Chapter 512: August: Could It Be That Zeref Knows About My Mom’s Matter?!

The Alvarez Empire on the Western Continent...

As their Emperor, Zeref, returned, the Spriggan 12 were summoned!

Inside the enormous conference room, it was packed with a group of powerful individuals. Because Serena, who ranked first among the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar, had not betrayed them yet, there were currently only eleven powerful individuals in the Empire known as the Spriggan 12!

At this moment, 'Nation Destroyer' Brandish, who had short emerald-green hair, an outstanding figure, a pretty face, and was wearing a bikini, was lazily lying on the table beside her, looking as though she had not yet woken up.

Beside Brandish was her good friend, 'War Princess' Dimaria, followed by 'Desert King' Ajeel, 'Grim Reaper' Bloodman, 'Assassin' Jacob, 'Winter General' Invel Yura, and 'Judge' Wahl Icht, seven people in total. Adding 'Magic King' August, who was currently standing beside Zeref, a total of eight members of the enormous Spriggan 12 had arrived!

Apart from 'Scarlet Despair' Irene Belserion, who was on the same level as August and listened to orders without necessarily obeying them, Irene's subordinate Neinhart, and Larcade, who was already somewhat at odds with August, all the other members of the Spriggan 12 were already waiting in the conference room.

"Everyone, our Emperor has returned..."

"Next, what I am going to say, although it is quite shocking, may make everyone anxious after hearing it, but I hope that after everyone hears it, you won't panic just yet..."

August furrowed his brows tightly, wearing a bitter expression as he spoke helplessly to the members of the Spriggan 12 in the enormous war conference room of the Alvarez Empire.

"Lord August, please tell us! Since His Majesty has already returned, please tell us, exactly when are we going to launch our attack on the detestable continent of Ishgar?!"

'Winter General' Invel Yura, wearing a blue military uniform, spoke eagerly to August and Zeref, who was standing beside August.

"Uh..."

"About this matter..."

"Well, how should I put it?!"

After hearing 'Winter General' Invel Yura's words, August's expression immediately revealed a hint of helplessness. After managing the Alvarez Empire for so many years, he had summoned the Spriggan 12 for a pre-war mobilization almost every month, propagating the brutality of the continent of Ishgar. Now the entire Alvarez Empire regarded attacking the continent of Ishgar as its duty. As a result, their Emperor Zeref had returned, and with a single sentence, not only would they no longer attack the continent of Ishgar, even the Alvarez Empire itself was going to be disbanded because of this. This, this—who could they even reason with about this?!

Although not having to attack the continent of Ishgar and not having to strike at his own Mother still made August quite happy...

"Heh..."

Zeref looked at August, whose expression was hesitant and who did not know what he should say. He merely chuckled softly. He knew that because of his own willfulness, August had been under tremendous pressure. Thus, after laughing, he continued from where August left off and spoke, "Everyone, actually, I summoned everyone here not to attack the continent of Ishgar. Rather, I am here to tell everyone that the plan I originally made to attack the continent of Ishgar is now officially canceled! During the years I lived on the continent of Ishgar, I discovered that attacking the continent of Ishgar is completely meaningless! It can neither eliminate Acnologia nor remove the curse of Ankhseram from me! Therefore, I have decided to disband the Empire..."

"Of course, everyone need not worry, because I have found a better way to remove the curse from me than attacking the continent of Ishgar! So everyone, please rest assured. Even without you around, I can live very well~"

Just as August was still hesitating, Zeref had already calmly informed everyone present that he had decided to disband the Alvarez Empire...

It was just that Zeref's words were so scummy that, for a moment, the members of the Spriggan 12 were unable to accept them.

"So love really does disappear, right?!"

At this moment, this was the only thought in the hearts of the members of the Spriggan 12.

Back when Your Majesty was down and out, we members of the Spriggan 12 never left your side. At that time, you held the hands of us members of the Spriggan 12 and made all kinds of vows of eternal love, saying that if you wanted to defeat Acnologia and conquer the continent of Ishgar, you could only rely on us...

Now that you have found something better, you just kicked all of us out?!

What a scumbag?!

At this moment, in the hearts of the Spriggan 12, Zeref had already been defined as the Scumbag King...

"Your Majesty, you must carefully reconsider this matter of disbanding the Empire!"

After a while, 'Winter General' Invel Yura looked at Zeref and let out an incomparably mournful shout. His voice was hoarse and filled with unwillingness.

"My decision is final!"

Unfortunately, at this moment Zeref was like an overbearing CEO, directly announcing the disbandment of the Empire. At the same time, Zeref's tone simply did not allow Invel Yura to question him! He was not discussing this matter with everyone, but unilaterally announcing the disbandment of the Empire to everyone.

"Oh, Your Majesty!"

As Zeref's voice fell, the members of the Spriggan 12 immediately let out painful cries.

"Lord August!"

Among them, Invel Yura repeatedly blinked at August, signaling for August to properly persuade Zeref. At present, among the Spriggan 12, only August could still persuade Zeref a little. As for everyone else, in Zeref's eyes, they were not very important.

"Your Majesty, if you leave the Empire, where are you going to live in the future?!"

August gently nodded toward Invel Yura, indicating that he understood Invel's meaning. He then looked at Zeref and asked in a manner that appeared concerned about Zeref.

"I think Fairy Tail is pretty good~"

Hearing this, Zeref smiled slightly at August.

"Fairy Tail?!"

August was immediately stunned after hearing Zeref's words.

"Is it that Fairy Tail founded by Mavis?"

After hesitating for a moment, August still asked Zeref, confirming the thought in his heart.

"Other than Fairy Tail founded by Mavis, are there any other Fairy Tail Guilds in this world?"

After hearing August's words, a hint of confusion appeared in Zeref's expression, so he asked August.

"Gasp..."

When August heard this, realizing that his father Zeref really intended to go to Fairy Tail, he immediately sucked in a cold breath.

At the same time, he thought to himself, "Could it be that my father knows everything? Is he planning to remarry Mother?"

"Lord August, what are you doing?"

"Hurry up and persuade His Majesty!"

At the same time, Invel Yura looked at August, who was pretending to be deep in thought, and could not help urging him.

"What? Is there something wrong with Fairy Tail? Can't I live there?"

On the other side, Zeref seemed somewhat annoyed by Invel Yura's urging. He looked at Invel Yura and asked unhappily.

"No! I think Fairy Tail is truly an excellent place to live! It is even more livable than the Alvarez Empire!"

The moment Zeref finished speaking, August immediately picked up the conversation.

Yes, after hearing Zeref from Evan's world say earlier that he intended to join the Fairy Tail Guild, August directly betrayed the Empire. After all, in August's eyes, nothing in this world was more important than having his father and Mother remarry!

"Yes, yes, yes, just as Lord August said, that Mage Guild called Fairy Tail, at a glance it is obviously not as suitable for living as the palace of our Alvarez Empire..." Following August's words, Invel Yura immediately agreed with August and rambled on, but halfway through his sentence, Invel Yura suddenly realized something. His face turned terrified as he looked at August, confusedly saying, "My lord, why have even you betrayed the Empire?!"

If Zeref was the nominal ruler of the Alvarez Empire, the Emperor of the Alvarez Empire!

Then 'Magic King' August was the actual ruler of the Alvarez Empire! He was the Regent of the Alvarez Empire, and at the same time the Empire's Chancellor, the Empire's number two figure!

Now the Empire's number one and number two figures had both rebelled against the Empire. What the hell was there left to play?!

"Sigh..."

Before 'Winter General' Invel Yura could finish speaking, Brandish, who had not been fully awake in the first place, stood up directly from her seat. She yawned and walked toward the door of the conference room.

"Brandish, what do you mean?!"

"His Majesty hasn't left yet! How can you leave?!"

Invel Yura became furious when he saw Brandish intending to leave. He looked at Brandish and questioned her.

"Huh?!"

"Hasn't the Empire already been disbanded? Since the Empire has been disbanded, then we don't have to listen to His Majesty anymore, right? Because strictly speaking, we no longer have a His Majesty..."

"So there shouldn't be any problem even if I leave, right? Tell me, I'm right, aren't I, Your Maj... Sir!"

After hearing Invel Yura's words, Brandish's expression froze slightly. She did not look at Invel Yura, but instead asked Zeref and August.

"Of course..."

After hearing Brandish's words, Zeref chuckled softly. He expressed his approval and encouragement toward Brandish's behavior.

"Good..."

After obtaining Zeref's agreement, Brandish directly left the conference room without even looking back.

"Brandy, wait for me~"

After Brandish left, Dimaria immediately stood up from her seat and ran after Brandish.

"Dimaria!"

Invel Yura looked at Brandish and Dimaria leaving with unwillingness in his heart, but he was helpless. After all, his combat power was about the same as the two of them, so he could not forcibly stop them!

"I'm going back home!"

'Desert King' Ajeel also stood up from his seat at this time. Since the Empire had already been disbanded, the first thing he had to do was announce his country's independence, and then it was time for him to return home, inherit the country, and become its king!

Sigh...

Sometimes Ajeel was also very helpless. If he could not work properly in his position as a member of the Spriggan 12, he had to go home and inherit the throne. How miserable was that?!

"Ajeel! I never thought that in the end even you would leave?!"

Invel Yura looked at Ajeel, who intended to leave, and immediately roared angrily.

"What else?!"

"Do you still want me to stay and perish together with this Empire that is about to be destroyed?"

"Wake up! Our Empire was established for His Majesty Zeref. Now that His Majesty Zeref no longer needs it, we should leave too. It's as simple as that."

Ajeel saw things quite clearly, or rather, he was indeed incomparably loyal to Zeref. As the number one simp under Zeref, when Zeref did not need him, he obediently left, but when Zeref needed him, he would come to protect him without the slightest hesitation.

"Ajeel..."

Invel Yura felt somewhat powerless. Everyone in the Spriggan 12 organization had actually gathered together because of various interests, yet the only one who truly seemed to want to realize his self-worth through war was him.

Oh, speaking of which, that fun-loving guy Reinhart might be willing to wage war together with him, but obviously, something like war could not be started just by the participation of one or two people...

"I'm going back to my race too..."

'Judge' Wahl Icht looked at the disbanded conference room and finally made his decision. It was time for him to return to see his Machine race, after all, he was their clan leader.

"His Majesty Zeref, whether or not you are His Majesty, I will remain by your side and protect you. After all, protecting you is my mission!"

'Grim Reaper' Bloodman stood up from his seat at this moment. He looked at his great master, smiled, and expressed his loyalty to Zeref.

"Voom!"

However, before Bloodman could finish speaking, Zeref simply waved his hand at Bloodman, and the other party turned into a grimoire.

"I can give Bloodman from this world to Mirajane to absorb! That will strengthen Mirajane's power..."

Zeref picked up the grimoire belonging to Bloodman from the ground, and immediately revealed a smile.

It could be said that Bloodman was the number one simp. To be honest, to Bloodman, Zeref was equivalent to a god. Even if Zeref told Bloodman to die for him, Bloodman would not hesitate for even a second. But to Zeref, Bloodman was merely a tool...

In fact, Zeref was also helpless. The Curse of Ankhseram made Zeref see everyone as tools, because once he developed feelings for existences like Bloodman, Bloodman and the others would instantly die!

At the same time, the most important point was that whether it was Bloodman or the grimoires of the demons of Tartaros that he had collected, all of these demons had been created by Zeref of this world. What did they have to do with Zeref from Evan's world?! The Zeref he was plucking wool from was the Zeref of this world...

"I'll get Larcade over too! I might as well let Mirajane absorb him too..."

"Oh! Come to think of it, I can use the Magic Barrier Particles inside these grimoires that Mirajane has already absorbed to create a brand-new, even stronger demon~ Hehe..."

Zeref looked at the grimoires he had collected in his hands and chuckled softly.

"..."

August stood beside Zeref. Looking at the chuckling Zeref, he could not help shivering.

To be honest, Zeref like this was really somewhat frightening.

"Alright! The Empire has already been disbanded. Invel Yura, and Jacob, you can leave too..."

Zeref from Evan's world, after dealing with 'the Grim Reaper of this world' Bloodman, gently issued an order for the remaining two members of the Spriggan 12 in the conference room to leave. He then turned and departed. He still had to retrieve Larcade's grimoire.

"..."

For a moment, inside the enormous Spriggan 12 conference room, only 'Winter General' Invel Yura and 'Assassin' Jacob remained, looking at each other.

Unlike Brandish, who herself intended to participate in conflicts, and Dimaria, who intended to live together with Brandish, Invel Yura had no idea where he should go. At the same time, he was also different from 'Desert King' Ajeel and 'Judge' Wahl Icht. After all, he was neither a prince nor a clan leader and had no country or race to inherit. As for 'Grim Reaper' Bloodman, he had already landed in a box, cough, cough...more accurately, he had landed as a book!

"I'll probably become a bounty hunter or an assassin..."

In the end, it was Jacob who first broke the awkward atmosphere in the conference room.

"Don't tell me about it!"

Invel Yura looked at his last remaining colleague and, finding that there was also something he could do, roared helplessly.

On the other side...

Not long after 'Grim Reaper' Bloodman had landed as a book, Larcade of this world had also landed as a book!

From this point on, Zeref from Evan's world had successfully plucked all the wool off Zeref of this world...

"In that case, all the demons have been retrieved~"

After Zeref from Evan's world finished doing all of this, he looked at August behind him. What he was about to do might be obstructed by August, so before that, he needed to fool August standing before him into leaving.

"August, take this..."

After thinking for a moment, Zeref from Evan's world tossed a Magic Crystal to August.

"Hmm?!"

August of this world looked at the Magic Crystal before him, his expression slightly stunned. He did not understand what Zeref meant, but he still carefully picked up the Magic Crystal in his hands. After all, this Magic Crystal had been handed to him by his father.

"Voom~"

Just as August was puzzled, the Magic Crystal in his hand suddenly lit up, and a figure appeared on the Magic Crystal.

"Hello, August. My name is Evan Belserion~"

The figure had short reddish-brown hair, a handsome face, exquisite clothing, and quite a dignified air.

Yes, the figure that appeared on the Magic Crystal was none other than Evan Belserion.

"Belserion?!"

When August of this world heard Evan's self-introduction, he immediately furrowed his brows, and his gaze became solemn. Of course, the reason August became so serious was not because Evan was simply too handsome, but because the surname Belserion made it impossible for August not to become serious. After all, the woman who had been on equal footing with him in this recently disbanded Empire was precisely a woman with the surname Belserion.

"Lord August, to be honest! I discovered that someone is plotting against the body of Mavis, the founder of the Fairy Tail Guild!"

In front of August and Zeref, Evan spoke of something shocking.

"What?!"

As expected, August's expression changed upon hearing this, and then a burst of anger rose in his heart.

"Who exactly dares to plot against Mavis's body?! And how do you know that someone is plotting against Mavis's body?!"

August looked at Evan inside the Magic Crystal and deliberately lowered his voice. However, no matter how much August lowered his voice, he could not conceal the anger in his words.

"This question is very simple..."

"Because the person planning to plot against Mavis is me!"

After hearing August's words, Evan smiled softly and directly answered August's question.

"Uh..."

For a moment, August was directly left speechless by Evan's words, but Evan's answer was not wrong either. If Evan was the person planning to plot against Mavis, then of course he knew that someone was plotting against Mavis...

"What do you mean?!"

August suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Evan as he asked.

"Heh heh heh, if Lord August does not want to see me take the Fairy Heart out of Mavis's body, then I advise you to hurry to Fairy Tail and protect Mavis's side!"

"As for why I am doing this? Of course, it is to play a game with you~"

"I simply want to see whether the great Lord Magic King is really as powerful as the rumors say!"

After hearing August's words, Evan immediately let out a sharp laugh. At this moment, Evan was the very image of a great villain.

"What? You were actually after the Fairy Heart?!"

After hearing Evan's words, August gradually calmed down.

"Huh? Then what did you think I was after?"

This time Evan was rendered speechless. Aside from the Fairy Heart, what else could he possibly be plotting against Mavis for?!

"..."

For a moment, the scene gradually fell silent!

"Unforgivable!"

After a moment, August shouted, breaking the silence and awkwardness. He glared furiously at Evan and forcefully crushed the Magic Crystal in his hand.

"Your Majesty, I think I will have to leave for a while!"

After crushing the Magic Crystal, August raised his head and spoke seriously to Zeref.

"No problem..."

Zeref heard this and opened his mouth. He always felt that August's gaze was somewhat strange, as if there were a little green on his head. However, Zeref did not think much of it. After all, in this world, there were not many perverted lolicons like him, cough, cough...

"Voom!"

"Damn you, Evan! I'm coming! Prepare to surrender yourself!"

With Zeref's agreement, August immediately cursed as he opened a portal, then instantly disappeared before Zeref's eyes.

On the other side, inside the enormous Fairy Tail Guild, Evan had already led the members of Fairy Tail from his world away from the guild...

"Alright, the diversion is complete~ All the troublesome guys have already been cleared out!"

"The bait has also been thrown out. Next, it's time to pull in the net!"

Evan looked at the dimmed remote communication Magic Crystal in his hand and did not care in the slightest.

In fact, August's departure was completely within Evan's control. This was nothing more than a diversion tactic!

Evan and the others' true target was Acnologia, as well as Zeref of this world, who was secretly watching Acnologia fight Igneel.

Yes, since Mavis's heart could be made into the magic perpetual motion machine, the Fairy Heart, then naturally Zeref's heart could also be made into a magic perpetual motion machine...

Opposite Mavis's Fairy Heart, Zeref's heart should be called the Demon Heart. Unlike Precht's counterfeit Demon Heart, Zeref's heart was a true magic perpetual motion machine capable of rivaling the Fairy Heart...

The rule of their Fairy Tail was to get hold of one person and then pluck that person's wool with all their might until every last bit of hair on that person had been completely exhausted!

It had taken them so much effort to locate an alternate world whose timeline differed from theirs. Of course they had to pluck everything from this world clean! Not only would they take away all the demons created by Zeref of this world, they would also take away the heart inside Zeref's chest! Anyway, Zeref, who possessed the Curse of Ankhseram, could not die. Rather than that, he might as well hand over his heart. That way, it would be better for everyone...

Cough, cough...

Of course, Evan was not some kind of devil either. The reason he wanted to take away the magic perpetual motion machine inside Zeref of this world was none other than to help the Zeref and Mavis of their world eliminate the evil Ankhseram. In other words, everything Evan did was also for Zeref~

Presumably, after Zeref of this world learned of Evan's difficulties, he would definitely forgive Evan and the Fairy Tail Guild~

On the other side...

In the sky, two enormous beings, one black and one red, were constantly engaged in a fierce battle!

At this moment, the battle between those two enormous beings had already entered its most heated stage...

"Boom!!"

In the end, after the two dragons, one black and one red, released a roar, they abandoned long-range combat, closed the distance between them, and began close-quarters combat. At this moment, whether it was the Black Dragon Acnologia or the Red Dragon Igneel, both had bet everything they had!

"Boom!"

Immediately afterward, the sky gave off a thunderous roar. Igneel, who was engaged in close combat with Acnologia, had half of his body directly torn apart by Acnologia, while Acnologia himself had his right arm bitten off by Igneel!

The plot was extremely similar, except that unlike Evan's world, this time Igneel had bitten off Acnologia's right arm rather than his left arm!

"Roar!!!"

After Acnologia tore Igneel apart, he continuously roared toward the sky. It seemed that he was announcing to this world that he was still the strongest! There was only one Dragon King in this world, and that was him, Acnologia!!

"Brothers, attack!"

At the very moment Igneel was defeated, Ignia, who had been hiding inside the clouds, could no longer sit still! He knew the time had come. It was time to make his move!

"Boom!!"

The next second, Ignia, Selene, and Acnologia, who had originally been hiding within the clouds, suddenly transformed into dragons and charged toward Acnologia of this world, who had just defeated Igneel and had not even caught his breath yet!

"Ah?!"

Acnologia, who had just defeated Igneel and was constantly declaring his position as Dragon King through his roars, had not even finished venting the emotions in his heart before he was stunned by Ignia, Selene, and himself charging toward him...

Anyone who had just defeated a Dragon King and then encountered three Dragon Kings at their peak state would probably be unable to smile! Even Acnologia was no exception. It was like Sakazuki during the Summit War, who had just fought Whitebeard in a clash of strength, taken a smooth little combo from Old White, spat blood, and suffered internal injuries, only to encounter Shanks at full health after Whitebeard died, before he could even laugh. His whole person was numb...

However, this was still not the most important thing. The most important thing was that when Acnologia looked at one of the three Dragon Kings attacking him, a black dragon, his entire mentality collapsed! He had originally found that black dragon familiar. After taking a closer look, Acnologia astonishingly discovered that this f*cking thing was himself?!

To be honest, he did not display any particularly unique emotions when he saw Ignia and Selene. Since he could defeat Igneel, he could naturally also defeat Ignia and Selene. It would merely require sacrificing some parts of his body! But what was the deal with this black dragon that looked exactly like him and even had the same magic power?! If this was not himself, then who else could it be?!

For a moment, Acnologia became suspicious. He wondered whether he had not yet woken up from his dream, or perhaps he had fallen victim to an illusion!

"My left arm!"

Before Acnologia of this world could think any further, that black dragon identical to him was already roaring as it bit toward his left arm.

"Roar!!"

At once, Acnologia of this world let out a roar of pain. He was now certain that this was not a dream! After coming to his senses, Acnologia intended to use his right arm to drive away this black dragon identical to him, only to discover, hehe, there was nothing on his right side!

Only when he needed to use it did Acnologia remember that his right arm had just been bitten off by some old bastard!

"Seal his mouth! Don't give him a chance to make a move!"

After Acnologia from Evan's world bit down on the left arm of Acnologia of this world, Ignia directly wrapped his arms around the head of Acnologia of this world, preventing Acnologia of this world from releasing a roar or attacking!

At the same time, Irene, who had activated her Human-Beast Form, and August, whose entire body was covered in red runes, each held a chain in their hands, locking down Acnologia's two legs!

For a moment, Acnologia of this world had only his tail left that could move. Then, before Acnologia could use his tail to retaliate, his tail was bitten by Selene!

For a moment, Acnologia of this world was directly pinned in midair, unable to move!

"This, this is..."

"How is this possible?!"

"Dragon Kings! So many Dragon King-level dragons!"

"Every one of these Dragon King-level dragons is no weaker than 'Flame Dragon King' Igneel..."

"Among them, that fellow whose appearance resembles Acnologia has magic power that is also on par with Acnologia! It is practically as if Acnologia himself had arrived..."

"Several beings no weaker than Igneel, plus one being equal to Acnologia, Acnologia is finally finished today!"

"But where did these Dragon King-level monsters come from? And...aren't those Irene and August? When did they become so powerful behind my back? And how did they get mixed up with unknown Dragon Kings?!"

On the ground, Zeref of this world stared wide-eyed at Acnologia, who was being forcibly pinned down in the sky by a group of giant dragons. Originally, after seeing Igneel and Acnologia fight ahead of schedule, he thought that some hidden force lurking in the shadows had finally been unable to resist and had begun to act!

Now it seemed that this was not some hidden force at all! This was an organization that intended to destroy the world and possessed the ability to destroy the world, which had stopped playing around, decided to lay all its cards on the table, and finally intended to destroy the world~

"Zeref, how are you?"

Just as Zeref of this world was looking at the sky and falling into thought, a voice suddenly sounded beside Zeref of this world. Upon hearing it, Zeref immediately turned his head to look, and then he saw an astonishing scene.

Because he actually saw himself...