Chapter 513: Zeref: It’s Time to Let the Gods Feel the Wrath of Fairy Tail!

"What exactly is going on?!"

"Why are you disguising yourself as me?"

"No, how can your body also have Ankhseram God's Curse?!"

When Zeref of this world saw another Zeref walk out of that portal, as well as a handsome young man with short brownish-red hair, his entire person was thrown into confusion.

Especially when Zeref of this world sensed that the man standing before him, who looked exactly like himself, actually also had Ankhseram God's Curse within his body, Zeref of this world became even more confused.

"I think even without me answering, you should already have your answer…"

Zeref from Evan's world smiled and answered after hearing Zeref of this world ask as if talking to himself.

"So it really is like this?!"

After hearing what Zeref from Evan's world said, Zeref of this world's expression instantly turned cold. Yes, just as Zeref from Evan's world had said, in fact, Zeref of this world had already guessed everything! After all, in essence, he and Zeref from Evan's world were the same person. Whatever Zeref from Evan's world could think of, he naturally could think of as well…

"You are me from another time, right?!"

Zeref of this world looked at Evan, and at Zeref from Evan's world beside him, and asked.

"Hehe~"

In response, Zeref from Evan's world merely smiled lightly and neither confirmed nor denied it.

"I see, so you also used the Eclipse Gate to travel to this timeline…"

"I never thought the Eclipse Gate would have such a function. I never thought of that before!"

"If the me from the past were to meet the me from the present, what exactly would happen? Can I kill myself? Interesting…"

After discovering that Zeref from Evan's world did not refute him, Zeref of this world continued muttering to himself. It was unknown who exactly he was talking to! Perhaps he was saying it to Evan, or to Zeref from Evan's world, or perhaps Zeref of this world was merely speaking to himself. That was all.

"So, what exactly are you here for, that you were willing to travel through time and space to come to my world?!"

After Zeref of this world talked to himself for a while, he finally remembered something and looked at Evan and Zeref from Evan's world as he asked.

"We came to borrow something from you!"

Zeref from Evan's world smiled at Zeref of this world when he heard that.

"Borrow something!?"

"What are you borrowing?"

Zeref of this world was stunned when he heard that. He asked Evan and Zeref from Evan's world in confusion. At the same time, Zeref of this world inexplicably felt his conscience twitch. He did not know whether it was his imagination, but he always felt that something extremely important to him was about to disappear.

"Your heart!"

In response, Zeref from Evan's world had no intention of deceiving Zeref of this world. They were all Zeref, and they were all smart people. When smart people talked to smart people, there was no need for too many riddles, because they were meaningless.

"My heart?! I see, I understand…"

"So you and I have the same idea, except that instead of the Fairy Heart inside Mavis's body, you are using your own heart from another timeline! If Mavis's heart is the Fairy Heart, then the heart of people as filthy as us should be called the Demon Heart, right?"

"So you plan to use the power of two Demon Hearts to reach that realm unprecedented by anyone before or after, and use it to defeat Acnologia, right?!"

After hearing what his other self said, Zeref of this world was stunned at first, then suddenly understood. He finally knew why his other self had come to this world using the Eclipse Gate and disturbed the flow of time and space…

"Hehe…"

In response, Zeref from Evan's world merely smiled and said nothing.

"No! That's not right…"

Before Zeref from Evan's world could say anything more, Zeref of this world overturned all of his previous deductions himself. He seemed to have thought of something. He raised his head and looked at the black dragon, the Despair Wing Acnologia, who was desperately biting and rampaging through this world in the sky. A look of realization appeared in his eyes. That was clearly Acnologia from another world. In other words, the other version of himself had cooperated with Acnologia?!

Since Zeref from another world had a cooperative relationship with Acnologia, then why did the other version of himself still want to obtain the Fairy Heart, or a true Demon Heart, and reach the realm of infinite magic power?!

"Zeref, since you and I are the same person from different times and spaces, then you should understand the pain of being toyed with and played with by the lofty gods!"

"No one was born standing in the heavens from the very beginning. Even Ankhseram God was not lofty from the very beginning! He has no right to toy with the lives of all living beings! And I intend to drive those arrogant gods down from the heavens! Let the invincible gods feel the anger of mortals!"

Zeref from Evan's world looked at Zeref of this world and shouted loudly.

"Destroy… Ankhseram God?!"

"What an utterly blasphemous idea…"

After hearing what Zeref from Evan's world said, Zeref of this world stared wide-eyed.

To be honest, Zeref of this world had never thought about using the power of the Fairy Heart to destroy Ankhseram God. After Zeref learned that he had been cursed with an inescapable Curse, he had despaired, become furious, and complained that Heaven had no virtue of cherishing life, that the gods were unkind and regarded all things in the world as ants! He had even created God Slayer Magic out of anger, a magic that was so blasphemous. But in Zeref's view, that had merely been an outburst of anger. Once he truly calmed down, he had calmly accepted the fact that he had been cursed.

"Zeref, you have fallen. We were rebels from the very beginning! From the moment we were born, in the eyes of those teachers who taught us magic, we were always blasphemous! But so what?!"

Zeref from Evan's world kept shaking his head as he looked at Zeref of this world. The scope of this world's Zeref was too small. After spending so much time, he had actually only wanted to destroy Acnologia?!

What a joke. The ones who truly deserved to be destroyed were those self-righteous gods! He wanted to tell Ankhseram God that when he created God Slayer Magic, he was not merely putting on a show, but truly intended to go to the divine realm and kick that fellow in the ass with all his strength!

"Interesting…"

After Zeref of this world understood what Zeref from Evan's world wanted to do, he suddenly laughed loudly, revealing an expression of delight.

"Then take my heart!"

"Go! Go and fiercely beat the faces of those lofty gods!"

"Let them know that after angering the world's most evil Black Wizard, even those lofty gods may not be able to retreat unscathed!"

Zeref of this world laughed loudly at Zeref from Evan's world. He seemed to have no attachment whatsoever to the heart in his body that contained all of his power. In the eyes of Zeref of this world, whether it was strength or magic power, they were nothing but burdens! He had never wanted to obtain power. These powers were merely byproducts produced after he learned knowledge. That was all.

"Looks like you understand…"

Zeref from Evan's world revealed a smile after hearing what Zeref of this world said.

"Since that is the case, Precht, I'll leave it to you…"

After finishing communicating with his other self, Zeref from Evan's world looked at the old man hiding in the distance and manipulating things, and spoke with a smile.

"Ahem…"

"Fine! Since you have finished communicating, leave everything to me from here!"

The person hiding in the shadows and observing everything was none other than Precht from Evan's world. Although he possessed an inferior artificial Demon Heart of his own creation, he still did not dare to casually provoke the two Black Wizards Zeref, even though one of Zerefs was standing on his side!

It was simply because if the two Zerefs failed to come to an agreement and a conflict broke out, the first one to die would not be either of the two Zerefs, but Precht! To put it bluntly, the aftermath of the battle between the two Zerefs alone could kill him.

"However, I need Teacher Zeref's full cooperation!"

Precht from Evan's world spoke softly to Zeref of this world.

"Good!"

Zeref of this world expressionlessly nodded when he heard that. He had no reaction to Precht calling him teacher. After all, he still remembered Precht.

"Hehe…"

In response, Precht from Evan's world said nothing. He merely sneered.

At this moment, Precht from Evan's world had only one thing in his mind: the opportunity to take revenge for personal grievances had finally arrived. Although it was a pity that Zeref before him was not Zeref from his own world, he was still Zeref. He was going to properly tell Zeref what it felt like to finally fall in love once back then, only to lose so miserably!

"Precht, about how long will it take you to create the infinite magic power machine?!"

Zeref from Evan's world asked Precht at this time.

"If Master Zeref of this world is willing to cooperate with me fully, I am confident that I only need one month to create the true Demon Heart."

Precht answered honestly when he heard that.

"What if I assist you with all my strength? Can you make it faster?"

Zeref from Evan's world continued asking Precht.

"If you are willing to lend me your full strength, that would be even better! The time will be shortened further. At most three weeks—no, perhaps I can finish creating the heart in half a month!"

Precht from Evan's world was delighted when he heard that. There were not many opportunities to have one Zeref serve as his test subject while another Zeref helped him. Once the heart was completed, it would also count as having repaid the grudge from back then.

"Good! Then I will assist you with all my strength when the time comes!"

Zeref from Evan's world promised Precht when he heard that.

"Couldn't be better!"

Precht from Evan's world smiled lightly at Zeref from Evan's world and nodded hard.

On the other side, in the sky!

The battle was gradually reaching its climax!

After Acnologia of this world fought with a group of Dragon King-level monsters for a full hour, the already exhausted Acnologia finally used up all the magic power in his body. He could not even maintain his giant dragon form and transformed into his human form…

However, the Dragon Kings had no intention of letting Acnologia off just like that. Morality and righteousness had never existed in the eyes of the Dragon Kings! They had already ganged up on him, so there was even less of anything resembling knightly spirit. Taking advantage of the fact that Acnologia of this world had no stamina left, they immediately finished him off! They swung their enormous claws and slapped them toward Acnologia!

In an instant, Acnologia was sent falling from the sky like a meteor, heading toward the ground!

"Boom!"

For a moment, Acnologia, who had originally fought Igneel the Fire Dragon King and had been so arrogant and invincible, suddenly fell to the ground like a meteor. Although Acnologia might never have seen what a meteor falling to the ground looked like, he had surpassed those who had seen it, directly experiencing what it felt like to turn into a meteor and fall to the ground.

"Cough, cough…"

Acnologia, who had fallen to the ground, spat blood from his mouth. There was anger and confusion in his eyes, but even more than that, there was bewilderment! Who understands, brothers?! He had just defeated the final Dragon King in this world and crowned himself the king of kings, and before he could even enjoy himself, he was caught by a bunch of cowards hiding in the clouds. This bunch of cowards did not play fair, specifically attacking his weak point and viciously biting the arm of this one-armed man that was still intact!

"Looks like the battle over there has ended!"

At the same time, Evan and the others naturally also saw Acnologia falling from the sky. After casually saying a sentence to Zeref and the others, he walked directly toward Acnologia of this world.

"Boom!"

On the other side, in the sky, Acnologia, Selene, Igneel, August, and Irene from Evan's world also transformed into human forms and came to Evan's side.

"Swoosh!"

In response, Evan merely nodded at everyone. He only smiled slightly when he saw Irene.

Then Evan came before Acnologia of this world and casually drew a sharp blade made entirely of magic power!

A flash of cold light shone! Acnologia, who was almost completely magic-immune, was actually cut through his only left arm by Evan's blade that was made entirely of magic power!

"What?! How is this possible?!"

"Acnologia was actually hurt by something made of magic power?"

This scene directly left the people of this world stunned. When Evan used magic power to create that knight's sword, Zeref of this world had originally intended to remind Evan and tell him that Acnologia was magic-immune, so this knight's sword made of magic power absolutely could not hurt him.

But when Zeref saw that Zeref from Evan's world had not said anything, he shut his mouth and decided to watch what happened. Then he saw this unbelievable scene…

To be honest, this single slash from Evan directly shattered Zeref's worldview that had lasted for many years.

"Don't be surprised!"

"There is nothing in this world that is completely magic-immune! The reason you have the impression that Acnologia is magic-immune is merely because the power of your magic is still not strong enough!"

As countless drops of fresh blood fell, Evan picked up Acnologia's left arm and threw it to Acnologia from his own world behind him. At the same time, Evan looked at Zeref of this world and spoke indifferently.

"This…"

Zeref of this world fell silent after hearing Evan's words.

Just as Evan said, the reason they had the impression that Acnologia was magic-immune was completely because their magic was not strong enough. As long as the power was strong enough, there was nothing in this world that was absolute.

"Wait…" Just as Zeref of this world was savoring Evan's words, he suddenly thought of something. He turned his head toward Zeref from Evan's world and asked, "Could it be that you intend to give my heart to this young man?!"

Although Evan's age, in the eyes of most people, was already beyond that of a young man, given Zeref's age, calling Evan that was not really wrong.

"Otherwise? Could I use it myself? Don't be silly. I'm only a scholar. I'm not good at fighting at all! If we're talking about combat skills, I'm not even as good as that child Natsu…"

Zeref smiled lightly and asked in return after hearing what Zeref of this world said.

"Just as I thought. I'm suddenly a little envious of you. Your world actually gave birth to such a powerful existence…"

Zeref of this world revealed a hint of envy toward Zeref from Evan's world when he heard that.

He finally knew where exactly the difference between Zeref from Evan's world and himself lay. It was simply because Zeref from Evan's world had a monster-like Evan by his side. If Evan had been born in the world he was in, perhaps everything would have been reversed by now…

However, Zeref of this world also knew that envy was useless. Some things could not be obtained no matter how much one sought them. Perhaps everything was arranged by fate! Even the lofty gods could hardly escape the arrangements of fate…

"What should we do with this guy?!"

After Evan removed the left arm of Acnologia of this world, Igneel came over and looked at Acnologia, who was half-dead in the deep pit and had already lost both arms, and asked.

"I'll send him off on his final journey!"

"This world doesn't need a defeated Dragon King…"

Before Evan could answer, Acnologia from Evan's world interrupted. He wanted to send his other self from this world on his final journey.

"Let's do as Acnologia says!"

Evan hesitated slightly after hearing what Acnologia said, then agreed with what Acnologia had said.

"Tch…"

Igneel was immediately disappointed when he heard Evan's words. Originally, he had thought that he could be the one to send Acnologia off on his final journey~ Now, to be honest, he was slightly regretful…

However, Igneel did not say anything more. After all, letting Acnologia decide his own fate seemed like nothing wrong.

"Brother, you can go."

"I'll walk the road ahead for you."

Acnologia from Evan's world directly pressed the left arm he had received from Evan onto his empty left arm. In the next second, the blood vessels of his severed arm connected with this left arm.

Acnologia from Evan's world moved his left arm slightly. After discovering that it really was still his own arm that suited him best, he directly came before Acnologia of this world in the deep pit and spoke coldly.

"Haha…"

Acnologia, lying in the deep pit, merely smiled lightly when he heard that. He was not a fool. In addition, dragons had extremely sharp ears. He had heard everything Zeref and the others had said earlier, and at this moment, he had already understood everything…

To be honest, Acnologia was delighted at this moment. There was no fear of death in his eyes, only relief from everything!

"I envy you very much. You have finally endured everything and arrived at the terminal station of your life, while I… will continue fighting!"

Acnologia from Evan's world said this to himself, raised his arm, and struck himself forcefully.

On the other side, Evan and the others had already left. They seemed to have completely left the right to execute Acnologia of this world to Acnologia himself.

Next, Evan and the members of Fairy Tail did not return to the Fairy Tail Guild. Instead, they came to Crocus, the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore, and stayed at a hotel in the capital!

After all, August of this world was still inside the Fairy Tail Guild, waiting for the person who would seize his mother's body to appear! Evan was afraid that if he went over, August would beat him up! Although with Evan's current strength, August's magic would have a hard time breaking through his defenses…

Time flew by…

In the blink of an eye, two weeks passed.

During these two weeks, many things happened. First, Precht from Evan's world, with the help of Zerefs from both worlds, successfully used the Curse within Zeref of this world to create the Demon Heart!

After Precht finished creating the heart, he called Irene over and used the Heart Extreme Separation Technique on Zeref of this world! He transplanted the heart separated from Zeref's body into Evan's body. Fortunately, the operation was very successful, and Evan did not experience any rejection!

After obtaining the heart taken from Zeref, Evan successfully solved his problem of insufficient magic power. Although Evan's magic power level did not increase and remained LV15 (+), unlike before, this time there was a new bracket after Evan's magic power: LV15 (+), with the words "Infinite" written on it!

In other words, although Evan had not increased his maximum magic power, he had increased his mana regeneration speed. No matter how much Evan wasted his magic power, it would forever remain at LV15.

Evan was not surprised by this…

No matter how you put it, Evan was finally no longer a one-punch-and-he's-out superhero!

At the same time, after Irene and the others removed the heart from Zeref of this world, everyone sealed the body of Zeref of this world inside a magic crystal and sent it to Fairy Tail!

When August, who had stayed awake day and night for two months guarding his mother's body in the Fairy Tail Guild, saw the magic crystal delivered by the Ishgar Logistics Company before him, as well as Zeref inside the magic crystal, he fell silent.

Besides the magic crystal, August also received a letter from the sender.

"To my dear Mr. August…"

"You may not know who I am. After all, I have never met you in this world, and I do not even know whether someone like me exists in this world! But you do not need to worry. I am on your side. Now I have sent your father, Lord Zeref, to you. You can display your father's magic crystal beside your mother. That way, your whole family can be together neatly~ Oh, right, before your father was sealed into the crystal, he hoped that you could inherit your mother's will and become the next Guild Master of Fairy Tail…"

"Sincerely, a kind, anonymous, pure-love warrior…"

After August finished reading the letter in his hand, he was completely speechless. He looked at the magic crystal before him, laughed and cried at the same time, and finally shook his head, burning the letter in his hand to ashes.

At the same time, August muttered, "Don't let me find out who you are! Seriously!"

Although August's words were harsh, he still moved his father's magic crystal into the guild's basement and placed it beside Mavis's magic crystal.

"Mavis, let me explain…"

"I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen…"

Perhaps even August himself did not notice that after he left the basement, two transparent ghosts were moving through the basement. The two ghosts, one male and one female, looked rather like a married couple. At this moment, the male ghost was chasing after the female ghost and constantly apologizing, while the female ghost was walking barefoot, stomping around Fairy Tail in a fit of pique.

"Become Guild Master?!"

"What a hassle!"

As for August of this world, he looked at the little troublemakers inside Fairy Tail who were even a hundred times more troublesome than the Spriggan 12 of the Alvarez Empire, and helplessly sighed. After nearly a hundred years of twists and turns, he, August, had finally returned to the place where he was born. This really was unpredictable!

At the same time, outside the Fairy Tail Guild…

A woman with crimson-red long hair and a face somewhat similar to Erza's, but looking more mature and gorgeous, arrived before the entrance of the guild bearing the words FAIRY TAIL.

"Is this the place where that girl Erza lives?!"

"Counting the time, it's been nearly twenty-seven years since I last saw that girl!"

The woman with crimson-red long hair looked at the guild entrance before her and murmured to herself.

"Lady Irene, wait for me! You're walking too fast!"

Behind the woman with crimson-red long hair was a girlish man with long purple hair carrying luggage as tall as a small building. At this moment, the girlish man was constantly panting heavily as he tried to persuade the beautiful woman with crimson-red hair walking ahead of him.

"Hmph! You can't even walk after carrying so little? Are you a skinny dog?"

The woman with crimson-red long hair was naturally Irene of this world. What was strange was that this world's Irene seemed not to possess the power she was so proud of. She looked like an ordinary human, appearing incomparably ordinary.

"I really can't walk anymore, Lady Irene!"

As for the girlish man carrying the luggage, he was naturally Irene's number-one lackey, Neinhart of the Spriggan 12. At this moment, Neinhart was drenched in sweat and gasping for breath.

"I can't be bothered with you…"

Irene of this world glared at Neinhart, then stretched out her delicate hand and gently touched the wooden door of the Fairy Tail Guild before her. What came back to her mind was instead the words spoken to her by someone whose face was almost identical to hers.

Yes, Irene from Evan's world had already met Irene of this world. With Irene from Evan's world's help, Irene of this world had finally become human again. The moment Irene became human again, she was excited and joyful, while her heart was also filled with deep guilt toward the daughter she had abandoned more than twenty years ago.

"I hope that woman didn't lie to me!"

Irene of this world said this and pushed open the door of the Fairy Tail Guild before her. What entered Irene's eyes was like a completely new world…

Evening! When dusk filled the entire world!

Lucy returned to her rented room and took out her diary, continuously writing the next chapter.

"Perhaps no one will believe it. Even I myself don't quite believe what I saw…"

"It was as if I had a very long dream! I dreamed that the companions around me kept dying. I dreamed that I traveled through worlds. I even dreamed that in another world, I encountered a Fairy Tail that was incredibly powerful!"

"Although we are in different worlds, they have the same heart. Those Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild, being fellow members of Fairy Tail, helped us solve the difficulties in our world! They made everything seem to return to peace…"

"I don't know how I should describe my feelings, and I don't know what I should say to the Fairy Tail Guild companions who helped our world!"

"My power is so weak, but even so, I hope to bless those who once helped this world. May your path ahead be unobstructed, and may fortune favor your battles!"

When Lucy wrote this, she stopped her pen. At some point, a tear had actually fallen from her right eye.

Yes, Lucy remembered everything. She remembered what the future version of herself had done in that other timeline…

At the same time, she sent Evan and the others her highest blessing!

"Buzz!"

On the other side, when the night was deep and night had arrived, an eclipse phenomenon appeared once again in Crocus, the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore. That ancient Eclipse Gate opened once again!

"Brothers! It's time to go home, to return to our world…"

Before the Eclipse Gate, Evan took the lead and walked toward the gate before him. Behind him were a group of Mages from the Fairy Tail Guild. Now the time had come. All the preparations they could make had been completed. It was also time to begin the final battle, to let the lofty gods feel the wrath of Fairy Tail!

"Oh!!"

As Evan's voice fell, the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild immediately responded with wave after wave of cheers. The Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild had all made their preparations! They knew that the days of their decisive battle with the gods were about to begin. Although everyone knew that the road ahead was extremely dangerous, not a single person was afraid! Because they were all Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild!

While countless people were celebrating, only one existence let out a helpless roar. As the Eclipse Gate opened, the spirit of the Earth-land world from Evan's world cried out helplessly:

"You, you, don't come over here!!"