Chapter 514: On That Day, the Townspeople Once Again Recalled the Fear of Being Ruled by Fairy Tail

"Voom!"

Accompanied by a roar!

The enormous Eclipse Gate suddenly opened, and endless white light filled the entire world!

Before long, one Mage after another from the Fairy Tail Guild walked out of the Eclipse Gate.

"Finally back!"

Natsu took a deep breath of the air of his own world and laughed loudly.

"It's still better in our own world!"

Gray was also somewhat emotional. Although they had encountered the Fairy Tail of another world and all kinds of dragons in that other world, which made their trip very enjoyable, sure enough, only their own world was the best. No matter how good the outside world was, it was not their home.

"I just feel like we seem to have been away for a really long time~"

Lucy also spoke with some emotion at this moment. Looking at the familiar sky and earth before her, she felt as if her entire soul had suddenly been emptied.

"Hm?!"

However, Lucy's words made Evan frown.

Although Lucy was exceptionally unreliable under normal circumstances, her sixth sense was exceptionally accurate!

"Boss Zeref, we did return to the world we left, right?!"

Hearing this, Evan fell into thought. He looked at the forest before him, sensed the magic power in the air, as well as the situation of Crocus, the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore, not far from the Eclipse Gate, and suddenly noticed something. He rubbed his chin, then turned around and asked Zeref and Anna behind him.

After all, although Evan was currently the strongest among everyone here, the strength he referred to was destructive power and combat power. He did not understand this magic called the Eclipse Gate, which had been created by Zeref and could reverse time and space, very well. Therefore, he could not say for sure whether they had truly returned to the world they belonged to, or whether, like Future Lucy and Rogue, they had accidentally arrived in a parallel universe. However, there was one thing Evan knew clearly: there was something slightly wrong with the world they were currently in...

"We did indeed return to our own world. There is absolutely no problem with that! So Evan, you can rest assured..."

"But Evan, you should also know that although my Eclipse Gate appears perfect, in reality, it is full of loopholes."

"Through the example of Rogue and Lucy using the Eclipse Gate to return to the past, I discovered that my Eclipse Gate seems to only be able to travel to the future, but cannot return to the past. Once someone tries to use the Eclipse Gate to change the past, they will be sent by an irresistible force to another parallel universe that is extremely similar to the universe the user came from..."

"To avoid creating other parallel universes because of our return and causing time to become chaotic, I deliberately adjusted the time forward a little!"

"However, perhaps misfortune and fortune depend upon each other. Although we were unable to return to the timeline when we had just left our world using the Eclipse Gate to go to the other world to save Fairy Tail!"

"However, we have instead arrived at the timeline where the Kingdom of Fiore has already gathered the magic power needed to open the Eclipse Gate and go to the world where the gods reside! In other words, we can now open the Eclipse Gate at any time and use the power of the Eclipse Gate to go to the heavens and defeat the gods high above us..."

Zeref first slowly closed his eyes and sensed the fluctuations of magic power in this world. After all, there were too many uncontrollable factors regarding the Eclipse Gate. Even he, its creator, had many things he could not understand...

A moment later, when Zeref sensed the flow of magic power in the world, a smile immediately appeared on his face. Zeref could now confirm that they had successfully returned to the world they had left.

At the same time, Zeref discovered that, just as he had expected, they had directly crossed over to the point in time when the Kingdom of Fiore had gathered the magic power needed to open the Eclipse Gate. In other words, they could now go to the Divine Realm at any time to defeat Ankhseram and remove the Curse from him...

"So that means we have crossed into the future now?!"

After hearing Zeref's words, Evan immediately frowned.

"Yes, this is an irresistible force..."

"And at present, after all, there are too many uncertainties with the Eclipse Gate. The fact that we could cross over to the timeline where the magic power has been gathered is already a miracle!"

Zeref nodded with a smile and answered Evan.

In fact, although the Eclipse Gate could travel through time, it was not as useful as Zeref had imagined. He had discovered that the Eclipse Gate had many drawbacks, and Zeref currently had no good solution to these drawbacks...

In fact, using the Eclipse Gate to travel to the future was still fine. As long as it was operated properly, one could generally travel through successfully...

But once someone tried to use the Eclipse Gate to interfere with the past timeline, the Will of the World would intervene. In order to prevent the history of their own timeline from changing and consequently causing the collapse of space-time, these Wills of the World would interfere with the Eclipse Gate, thereby sending those who wanted to travel into the past to a parallel universe extremely similar to the past they came from, thus ensuring the normality of their own timeline...

Therefore, in order for them to return normally to the world they had come from, Zeref could only choose to travel to a future timeline. At the same time, Zeref felt that since they could only travel to the future, they might as well go all the way and directly travel to the point in time when the Kingdom of Fiore had gathered the magic power they needed to open the Eclipse Gate...

In other words, although Evan and the others had returned to the timeline they belonged to, they had not returned to the exact point in time when they had used the Eclipse Gate to leave. Instead, they had arrived at a somewhat more distant future.

"So what year is it now?!"

After hearing Zeref's words, the corner of Evan's eye twitched slightly. He discovered that Boss Zeref was truly somewhat impatient to deal with Ankhseram, but Evan could also understand Zeref. After all, anyone who had been toyed with and played around for more than four hundred years would not have a good temper. Once they had an opportunity to take revenge, they would definitely be impatient.

"If my deduction is correct, the current year should be X793..."

"In other words, we have been away from our original world for about seven and a half years."

Zeref thought for a moment before answering Evan's question.

"X793, seven and a half years?!"

Upon hearing this, Evan slightly raised his eyebrows. The Will of Seven really was everywhere!

In the original story, the main forces of Fairy Tail were sealed away for seven years because of Acnologia's surprise attack on Tenrou Island, as a result of Mavis using Fairy Sphere. Now they had once again been directly brought seven and a half years into the future by Zeref using the Eclipse Gate. Evan could not help but wonder in his heart whether Zeref and Mavis becoming husband and wife was perhaps not an accident...

Perhaps Ankhseram was also an old otaku god who shipped couples, and discovered that Zeref had been born too early and was afraid that Zeref would die before meeting Mavis, so he cursed Zeref. Then, after Zeref met Mavis, he was afraid that Mavis would be killed by the aftermath of Zeref's actions, so he simply cursed Mavis as well. That was possible too...

Thinking of this, Evan could not help laughing, because no matter what purpose Ankhseram had for cursing Zeref and Mavis, it did not prevent him from making up his mind to go to the Divine Realm and slap Ankhseram across the face. In short, Ankhseram absolutely had to take this big slap...

"An irresistible force..."

At the same time, Evan's thoughts returned to the matter at hand. Recalling what Zeref had said, he continued to fall into thought. He was considering whether the reason they had crossed into the timeline where the Eclipse Gate's magic power had been completely gathered was truly an irresistible force?! Or whether Zeref had already been impatient to make a move against Ankhseram...

After all, speaking of the future, if they traveled to just one second after the moment when they used the Eclipse Gate to leave their world, would that not also be the future for their world?! Or perhaps Zeref really had not interfered after all. Although Boss Zeref was impatient, he had already waited for more than four hundred years, so he could certainly endure another seven and a half years!

The one who had truly interfered in this matter was actually some existence that did not want to see Fairy Tail continue to run rampant, cause trouble, and play around recklessly in this world. Because that existence was afraid of the destruction Fairy Tail could cause to the world, it had been impatient to send them to the Divine Realm to challenge Ankhseram...

And looking across the entire universe, who hated Fairy Tail the most?

The answer was obvious.

First, we can rule out those residents whose houses had been demolished, as well as the construction teams who wore the same pair of pants as Fairy Tail...

So there was actually only one truth...

You agree, don't you? World Spirit of Earth-land?!

[Sudden Mission: Accept the apology of the World Spirit of Earth-land and receive one Ten-Year Mission Medal as a reward.]

Just as Evan, having transformed into a "washing machine," successfully solved this case, the mission system in his mind immediately triggered a system mission. The mission was very simple. As long as he accepted the apology of the World Spirit of Earth-land, he could obtain a Ten-Year Mission Medal.

"Heh..."

Evan was disdainful of this. Did the World Spirit of Earth-land really look down on him?!

Did it really think that a mere Ten-Year Mission Medal could send him away?

That was seven and a half years! That was enough time for three Kun Kun to debut! Such precious time, what could the World Spirit of Earth-land use to compensate him with?! Most importantly, this was not just his seven and a half years, but the seven and a half years of everyone in the Fairy Tail Guild! So... it had to pay more!

In the end, after a round of bargaining between Evan and the World Spirit of Earth-land, they reached a deal of five Ten-Year Mission Medals in exchange for Evan's forgiveness. At the same time, Evan used the Ten-Year Mission Medals on his body to fuse them, and thus Evan successfully obtained another Hundred-Year Mission Medal...

At the same time, Evan also learned from the World Spirit of Earth-land that during these seven and a half years, the members of the Fairy Tail Guild who had remained in this world had not died, and had not even aged. This was the compensation the World Spirit of Earth-land had given Evan and the other members of the Fairy Tail Guild.

After learning that all the members of Fairy Tail, including the external members, were all safe and sound, Evan also forgave the World Spirit of Earth-land and abandoned his plan to move the entire world to Edolas or Elentear...

It could be said that the World Spirit of Earth-land being so understanding had successfully saved its own life. Otherwise, Evan would definitely have made a hole in the World Spirit of Earth-land.

"Seven and a half years! It's X793 now?!"

When the members of the Fairy Tail Guild learned that although they had successfully returned to this world, they had directly arrived seven and a half years in the future, they all revealed shocked expressions.

"Seven and a half years? Father will be fine, right?!"

Among them, Lucy was especially troubled. Although her mother had gone to the other world with her, her father Jude had remained in this world. Her father's health had already been poor to begin with. Especially after she had communicated with Future Lucy and learned that Jude and Layla of the other world had died, she became even more worried about Jude.

"Don't worry! They're all fine..."

"Anyway, you'll know once you go back and see for yourself."

Just when Lucy revealed a troubled expression, Evan spoke truthfully.

"Oh, okay!"

After hearing Evan's words, Lucy was stunned at first, then nodded forcefully.

Since Evan had said so, Lucy was relieved. After all, Lucy knew that Evan would never harm the people of the Fairy Tail Guild.

"Anyway, everyone should go back and have a look!"

Evan knew that words alone were not enough, so he directly opened a teleportation gate.

One of them was to send Lucy, Layla, and Anna back to the Heartfilia family...

The other was to send everyone from the Fairy Tail Guild back to the guild. After all, strictly speaking, they had not returned to Magnolia Town for seven and a half years.

"Voom!"

As the teleportation gates lit up, radiating dazzling light, everyone did not hesitate and immediately passed through the teleportation gates, heading toward their own guild. As for Lucy, she, Layla, and Anna naturally went to the Heartfilia family first to have a look.

On the other side, Magnolia Town!

Seven and a half years was truly a long time! For ordinary people, seven and a half years was equivalent to one-tenth of their lives! This amount of time was already enough for the residents of Magnolia Town to forget what Fairy Tail had actually looked like...

After all, although Makarov, Wakaba, and the others were still in the Fairy Tail Guild, and their strength was different from that of the original story, having reached the level of veteran S-Class Mages, they were, after all, all married and had children. They also had to divide their attention to take care of their families in their daily lives. Over the years, being able to preserve Fairy Tail Guild's foundation and keep this several-hundred-meter-tall building from collapsing was already their limit. Furthermore, their personalities were not that rowdy, so over these years the Fairy Tail Guild had remained very low-key...

However, this low-key period would end in a few days!

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a roar, the door of the Fairy Tail Guild was instantly kicked open by someone.

The enormous noise immediately provoked the displeasure of the people inside the Fairy Tail Guild...

"Hah?! Someone's here to pick a fight with the Fairy Tail Guild again?!"

"Seriously, how many times do you have to get beaten before you understand?!"

"Although our Fairy Tail Guild has become weaker, that doesn't mean you've become stronger!"

As the door of the Fairy Tail Guild was kicked open, Makarov, Wakaba, Max, and the others, who were drinking inside the building, immediately stood up. Flames, clouds, and sand surrounded the three of them. Clearly, the three of them once again thought that someone who was dissatisfied with Fairy Tail Guild's title as the number one Mage Guild on the Ishgar continent had come to cause trouble.

"Makarov, Wakaba, Max! Long time no see. We're back..."

However, when Makarov and the others turned around and looked toward the entrance of the Fairy Tail Guild, their eyes immediately turned red. What appeared before their eyes was none other than Natsu and the others whom they had been longing for!

"Oh!!"

With Natsu and the others' return, the Fairy Tail Guild immediately became lively again after so long.

"You bastards, where have you been all these years? We suddenly couldn't contact you anymore!"

Makarov wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and complained to Natsu, Evan, and the others.

"Haha, because the Fairy Tail of another world was attacked by dragons and was almost destroyed, we couldn't help ourselves and went over to fight!"

After hearing Makarov's words, Natsu laughed loudly with his hands on his hips.

"The Fairy Tail of another world sent out a distress signal to you?!"

Upon hearing this, Makarov was greatly shocked. Natsu's words were completely beyond his imagination.

"Seriously, you guys are always capable of doing some unbelievable things."

"Although it sounds exaggerated, when I think about the fact that it was you guys, Evan, who did it, it doesn't feel that exaggerated anymore!"

Wakaba had a pipe in his mouth. While puffing smoke, he sighed with emotion.

"Anyway, a lot of things happened during these years..."

"For example, while you guys were gone, I took over as Guild Master Makarov's successor and became the sixth Guild Master of Fairy Tail!"

As Makarov spoke, he became somewhat smug.

"Don't talk about that anymore. It's too embarrassing. Hurry up and give up the position of Fairy Tail Guild Master!"

Wakaba could not help complaining when he heard this.

Just think about who the previous five Guild Masters of the Fairy Tail Guild were?

The First Guild Master, 'Fairy Strategist' Mavis, one of the three creators of Fairy Tail's magic and one of the founders of Fairy Tail.

The Second Guild Master, Precht, the legendary Dark Mage second only to Black Wizard Zeref, the second greatest dark mage on the continent, creator of Fairy Heart, and one of the founders of Fairy Tail.

The Third Guild Master, Makarov, one of the Ten Wizard Saints of the Ishgar continent, the spiritual leader of Fairy Tail, and the founder of the current Fairy Tail Guild!

The Fourth Guild Master, 'Magic King' August, the strongest Guild Master in the history of the Fairy Tail Guild without question, known as an absolute powerhouse who, even if the first three Guild Masters joined forces, they would absolutely have no chance of victory against him. A monster among monsters, one of the extremes of humanity's path of magic! (Actually, Mavis alone would have been enough, so it was merely said that way.)

The Fifth Guild Master was still Makarov because no one else wanted the position...

And then there was the pitiful sixth Guild Master, Makarov...

"That's great. You don't have to give it back to me anymore!"

However, when Makarov heard that he finally did not have to be Guild Master anymore, he was immediately overjoyed.

"No, please spare me! Just managing this many people in the guild is already exhausting me to death. If you want me to manage Fairy Tail with Natsu and the others in it, you might as well kill me!"

However, Makarov was not going to fall for it either. In any case, it was enough for him to have his name written down once in the history of Fairy Tail Guild Masters. As for continuing to lead Fairy Tail, that was absolutely impossible.

"Then the seventh Guild Master..."

Upon hearing this, Makarov immediately frowned.

"Of course it's still you!"

For a moment, all the Mages inside the Fairy Tail Guild spoke in unison.

In short, you old bastard, don't even think about stepping down from the position of Guild Master before you die!

No, even if your body grows too old to move and has already died physically! Your soul can continue working...

This was the result unanimously agreed upon by all the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild!

"Speaking of which, there's another thing I haven't told everyone. Actually, Bisca and I are married. This is our child, Asuka..."

On the other side, just as the position of Guild Master of the Fairy Tail Guild returned to Makarov's head once again, Bisca and Alzack came over holding their child and introduced her to everyone.

"Eh?! You even have a child now?!"

With Asuka's arrival, the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild immediately felt warmth in their hearts.

"Hello, big brothers and big sisters~"

Especially when Asuka gave the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild a sweet smile with her soft and adorable little face, everyone felt as if even their hearts had melted!

"This child is so cute. Come and let Big Sister hold you~"

Selene looked at the soft, adorable Asuka and immediately revealed a smile. Looking at Asuka, she remembered what the 'Bastard Holy Dragon' had looked like when he was little, and immediately reached out toward Asuka with a smile on her face.

"Hey! Don't touch this child with your dirty hands!"

"You two, hurry up and take the child away. Don't let Asuka, such a pure child, look at this filthy woman, otherwise her eyes will be polluted..."

Just as Selene was about to pick Asuka up, a cold voice suddenly rang out, and a pair of hands slapped away Selene's snow-white jade-like hand that was about to touch Asuka.

"Irene..."

Selene, who had originally been looking at Asuka with a benevolent smile, immediately became furious. She turned her head and looked at Irene, who had slapped her arm away, and asked in a deep voice.

"What? Did I say anything wrong? You bitch dragon~"

Irene looked at Selene's furious appearance and immediately smiled as she asked.

"Go to hell!"

Selene could not be bothered to waste words with Irene. She had already seen through it. Irene simply wanted to pick a fight with her!

Just right, it had been a long time since she had returned to Magnolia Town, and she was also itching for a fight! After all, although she had gotten into plenty of fights over the years, sure enough, only fighting inside the Fairy Tail Guild in Magnolia Town felt the best!

"Boom!!"

As Selene unleashed her powerful magic power, the entire Magnolia Town immediately began to shake...

"What happened?!"

"An earthquake?!"

"Not good, it's an earthquake! An earthquake!!"

In Magnolia Town, many new faces had appeared during these seven and a half years. At this moment, they were all looking panicked and constantly calling for help, seemingly frightened by the sudden shaking.

"No! This isn't an ordinary tremor. Could it be?!"

However, at this moment, the old residents of Magnolia Town seemed to have noticed something. Their expressions immediately changed, and cold sweat appeared on their foreheads!

"Boom!"

Just as they were shocked, the tremor struck again!

And this time, in addition to the shaking, endless dark clouds also arrived!

The next second, the blazing sun that had originally been high in the sky instantly disappeared!

Endless darkness enveloped the earth. The residents of Magnolia Town only saw the sky turn from daytime into a pitch-black night in the blink of an eye. The blazing sun that had originally illuminated the earth had already disappeared, replaced by a golden full moon!

"What happened?!"

"A miracle! Could it be a divine miracle?!"

At this moment, the uninformed residents of Magnolia Town were still wondering what exactly had happened. However, the old residents who knew the truth had already widened their eyes.

"There's no mistake..."

"Absolutely no mistake!"

"It's Fairy Tail. It's that group of monsters from the Fairy Tail Guild. They're back!"

The speaker was somewhat crazed. He was a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy. At this moment, he stared wide-eyed at the scene in the sky. He vaguely remembered seeing exactly the same scene when he was a child. At that time, the elders in his family had said that the Demon Kings of the Fairy Tail Guild had gone out, and if he dared to remain naughty, the Demon Kings of the Fairy Tail Guild would capture him and use him as food to go with their drinks!

As he gradually grew up, the scene in his memories never appeared again, so he had once mistakenly believed that it had been an illusion from his childhood. Now it seemed that it had not been an illusion! The Demon Kings had left Magnolia Town, and now the Demon Kings had returned!!

On this day, the residents of Magnolia Town once again recalled the fear of being ruled by the Fairy Tail Guild...

For a moment, Magnolia Town fell silent. Children did not dare to cry at night, young people hid inside their houses and did not dare to make a sound. Only some elderly people who had watched Fairy Tail develop step by step revealed a trace of emotion: "They're back, they're all back! It seems that Fairy Tail really has returned! Since Fairy Tail has returned, the Mage Guild structure of the Ishgar continent may change again!"

At the same time, inside the Fairy Tail Guild...

The Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild were already eager to try.

"Are we going to fight?!"

Natsu had already begun rubbing his fists.

"A long-awaited Fairy Tail Guild civil war!"

Gray stretched his muscles, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"I definitely won't lose..."

"Fight if you want, who is afraid of whom?!"

"Let's get started!"

Accompanied by the conflict between Irene and Selene, the troublemakers of the entire Fairy Tail Guild finally found an opportunity. No one pulled them apart, no one tried to persuade them, but everyone joined this battle.

"Fire Dragon's Crushing Fist!"

"Ice Devil's Exaltation!"

"Ice-Make: Rose Garden!"

"Lightning Dragon's Roar!"

"Requip: Yatogami Armor!"

"Take Over: 'Death God' Bloodman's Soul!"

"Big Sis Mirajane, could you please not Take Over my soul in front of me? Although it's me from another world, it still feels somewhat unpleasant to watch."

Natsu's Crushing Fist was like a signal. Gray, Ur, Laxus, Erza, Mirajane, and all the other lively members of the Fairy Tail Guild immediately descended into chaos! In the blink of an eye, the entire Fairy Tail Guild had become a complete mess.

"Seriously? You guys start fighting on the very first day you return to your own guild?"

Makarov could not stop what was happening before his eyes and could only stare helplessly.

"But isn't this Fairy Tail?!"

Wakaba had his pipe in his mouth, and while speaking, he rushed into the crowd of fighters.

"That's true! Then let you all see my fist that I have practiced for seven and a half years!"

Upon hearing this, Makarov immediately laughed, and then he also joined the brawl.