A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

Yang Lei spoke up, interrupting the crowd's excited chatter. "It's almost noon, and nobody knows when Long will arrive. Let's get there and prepare as soon as possible."

Yang Lei knew where the dragon would come from, but he couldn't say it outright.

Fortunately, since the king valued the Eclipse Gate cannon so much, he could use the excuse of protecting the Eclipse Gate as a cover and naturally get everyone across.

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The king had no suspicions. He was overjoyed to see how patriotic the kingdom's mages were, so how could he refuse? He quickly led the large group of mages towards the palace.

Upon arriving at the square in front of the palace, Princess Emerald was indeed standing not far in front of a large gate. Seeing Lucy and Yukino's arrival, her eyes lit up.

The seal on the Gate of Eclipse has been completely broken. Only the key to the zodiac is needed to open the gate and then the cannon can be charged.

"Come here quickly."

Even Princess Emerald, who was a princess of a country, couldn't help but get a little anxious, waving and urging the two girls to hurry up.

Just like Yang Lei said before, no one knows when the dragon will arrive, so the sooner the cannons are filled with magic, the better for the kingdom.

Lucy and Yukino quickly ran a few steps to Princess Emerald and, under her guidance, began operating the Eclipse Gate.

"Click".

As the key to the zodiac came into play, a sound came from the previously tightly closed door. The two heavy doors were slowly opening, and an ancient yet awe-inspiring aura rushed out from the cracks.

"They're here."

Yang Lei looked up at the sky. No one had noticed before, but now a rare solar eclipse was taking place. Everyone's attention was drawn to the news about the dragon and the opening of the eclipse gate.

"A dragon from four hundred years ago? I hope you're not too weak!"

0447 The Dragon Stepping Out of the Gate

"Crack!"

With a piercing sound, the Gate of Eclipse finally opened. Under the influence of the future Rogge, the Emerald Princess, the Kingdom of Fiore, and the Council all pushed forward with the plan.

"Ugh?"

However, after the door opened, the people present looked inside with some confusion and found that there was no cannon inside at all.

"What's going on?"

Princess Emerald was also puzzled, and a bad feeling had begun to grow in her heart, but she refused to believe it.

"Ow."

Suddenly, a roar like that of an ancient behemoth came from inside the door.

"What is that?"

The surrounding royal army was startled and became fully alert, raising their weapons and aiming them at the gate.

"Oops."

Lucy sensed something and recognized the aura of the Eclipse Gate. She couldn't help but shout, "Quickly close the gate! There are no cannons inside. This is a magic that can connect to another dimension!"

As Lucy finished speaking, as if to verify that what she said was true, a huge head poked out from inside the door.

"Roar."

The giant beast roared and strode out of the door.

"Did the dragon emerge from the Gate of Eclipse?"

The king was dumbfounded. No wonder he hadn't been able to find any trace of the dragon in the vicinity for the past few years, and even now, he hadn't found a single dragon.

It turns out that the dragon came out from the eclipse gate that they had opened with all their might.

"My God."

Not only the royal army, but also some mages from smaller guilds exclaimed in surprise, and some even turned and ran away.

It's no wonder they were so helpless; after the first dragon appeared, two more giant dragons followed, each as huge as a small mountain, leaving them with no hope of victory.

In the end, only the six guilds that had qualified for the official competition remained. Although they were also alarmed by the appearance of the dragon, they did not choose to run away and still had the fighting spirit and determination to fight.

"What to do? What to do?"

The council members were as anxious as ants on a hot plate, pacing around in circles as they watched giant dragons emerge from the eclipse gate, but after a long while, they still couldn't come up with an effective solution.

In just a short while, the number of dragons emerging from the Eclipse Gate has exceeded ten, and more dragons are still coming out. Judging from this situation, there might be a dragon's lair on the other side of the gate, and there might really be ten thousand dragons.

"Close the door quickly."

Finally, someone came up with a good idea: if they closed the gate, at least they could stop the dragons from continuing to come into this world.

As for the dozen or so giant dragons that came out in front, we can only fight them.

"No, that won't work."

Lucy and Yukino had actually thought of this idea immediately, but they found that while opening the door was easy, closing it was beyond their capabilities.

There is a dilemma: it's easy to invite a god, but difficult to send him away.

"Don't rush or panic."

Just then, Yang Lei finally stepped forward.

He hadn't spoken until now, actually observing the quality of the dragons' flesh. He discovered that, apart from a few more normal dragons, the one whose body was entirely made of flames and the other whose entire body was made of diamonds were inedible.

This greatly disappointed him. He had wanted to taste the legendary dragon meat, although it wasn't the mythical Eastern dragon, it still had the word "dragon" in its name.

I don't know if the so-called dragon liver is actually tasty.

As soon as Yang Lei spoke, the dragons turned their heads to look over, and even the dozen or so dragons that had just walked out of the gate and were looking around to familiarize themselves with their surroundings looked down.

Chapter 517

Dragons are highly intelligent creatures, even more so than humans. They can easily master human languages ​​whenever they want.

But if you switch the roles, it's different. It's very difficult for humans to master the language of dragons; in fact, it's an impossible language for them to master.

That's at least how it's set up in this world.

In addition, the magic and power of dragons are beyond the reach of humans, referring to the entire species, not individual dragons.

Therefore, dragons are indeed a species that surpasses humans, both in strength and intelligence.

Therefore, all the dragons could see that Yang Lei had taken the lead. At least his speech calmed down the people who were still in a state of fear and anxiety, which was rare and could only be done by natural leaders.

"Dragons."

Yang Lei first calmed the surrounding creatures, then looked up at the dozen or so dragons in front of him, and glanced at the dragons that were about to emerge from behind, before asking, "What is your stance? Are you the pro-war faction that feeds on humans, the moderate faction that wants to coexist peacefully with humans, or the neutral faction?"

Before the fight began, Yang Lei wanted to know which faction the group of dragons belonged to, so he could decide on the level of his attack.

Four hundred years ago, the dragon clan split up. Some dragons believed that humans were also highly intelligent beings, so they wanted to coexist peacefully with humans.

These are all dragons with gentler temperaments; at least they are dragons that love life.

However, most of the dragons did not think so. They believed that humans were just food for dragons and had never heard of humans being friends with bread.

I've never heard of anyone being friends with water.

These are the pro-war faction, and they are the most numerous.

There are also neutral parties, who are open to both ideas and have no independent opinions; they can be called fence-sitters.

However, the opportunists in the dragon group are different from the opportunists we are familiar with. They will side with whichever side is weaker, and they will not let the stronger side win in the end. They are commonly known as troublemakers.

This led to a prolonged civil war among the dragons. Eventually, in order to achieve victory and gain the respect and safety they deserved, humanity allied with the moderates.

Of course, humans and the moderate dragons have long been allied, but this time they are going to do something big: the birth of the Dragon Slayer Mage.

By now, everyone should understand. That's right, the entire Fairy Tail story is related to dragons. If most of the dragons didn't see humans as food, the Dragon Slayers wouldn't have appeared, Acnologia wouldn't have become a dragon, and all the subsequent plots would have been completely different.

Yang Lei knew that the dragon inside the gate came from four hundred years ago. Because of today's solar eclipse, the gate of solar eclipse opened up a space leading to four hundred years ago.

So he asked the dragons what their stance was, and in his mind he planned what he would do if they were the war faction, and what he would do if they were the moderate faction.

"The pro-war faction? The moderate faction?"

The dragons that had already come out and those that hadn't were all looking at each other, not understanding what Yang Lei meant.

At the same time, inside the bodies of Natsu and several other Dragon Slayer mages, several dragons suddenly let out a sigh in unison.

"Now I finally understand why those warmongers are so eager to exterminate humanity!"

0448 Yang Lei destroys the dragon!

People only know that the Gate of Eclipse connects to a time and space four hundred years ago, but they don't know exactly how many years that is.

However, judging from the reactions of these dragons, perhaps the other side of the door represents an era before the birth of Dragon Slayer Mages, or even before the dragon race split apart.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why dragons, which are not social creatures, would appear one after another, and why they would not seem to be in any way opposed to each other.

However, apart from the dragon whose entire body was covered in flames, which was relatively mild-mannered, the other dragons were not friendly.

In other words...

"Is this the time before the massive human-dragon battle broke out?"

Yang Lei saw the truth and suddenly felt an impulse: if he rushed to the other side of the door, could he completely rewrite the history of the entire Fairy Tail world?

Fortunately, Erza was with him, otherwise he really wanted to go and try it.

Most importantly, the Gate of Eclipse has a magical effect; it can open up the past and the future. He wanted to experience for himself what kind of power it was.

However, with Erza by his side, he dares not take any risks. If he were to go back four hundred years, he might lose Erza.

"let it go."

Yang Lei muttered to himself, and seeing the dozen or so dragons that had already emerged showing disgust and contempt towards the humans around them, he slowly flew up from the ground.

"Dragon."

Yang Lei spoke, flying in mid-air and looking at the dragons, as well as those behind them who were also trying to get closer. He said in an equal tone, "Since you have trespassed into our world, I have every right to deal with you."

"Roar roar roar roar".

The dozen or so dragons that came out first were stunned for a moment, and then burst into loud laughter. The huge sound was like a sound magic that made other people's ears hurt.

It's no wonder they react this way; it's like someone encountering an ant provoking them on the street, and that person would react the same way.

"Don't be so arrogant, you damn dragons."

On the ground, the Dragon Slayers suffered the least impact because their existence was solely for fighting dragons. Natsu, for example, covered his ears with his hands and roared, showing no fear whatsoever; rather, he was arrogantly powerful.

The other Dragon Slayer mages in the guild were equally fierce. Having activated their fourth magic source, they were far more powerful than their counterparts in the original story. At this moment, the group standing in the front row glared angrily at the dragons who were laughing loudly.

Even Wendy stepped forward, though her legs were a little weak, she did not choose to run away.

Humans are creatures of blind obedience; once a rout occurs, even the largest army will inevitably suffer some disintegration.

Once someone takes the lead, the morale of the others will also rise.

For example, those powerful mages who were previously shaking the dragon are now all in high spirits.

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Yang Lei only calmed them down, but the appearance of Natsu and his group of Dragon Slayer mages was the opportunity that reignited their fighting spirit.

The mages of Fairy Tail guild, in particular, were clamoring to have a big fight with Dragon.

Besides the main force, even the ordinary mages in the guild had their second magic source activated by Fang Haoran.

Anyway, it was simple and painless for him to do it, so he simply activated it for everyone, leaving Urudia and Melti dumbfounded.

"Those damn reptiles..."

Faced with human resistance, the dragons became enraged. They felt their authority had been challenged, and even the fire dragon that had previously been somewhat friendly roared in response.

“Kill them.”

One of the dragons, whose entire body was made of rock, was the most ferocious and had already launched the first attack, opening its huge mouth and flapping its wings to swallow Yang Lei.

"You're really impatient."

Yang Lei sneered and waved his hand, saying to the people below, "Don't move, these are all my prey."

Those who were about to make a move were all stunned for a moment, and then their eyes widened.

Yang Lei then pulled his hand back down and made a fist gesture in mid-air.

"Click".

A series of crisp sounds came from the rock dragon's body.