12dz Chapter 222 The Vanishing Fairy Tail
Chapter 222 The Vanishing Fairy Tail
Chapter 223 The Vanishing Fairy Tail
After traversing the dense forest, Shirou Kotomine quickly returned to Magnolia.
"It's still as lively as ever here!"
Walking down the familiar streets, looking back and forth at the bustling residents around him, a smile couldn't help but appear on Kotomine Shirou's face.
I feel apprehensive as I get closer to home.
This is probably how Shirou Kotomine felt at that moment.
Although this is not his hometown, Kotomine Shirou considers his guildmates to be his family.
This is Fairy Tail.
"I'm back!"
Standing outside the Fairy Tail guild, gazing at the familiar building, Shirou Kotomine's smile grew even brighter.
However, he soon realized something was wrong.
Why is it so quiet today?
Kotomine Shirou was somewhat puzzled.
He knew very well that Fairy Tail was a guild that always maintained a lively atmosphere and was never quiet.
"Could it be that they've all gone out on missions?"
Despite some doubts, this did not stop Kotomine Shirou from pushing open the guild's door.
"Everyone, I'm back!"
Kotomine Shirou shouted loudly.
Then, even louder and more intense sounds came from the guild.
"Shirou!!!"
Several figures quickly ran over and immediately surrounded Kotomine Shirou.
"Shirou, you're back!"
The leader is Marcao.
These are the guild members who went to the snowy mountains to rescue Kotomine Shirou when he first joined the guild.
"Ah, I'm back."
The sentence was repeated again and again, but no one found it tedious.
"I heard from the president that you went home to deal with some issues. I hadn't seen you come back for so long, I thought you weren't coming back!"
Marcao's voice was somewhat excited.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey, Macao, why are you so excited? We've only not seen each other for a few months, why are you acting like we haven't seen each other for many years?"
"Besides, how could I not come back! If I wasn't planning to come back, I would have told the chairman in advance. I'm just going back to take care of some things at home!"
"When did you become so sentimental?"
Looking at Macao's appearance, Shirou Kotomine couldn't help but take a step back.
If it were a beautiful young girl crying in front of him, he might be able to offer her his shoulder, but this was a middle-aged man.
This will only make Shirou Kotomine back down.
However, Marcao's unusual behavior also made Shirou Kotomine discover some problems.
Besides Macao, there were also Wakaba, Norbu, and Ridasu in front of him.
These are people that Mine Shirou is very familiar with.
Although he didn't stay in Fairy Tail for very long and spent most of his time studying, he got to know most of the people in the guild in his spare time.
However, none of these people are the main force of the Fairy Tail guild.
Kotomine Shirou glanced around and saw that none of the guild's main members were there.
More importantly, even Mirajane, the receptionist, was nowhere to be found.
Although Mirajane's strength had already begun to recover before Shirou Kotomine left, at that rate, he would soon recover his full strength.
But given Mirajane's personality, even if she regains her strength, she probably won't do any missions.
Instead, they will continue to work as a hostess.
But she wasn't there at that moment.
"Could it be?!"
At that moment, Shirou Kotomine finally realized that something was wrong.
In Shirou Kotomine's memory, there are only two things that could lead to this situation.
One is the magical soul of Edolas from another world, which absorbed the entire Fairy Tail into the Edolas incident in another world.
Another incident was the Fairy Tail S-Class Mage Exam.
If it were the former, Macao and the others wouldn't be here.
Therefore, it can only be the latter.
At the end of the S-Class Mage Exam, Fairy Tail first encountered an attack from the dark guild Devil Heart, and then faced an attack from the world's final boss, Acnologia.
If Mavis, the first guild master who appeared as a ghost at the last moment, hadn't used Fairy Ball, one of Fairy Tail's three great spells, to protect all the guild members, none of them would have survived.
Fortunately, they survived thanks to the Fairy Orb.
"Could it be that this has already happened?"
Kotomine Shirou thought with some panic.
Although Shirou Kotomine had watched the Fairy Tail anime in his previous life, he did not remember the specific times of all the events.
In his memory, he had only been gone for a few months.
He hadn't expected the plot to have reached this stage.
"Macao, did something happen to everyone? Why isn't Mirajane-sensei here?!"
Kotomine Shirou quickly asked Marcao.
"You guessed right, something did happen to everyone."
Seeing that Shirou Kotomine reacted quickly, Macao didn't try to hide anything and directly told Shirou the current situation.
At this moment, all of Fairy Tail's main forces have disappeared from the sacred Tenrou Island.
Tenrou Island is the holy land of Fairy Tail.
The S-class mage exam was held there before.
According to the Fairy Council's investigation, Acnologia, the black dragon who had destroyed many kingdoms, also appeared at the Fairy Tail S-Class Mage Exam.
Under its roar, not only the members of Fairy Tail, but the entire Tenrou Island disappeared.
This caused grief throughout Fairy Tail.
Many people cannot accept this outcome.
"How could this happen?"
Kotomine Shirou never expected that he would return at such a time.
Although Natsu and the others were not dead at this time, they were protected by Mavis's Fairy Sphere, but Mavis was just a ghost at this time.
He is able to activate the Fairy Sphere by relying on the bonds and magic of all the members.
Therefore, she could not immediately undo the spell after casting it.
So much so that it wasn't until seven years later that Natsu and the others returned.
However, they were protected in the Fairy Orb and their time was frozen, so they never lived through those seven years.
The seven years that had passed for them were but a blink of an eye.
"I'll go take a look!"
After understanding the situation, Shirou Kotomine immediately turned and walked out.
"Where are you going, Shirou!"
Marcao immediately followed, with Wakaba and the others following behind.
"I want to go to Sirius Island!"
He quickly left the guild and immediately received Achilles' power, then summoned his chariot.
"Wait, I'll go with you."
Seeing this, Marcao quickly jumped onto Kotomine Shirou's chariot.
"You probably don't know the way to Sirius Island, especially now that Sirius Island has disappeared. Let me show you the way."
"Okay, let's do it together."
Kotomine Shirou nodded, then piloted his chariot into the sky.
Gazing at the tracks where the chariot had disappeared, Wakaba, standing on the ground, couldn't help but sigh, "Shirou's strength has improved a lot in just a few months!"
"yes!"
Norb and Ridsoo nodded in agreement.
"His return is perfectly timed; he's just too important for Fairy Tail right now."
With all of Fairy Tail's main forces now missing, Fairy Tail's reputation as the former strongest guild in the Kingdom of Fiore has also been affected.
Under these circumstances, those important tasks could no longer be entrusted to Fairy Tail.
Even a regular task poster would question whether Fairy Tail could complete the task at this point.
More importantly, other guilds might come looking for trouble.
After all, Fairy Tail was once the strongest, so it became a thorn in the side of most dark guilds and a few legitimate guilds.
The former doesn't need to be many; countless dark guilds were once suppressed by Fairy Tail.
These people naturally hated Fairy Tail to the core.
Some legitimate guilds may also target Fairy Tail, trying to improve their own reputation by damaging Fairy Tail's reputation.
As the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.
Fairy Tail, as the strongest guild in the past, was at the very top in terms of influence.
It is foreseeable that even if all of Fairy Tail's main forces are missing at this time, it will still receive many missions within one or two years.
However, if the current lineup is maintained, Fairy Tail will gradually disappear from the public eye and mind in three to five years.
Ultimately, a guild's strength is what matters most.
At this point, Fairy Tail had very little fighting power left.
This year's S-rank mage assessment was a grand and lively event, so all the guilds with outstanding strength went to participate in this S-rank mage assessment.
Then the main force of Fairy Tail was wiped out.
Chairman Makarov couldn't possibly have known about this beforehand.
A magical arc flashed across the azure sky.
This is none other than Kotomine Shirou, who is driving the chariot.
"That's it!"
Pointing to the ocean ahead, Marcao shouted loudly.
Guided, Shirou Kotomine quickly parked the chariot where Macao had indicated, and then began to survey his surroundings.
"So, what did you learn?"
Marcao asked expectantly.
Although no one was found here after the investigation by many Fairy Tail guilds and the Fairy Council who had good relations with the area, Marcao still hoped that Shirou Kotomine could find something.
Even though he himself knew that this was just wishful thinking on his part.
But he did not expect Kotomine Shirou's answer.
"I did discover something."
After a moment of contemplation, Shirou Kotomine slowly responded.
He did see something.
Some traces of spatial interference.
"You really found the clue!"
Upon hearing Shirou Kotomine's response, Marcao was immediately overjoyed.
He desperately wanted to hear that answer, but his hopes were dashed time and time again.
Just when he was hiding this battered and bruised expectation deep in his heart, Shirou Kotomine brought him hope again.
"Okay, wait a moment, let me search carefully."
Kotomine Shirou responded earnestly.
"Okay, don't rush, take your time!"
Marcao quickly steadied Kotomine Shirou, taking a slight step back.
Standing at the very back of the chariot, Macao held his breath and looked expectantly at Kotomine Shirou, afraid of disturbing him.
Meanwhile, Shirou had already activated his Space Mystic Eyes and Time Mystic Eyes.
He was gazing at the ocean before him.
"It really is here."
Using his Mystic Eyes and his mastery of space and time, Shirou Kotomine indeed located the Fairy Orb.
But this is not important.
Shirou Kotomine already knew about this.
He came here to try and see if he could help Mavis remove the Fairy Ball so that Natsu and Lucy could come out earlier.
But after a series of experiments, Shirou Kotomine found himself helpless.
It can only be said that these are the three great magics created by the first president, Mavis.
In fact, Shirou Kotomine was somewhat prepared for this.
After all, Fairy Sphere is a defensive spell. If Shirou Kotomine could easily interfere with it from the outside and dispel it, then it wouldn't deserve to be called one of the three great spells.
"It's a pity that magic and sorcery are completely different systems, otherwise I could have easily nullified it using Astolfo's grimoire. What a shame."
Kotomine Shirou thought to himself.
The only thing Shirou Kotomine can think of right now is to meet the first guild master, Mavis, and then find a way to get rid of the Fairy Sphere through her.
But that's difficult.
Mavis was merely a ghost at this moment, and had very little power within her.
Should we let Shirou Kotomine turn her into his own cursed spirit?
This is obviously impossible.
Although Mavis is a ghost, she is not really dead; her body is still in the basement of the Fairy Tail guild.
Besides, she has a husband and children.
She is a married woman.
There might even be a chance for it to be revived in the future.
Besides, the Fairy Tail members didn't die at all; they were just trapped.
In this situation, how could someone as intelligent as her possibly do such a thing?
And putting everything else aside, it's not even certain whether we'll be able to see each other at all.
After waiting for a while, Shirou Kotomine, who had not seen Mavis as expected, couldn't help but sigh.
He was at his wit's end.
"What's wrong, Shirou? Is something bad happening?"
Shirou Kotomine's sigh immediately made Marcao so nervous he could hardly breathe.
"No, this should be considered good news."
Kotomine Shirou shook his head and said.
He planned to tell the other party about the current situation so that he could feel more at ease.
"Macao, you should know about Fairy Tail's three great spells, right?"
"Yes, I know!"
Marcao nodded.
As a veteran member of the guild, he naturally understood the three major types of fairy magic.
"Since you know that, it's easy to explain. Simply put, Natsu and the others didn't die. They, along with the entire Tenrou Island, are under the protection of the Fairy Sphere."
"But the person who cast the spell seems unable to undo it, which led to their disappearance."
"What should we do then!"
Marcao asked excitedly.
To this, Shirou Mine helplessly spread his hands.
"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about this. We can only wait for the people inside to deactivate it, since this is an absolute defense!"
"It's okay, it's not your fault, Shirou."
"This is already very good news; their survival is the best thing."
Marcao said excitedly.
His eyes were filled with tears.
"Macau".
Kotomine Shirou whispered.
He wanted to comfort the other person but didn't know where to begin.
"It's okay, don't worry about me!"
Macao stood up, rubbed his eyes, and then smiled, saying, "Let's hurry back; I can't wait to tell everyone this good news."
"Okay, let's go back then!"
Kotomine Shirou nodded slightly.
The next moment, the chariot sped out again and disappeared into the sea.