Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

And this beast, who had fallen into endless madness upon sensing the aura of a dragon, had an extremely famous name.

His name was ʼBlack Dragon Kingʼ Acnologia!

”Little Blackie has started heading toward Magnolia Town!”

”Looks like the S-Class Mage exam needs to begin soon too…”

The birds created by Ewen through Addition Magic had been circling around the great ʼBlack Dragon Kingʼ Acnologia all this time.

His purpose was to keep the black dragon under his control.

Now that Little Blackie had begun moving, Ewen decided to add another log to this yearʼs S-Class Mage exam!

”Buzz~ Buzz~”

The Lullaby, the work of that genius young man who had been captured by Ewen and the others and was being used as Magnolia Townʼs loudspeaker—also known as the ʼCursed Songʼ—suddenly began glowing with a brilliant crimson light.

At the same time, floating screens suddenly appeared before all the surviving candidates of the Fairy Tail Guildʼs X784 S-Class Mage exam.

The screen displayed a pitch-black room.

Inside the room sat a handsome young man with orange-yellow short hair, wearing a suit.

”Kehehehe, those idiots from the Fairy Tail Guild have completely fallen into my calculations!”

”As expected, the wisdom of mortals cannot compare with the eternal stars! The final result of this battle has already been decided! No matter which one of these idiots wins in the end, their stamina will probably be completely exhausted by then!”

”At that time, as long as I personally take action, Iʼll definitely be able to defeat these idiots with ease. That will guarantee Lucyʼs victory in this yearʼs S-Class Mage exam! I really am too clever…”

”Hmph hmph, I imagine those fools are still fighting desperately right now, while I, the great me, can simply sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor at the teahouse on Road Thirty-Two, West District, Magnolia Town!”

”Ah, honestly, this feeling of effortlessly controlling this yearʼs grand S-Class Mage event is truly wonderful. After the S-Class Mage exam ends, I can simply pin the blame on that stupid girl Lucy!”

”Yes, there can only be one victor, and that is me, the great Leo of the Leo Celestial Spirit…”

Immediately afterward, the handsome young man with orange-yellow short hair, whose eyes were covered by a mosaic, suddenly adjusted his position and turned his face toward the camera, speaking with incomparable arrogance.

At the same time, his voice was transmitted throughout Magnolia Town by Lullaby using its magic.

”Huh?!”

For a moment, all the candidates of the Fairy Tail Guildʼs S-Class Mage exam who had been fighting desperately simultaneously froze.

Everyone looked toward the recording before them.

But that wasnʼt the end.

The recording continued playing…

Again and again, as though it were afraid it hadnʼt angered the Fairy Tail people enough!

”Stop, Brandish! We have something more important to do…”

Larcade clasped his hands together, looking like a saint who knew neither anger nor joy.

If not for the veins already bulging on his forehead, it would truly have been difficult to tell from his expression alone that he was currently furious.

”I have never seen such an arrogant Celestial Spirit…”

”Itʼs been four hundred years. Has the Celestial Spirit World become this unruly now? Does the Celestial Spirit King know about this?”

ʼDeath Godʼ Bradman heard Larcadeʼs words and withdrew the two scythes behind him, his brows tightly furrowed.

Bradman had lived in the Alvarez Empire for nearly four hundred years. It wasnʼt as though he had never encountered the king among the Celestial Spirits.

Bradman had to admit that the ancient, unchanging king who was eternal like the stars was indeed overwhelmingly powerful.

Even their great master, the legendary Dark Mage Zeref, might not have been able to defeat that king.

But there was a prerequisite.

That was in the Celestial Spirit World.

In the human world, because the summonerʼs magic power was insufficient, the great Celestial Spirit King could barely use any magic. He was even restricted by his summoner and could only rely on ordinary physical attacks. As a result, even the great Celestial Spirit King could not display much strength, and even ʼHadesʼ Mard Geer could contend with him for a while.

Therefore, even the Celestial Spirit King did not dare to behave so arrogantly in the human world. He would remain as low-key as possible…

But today, something that opened Bradmanʼs eyes had happened.

The Celestial Spirit King himself wasnʼt even being arrogant yet!