PFC Chapter 586 New Card: Time Magician!
Chapter 586 New Card: Time Magician!
Chapter 586 New Card: Time Magician!
On the way to the Council headquarters, Makarov called several people into the conference room in the main tower.
They are the active S-class mages, Silver, and Ultear.
The reason, of course, is to discuss the Book of End that was obtained from Hades Maldo.
"That's roughly what happened. Jerfe's last words really made me uneasy."
Seated in the main seat, Makarov accepted the black tea handed to him by Mira, but his serious gaze never left the Book of End on the table.
Since it concerns the strongest demon, it goes without saying that their own S-class mage, Silver, who comes from Tartaros, has an extremely high understanding of demons, and Ultear has also followed Hades to study Zeref's dark magic in depth.
Both of them were trustworthy confidants, so Makarov wanted to hear their opinions in order to make a more accurate judgment about the Book of End.
"Mr. Makarov, I still think it's best to deal with this dangerous thing as soon as possible."
Silver's attitude towards demons is naturally zero tolerance. "Even if you have a relationship with the black mage Zeref, the nature of demons is there, and sooner or later there will be a day when they get out of control."
Upon hearing this, Makarov lowered his head and pondered for a few seconds before looking at Urutia: "Urutia, what are your thoughts?"
Ultear was still reeling from the shock of the legendary Dark Mage appearing in this place when Old Ma asked her this question, and she slowly came back to her senses: "It's hard to say. After all, even Zeref, the creator of this book, said so. There must be an amazing secret hidden in it."
"President, I also agree with Ultear's statement," Erza said in a deep voice.
This judgment was not based on trust in Jelf, but rather on Chase's attitude towards Jelf.
She knew Chase too well. If Jelf were truly some heinous villain, her man would have punched him long ago instead of saying so much.
Although Jelf did indeed get slapped by Chase.
Mira naturally shared the same opinion as her on this point.
"Who cares about all that? Just let me get a couple of shocks, okay?"
Laxus's approach was incredibly wild. He opened his right palm, crackling with electricity, and smirked slightly. "If it were truly a demon, it would surely bounce around a bit after being electrocuted, wouldn't it?"
Lucy, sitting next to me, was very tense, with perfect posture, and listened intently.
If this were within the guild, she would definitely give Laxus a good dressing down, but in this situation...
Sitting around a bunch of monsters and big shots, she felt immense pressure.
"Wow, I don't want to participate in such a high-level meeting!" the girl screamed inwardly.
Makarov didn't respond to the others immediately, but instead focused his gaze on Chase, who had been calmly sipping his tea the whole time: "Chase, what do you think?"
"It's simple, just use your eyes to see."
Chase put down his teacup, picked up the Book of END and held it in his palm. "Since it's a book, there must be corresponding content inside, right?"
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Those present were all trusted people. Rather than letting the Book of End hang over the old man's head like the Sword of Damocles, it would be better to reveal its true nature directly.
In that case, Yin probably won't keep fixating on this book anymore.
To be fair, there wasn't anything wrong with his remarks.
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Just like the "Dragon Seed" that turns a Dragon Slayer into a dragon, as the "Devil Seed" within Natsu grows stronger, it will also cause him to go into an uncontrollable berserk state!
"But my grandfather and I have both tried, and there's no way to open it," Laxus said immediately.
"So, third brother, don't underestimate your eldest brother's abilities."
Chase smiled and raised a finger, the tip of which glowed with divine power.
Upon hearing the words "third brother," Laxus's lips twitched, and his anger surged.
However, before he could utter a rebuttal, under everyone's gaze, Chase had already lightly touched the cover of the Book of End with his finger.
The reason why the Book of End cannot be opened by conventional means is because Zeref has placed a special restriction on it.
Clearly, this restriction is no match for the power of the gods.
Whoosh!
As the restriction was broken, a powerful energy surge erupted.
Countless crimson demonic characters burst forth from within the Book of End, hovering in mid-air and densely covering the entire conference room!
"What is this?!" Everyone was shocked.
Ultear's pupils dilated suddenly, and she said in a deep voice, "It records the strongest demon, END, and originates from ancient demon script—"
"Demon script? Let me see."
Mira volunteered, her red high heels creating a receiving magic circle on the wooden board, transforming into Sera's demonic form.
In accepting Sera, besides her abilities and appearance, she naturally also gained all the knowledge that Sera possessed.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were drawn to this.
However, after just one glance, Seramira's expression changed drastically, and she took two steps back in disbelief.
"What's wrong, Mira? What did you see?" Makarov, who didn't understand demonic writing, quickly asked.
His intuition told him that the contents of the Book of End must be extraordinary to have made the usually calm and collected Mira show such astonishment!
Seraphia's beautiful eyes reflected the crimson words. After taking a deep breath to calm herself, she slowly said, "END. The full title of this book of demons is—"
"Etelias Naz Dragneel!"
When Lucy left the meeting room, she was completely dazed, and even her steps seemed unsteady and weak.
Natsu is a demon, while Megumi is the guild master of Tartaros, whom Zeref has been trying to revive, and the strongest fire demon in Zeref's books!
Recalling the insane and twisted will of those demons from the Nine Ghost Gates, Lucy suddenly felt a deep sense of absurdity: the "Chairman" of the Underworld Gate was with them, and they destroyed the Underworld Gate?
Nazuta————
He's clearly my most important partner, how could he be a demon!
However, according to Mira's translation, the second half of the Book of End is exactly the same as Natsu's experience, and there are even some little secrets that she doesn't know.
For example, one passage reads: "Upon their first meeting, Natsu felt a sense of closeness to Lucy, and as they spent more time together, he gradually fell in love with the brave, strong, violent, and passionate Lucy."
Lucy didn't know if Mira was playing a prank on her, but she was certain that the impression of "violent and erotic" was definitely Natsu's truest thought!
Natsu—he likes Vada?!
As she thought about it, a flush crept onto Lucy's face, and Natsu's bright smiling face appeared uncontrollably before her eyes.
The focus shifted from "Natsu is a demon" to "He likes me".
Lost in thought, two figures, one large and one small, suddenly darted out from the nearby bushes.
"Damn it, the old man didn't even invite me to do something so fun!"
"Lucy, tell me what you all said!"
Natsu and Happy stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with curiosity.
The former even envied (jealous) Lucy for being able to attend the meeting as an S-class mage.
"Where did you all come from?!" Lucy was unsurprisingly startled and tensed up.
"Love~ Is that book of demons destroyed?" Harpy asked.
Upon hearing this, Lucy snapped out of her shock and glanced at Natsu with a flushed face and a complicated expression.
"It's all, it's all resolved. It's just an ordinary book," she said somewhat guiltily.
This is the chairman's instruction: Do not reveal Natsu's true identity to anyone else for the time being, especially Natsu himself!
"Tch, I thought I could summon some amazing monster."
Natsu didn't question her words at all, sighed in disappointment, and instantly lost interest in the Book of End.
"That's strange, Lucy's face is all red, does she have a fever?" Happy noticed Lucy's unusual behavior.
"Waitasi isn't being horny!!"
Lucy immediately tried to defend herself, but her ambiguous vocabulary and her increasingly red face completely betrayed her true thoughts.
"Hahaha, never mind all that for now. Since there are no powerful monsters, Lucy will be my opponent!"
"Don't do things that sound like—"
"Take this! The Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Before Lucy could finish speaking, she was sent flying by a fiery iron fist that came straight at her.
The unharmed blonde girl lay sprawled on the ground, staring at the idiot who was covering his mouth and chuckling about how his sneak attack had succeeded. Only one thought remained in her mind:
There's absolutely no mistake, this guy is 100% a demon!
And what does she like? It's definitely Mira doing this, wow!
The oblivious girl didn't realize that Natsu's immediate arrival at her, instead of Chess, Erza, and the others, already explained everything—
Meanwhile, Gray finds Silver, the Thors find Laxus, and Jellal finds Ultear.
Like Nazhabi, they were all very curious to know about the Book of End, but they were all told that the matter had been perfectly resolved.
Mira and Erza sat side by side in the Nirvana Grandstand.
On the dueling platform below, the companions were catching up and chatting with the Oración Seis, their relaxed and cheerful laughter occasionally drifting over from there.
"I really didn't expect that Natsu and the others actually traveled from four hundred years ago through the Eclipse Gate—"
Mira looked at Wendy, who was encouraged by Sora, and Gajeel, who was sparring with Cobra Eric, and chuckled, "No wonder he was trapped in the guild by Freed's spell during the civil war."
The END book, which fully records Natsu's life, naturally includes descriptions of Wendy and Gajeel, as well as Stinger and Rogue of Sabertooth.
"It's truly unbelievable."
Erza thought for a moment, then said seriously, "But no matter what, they will always be the guild's most important partners."
Demons or humans from four hundred years ago—none of it mattered to her.
On this point alone, Mira couldn't contradict her old rival, and her smile was gentle and calm: "That's true."
"Speaking of which, Lucy seems to think I'm lying to her about Natsu's deep affection for her."
"Huh? Is Lucy an idiot?" Erza was quite puzzled.
Natsu likes Lucy, isn't that something the whole guild knows?
"Is it hard to understand? Well, Lucy isn't as shameless as you, always clinging to Chase." Mira said sarcastically.
"So-and-so is always clinging to Chase, it's clearly you, you shameless woman, who's the one who's been all lovey-dovey!"
"Oh dear, isn't it natural to be all lovey-dovey with my boyfriend? If Erza doesn't admit it, then I'm going to have Chess all to myself!"
"You bastard, go to hell!"
Nirvana Tower, observation deck.
The cold wind at high altitudes billowed Makarov's cloak as he stood on the outer wall, his hands clasped behind his back, gazing at the distant starry sky.
Chess crossed his arms and leaned casually against the wall, looking in the same direction as him.
"Chess, you don't seem surprised that Natsu is END?" Makarov withdrew his gaze and asked in a deep voice.
After learning that Natsu is END, many previously questionable points became clear.
For example, when he first found Natsu, Natsu was wearing clothes that didn't seem like something from the modern era; for example, Mira mentioned the inner combat style; for example, Natsu could never find Igneel, yet Igneel seemed to always be there—
Even he, who had watched Natsu grow up, was incredibly shocked, but Chess's expression didn't change much throughout, which was obviously strange.
This is one of the reasons why Makarov called Chess here alone.
"Grandpa, would you believe me if I said I'm a time traveler who knows the plot of our world?" Chase said jokingly.
Upon hearing this, Makarov moved closer, his expression serious, his deep gaze fixed on him, as if pondering the veracity of something even more absurd than Natsu being END.
A few seconds later.
Perhaps it was based on trust in Chase, or perhaps it was something that had been suspected long ago, or perhaps both.
Old Ma took a deep breath, gathered his emotions, grabbed Chase by the collar, and roared, "Then hurry up and spill all the information you know!"
"Aha, haha, don't get excited." Chase silently wiped away the spittle that had sprayed onto his face.
He thought to himself: "Truly, he's the old man. His first instinct wasn't to question me, but to try and extract as much information as possible from me."
After clearing his throat twice, Chase began to focus on the major events in the original story that he knew.
Since he chose to be honest at this time, he wouldn't hold back much; otherwise, he wouldn't have opened the Book of End in front of everyone.
In reality, aside from what is recorded in the Book of End, he doesn't offer much "prophecy."
The original story's biggest boss, Acnologi the Black Dragon, was defeated on Tenrou Island, and the Alvarez Empire, led by Zeref, had also emerged. Furthermore, the rest of the plot underwent various butterfly effect changes due to his intervention.
Needless to say, even the gods like Ankhseram were little known to Chase, a transmigrator, who was practically a complete stranger to them.
The only thing of any value was basically the information about the Five Divine Dragons. "Tch, I thought I was going to hear something amazing, but this is all?" Makarov said with a look of disgust after listening.
"Hey!" Chase was speechless.
"That's all for now. Remember to keep the Book of End safe and don't let Natsu see it for the time being."
Makarov waved his hand, then, as if suddenly remembering something, asked with a hint of curiosity, "By the way, shouldn't we get some new cards from the battle with the demonic phoenix?"
"I couldn't hide it from your eyes after all—"
With that mentioned, Chess stopped complaining about the old man and instead drew a new, radiant card from the void.
"We were lucky this time, and we found a top-tier Pokémon with unlimited potential."
"Ace Pokémon?"
Makarov paused, looking down at the card on Chase's fingertip.
As the light faded, the card sprite, holding a clock staff and resembling a human clock, was clearly visible on the card under the moonlight.
Its name is: [Time Magician]!