Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

Chapter 460: The Dragon King Battle Spanning Four Hundred Years!

”One, two, three, four… Counting the Dragon Slayers, there are more than a dozen dragons? Did I just run into a whole group of dragons?! What the hell is going on? How could something this absurd possibly happen in this world?”

”Didnʼt I already wipe out all the dragons? One or two survivors would be understandable, but how do you explain this whole group of survivors?”

”And if my senses arenʼt wrong! Several of these dragons are even no weaker than me in my current weakened state! They possess genuine Dragon King-level combat power?”

”When did Dragon Kings become this common? There are even more of them than during the peak of the dragons four hundred years ago? Is this just my imagination?”

At this moment, the eyes of Acnologia, which glittered with light and were terrifying enough to make anyone fearful merely by meeting his gaze, were filled with bewilderment. He looked at the crimson giant dragon radiating waves of heat before him, then at the dragons releasing immense pressure, and fell into deep self-doubt.

”Could it be that four hundred years ago, I actually failed to eliminate every single dragon on the continent of Ishgar?”

”Itʼs just that I was unwilling to believe that, despite all the effort I had put in—even going so far as to abandon my name, my identity as a human, and even everything I had—I still failed to eliminate the dragons from this continent…”

”Therefore, did I trigger some sort of defensive mechanism in my brain, ultimately deceiving myself and creating a false memory that I had already exterminated every dragon in this world?!”

”Was everything actually an illusion?!”

The great ʼBlack Dragon King,ʼ Acnologia, fell into deep thought, his heart filled with doubt.

In reality, the passage of such a long period of time had already caused this former great hero of mankind, one of the first Dragon Slayers, and the sole victor of the Dragon King Festival four hundred years ago—the ʼBlack Dragon Kingʼ Acnologia—to forget far too much. He could no longer even remember what his true name was. Deep within his mind, only the name of the dragon he had once saved, yet deeply hated, remained…

Yes, the true name of this pitch-black dragon was not Acnologia. However, he had already forgotten his own name. He only remembered the name of the dragon he had once hunted down—the name Acnologia—and thus simply adopted it for himself…

The excessive chaos within his mind had caused this pitch-black Dragon Slayer to forget his own identity. He could no longer even determine whether his memories were real or false…

”Acnologia! I am Igneel, the ʼFire Dragon Kingʼ! Today, let us settle things between us once and for all!”

Igneel unleashed terrifying magical power, greedily breathing in the vast magic power of the world of Earth Land.

Igneel could feel that the magic power of the world had indeed grown stronger. It had become far more abundant than it had been four hundred years ago!

”ʼFire Dragon Kingʼ?!”

After his brief contemplation, Acnologia was interrupted by Igneelʼs roar. He looked Igneel up and down, and a trace of disdain flashed through his eyes.

”There is only one Dragon King in this world! And that is me, Acnologia, the ʼDragon King Who Brings About the End of All Thingsʼ!”

”This world has never needed two Dragon Kings!!”

Acnologia roared at Igneel. This was the first time since he had been drawn here by Natsuʼs flames and begun fighting the prospective S-Class Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild that he had chosen to communicate with a living creature.

Yes, before encountering Igneel, Acnologia had not even bothered to communicate with the lifeforms of this world! He was the Wings of the End, the proud and arrogant king of the dragons! Those weak lifeforms had no qualifications to speak with him!

”ROAR!!”

Igneel seemed too lazy to waste words with Acnologia. He roared and charged directly toward Acnologia, colliding with him.

”BOOM!!”

Accompanied by waves of explosive air, the crimson giant dragon, whose body was even hotter than molten lava, collided with the pitch-black Dragon King, the ʼBlack Dragon Kingʼ Acnologia. When two kings met, there was no need for excessive words. They simply threw themselves into battle!

”Igneel?!”

Natsu stood in the town, looking up at the crimson dragon in the sky. His eyes carried shock, along with a hint of emotion.