of a living person; a smile could not help but rise to the corners of Silver's mouth.

Finally!

He had finally been resurrected!

Yes, before this, even though Silver could move like a normal person.

Even fighting, eating, and all the things a normal person could do, Silver could do.

However, Silver was still a dead man.

A true dead man, merely an experimental subject revived by the necromancer of Tartaros, Keyes, from a pile of

corpses killed by demons.

Among the many experimental subjects, only Silver survived to the end because of his intense desire for revenge.

And he even learned Devil Slayer Magic for it.

Keyes knew this, and most of the demons in Tartaros knew it too.

It was just that because Silver would always be controlled by Keyes, the demons did not worry that Silver could cause them any losses.

But now it was different.

Silver had successfully resurrected, successfully turned back into a human, and broken free from Keyes's control.

Then...

Knock, knock, knock...

The tightly closed door was knocked open.

Mard Geer walked in slowly with his hands behind his back.

Silver narrowed his eyes slightly.

Mard Geer had no intention of wasting words either.

His gaze fixed directly on Silver: "Give me a reason to let you stay."

"I have nowhere else to go, you know that. Besides... aren't you always confident that you won't be overthrown by anyone?"

Mard Geer laughed: "Human, you are starting to suit my tastes more and more."

"Mard Geer fears no one, simply because... I am the absolute demon!"

He leaned in a little closer, his gaze fixed on Silver's eyes: "I look forward to your performance, Silver Fullbuster!"

Towards Fairy Tail.

After a flash of light, Makarov's face looked much more ruddy.

Of course, it was unclear whether it was because of the room full of money.

Or because his blood and Qi were now sufficient.

In any case, everyone in the guild listened to Makarov laugh for over an hour before he would stop.

"Money! This is all money!"

"With this, the previous guild can be redeemed, and we can expand, expand ten times over! Hahahaha!!"

"My own living quarters should also be changed to a mansion, it must have a large swimming pool!"

"And it must have a hundred maids!"

Gildarts: "A hundred maids?!?"

"Hehe, Master, my dear good Master, you haven't forgotten our friendship from when we used to visit the red-light district together, have you?"

Cana held her forehead: "What an incorrigible old man."

Lucy: "You'd better leave them alone, the celestial screen has movement again, look."

Just as Lucy said.

After the rewards were finished, the static black-bordered celestial screen had images once again.

[This war, after the defeat of the Lightning Dragon August and the Storm Dragon Douglas, the scales of victory tilted completely towards the Dragnof Kingdom.]

[The remaining giant dragons saw that the situation was lost and also lost their will to fight.]

[They began to flee in all directions.]

[This was an incredible, great victory.]

[But, this was also the most tragic war in the history of the Dragnof Kingdom.]

[The kingdom's army suffered nearly fifty percent casualties, with over hundreds of thousands buried in this war.]

[However, all of this was worth it.]

[The Dragnof Kingdom would also become the first human kingdom in history to defend its homeland under the threat of giant dragons.]

[This is a historic moment, worthy of celebration by all.]

[And the soldiers also knew who the greatest hero of this war was.]

[That figure who defeated a giant dragon with a human body had long been deeply engraved in the hearts of all the soldiers.]

[Therefore, the moment the war ended, the entire battlefield fell into frantic cheers.]

[They shouted the name of Queen Irene, and also shouted the name of the dragon slayer, Black Natsu.]

[Countless shouts intertwined, reaching the sky, and reaching this world.]

[In the Dragnof Kingdom in the east of the Ishgar continent, the second dragon slayer was born!]

[The world! Was also shaken at this moment.]

[Countless giant dragons worried that this newly emerged dragon slayer would become the second Acnologia.]

[But, just when everyone or every dragon wanted to find this dragon slayer, they found that they could not locate this person's specific whereabouts no matter what.]

[It was as if they had vanished into thin air, completely losing all traces.]

[Gradually, the name Natsu was slowly forgotten by the giant dragons.]

[But within the Dragnof Kingdom, a giant statue dozens of meters high was erected to commemorate the hero of the kingdom.]

[...]

[Of course, these are stories for later.]

[At this very moment, in Irene's room.]

[Irene was sitting by the bed, her eyes looking somewhat tired, and her face appearing even more haggard.]

[Her gaze looked worriedly at Black Natsu, who was in a coma on the bed.]

[Nearly a month had passed since the end of the war.]

[And Black Natsu, ever since that battle, had fallen into a coma due to the depletion of his magic power.]

[It had continued until today.]

[At first, Irene thought it was because he was too tired and didn't pay much attention, just placing Black Natsu on her own bed and checking on him every day.]

[But, gradually, Irene discovered a hint of something wrong.]

[Even if one is tired, even if one is sleepy, one wouldn't sleep for days, right?]

[So, Irene invited the best doctors in the kingdom to treat him, but it was to no avail.]

[It wasn't until Belserion had seen him that a conclusion was reached.]

[There was a problem within Black Natsu's body; forcibly devouring magic power that did not belong to him would bring unpredictable consequences.]

[What's more, what Black Natsu devoured was the lightning from the Lightning Dragon?]

[This power conflicted with Black Natsu's original power, so the Lightning Dragon's power had been rioting within Black Natsu's body.]

[And Black Natsu's original magic power, as well as his dragon power, were all being used to quell the riot, which is the process of completely converting someone else's power into his own.]

[During this process, everything Black Natsu did was based on instinct, which is why he fell into such a long coma.]

[In other words, if Black Natsu could not manage to completely control the Lightning Dragon's power within his body, he would not be able to wake up.]

[This process was very long, but no one could say for sure, so Irene had been guarding Black Natsu's side almost every day during this time, fearing that this guy might wake up in the dead of some night.]

[Irene didn't know why she would do this, she only knew that she should do this.]