Chapter 78: Playing the 'Divine Comedy' of Destiny
Under the starry night, the wind blowing across the top of the mountain stopped howling, and soft snow mixed with gold and silver began to fall.
The spiritual peaks that were originally the wonders of the kingdom turned into fragmented mountains, and the pitted and devastated land was once again covered by a white world.
The magic circle covering the sky turned into starlight and dispersed. After the huge darkness bound in the void was gradually dissolved by the light, a familiar gray-skinned figure fell from the sky.
But the difference from before is that there are no dark patterns on the figure at this moment...
…
(...Am I...defeated...)
Lying flat on the snow, Acunololia stared at the sky where white catkins were falling, as if to see him off, with eyes that had lost all energy.
Reluctant obsession supported his thoughts like flashbacks.
(I haven't...completed the real dragon slaying...)
(Not enough...)
(Destruction...blood...and...)
Four hundred years ago, the dragon took away everything from him.
The family, the town, and the future.
So he wants to destroy all dragons and destroy the world where he was born.
Simple and sad.
"...Obviously...nothing has started yet..."
With the remaining strength, he let out a final sigh. The unable to move, Akunololia wanted to clench his hands, but it was difficult to complete even this simple action.
"It's not that it didn't start, it's that it ended long ago..."
"...?!"
He remembered the sound of 'stomping' in his ears, and the 'brave girl' who defeated the 'magic dragon' whispered something that he deliberately ignored.
"'Dragon King'...isn't that why the name appeared?"
"..."
Looking calmly at the face that was a little dazed due to her own words, Zeira stopped beside Akunololia.
After all, he is also a poor man buried in the past, and he has chosen the most extreme way to continue it until now.
"Ha... as expected... I am the only one who matches the 'King'..."
Maintaining the last bit of pride, Akunololia closed her eyes.
(It’s not that you are incompatible with the ‘King’… it’s that you chose to be ‘aloof’…)
Maybe, the Dragon King just doesn't want to admit it.
Accept the fact that he is still a 'human being'.
"...Akunololia, do you have anything you want to cherish?"
"——!"
As he was approaching the end, seemingly casual words pried open his locked mind.
(Ahh...)
Long-lasting memories began to tour the revolving door of history, where there were towns burned by the dragon's breath four hundred years ago, lands cracked by war, and hometowns wailing in the blazing flames.
As the "King of Dragons", he didn't expect that the last thing he remembered was the part that he had "given up" long ago.
When the consciousness was about to stop thinking, the picture finally settled on the scene of a little girl falling to the ground who could not be saved.
"..."
"……No……"
"That kind of thing..."
A terminal white light glowed on his body, and his body split into magical fragments and merged into the earth.
After abandoning his human heart and darkness and assimilating into the Dragon King, there is no turning back.
(…)
(…It’s precisely because I don’t want to lose anything anymore that I greedily want to grab everything in my hands…)
Perhaps, even Akunololia never thought that there would be people in this world who knew about his past.
No matter which world we are in, no matter which race we belong to, war will bring about and continue only hatred and sorrow.
Brandish kicked the ghost flag at her feet in disgust. After completing the task, Brandish entered the decadent mode. By the way, she ignored the dissatisfaction of the white kitten and softly hugged Wendy and sat on the grass.
Today, not only did they defeat the headquarters of the "Ghost Ruler", they also worked non-stop to eradicate all problematic branches of this guild.
As for those that were okay, Brandish didn't even bother to ask. If Irene hadn't been watching, she didn't know when it would be completed for fear of trouble.
"Speaking of Lan Ti, has Senior Irene not 'recovered' yet?"
Looking at a certain scarlet-haired woman who had been standing under the tree for more than half an hour, Urrutia lowered her voice and asked in a low voice about the emerald-green haired girl with whom Irene had the 'best' relationship.
"...don't ask me."
She didn't want to touch that brow, and the aunt was in a bad mood after Erza, who had helped to rescue her, left without saying goodbye.
(Speaking of which...that guy Urrudia seems to have a bad relationship with her mother...)
He glanced at Urrutia with a look that said, "You guys really won't grow up." The latter was confused for a while.
Really, she obviously wants everything...
"...Ah! It's a shooting star!"
Just when Brandish was feeling a little depressed thinking about her mother, Wendy, who was held in her arms, suddenly pointed at the starry sky.
In addition to the first one the little girl saw, there was another one, then three, four...
A meteor shower began to fall in the night sky where the streamers became increasingly dense.
"Hey..."
With their own different emotions, several people raised their heads and looked up at this rare spectacle.
The smile gradually appeared, he must have thought of something happy.
A certain blond lady who had run away from home stuck her head out the window of the rented cabin in "Magnolia", and the blue kitten and the cherry-haired boy shouted in surprise.
"...Really?!"
The girl who was called raised her head from the desk and exclaimed with emotion.
But soon, the young lady realized another problem.
"Speaking of which! Natsu! Happy! When will you be willing to go back?"
Pressing her head frantically, Lucy looked at the boy who considered this her home with a headache.
Don’t these guys have the consciousness of men and women?!
"Isn't it just a shooting star? Why are you so excited?"
At this time, the jet-black haired boy sitting at the table put a piece of fruit into his mouth and looked at Natsu and Happy with disdain.
And I don't know when, he had taken off only a pair of shorts.
"Gray! Put your clothes on for me first!"
"Ah?! When exactly?!"
Lying weakly on the desk, Lucy no longer wanted to complain.
"Let me tell you, even if you are afraid of Miss Erza, there is no need to go to this extent, right?"
Thinking of the reason why they came to her for refuge, Lucy didn't understand what was so scary about the crimson-haired beauty.
It's a bit hurtful to see someone finally come back from a mission.
"Then, that's because you don't understand Erza's horror! Lucy!"
"Ouch!"
"Yes! That's Erza! That Erza!"
He approached Lucy with an exaggerated expression, both of them eager to let this ignorant person know what real 'horror' is.
Of course, they didn't notice the new visitors at all.
"……What's wrong with me?"
“……………………………………”
"It's here!!!!"
Overlapping screams spread throughout the street in an instant.