Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

Zieg frowned, "Is it related to the Great Demon Fighting Performance?"

Griffith slowly drank the liquid food in the bowl. "It is related. The royal family of the Kingdom of Fiore has been hiding a magic tool made 400 years ago - [Eclipse Gate] - it is a time-space gate connecting the present and 400 years ago."

"If you open it in a normal way, the two eras where the door is located will be connected. But if you open the door in an abnormal way and at an abnormal time, it will cause a crisis."

"And what happened to me was that after the Eclipse Gate opened, a full 400 dragons from years ago ran out from the other side of the gate. It took me a whole year to destroy them all. And just when I destroyed the last dragon that ran out..."

"——Acnologia descended when my physical strength and magic power were exhausted, and destroyed Fairy Tail."

48.Tear down the Eclipse Gate

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Although Griffith looked natural, Sieg could imagine it to some extent.

He spent a whole year to fulfill his mission and protect the world, but the next moment after completing his mission, the guild that he regarded as his new home was destroyed by Acnologia in an instant.

The shock and excitement that brought to Griffith was definitely no less than the shock and excitement brought by him when he tried his best to go back in time, thought he had saved everyone, but was destroyed again by a bullet that traveled through time and space.

"...You must have gone crazy after that."

"Yes, I was crazy. If Lucy hadn't stopped me afterwards, I would have gone completely crazy. Although it took me ten years to recover."

Griffith showed a bitter expression.

Sieg pursed his lips. "So, you asked me to participate in the Great Demon Fighting Entourage in order to... prevent that kind of future?"

"To put it more bluntly, I hope you can destroy the Eclipse Gate." Griffith nodded and said, "The reason why those ten thousand dragons appeared is actually because the position of the stars was wrong on the day the gate was opened, which affected the magic of the Eclipse Gate itself."

"[July 7] - Just don't open the eclipse door on this day."

"But there is no guarantee that the Eclipse Gate will never be opened again, so in order to solve the problem once and for all, it is better to destroy it. Although it has extremely high magic resistance, it is you after all, so it is not difficult to destroy it, right?"

This is true.

Even if it was a door with extremely high magic resistance, the worst that could happen was for No. 6 to summon the [Rainbow Flame of the Underworld] to hit it - [Rainbow Flame of the Underworld] could destroy the physical form of any object and sever the law of cause and effect. For a mere door, one sword would definitely be more than enough.

"Then there's no need to participate in the Great Demon Fighting Exercise, right?"

Sieg raised his eyebrows. "If we destroy that door, I can go there right now. There shouldn't be any barrier there that can block teleportation magic."

"Indeed, but it's a rare grand magic battle, so it's not bad for you to participate. As long as you don't use more than a certain level of magic power, Acnologia won't be attracted to you. Its nose isn't good enough to smell your magic power from half a planet away."

Griffith smiled and said, "However, this time you are not allowed to use any magic other than space magic. Use pure space magic to solve any problems."

"If I remember correctly, the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Competition will last for five days, and there will be a combat match every day. I require you to use only space magic to win any match you participate in. Just treat it as an extracurricular homework. Is that okay?"

Defeat all opponents using only space magic?

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Zigg smiled and said, "You really are good at giving me difficult questions. However, this is a bit challenging."

"Senior, is everything okay?"

Setsuna looked worried.

"Senior, your spatial magic is still very poor, right? Apart from the basic operations that can be used instantly, all other spatial magic requires a certain degree of preparation, right?"

"Xue Cai, you could be more subtle."

Being evaluated like this by his lovely schoolmate, Sieg had no embarrassment at all.

Space magic is extremely difficult to use. Even for a superior dragon, using magic is just a matter of thought - 0.5 to 1.3 seconds. If Sieg wants to use space magic, he needs such a long period of preparation time anyway. To be honest, this is a fatal weakness in a battle that really requires Sieg's full strength.

but.....

"To be frank, the level of the guilds participating in the Grand Demon Fighting Exercise is not very good. If they are not properly released, it will be really boring."

"Even if you only use space magic, according to the guild's standards, you are definitely an S-class wizard. At most, you will be in a difficult battle."

Griffith had participated in the Great Demonic Fighting Games, even though that was many years ago, but he had lived on this planet for thirty years and had a very clear understanding of the power level of this planet.

If it was a continent-wide grand magic battle, it might be interesting, but for a country-wide one, let's forget about it.

"Also, there's no punishment if you fail. The main goal this time is to destroy the Eclipse Gate, and the homework is just a side job."

"How about it, are you interested?"

"A little bit."

Sieg set the letter on fire and burned it, then fetched paper and pen from nearby and began to write a reply to Mira.

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Three days later, Magnolia.

【Fairy Tail】

"President, I received a reply from Zieg this morning."

Behind the bar, Mira, who was working as a waitress as usual, said to Makarov, who was sitting at the bar and drinking, "He said he can participate in the Great Demon Fighting Exercise, but he will only meet us at the beginning. Before that, he will continue to practice."

"Oh really?"

"Well, here is his letter paper. I brought it here."

When Mira said this, everyone nearby who was listening closely came over, and after seeing what Sieg wrote in the letter -

"Zig actually agreed?!"

"That guy is finally planning to come back after more than two years!"

"Is he back here to bully people!!!"

Although not everyone was cheering for Sigurd's decision to come back, judging from the expressions on everyone's faces, many people were very happy and welcomed Sigurd's return.

Especially those people, led by Natsu, who went to Tenrou Island two years ago to take the exam.

"Alright! I'm going to fight him as soon as Sieg comes back!"

Natsu excitedly pumped his fist: "Let him see the results of my training over the past two years!"

"But you can't participate in the Grand Magic Battle. Who made you be eliminated so easily?" Gray, as usual, gave Natsu no face at all.

"You are the same! Why are you so proud?"

Although it was surprising, neither Natsu nor Gray were ultimately selected as guild representatives to participate in this Grand Magic Tournament.

After all, this was the first Grand Magic Fighting Games, and it was a direct invitation from the royal family, so Makarov personally designated the participants in the end.

"Well, there are still four months until the Grand Magic Tournament begins. You should prepare well before then! Erza, Mira, Cana!"

"Leave it to us, President~~~"

Mira smiled.

Erza and Cana also nodded confidently - the three of them were active S-class wizards in the guild, and no one else was more suitable to be the guild representatives.

"Come to think of it, you haven't met Sieg yet, right? Although it will take some time for you to actually meet him, you should get along well with him when the time comes."

Makarov looked at the last person he had chosen.

Hearing what he said, the girl sitting on the other side of the bar, with her long chestnut hair tied into a pigtail and wearing a pair of glasses, smiled slightly.

"Well, I will."

"However, to be trusted by everyone like this, I believe he must be a very reliable person."

"I'll look forward to it."

The girl - Toudou Touka - said with a smile.

49. Sieg’s Special Weapon: Sirius

On board the Climbhide.

"——So, you want to participate in the Great Demon Fighting Exercise as well?"

In the training room.

Sieg, who came back as a sparring partner according to the schedule, was a little surprised when he heard Dongtang Daohua mention the previous events: "By the way, you actually became an S-class wizard in two years."

Two years ago, not long after Sieg left Fairy Tail, Toudou Touka joined Fairy Tail in order to find some real combat opportunities. However, in order to avoid trouble, Touka did not say that he knew Sieg.

In the past two years, Daohua successfully passed last year's S-class wizard assessment a few months ago and became another S-class wizard after Kana.

By the way, no one passed the S-class wizard exam two years ago, and Natsu and his friends are still ordinary wizards.

"But with your current strength, being an S-class wizard is actually a bit unfair to you."

When Dongtang Daohua followed Zig away, she was 19 years old, and now she is 26 years old, almost 27 years old, the same age as Zig.

Although she has not experienced any major battles over the years, the pure training alone has allowed her to make considerable progress. And considering her sparring partners over the years, Dao Hua's strength level is actually not weak.

"Thank you for the compliment, but I'm still no match for you guys."

Daohua glanced at Xijing Ningyin and Stella who were practicing not far away.

She had a sense of self-awareness - she would never be able to catch up with the self-awareness of the other people on this ship.

Although she is considered a talented person, there are differences between talents. Compared with a natural born demon like Stella, Daohua's talent is still too small. She may never catch up with Stella's starting point in her entire life, and she may never be able to step into the realm of [Demon] in her entire life.

All she could do was to hone the power she possessed to the limit.

From Daohua's own perspective, it took her 9 years to finally catch up with Zieg's level at the age of 18. It will definitely be more difficult for her to make further progress in the future.

"..."

Looking at Dao Hua who suddenly looked a little lost, Zigg pursed his lips.

He saw Daohua's efforts, and everyone saw it, but what was cruel was that their progress was indeed slowing down year by year.

Griffith had pointed out this problem to Sieg before.

Of course, there is a solution. As long as Sieg is willing, he can always make Daohua's strength leap forward - just by transforming her into a superior dragon.

According to Griffith, everyone on his Crainshid was his blood clan, and he had as many as 30 upper-level dragons of the [Winged Blood Clan].

But doing so would be tantamount to acknowledging his identity as the "King of Wings". Sieg had no intention of really becoming the "King of Wings" for the time being, nor did he intend to acknowledge the name "Griffith", so he had never seriously considered this suggestion.

"Come to think of it, Sieg, you probably have other plans this time when you come back, right?"

"Eh? Ah... well, Miss Em asked me to come back. She said that my exclusive weapon is almost finished, so she asked me to come back to pick it up and try it out."

Sieg's exclusive weapon.

Ever since he fought Shenwei two years ago and experienced the power of the [Devil's Claw], Sieg has always wanted to have a weapon of his own. After all, considering the intensity of the battles he is currently involved in, not having a handy weapon would have a big impact on him.

He has suffered losses in weapons more than once.

And now, after spending more than two years, we have finally solved this problem completely.

[Ah~~~Ah~~~~~The two of you who are sparring, please stop for a moment, stop for a moment, and prepare to change players~~~]

Just then, Em's voice was heard on the radio.

Ning Yin and Stella stopped immediately.

"what happened?"

"I just finished my warm-up exercise~~~"

[No choice~~~~ It's Sieg's turn to try out his exclusive weapon. Are you ready? Sieg]

Standing up from the bench, Sieg nodded with a smile, "I can't wait any longer, although I think it's okay to wait until the two of them have finished sparring before trying it out."

[Who said that? Just like eating while it's hot, it took a lot of effort to complete your special weapon with the help of Griffith. Now that it's been debugged, of course I want you to try it out as soon as possible. Let's take a good look at its power and effect!]

[Setsuna and Melty have already been brought over]

"Click~~~"

As soon as Em finished speaking, the door to the training room opened.

Setsuna and Melty walked in, carrying a bass box on their backs. After returning to the Crest two years ago, everyone discussed and decided not to kill Melty and Urrutia, but to keep them on the Crest as errand boys and odd jobs.

Although this was basically unnecessary, after Griffith explained the advantages of the two, Sieg approved the decision.

In addition, due to Em's bad taste, Melty and Urrutia's only official attire on the Crimsonside is maid costumes.

And now-