Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars - Chapter 323

“I know the exact location now~”

“Farewell, everyone~”

After reading part of Precht’s memories, Evan closed his eyes and smiled brightly.

“Buzz~”

As Evan bid farewell to the Magic Council members, a brilliant light enveloped him. Evan, Mirajane, and Seilah completely disappeared before Precht’s eyes.

“Uh, Chairman Warrod, do we still need to assemble the army?”

Jellal, who had been standing in front of the army, gazing at Evan with stars in his eyes, asked Warrod after Evan disappeared with Mirajane and Seilah.

As Evan’s fervent admirer, Jellal had complete trust in him. In Jellal’s eyes, everything would be fine as long as Evan was involved.

“Disband! Everyone return to your posts!”

Warrod thought for a moment and then announced the disbandment of the army. Evan alone was more effective than a thousand troops.

“Understood~” Jellal respectfully saluted Warrod, then turned to the army behind him and shouted, “All units, hear the command! By the order of Chairman Warrod, the Dark Guild Tartaros no longer poses any threat to us. All legion commanders, return your troops to their original positions!”

“Repeating: Tartaros no longer poses any threat to us. All legion commanders, return your troops to their original positions!”

Jellal’s voice, infused with golden magic, spread through the air, reaching every soldier precisely.

“Tartaros is no longer a threat? Haha, Evan must have taken action!”

Simon, now the robust and armored leader of the Anti-Black Magic Task Force, looked nothing like the boy who had once been rescued from the Tower of Heaven. Hearing Jellal’s words, he smiled brightly.

As Jellal’s order was executed, the legions began to withdraw orderly. Watching this, Warrod smiled with pride. As the Chairman of the Council, seeing its growing strength filled him with endless pride.

“Warrod has secretly gathered such a large army… Now, in addition to the power to rule the world, we even have the military to enforce it.”

“Makarov, Warrod, what exactly are you plotting?”

Precht couldn’t help but sweat as he watched nearly a hundred thousand trained warriors. No one knew the inner torment he felt seeing his old friend Warrod and his pupil Makarov, whom he regarded as a son, seemingly fall into darkness.

Meanwhile, at Tartaros…

“Buzz~”

With a roar, Evan, along with Mirajane and Seilah, appeared before the gates of Tartaros.

“Precht was right; Tartaros is here.”

Evan smiled as he looked at the massive, slumbering creature known as the Underworld Beast.

Like Grimoire Heart, Tartaros was constantly moving. Tartaros used the enormous Underworld Beast, resembling an island, for movement, while Grimoire Heart used a gigantic magical battleship.

Even Oración Seis, led by Brain, moved continuously, albeit on foot.

In truth, such powerful and mysterious dark guilds rarely had fixed locations, and those that did were often eradicated.

“What a huge demon…”

Mirajane, standing beside Evan, smiled excitedly as she looked at the enormous Underworld Beast. Flushed with excitement, her face looked almost feverish as she anticipated capturing the demon before her.

“Crossing over a thousand kilometers in an instant? Is he a monster?”

Seilah, staring at the vast Tartaros, was full of disbelief. Even demons couldn’t teleport such distances instantaneously.

“Since we’re here, let’s make an introduction~”

Evan casually picked up a branch from the ground, intending to eliminate the Underworld Beast first.

“Gravity Blade…”

Evan infused the branch with a dark coating of Armament Haki, gathering immense gravitational force into the branch, forming a black gravity wave.

“This feeling is similar to Zero’s Demon Slayer Magic?”

Seilah’s pupils shrank as she watched the powerful gravity gathering on the branch.

She sensed a strange power mixed with the gravity that made her dark eyes ache just by looking at it—a power akin to the Ice Demon Slayer Magic controlled by Silver, one of the Nine Demon Gates.

“…Fierce Tiger!”

As Seilah retreated, pained by the gravity emanating from Evan’s branch, Evan finally swung his weapon.

“Roar!!”

With a gentle swing, a giant tiger formed in the air, roaring and charging at the slumbering Underworld Beast. The tiger bit down fiercely, tearing through the beast’s body.

“Roar!!”

The Underworld Beast let out a mournful cry, unable to react before being pierced by Evan’s attack.

“Boom!!”

The tiger continued its rampage, soaring into the sky, the gravity tearing through the air, creating a vacuum and scattering clouds. The black gravity wave dissipated, leaving the sky clear and cloudless.

“This is too much…”

Seilah stared blankly at the bleeding Underworld Beast, her eyes wide with shock. She didn’t even notice her kimono slipping slightly off her shoulder.

Evan watched as the branch in his hand, now stripped of its Haki, crumbled to dust. He smiled, “You did well, little branch~”

Turning to Mirajane, he said, “Mirajane, hurry and capture the Underworld Beast’s soul! Don’t waste it~”

“Oh! Right…”

Mirajane snapped out of her daze, nodded, and rushed to the dying beast.

“You’ve done your best. Now come to my side and fight for me~”

Mirajane gently stroked the beast’s cheek, absorbing its power.

“Buzz~”

The Underworld Beast let out a final cry before its eyes went blank. Its soul and cursed power flowed into Mirajane, and its massive body began to petrify and crumble.

It took less than thirty seconds for Mirajane to absorb the beast’s power completely.

Excitedly, she ran back to Evan.

“Evan! Evan! This is incredible! I’m so strong now. If I accidentally defeat Erza in a duel, she won’t be mad, right? Especially if she knows it was thanks to you, Evan. She’ll be furious, won’t she?”

Mirajane, bouncing around like an excited rabbit, boasted about her newfound strength, which made Evan shiver.

“Why does that sound so familiar?”

Evan frowned, eyeing Mirajane suspiciously.

“Don’t get too cocky. Be careful, or I won’t bring you along for good things next time.”

Evan playfully ruffled Mirajane’s hair, warning her.

“Haha, I was just joking…”

Mirajane laughed, but her blue eyes clearly showed she was enjoying the situation.

“Troublesome. One joker in the guild is enough.”

Evan sighed, resigning himself to the fact that Fairy Tail was full of jokers.

Meanwhile, inside Tartaros…

“What’s happening? The Underworld Beast is dead?”

“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

“Mobilize! Eliminate the intruder!”

“Damn, attacking while the Nine Demon Gates are out on missions…”

The soldiers of Tartaros, modified into half-demons, shouted in panic. They grabbed their weapons and rushed outside.

“Oh? The enemy is here~”

“You two stay back. I’ll handle this.”

Evan smiled at the approaching footsteps, flashing to the front gates of Tartaros.

“There he is! Just one person?”

“One person killed the Underworld Beast? Ridiculous!”

“Don’t be afraid! We have ten thousand soldiers! One against ten thousand, we have the advantage!”

The demon soldiers charged, determined to kill the lone intruder.

“Then fall.”

Evan’s lips curled into a smirk. He stood still as the soldiers approached, unmoved. Seilah and Mirajane knew he wasn’t scared. As the soldiers neared, Evan’s eyes flashed crimson.

“Boom!!”

An overwhelming aura burst from Evan, shaking the ground, air, and trees.

“Ugh…”

The demon soldiers, unable to resist, fell unconscious, eyes rolling back, blood streaming from their noses and mouths.

In an instant, ten thousand soldiers were defeated.

“What magic is this?”

Seilah’s mouth dropped open. In her four hundred years on Ishgar, she had never seen magic that could knock people out like this.

“Visitors have arrived~”

“Are you not coming out?”

Evan smiled, walking to the now stone gate of Tartaros and knocking gently.

“Boom!”

The gate shattered, revealing the interior of Tartaros.

“Foolish human! You dare attack Tartaros! I’ll kill you now.”

A green figure shot out from within, attacking Evan.

“Kyôka! No! This human isn’t someone you can handle…”

Seilah shouted at the green figure, warning her.

“Seilah?!”

Kyôka was shocked to see Seilah with the enemy, momentarily distracted.

“Bang~”

Taking advantage of Kyôka’s distraction, Mirajane attacked, having absorbed the Underworld Beast’s soul.

“Cursed Joy!”

Dressed in strange attire and surrounded by dark red magic, Mirajane’s proximity alone caused Kyôka pain. As Mirajane’s curse took effect, Kyôka fell into a deep sleep.

“Ah…”

Mirajane, having sealed Kyôka, exited her transformed state, collapsing to the ground.

“This power is too much for me right now.”

Sweating profusely, Mirajane admitted she could only use Cursed Joy once, as it drained all her magic.

“You did well~”

Evan lowered his hand, ready to attack Kyôka, and praised Mirajane. If he had acted, Kyôka wouldn’t have just been sealed; she would have been killed.

“Next, we deal with the others. Mirajane, stay close to me. There’s more good stuff waiting for you…”

Evan’s smile widened as he headed into Tartaros.

“Got it.”

Mirajane nodded, standing up and following Evan into the dark guild’s stronghold.

Inside the dim corridors of Tartaros, a black-haired young man stood, his face contorted with anger as he watched Evan approach.

This black-haired youth was none other than Mard Geer, the acting leader of Tartaros.

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