"Stand up, Animus…"
Evan softly spoke as he looked at Animus, who was kneeling on one knee.
"As you command."
After receiving Evan's order, Animus lightly nodded and stood up from the ground.
"My King, do you know about Dragon Slayer Magic?"
"In recent years, human Dragon Slayer Magic has evolved very quickly! Beyond the earliest crude method of attaching dragon attributes onto one's own body to obtain the power to battle dragons, I heard that second-generation and even third-generation Dragon Slayer Mages have now appeared in this world. I simply do not know what differences exist between these new-generation Dragon Slayer Mages and the first-generation Dragon Slayer Mages, nor whether they will affect our plans…"
Animus looked at Evan with some emotion as he told Evan the information he had gathered over the years regarding Dragon Slayer Mages.
"So your understanding of Dragon Slayer Magic is limited? I have conducted some research into Dragon Slayer Magic over the years!"
"If I have to put it bluntly, five different kinds of Dragon Slayer Mages have already appeared in this world, namely five generations of Dragon Slayer Mages…"
Evan lightly nodded at Animus as he told him everything he knew.
"What? There are already fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages in this world?!"
Animus froze for a moment as his pupils trembled slightly. He had not expected Dragon Slayer Magic to progress this quickly in human hands.
"Mm…"
Evan looked at the panicked Animus without saying much. The world believed that Dragon Slayer Magic was a magic created by humans in ancient times to deal with dragons. As dragons disappeared, Dragon Slayer Magic supposedly became a thing of the past and merely one of many Lost Magics. However, that was not actually the case.
Just as dragons seemed extinct only on the continent of Ishgar and the western continent while dragons still lived on the northern continent of Guiltina, Dragon Slayer Magic on the northern continent of Guiltina was not Lost Magic either. Rather, because of the dragons ravaging the north, Dragon Slayer Magic experienced a rebirth there! A group of Dragon Slayer Mages who devoured dragon flesh was born, and in Evan's eyes, those bloodthirsty Dragon Slayer Mages were the fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages…
As for the previous four generations of Dragon Slayer Mages.
In the original story, the Quant Dragon Slayer Magic Soldiers created by Animus and powered by the magic power of Dragon Cry were called fourth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages, which were also the weakest generation of Dragon Slayer Mages…
As far as Evan knew, excluding the spin-off 100 Years Quest, the Fairy Tail original series together with the movies only divided Dragon Slayer Mages into four generations.
"You already know the first-generation Dragon Slayer Mages. They are Dragon Slayer Mages who directly attached Dragon Slayer Magic onto their bodies."
Evan began explaining things to Animus.
The first-generation Dragon Slayer Mages were created by Irene and were Dragon Slayer Mages who directly attached dragon attributes onto themselves. These Dragon Slayer Mages generally had direct contact with dragons and were also the strongest among all generations of Dragon Slayer Mages, after all, the Black Dragon King Acnologia and the Sage Dragon Irene supported their reputation…
"The second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages are those Mages who implanted Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals made from dragon hearts into their bodies. The second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages eliminated the drawback of Dragon Slayer Mages being cursed by dragon power and undergoing Dragonification."
Evan briefly introduced the second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages.
Second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages referred to Dragon Slayer Mages like Laxus and God Serena, who implanted Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals made from dragon hearts into their bodies.
Because second-generation Dragon Slayers could directly borrow the power of the dragons residing within the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals, second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages often appeared stronger than first-generation Dragon Slayer Mages.
However, second-generation Dragon Slayers ultimately used the Dragon Slayer Magic contained within the Magic Crystals inside their bodies, so second-generation Dragon Slayer Magic had an upper limit. After all, the Dragon Slayer Magic of second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages was essentially their own magic power being poured into the Magic Crystal, processed through it, then released. This kind of output was not infinitely scalable…
Therefore, once second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages reached a certain limit, if they wanted to continue advancing, they either had to implant even more Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals into their bodies or abandon the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals altogether and completely part ways with them. This was also the future path of advancement for God Serena and Laxus.
At the same time, because Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals restricted the dragon power within a Mage's body, Dragon Slayer Mages could not undergo Dragonification. Thus, if one purely pursued power, second-generation Dragon Slayers possessed less potential than first-generation Dragon Slayer Mages. However, if Dragonification was viewed as the curse of Dragon Slayer Magic, then second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages could be considered the evolution of first-generation Dragon Slayer Mages.
"The third-generation Dragon Slayer Mages combine the characteristics of both first-generation and second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages. They are Mages who both attached Dragon Slayer attributes onto their bodies and implanted Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals. Although they combine the advantages of both generations and theoretically should surpass first-generation and second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages, the current third-generation Dragon Slayer Mages have not yet matured and are the weakest generation so far…"
Evan thoroughly introduced the third-generation Dragon Slayer Mages.
Third-generation Dragon Slayer Mages were Mages who both attached dragon attributes onto their bodies and implanted Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals into themselves. Representative figures were the White Dragon and Shadow Dragon duo, Sting and Rogue. They effectively inherited the strengths of both first-generation and second-generation Dragon Slayer Mages, being able both to borrow the power of the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals within them and directly increase the dragon power within their bodies…
"As for the fourth generation, I refer to the Dragon Slayer Mages we create using your mass-produced Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals as the fourth generation…"
Evan spoke of the fourth generation, though he did not fully explain things.
Because in reality, the Dragon Slayer Mages he planned to create using the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals produced by Animus could not truly be considered official fourth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages. Rather, they should be called the new fourth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages.
Theoretically, because Animus's Magic Crystals were relatively inferior, the new fourth-generation Dragon Slayers still belonged to the generation with the lowest potential among all Dragon Slayers. However, exactly how far they could ultimately grow remained unknown, because human potential was limitless…
As for the original fourth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages, they truly were the weakest generation. They only appeared for less than ten minutes in the movie and were mass-produced Quant weapons that relied purely on numbers.
That was the four generations of Dragon Slayer Mages mentioned in the original story. As for the fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages…
At this point, Evan's expression became serious.
"Animus, I once encountered a group of insane humans on the northern continent of Guiltina. They treated devouring dragon flesh as an honor, a group of mentally deranged Dragon Slayer Mages who regarded dragons as food. Their bloodlines and minds had serious problems, but they were indeed incomparably powerful. They are the fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages."
Evan's eyes shone like torches as he told Animus what he had seen on the northern continent.
Yes, Evan referred to those Dragon Slayer Mages on Guiltina who devoured dragon flesh and became completely crazed as fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages.
The first four generations of Dragon Slayer Mages were technologies that already existed four hundred years ago.
These technologies were developed around the time of the Dragon King Festival. It was also because Acnologia slaughtered countless dragons during the Dragon King Festival that humans acquired so many dragon hearts, eventually experimenting their way into creating Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals. As for why Irene knew nothing about this, it was because she secluded herself in the mountains not long after the war ended…
As for the fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages, they only appeared within the last hundred years. In Evan's eyes, the fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages were overly eager for quick results and had completely gone down the wrong path, becoming a generation of Dragon Slayer Mages standing on the brink of collapse.
Besides that, Evan also concealed some information. Namely, himself, Irene, and Erza. By consuming the power of Devil Fruits that did not belong to this world and storing dragon power inside the Devil Fruits, they could both obtain the immense power of first-generation Dragon Slayer Magic and transform into dragons! At the same time, they could freely become human whenever they wished, repeatedly switching between dragons and humans…
Strictly speaking, the current Evan, Irene, and Erza belonged to the sixth generation of Dragon Slayer Mages. However, because this Dragon Slayer Magic belonged exclusively to the Belserion family, Evan did not tell Animus about it, since Animus had no need to know these things…
"What? Humans actually committed such treasonous acts? They actually dare, dare to devour the flesh of us great dragons! Unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable! I am going to Guiltina right now to exterminate them and avenge our fellow dragons…"
After hearing Evan's words, Animus immediately widened his eyes. Blood vessels filled his eyes with rage.
It seemed Animus absolutely could not forgive the fact that dragons had been devoured by humans…
"Really? Are you certain you want to go to Guiltina and exterminate those Dragon Slayer Mages who devoured dragon flesh?"
Evan calmly asked as he looked at the furious Animus.
"Of course!!"
Animus's attitude was firm, as though he absolutely had to go.
"Then I hope that after hearing the full situation regarding the northern continent, you will still intend to go~"
Evan helplessly shook his head as he looked at the determined Animus.
"Uh…"
Seeing the helplessness in Evan's eyes, Animus froze slightly as an ominous feeling suddenly arose in his heart.
"Animus, you already saw that second-generation Dragon Slayer Mage who used lightning earlier, right?"
"With your strength, you should have been able to sense the immense power within that second-generation Dragon Slayer Mage, correct?"
"The dragon heart beating within that Dragon Slayer Mage's body was dug out from a dragon by the fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages. The owner of that heart was none other than Elexion, the famous Lightning Dragon King. He is already dead, killed by the fifth-generation Dragon Slayer Mages. After hearing all this, do you still intend to go to Guiltina right now to avenge the dragons?"
Sitting on his chair, Evan spoke to Animus with a heavy expression.
After devouring Elexion's soul and reading part of Elexion's memories, Evan understood everything. He saw the Dragon Slayer Mage carve Elexion apart, feed Elexion's flesh to a young boy, and sell Elexion's heart to the continent of Ishgar. The Dragon Slayer Mage who accomplished all this was none other than Georg!
Of course, this did not mean Georg was already powerful enough to contend with a Dragon King. Rather, this old Dragon King had simply become too old, and his body had accumulated too many injuries. Those attacks carrying dragon curses had already exhausted Elexion's life force.
Otherwise, if Elexion had been in his peak condition, then when encountering Georg, he would only have needed to Dragonify and slap him once to turn him into meat paste!
It was precisely because Elexion was not in peak condition that someone managed to take advantage of him. Yet because of this, Elexion felt extreme unwillingness at being killed by a weakling! Unfortunately, after meeting Evan, even unwillingness was meaningless, as he still could not escape being devoured! Moreover, with Evan's current strength, even if he encountered peak-condition Elexion, the one likely to meet his end would still be the Lightning Dragon King.
"Uh…"
However, Animus knew nothing of the actual details. The moment he heard that even Elexion had lost, his expression instantly turned cold. He no longer possessed his previous hot-blooded passion, and panic completely filled his face.
"Well, after thinking about it again, I suddenly feel that accompanying you in mass-producing Dragon Slayer Mages is more important. Surely the great revival of our dragon race is the most important thing. As for revenge and such, we can postpone that for now and let those Dragon Slayer Mages act arrogantly for a while longer! Cough cough…"
Animus's lips turned pale as he looked at Evan while trembling.
"Hehe…"
Evan naturally knew that Animus was simply too frightened to go.
However, Evan did not expose Animus and merely smiled lightly.
"Hehe…"
Animus naturally understood that Evan was preserving his dignity, so he accompanied Evan with continuous laughter.
Not long after Animus and Evan reached their dirty PY transaction…
As the sky gradually darkened, Erza and the others, who had returned from sightseeing, came back to the meeting point according to the agreed time with Evan…
As for the meeting point, it was naturally the royal palace that had already turned into ruins.
"Big Brother Evan! I plan to take these gemstones back and distribute them to everyone in the guild!"
Erza brought back a large bag of gemstones and planned to distribute them to Mirajane and the others.
"Erza, you did well."
Evan smiled slightly as he looked at Erza, who still remembered Mirajane and Kagura even while outside. He stretched out his hand and gently rubbed Erza's little head, his eyes filled with affection. Perhaps Erza was the only remaining conscience of Fairy Tail Guild.
"Big Brother Evan, I only want this~"
"I think Charle will definitely like this~"
Wendy held two hairpins in her hands, one intended for herself and the other prepared for Charle.
"Mm! The things Wendy chose are also very nice~"
Evan lightly nodded as he looked at the hairpins Wendy selected.
"I don't really want anything. Everything here is shiny and glittering, completely boring."
Laxus crossed his arms before his chest, his eyes filled with disdain. Real men never played with these sparkling things.
However, in reality, among the diamonds inside Erza's bag, there was one personally selected by Laxus for one of his fan leaders, Evergreen. He simply felt too embarrassed to give it to her.
"Master, I chose this sparkling sword!"
Kurnugi held a sword embedded with countless diamonds as he walked before Evan. The corners of his mouth rose upward, and his eyes were filled with delight.
"This sword is indeed not bad…"
Evan lightly nodded while looking at the sword in Kurnugi's hand. Although it was not very practical, it was definitely qualified to serve as a souvenir.
The things chosen by the above people were still relatively reasonable. Next…
"Gajeel, are you sure you want to carry that thing away?"
Evan tightly frowned as he looked at Gajeel.
"Geh heh! I really do plan to carry this thing back!"
Gajeel carried a twenty-meter-tall metal pillar used to support the royal palace beams as he revealed an excited smile. With this pillar, he could probably eat his fill for several months.
"O-Okay then…"
Evan fell silent for a moment, but ultimately still agreed.
"Big Brother Evan, I plan to carry this thing back!"
Immediately afterward, Natsu carried a twenty-meter-tall magical beast while laughing loudly at Evan.
"Oh! That is a One-Horned Savage Whale magical beast from the nearby sea. They often harm the nearby fishermen. Normally, whenever I encounter those magical beasts, I immediately clean them up. However, because of Zash's matter recently, I never had time to go to the docks. Taking advantage of my absence, those guys swam back again…"
Animus frowned as he looked at the magical beast Natsu was carrying. In his eyes, that one-horned whale was a disgusting pest. This was because Animus regarded the entire Kingdom of Stella as his ranch. Whether the humans within it or anything else, all of it was his property. Naturally, he could not tolerate magical beasts destroying and occupying what belonged to him…
"It's for Happy, right?"
Evan looked at Natsu and asked.
"Aye!"
Natsu imitated Happy's tone while lightly nodding at Evan, indicating that was exactly the case.
"Since it's for Happy, then take it away as well…"
The moment Evan heard that Natsu hunted the whale to gift it to Happy, he immediately said no more.
However, what came next was what gave Evan the biggest headache.
"Evan, Evan, hurry and look~"
"This hateful woman actually monopolized the largest crystal in the entire Kingdom of Stella. Clearly, that shopkeeper already said that only the most beautiful woman in the world deserves that crystal~"
Selene looked at Evan while grabbing one corner of his clothes with one hand and pointing at Irene with the other, continuously complaining.
"..."
In response, Evan remained silent. He had the right to remain silent.
"Ara~"
"You heard it too. They said only the most beautiful woman in the world deserves that crystal! Naturally, the most beautiful woman in the world is me~"
After hearing Selene's words, Irene slightly narrowed her eyes, killing intent naturally appearing within them.
"Hah? You're really shameless! The most beautiful woman in the world is obviously me!"
After hearing Irene's words, Selene's fox-like seductive face suddenly twisted as killing intent flashed within her eyes.
"What? Do you want to fight?"
A trace of disdain flashed across Irene's absolutely beautiful face. Holding her staff, she directly stood before Selene as the two faintly confronted one another.
For a moment, the atmosphere between Irene and Selene gradually solidified.
"Gulp~"
"Is this really okay?"
Looking at the subtly confronting Irene and Selene, Animus could not help swallowing nervously as he asked Evan.
"What do you think?"
Rather than answering Animus's question, Evan responded with another question.
"Uh…"
Hearing this, Animus froze blankly. He lowered his head and dared not speak. Two Dragon King-level big shots were confronting each other. Either one could casually slap him to death, so it was better for him to stay quiet.
"Hehe, actually, your crystal is not even the biggest…"
While Animus remained silent, Selene suddenly laughed. Looking at the dazzling crystal in Irene's hand, her eyes carried disdain.
She lightly waved her hand toward the earth, and immediately a crystal even more dazzling than the one in Irene's hand appeared in Selene's grasp.
"My crystal is much bigger than yours~"
"And just like the crystal in my hand, I am much more beautiful than you~"
Holding the crystal, Selene smiled at Irene.
"Hehe…"
Facing Selene's provocation, Irene merely smiled disdainfully.
It was only this level of provocation.
However, she had to admit that Selene successfully stirred the anger within her heart!
In response, Irene was too lazy to waste words. She lightly waved her hand, and the largest crystal among the crystal mines surrounding the island of the Kingdom of Stella gently floated upward and drifted toward Selene…
"Uh…"
For a moment, all the people on the streets of the Kingdom of Stella were shocked by the scene before them.
"Tch!"
Selene coldly snorted as endless magic power surged from within her body. In an instant, the entire crystal mine of the Kingdom of Stella shattered apart and floated into the sky.
"Hmph~"
Selene supported the entire crystal mine with one hand and blinked at Irene. Her smug little expression seemed to say to Irene, what's the use of one crystal? I lifted the entire crystal vein!
"This is a once-in-a-century spectacle! Hurry and take pictures!"
At this moment, the royal capital of the Kingdom of Stella had already fallen into madness. Countless people held cameras while photographing the gigantic floating crystal vein.
"Hehe~"
Irene coldly smiled as she looked at the crystal vein Selene lifted. Golden light suddenly flashed within her eyes.
"Buzz, buzz..."
In an instant, the entire Kingdom of Stella began shaking.
"This is bad, don't tell me…"
Sensing the rising magic power from Irene, Evan's expression changed. He clearly knew that Irene had used Enchantment Magic on the very ground of the entire Kingdom of Stella.
If Evan's prediction was correct, then the entire Kingdom of Stella was about to descend into chaos!