Tenrou Island.
"Since everyone has gathered."
"Then I hereby officially announce..."
"The Fairy Tail Guild's X785 S-Class Mage Promotion Trial officially begins."
"Whoever charges into the Holy Land Mary Geoise first and defeats Imu will be this year's S-Class Mage."
"By the way, if the first person to reach the Holy Land is already an S-Class Mage of the guild, they will receive an additional bonus of one million Jewel."
"In any case, everyone! The final battle has begun!!"
Makarov stood on a stone platform on Tenrou Island, shouting loudly.
"OOOHHH!!"
As Makarov's voice fell, all the Fairy Tail members present let out a heaven-shaking roar.
Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
"Where in the world have those two, Borsalino and Erza, run off to?!"
"Our intelligence network has recently discovered that the Fairy Tail guild is on the move again!"
"In such a critical situation, how can they, as Marine Headquarters Admirals, have the leisure to be running around?!"
Inside the Fleet Admiral's office, Sakazuki sat puffing on his cigar. As Fleet Admiral, he naturally couldn't act as freely as Erza and Borsalino. This office seemed to have become his seal, keeping him obediently inside, unable to run around.
"Fleet Admiral, this is bad!"
Just as Sakazuki was sitting behind his desk, smoking his cigar and contemplating life, Brannew stumbled and scrambled into the Fleet Admiral's office, shouting to Sakazuki.
"What happened?"
"Why make such a fuss?!"
Sakazuki looked at Brannew, who had rushed before him, and asked with confusion.
"Reporting, Fleet Admiral Sakazuki!"
"Fairy Tail's base, Tenrou Island, has suddenly appeared beneath the Red Line where the Holy Land Mary Geoise is located."
"Without a doubt, Fairy Tail is about to launch an all-out attack on the Holy Land Mary Geoise."
Brannew bowed his head and reported to Fleet Admiral Sakazuki.
"Heh heh."
"Immediately notify Erza and Borsalino. Also, call Gion and Tokikake. The day of the final battle has arrived."
Sakazuki gave a cold laugh and said as such.
"But..."
After hearing Sakazuki's words, Brannew lowered his head, a hint of hesitation in his expression.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you dawdling?"
Sakazuki, with his explosive temper, spoke coldly to Brannew.
"But..."
"Admiral Erza and Admiral Borsalino are currently on Fairy Tail's Tenrou Island as well."
Brannew took a deep breath and spoke the truth.
"Heh heh."
"Are you telling me that two active Marine Headquarters Admirals have defected to Fairy Tail?!"
Sakazuki seemed to laugh out of anger at Brannew's words. He looked at him coldly and said, "Why don't you just say I've defected to Fairy Tail too?"
"Uh..."
"This subordinate... I..."
Brannew didn't know what to say, but that was the current situation.
Not only that, but on his way here, Brannew had also asked for the opinions of the retired Sengoku and Garp.
Upon hearing that Borsalino and Erza had defected to Fairy Tail and were launching an all-out attack on Mary Geoise, Sengoku and Garp said without a change in expression: "We know. Inform Sakazuki of this, maintain order on the seas. The rest is not the Marines' business."
Yes, Sengoku and Garp seemed completely unsurprised by Borsalino and Erza's betrayal, as if they had known all along.
"Are you serious?"
After venting some of his explosive temper, Sakazuki looked at the silent Brannew and asked.
"It's the absolute truth."
Brannew answered honestly.
"..."
Hearing this, Sakazuki fell silent for a long time, then shook his head. "This matter... just pretend you never reported it to me. I don't know anything."
Yes, a year in the Fleet Admiral's position had made Sakazuki much more politically astute.
"Bulu bulu bulu..."
Just as Sakazuki's voice fell, the Den Den Mushi in his office began to ring.
"Hello?!"
After a moment's thought, Sakazuki answered the Den Den Mushi in front of Brannew.
"Sakazuki, where the hell are you?!"
"The Holy Land Mary Geoise is already a sea of fire! Why haven't you returned to help, you bastard?"
The voice of one of the Five Elders erupted from the Den Den Mushi the moment Sakazuki answered.
"Sorry, Sakazuki isn't in the office. Please call back later!"
After a moment of silence, Sakazuki hung up the Den Den Mushi.
Holy Land Mary Geoise.
In the Chamber of Authority.
"Damn it all!"
The newly promoted Gorosei, Saint Garling, furiously slammed down the Den Den Mushi in his hand. He roared, "This is absolute rebellion! Every single one of them is rebelling! Do they really think the World Government is finished?"
"The God's Knights..."
As Garling spoke, he drew the rapier from his waist. It was only as the sword left its sheath that he remembered something. His eye twitched as he roared, "Gorosei, advance with me!"
Yes, the God's Knights had already gone out to meet the enemy. He was a Gorosei now.
And so, under Garling's lead, the five old men could only draw their swords and charge out towards the war-torn Holy Land.
The Flower Room.
"Do you think that at this moment, I must be overwhelmed with sorrow?"
"That I must have unspeakable regrets?"
Imu's face was hidden in shadow. She had never thought that one day, the World Government she led would be so casually overthrown.
Seeing that the situation was lost, Imu decided to fight with all her might one last time.
On the Holy Land.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!!"
Natsu's body was wreathed in scorching dragon flames. Everywhere he passed turned into a sea of fire. Although the agents of CP0 did their best to stop him, they were still no match for him.
"Ice-Make: Unlimited Blade Works!!"
Gray continuously created one sharp blade after another from ice. In the blink of an eye, they filled the entire sky. With every sword that fell, an agent on the ground would be sent flying.
"How could we let you wreak havoc here!"
Just as Natsu and Gray were turning the Holy Land into a world of ice and fire, the God's Knights arrived late...
The current commander of the God's Knights, Shamrock, brandished the rapier at his waist and led the members of the Knights behind him, beginning to intercept the high-end combat power of the Fairy Tail guild.
"Ara ra~"
"As if we'd let you pass."
Kuzan seemed to have been waiting for this group of God's Knights. He raised his hand high, and a sapphire-blue magic circle instantly formed in front of him. He said softly, "Ice God: Spear of Longinus!!"
"BOOM!!"
A pitch-black spear of ice shot out from Kuzan's palm, instantly piercing through the chest of a God's Knight member.
"It's just an ice spear, it can't kill..."
That God's Knight member didn't take Kuzan's 'ability' seriously. With a hint of disdain in his eyes, he prepared to activate his own ability to heal his wounds.
"Waaah~"
Unfortunately, in the next second, this God's Knight member discovered that his wound was not healing. He coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, looking at his pierced chest with an expression of disbelief. "How is this possible?! My healing ability has failed?"
"It seems the ability to recover, gained from a pact with a demon, cannot heal wounds inflicted by God Slayer power, huh?!"
Kuzan looked at the God's Knight member who had collapsed to the ground, his life force rapidly draining away, and spoke coldly.
"God Slayer Magic?"
"Why in the world would you be slaying gods?"
Shamrock glanced at the fallen God's Knight member beside him, then turned to Kuzan and said coldly, "It seems this will be a fight to the death between us! Former Marine Admiral 'Aokiji' Kuzan."
"More words are useless."
"Let's fight!"
Kuzan put his hands in his pockets and replied coldly.
"BOOM!!"
When Shamrock and Kuzan clashed, the collision between the terrifying Haki and God Slayer Magic instantly forced several nearby God's Knights to retreat repeatedly.
"You're Gunshi, right?!"
At this time, Eden also encountered a member of the God's Knights blocking his path. He looked at her and asked.
"You know me?"
Gunshi tilted her small head, her gaze towards Eden filled with confusion.
"I'm quite familiar with Brook."
Eden replied with a smile.
"Brook?!"
"Brook is..."
When Gunshi heard the name Brook, her heterochromatic eyes flickered. She seemed to recall some fragmented memories from a long time ago.
"In any case, you're coming with me!"
Eden didn't hesitate, directly activating his space magic and forcibly pulling the Gunshi before him into his dimension.
Ever since Eden's magic power reached the Strong Shield level, he could be said to possess overwhelming combat strength against anyone at the Normal Shield level or below.
Along the way, Eden had been instantly defeating any God's Knights or CP0 members he encountered.
At the same time.
Garling, leading the Gorosei, also engaged in a five-on-five fierce battle with Borsalino, Erza, Mirajane, Issho, and Aramaki.
"Bastards! Borsalino and Erza, you actually betrayed the Marines?! Betrayed the World Government?"
Garling roared as he looked at Borsalino and Erza, who had chosen to side with Fairy Tail.
"Betray the government?"
"Sorry, I was never a member of the Marines or the government."
"From the very beginning, I have been a mage of the Fairy Tail guild."
Erza answered truthfully.
"Ehh~"
"Can't be helped~"
"The World Government can no longer afford this old man's salary~"
"This old man is just a corporate drone, after all."
Borsalino said with a laugh after hearing the Gorosei's words.
"Yasakani no Magatama!!" (God Slayer version.)
As his voice fell, Borsalino flew into the sky and unleashed Yasakani no Magatama towards the Gorosei.
But this secret art, infamous for its poor accuracy, transformed into one lethal projectile after another in the hands of a full-power Borsalino, riddling the bodies of the Gorosei like sieves.
If not for the Gorosei's immortality specification, which seemed to be even higher than that of the God's Knights, this attack would have surely caused some losses among them.
"There's something wrong with his attacks!"
"It hurts! It really hurts!"
Saint Peter and the other Gorosei, after taking Borsalino's attack head-on, broke out in a cold sweat and exclaimed in shock.
Yes, although Borsalino's attacks couldn't kill them, hurting them was quite easy.
"Be cleaved!"
Just as Saint Peter was shocked that Borsalino's attacks could hurt them, Erza found an opportunity and sliced Saint Peter in two at the waist.
"Hmm?!"
After being cut by Erza, Saint Peter was shocked to find that his body could not regenerate.
"Only Haki can transcend all."
Erza said proudly after cutting Saint Peter.
"Vanish!"
"Soul Extinguisher!!"
The moment Erza cut Saint Peter, Mirajane descended from the sky to deliver the finishing blow.
"BOOM!!"
Faced with Mirajane's blow, which was powerful enough to destroy the soul, Saint Peter's entire body instantly shattered, turning into countless specks of dust and disappearing from the spot.
"How can this be?!"
Saint Peter muttered, but he no longer had a chance to resist.
"He's dead?"
At this moment, the other Gorosei, including Garling, broke out in a nervous sweat as they watched the scene of Saint Peter turning to dust, their eyes filled with shock.
Yes, the only reason the Gorosei dared to come out and fight a life-or-death battle with the people from the Fairy Tail guild was that they were counting on their own immortality.
But now, the tables had turned. Their immortality had failed.
Just as the Gorosei were at a loss.
Besides Eden, the other person who had been instantly defeating everyone in his path was, naturally, Gildarts.
The Flower Room.
"BOOM!!"
Accompanied by a clap of thunder!
The first person to find Imu was... Laxus.
"I had thought the first person to arrive would be Gildarts or Eden."
Imu said coldly after seeing Laxus destroy the roof of her Flower Room and descend from the sky.
"Then I'm sorry to disappoint you."
Laxus's body flickered with electricity as he looked at Imu before him and spoke coldly.
"Don't be hasty, we're here too."
At the same time, the left and right walls of the Flower Room were forcefully destroyed, and the figures of Eden and Gildarts appeared before Imu.
"Rude!"
Seeing this, Imu said angrily.
"Do you mortals believe you can defeat me?"
"I am the god who has ruled the world for eight hundred years."
"I am the mother of all humanity!"
"Your resistance against me is like resisting your own mother."
Imu roared with fury, her aura continuously rising.
The surface of the world is about to be submerged by the sea?
It doesn't matter, as long as some humans survive.
Even if it's only a very small number, as long as humans live on, it's fine.
At the same time.
Outside the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
To be precise, outside the Red Line.
"Hoo..."
Makarov, transformed into a 50,000-meter giant, was wading through the seawater, walking step by step from the middle of the ocean towards the Red Line.
"Monster!"
The Marine soldiers and government officials originally stationed on the Red Line, upon seeing this giant even taller than the Red Line itself, showed expressions of despair, seeming to have given up all resistance.
"This is the price you pay for provoking our Fairy Tail guild!"
Makarov clenched his right fist and swung it directly towards the Red Line in front of him.
Yes, they had already decided to completely destroy the Red Line right here, connecting the Four Seas and the entire Grand Line into one.
(End of Chapter)
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