Chapter 511: Evan: Don’t Misunderstand, We’re Just Here to Destroy This Timeline

"I roughly understand…"

"In other words, the Fairy Tail from your world has already unified the entire continent of Ishgar, right?!"

After a brief silence, Ultear from this world seemed to understand something. She looked at Precht and asked.

"Be a little bolder. Rather than saying that Fairy Tail unified the continent, it would be more accurate to say that Fairy Tail has already claimed everything they can see…"

"In other words, Fairy Tail from our world has not only unified the entire continent of Ishgar, but also the Western Continent next door, as well as the Northern Continent, Guiltina."

"So, I can tell you with confidence that the entire Earth-land world belongs to Fairy Tail. Even the neighboring Edolas and Elentear worlds belong to the Fairy Tail Guild!"

Precht looked at Ultear from this world and spoke helplessly.

"Er…"

Ultear fell silent upon hearing this.

"Actually, after Fairy Tail from our world ruled the entire world, I once thought about the relationship between light and darkness! When I seriously studied so-called light and darkness, I discovered that light and darkness are actually two attributes that are both relative and capable of transforming into one another! They are not fixed…"

"Sometimes, what we see as light, or what we consider justice from our perspective, is indeed evil and darkness in the eyes of others. Sometimes, the darkness in our eyes is justice and light in the eyes of others! Perhaps that is the entirety of the reason they exist in this world, carrying their hopes for the future! Then is this so-called evil and darkness really darkness?"

"When Fairy Tail had not yet unified the entire magic world of Ishgar, the enormous magic world of Ishgar was filled with negative evaluations of the Fairy Tail Guild. But when Fairy Tail became powerful enough to suppress the entire world, and the magic world of the entire world operated according to the principles established by the Fairy Tail Guild, those voices shouting against it disappeared! The entire world was filled with praise and compliments for the Fairy Tail Guild!"

Precht stood with his hands behind his back, helplessness showing in his words.

When you are weak, everyone around you is evil and a bad person. When you are strong, everyone around you is light and a good person. They were clearly the same people from beginning to end, but the duality of a person was displayed to the extreme through this matter, allowing Precht to see it clearly…

After discovering the truth, Precht had once been lost. As he read through ancient texts, he learned even more about the ancient weapon Nirvana. Nirvana was a typical example of evil and justice constantly being able to transform into one another…

At this moment, Precht suddenly attained enlightenment. He discovered that the justice and evil he had once pursued were actually meaningless in themselves. It was simply because in this world, regardless of right or wrong, whatever represented the behavior and interests of the majority was justice.

"Er…"

Ultear from this world twitched the corner of her eye slightly after hearing Precht's words. She felt that Precht was trying to brainwash her. She had already suffered at Precht's hands in the past, although it had been at the hands of Precht from this world. However, that did not prevent Ultear from seeing through Precht and forcibly interrupting her own thoughts, preventing her thinking from being led astray by Precht and then getting brainwashed.

"Ultear, have you realized it?"

At this, Precht looked at Ultear and softly asked.

"What am I supposed to realize…"

Ultear complained inwardly, though she did not refute Precht.

After all, Precht's strength was right there! She could not afford to provoke him…

"The dragons have all been eliminated, and my guild has also been rebuilt. Regarding these two points, I have to thank all of you Mages from the Fairy Tail Guild of another world for your help! However, I also know that all of you from the Fairy Tail of another world have worked very hard! So, in order not to cause you any trouble, I won't see you off. Please return now! Don't continue wasting your time here…"

After Precht pulled Ultear, who had become lost, back from the edge of losing her way… ahem, from the edge of the abyss, Makarov saw that the Fairy Tail Guild from another world was already of no use to him, so he immediately issued an order for them to leave, speaking to Evan and the others seemingly politely but actually forcefully sending them away.

"Hehe…"

After hearing Makarov's words, Evan and the others merely smiled lightly. Naturally, they understood what Makarov meant, but they had no intention of leaving just like that.

Since they had already come to this world, how could they have the nerve to go back without completely messing up this world's timeline?!

"Guild Master Makarov, we know what you're saying…"

"But look, we've already come all this way. Why don't you let us help Fairy Tail from your world completely deal with the next few disasters as well?!"

Evan looked at Makarov from this world and asked with a smile.

However, although Evan's words were phrased as a question, his tone faintly revealed a forceful attitude that did not allow refusal…

"Er…"

After hearing Evan's words, Makarov's lips trembled slightly. He did not know how to answer.

"After all, Guild Master Makarov, you don't want to see Acnologia from this world, or perhaps the Alvarez Empire, invading the continent of Ishgar, right? Without our help, a great many people will die when that happens~"

Evan looked at Makarov with a smile, his tone seemingly carrying a hint of threat.

Er, actually, it could not be called a threat. How could a Mage's affairs be called a threat?! At most, he was simply giving Makarov an opportunity to choose and asking Makarov to consider it carefully…

"This…"

Makarov from this world immediately showed hesitation after hearing Evan's words. Evan had already made things so obvious. What choice did he have left? The answer was already obvious.

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

In the end, Makarov from this world let out a long sigh and entrusted the matter to Evan.

"Simple~"

Evan merely smiled lightly after hearing Makarov's words.

Evan seemed to have guessed Makarov's decision long ago. After all, Makarov knew Acnologia's strength!

Back then on Tenrou Island, the S-Class Promotion Trial had just ended. They had been eating hot pot and singing songs, and the gathering had not even been announced over yet! That bastard Acnologia had blasted them all away with a single roar! Thinking about it now, it was simply unforgivable!

"My people are already on their way to deal with it…"

At the same time, Evan casually answered Makarov's question.

"Hm?!"

Precisely as Evan's voice fell, Makarov discovered that several Mages were missing from the enormous Fairy Tail Guild at some point. If Evan had not spoken, Makarov would have had no idea when exactly these Mages had left…

"Evan…"

Makarov from this world's pupils suddenly shrank. His instincts told him that Evan was up to something.

"Relax! Old Ma, if something really happens, I'll take care of it!"

Evan looked at the uneasy Makarov and helplessly sighed. He first patted Makarov on the shoulder, then indicated that he would settle everything.

"At worst, you guys can move to another planet to live…"

Immediately afterward, after pausing slightly, Evan was afraid that something might happen that he could not handle, so he added another sentence.

"It's precisely because you have this attitude that your words have no credibility at all!"

Makarov helplessly spoke after hearing Evan's words.

On the other side…

Following Evan's order, the top combat forces of the Fairy Tail Guild all began to move.

The current point in time was X791. It was shortly after Fairy Tail had become the number one Mage Guild in the Kingdom of Fiore. Fiss had not yet been activated, Tartaros from this world, the Black Dragon King Acnologia, and Zeref's Alvarez Empire had not yet begun to act. However, during this brief period of peace, the Mages of Fairy Tail from Evan's world had already begun slaughtering their way in all directions…

The first to suffer the dimensional crushing from Fairy Tail of another world was the final member of the Balam Alliance, the Dark Mage Guild Tartaros, known as Zeref's library, whose entire membership consisted of great demons from Zeref's books…

Above Tartaros, accompanied by a pitch-black portal slowly opening, a young man with short black hair, crimson eyes, and wearing minority ethnic clothing stood suspended in the air, looking down at the Tartaros Guild below.

The black-haired youth stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly not hiding himself at all. He looked at the enormous Underworld Beast beneath him and released pitch-black magic power like an abyss, muttering to himself, "You've waited long enough! My grimoires~"

As the black-haired youth's voice fell, endless magic power swept across the entire Tartaros Guild!

"This astonishing dark magic power, in our memories, can only appear on one person! Could it be…"

As the black-haired youth's magic power descended, all the demons inside Tartaros were startled. Then, whether it was the acting Guild Master of Tartaros, Mard Geer, known as the "Demon King," or the Nine Demon Gates, who ranked among Tartaros's highest-ranking executives, they all raised their heads.

Although the Nine Demon Gates were different from the "Demon King" Mard Geer and the "Grim Reaper" Bloodman, who were works of a different caliber, being merely relatively early experimental works of Zeref, they were still genuine great demons. Their sensitivity to dark magic was still beyond that of ordinary people.

When Mard Geer and the great demons of the Nine Demon Gates sensed Zeref's magic power, they excitedly stood up one after another. Then they looked toward the sky and spoke as if they were about to cry, "There's no mistake about this magic power! This is Lord Zeref's magic power! Four hundred years! Is Lord Zeref finally coming to take us back? Are we finally going to fulfill our long-cherished wish of returning to Lord Zeref's side?"

Whether it was Mard Geer or the other demons, they had been looking forward to returning to their master Zeref's side for more than just a day or two. At this moment, after sensing Zeref's magic power, they immediately became teary-eyed like humans! It was as if these demons, who clearly did not possess human emotions and were like machines, had obtained something called emotions at this moment.

"Return to my side!"

Zeref looked at the demons one after another, a trace of emotion appearing on his face. Strictly speaking, these demons were all like his children.

"Master…"

As Zeref's voice fell, the demons all revealed smiles before transforming into grimoires one after another and flying toward Zeref! Before long, the enormous Tartaros had disappeared from this canyon.

"Next, I'm heading to the Western Continent!"

After Zeref from Evan's world finished all of this, his figure flashed and he immediately left the sky above this canyon. This was because Zeref from Evan's world had sensed the power of himself from this world. In order to avoid meeting himself from this world, Zeref chose to leave.

And there was only one reason why Zeref from Evan's world chose to leave: he was afraid that when his counterpart from this world saw him, he would choose to use the Curse of the God of Life to die together with him!

Although Zeref had once tried to use Ankhseram's Curse to break Ankhseram's Curse and failed, in Zeref's eyes, that was because Mavis's curse was not as powerful as the curse on his own body!

But if it were an identical version of himself, then it really might be possible to use Ankhseram's power to ultimately die together, something Zeref did not want to see.

After all, Zeref from Evan's world had already begun preparing to slay the gods. With Evan and the others' help, his god-slaying plan had a very high chance of success. After slaying the gods, he would be able to escape Ankhseram's Curse and, as a normal human, happily live for some time with the people he loved!

Now, Zeref from Evan's world was filled with hope. A person filled with hope would naturally not do something as boring as choosing to die together with another version of himself from another timeline.

However, Zeref had also prepared a backup plan. If Evan's god-slaying plan failed, he still had another path to take…

On the other side, compared with Zeref traveling alone, the team hunting Acnologia was much more cheerful!

"I'll say it one more time…"

"Because the space-time we are currently in is different from the space-time we belong to! So strictly speaking, we're outsiders! Therefore, Acnologia should first be left to the people of this world to deal with…"

Ignia was speaking to Acnologia with a severed arm, Selene, Irene, and August.

However, after Ignia finished speaking, everyone lowered their heads and fiddled with their own things, completely ignoring him.

"You guys, did you hear anything I just said?!"

Ignia looked at the people before him who were so careless and absent-minded, and immediately became angry.

However, no matter how angry Ignia became, everyone still had no intention of paying attention to him. They each continued doing their own things.

Acnologia from Evan's world went without saying. He held his head high, looking as if he did not put Ignia in his eyes at all.

Selene had her arms crossed in front of her ample chest, seemingly thinking about something. Irene was holding a small notebook and writing something. As for August, August was currently clutching a Magic Image Crystal and repeatedly watching something…

"August, you have to do your best!"

"August, I'm still waiting for you to come back~"

"August, you're the best…"

On the Magic Crystal in August's hand was a cute little girl wearing a white dress, with light golden long hair and angel-wing-like earrings. The adorable little girl had her little white feet bare as she continuously cheered August on.

"Mavis, just open your eyes and watch!"

"As your son, I absolutely won't let you down…"

August held the Magic Crystal in his hand and softly muttered. His magic power continued increasing under the encouragement of the beautiful little girl.

"You guys?!"

At this, Ignia was truly speechless. He did not even know what he should say to his own team anymore.

"Anyway, I have only one request. Leave his left arm for me. I want to cut it off and attach it to myself!"

Acnologia from Evan's world lightly touched his severed left arm. Feeling the faint pain that still came from his left arm even now, anger appeared in his expression. The Dragon's Curse was far too terrifying, even more terrifying than he had imagined. Even Acnologia was unable to cross the gulf created by the Dragon's Curse and regenerate his arm!

Therefore, Acnologia could only find a way to locate an arm compatible with himself, then use the most traditional medical methods to reconnect the nerves bit by bit…

However, in this enormous world, there was practically no arm that could match Acnologia. No dragon's magic resistance could match Acnologia's, and even the arm of a God Dragon would not work.

Just when Acnologia was completely at a loss and ultimately had to choose other methods, such as using dragon blood to wash away the curse, they discovered Acnologia from another world. In Acnologia's view, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After all, the Acnologia from another world would definitely be almost identical to him. In Acnologia's view, that arm would definitely suit him. Strictly speaking, it was originally his arm in the first place…

"So my task is very clear!"

"Take down Acnologia from this world, then attach the arm of Acnologia from our world!"

Ignia summarized.

"I don't care. No matter which world you come from, just remember that Acnologia is mine. Only after I fight Acnologia can you make your move. That's enough!"

Just as Acnologia and the others finished discussing, a hoarse voice filled with age and dignity sounded in everyone's ears. The speaker was none other than Igneel from this world!

After Igneel from this world learned that Fairy Tail from another world was preparing to fight Acnologia, he almost without hesitation chose to join Igneel and the others' hunting team against Acnologia. At the same time, he demanded that Acnologia from this world must be the first one he, Igneel, hunted.

In the eyes of Ignia and the others from another world, this was naturally completely reasonable…

"Remember, this time don't bite Acnologia's left arm. Bite his right arm! I need to make sure my left arm from this world remains intact!"

Acnologia from Evan's world did not seem to care about the safety of himself from this world. He only cared about one thing: he wanted to attach his severed arm in this world.

"Okay!"

Igneel readily agreed.

After the group of powerful individuals reached an agreement on their objective, they immediately hid behind the clouds. Then they had an ordinary Flame Dragon release its dragon aura, attempting to lure Acnologia from this world over.

"Roar!!"

After the Flame Dragon continuously roared, a while later…

A mass of pitch-black dark clouds suddenly appeared in the sky!

No, that was not a pitch-black dark cloud, but a ferocious giant dragon with a completely black body and strange blue patterns across it!

At this moment, this giant dragon was charging toward the Flame Dragon that had been used as bait with an unstoppable momentum!

"Roar!!"

When the Flame Dragon saw those pitch-black wings symbolizing despair and death, its spirit immediately trembled. To be honest, it had never imagined that such a powerful dragon could exist in this world. For a moment, it sent out a signal of fear!

However, the black dragon pressed forward aggressively, completely looking as if it would not stop until it killed this Flame Dragon here.

"Go!"

Seeing the black dragon approaching, Ignia seemed to have been prepared long ago. He calculated the timing and, when he saw that the moment was about right, let out a furious roar!

"Roar!!"

Immediately, accompanied by a roar, Ignia's father, Igneel, under the command of this filial son Ignia, lunged toward Acnologia and bit down.

"Roar?!"

Acnologia, who had originally been invincible-looking, had never imagined that this unlucky bastard Igneel was actually hiding inside the clouds beside him! He was immediately startled!

However, Igneel naturally would not give Acnologia any time to react. He bit toward Acnologia's shoulder. Originally, Igneel had chosen Acnologia's left arm, but he suddenly remembered what Acnologia from Evan's world had told him. Thus, Ignia adjusted his position and bit down on Acnologia's right arm.

"Roar!!"

Feeling the burning pain in his shoulder, Acnologia immediately let out a howl of agony. Unfortunately, all the dragons around him were watching Acnologia merely for the entertainment, and even his counterpart from Evan's world was only interested in his arm.

For a moment, the top-level battle beneath Evan in this world suddenly erupted in the sky!

"What is going on?!"

Sensing the magic power approaching, Zeref from this world looked at the dragons fighting chaotically in the sky and could not help revealing a trace of panic and unease! However, he quickly adjusted his state of mind and calmed himself down.

"Looks like some troublesome characters have entered the game!"

Zeref muttered to himself.

On the other side, in the Western Continent, the Alvarez Empire was experiencing a major event, simply because their king, who had left home for many years, had returned! Yes, while Zeref from this world was still watching the show, Zeref from Evan's world had already begun taking over the home base! The efficiency of the two in doing things was simply worlds apart…

"His Majesty the King!"

"His Majesty Zeref!"

"Your Majesty, I'll have your monkeys!"

On the streets of the capital of the Alvarez Empire, guards opened a road leading directly to the royal palace! Surrounding the road were countless people who had come to admire the sacred countenance of their empire's great king. Of course, there were also citizens carrying flower baskets and continuously scattering petals along the road! This was how they expressed their respect for their great king.

"Hehe~"

At this, Zeref from Evan's world said nothing. He simply continued smiling as he moved forward!

Before long, he entered the royal palace of the King of the Alvarez Empire from this world.

"Your Majesty the King, this old man has kept you waiting!"

Not long after Zeref from Evan's world entered the royal palace, an old man hurriedly ran toward him!

"August, long time no see~"

Zeref looked at the old man wearing a simple purple magic robe and holding a wooden staff, practically the very model of frugality, and immediately revealed a smile.

Yes, the old man running toward Zeref was none other than Magic King August from this world!

Because Evan did not exist in this world, Magic King August and "Scarlet Despair" Irene Belserion from this world were both two of the Spriggan 12 of the Alvarez Empire, protecting the Black Wizard Zeref! At the same time, August and Irene from this world were known as the Empire's Two Pillars! It was said that as long as those two were present, no one could possibly break through the empire.

"Your Majesty, you've worked hard!"

Although August did not know what Zeref had been doing outside the empire all these days, in any case, saying that he had worked hard was definitely not wrong.

"Mm!"

Originally, "you've worked hard" was merely a polite phrase from August, but after Zeref from the other world heard it, he vigorously nodded, acting as if he really had worked very hard.

"We have indeed worked very hard these days, but compared with what I'm doing, these hardships are worth it!"

Zeref smiled kindly at August and spoke.

"Er…" August silently complained inwardly, "You really have the nerve to say you've worked hard! Clearly, you've been playing outside the whole time, right?!"

Of course, this was something August could only complain about inwardly…

"Anyway, I understand now!"

"The Alvarez Empire cannot save this world!"

"If we want to save this world, our strength alone is far from enough!"

Just as August was complaining about Zeref deep inside, Zeref suddenly gently touched his chest and spoke loudly.

"Er…"

As Zeref from Evan's world spoke, August from this world was stunned again. He always felt that there was something strange about Zeref today, but he could not figure out exactly what was strange…

"Since the Alvarez Empire cannot save the world, then, Your Majesty Zeref, what do you plan to do?!"

August from this world could not help asking Zeref from Evan's world.

"Isn't it obvious? In my opinion, why don't we just disband it!"

Zeref lightly smiled and directly answered.

"Disband? Disband what?"

August was first stunned after hearing Zeref's words before asking.

"Of course, disband the empire~"

Zeref from Evan's world answered frankly.

"What?!"

"Your Majesty, why are you committing treason?!"

After hearing Zeref's words, August revealed an incredulous expression. He felt that the Zeref before him was somehow a fake. If he had not been able to sense Zeref's aura and determine that the Zeref before him was absolutely Zeref himself, he would have planned to check whether this Zeref was actually a despicable Mage from the continent of Ishgar in disguise.