Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

Perhaps because they had consumed too much dragon blood, the mages of Diabolos seemed to have rather poor brains. They had no idea what kind of crisis they were about to face and continued shouting as they charged toward Irene.

”Buzz!”

In response, Irene expressionlessly waved the staff in her hand.

”Boom!”

Almost the instant Irene swung her staff, endless white light enveloped the entire group of Diabolos mages.

”Ah!!”

”Ribbit, ribbit~”

Immediately afterward, the Dragon Slayers of the Dragon Eater Guild Diabolos let out miserable screams. Perhaps it was only everyoneʼs imagination, but amidst those screams, the members of Fairy Tail seemed to faintly hear sounds resembling the croaking of frogs.

”Boom!”

When the white light finally dissipated, the dozens of mages who had mistaken Irene for Erza and intended to defeat her had all become green frogs, lying on the ground and croaking incessantly.

”This is… personality enchantment? No, more precisely, should this be biological enchantment on the conceptual level?”

Gajeel stared at the frogs covering the ground, his eyes wide. If he had not witnessed it with his own eyes, he could hardly have imagined that these frogs had actually transformed from the mages of Diabolos.

”Oh my~”

”Little Gajeel~”

”The idiots you brought here have all been taken care of by me now~”

”So, I have a question for you! Gajeel, why donʼt you take a good guess? If the punishment for your underlings is becoming frogs, then what do you think Iʼll turn you into, as the big brother who led them?”

Irene did not even glance at the frogs croaking all over the floor. She placed her slender finger against her pale chin, slightly narrowed her long and beautiful phoenix eyes, and smiled at Gajeel.

”Uh…”

After hearing Ireneʼs words, Gajeel stood there in a daze. His entire head was covered in sweat, and he did not even dare breathe loudly.

”What do you think about turning you into a maggot that gets eaten by frogs?”

Irene tapped her finger lightly against her red lips. After thinking for a moment, she asked the dumbfounded Gajeel with a smile.

”Iʼll die. Iʼm definitely going to die!”

Gajeel was completely panicked. Based on his understanding of Irene, he knew very well that there was an eighty percent chance she was going to kill him next.

”Big Brother Gajeel, did you guys finish them off?”

”If you canʼt handle it, let us do it!”

”Thatʼs right! Thatʼs right…”

”Weʼve been waiting forever to fight the mages of Fairy Tail again~”

”This time, we Dragon Slayers are united. We absolutely wonʼt let Fairy Tail run wild anymore.”

Just as Gajeel was in complete panic, the main force of Diabolos walked out from behind him. One by one, they arrogantly spoke to the trembling Gajeel.

”Idiots! Donʼt come over! The enemy before you isnʼt someone you can deal with…”

Gajeel looked at the mages belonging to the Dragon Eater Guild Diabolos behind him and shouted nervously. He was terrified that these idiots would completely ignite Irene, whose anger level was already off the charts and who was like a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.

”Donʼt worry, Big Brother Gajeel…”

”This time, all of us mages of Diabolos are united! Itʼs completely different from before. We wonʼt lose again!”

”Exactly…”

Unfortunately, the mages of Diabolos wasted Gajeelʼs goodwill.

Perhaps because when Fairy Tail fought against the Dragon Eater Guild Diabolos, Evan and the others had barely needed to act since the Dragon Slayers of Diabolos were simply too weak, and aside from Evan showing a little of his strength while dealing with Georg, they had hardly fought at all, the mages of Diabolos had assumed that Gildarts, Laxus, Erza, and the others were Fairy Tailʼs strongest combatants…

In fact, from the perspective of the Diabolos mages, Gildarts and the others were certainly powerful, but they were not so overwhelmingly powerful as to make people despair. They were not invincible existences! As long as the Dragon Slayers joined forces, there had to be some way to deal with Gildarts and the others! Therefore, the people of the Dragon Eater Guild Diabolos were actually rather unconvinced by Fairy Tail.

Of course, perhaps this was also because these Dragon Eaters had been influenced by Natsu, inspired by Natsuʼs indomitable spirit?!

Among them, the four strongest members of the Dragon Eater Guild Diabolosʼ Black Dragon Knights—Kirin, Suzaku, Skullion, and Misaki—were especially dissatisfied with Fairy Tailʼs S-Class mages!