"So…What is this deal you want to strike with me ?" Elefseria asked curious about what Nicolas could possibly offer him.
"You teach me everything I want and I'll take care of the five dragon gods in 12 years at most." Nicolas said.
"Oh ho. So what makes you think that you'll be strong enough to beat them in 12 years?" Elefseria said, skeptical about Nicolas's claims.
"It's not me alone. I have six other dragon slayer in my guild but they're still currently kids. I'll have to wait until they mature enough before undertaking the quest.
I also plan to buy some Dragon Lacrimas from Georg Reizen to create more dragon slayers." Nicolas explained calmly.
Elefseria thought for a bit and said:
"Your plan makes sense and is probably a plan that has a high chance of success. But something is bothering me.
You said that the other dragon slayers in your guild are all children but I don't think children would be able to withstand a Lacrima transplantation. So they're most likely first generation dragon slayers.
But weren't dragons in Ishgar all killed by Acnologia?" Elefseria asked.
"It seems that I can't hide things from you, old man. You're right. They're all first generation dragon slayers."
Elefseria was surprised hearing that but his train of thought was interrupted by Nicolas who continued to speak.
"At this point, I should come clean with you since I'll need you to trust me." Nicolas said making a resolved.
"I'm actually from 400 years ago. I and the other dragon slayers went to the future, in an era when ethernano is abundant because we needed to become strong enough in order to beat Acnologia."
Elefseria was stunned hearing that and his brain went haywire thinking about something.
After a while, Elefseria finally collected his thoughts and said.
"Very well then, I accept your deal."
…..
After three months of training, Nicolas was finally able to learn Aqua Aera among other things.
He didn't immediately go to Elentear because he had a hunch that he wouldn't be able to leave for a while if he went there. Because although Selene wouldn't kill him unless he threatened her life, she would probably mess with him since she's craving entertainment.
So he decided to do everything else he needed before heading there.
His first destination for now was the dragon slayer guild, Diabolos.
Nicolas was now outside the Magia dragon guild bidding goodbye to Elefseria.
"Well, it's time to leave, old man. Thanks for everything so far."
"Take care, kid. I'm counting on you." Elefseria said with a smile.
As Nicolas was trying to deploy his wings and fly away, he suddenly found himself teleported in front of the Diabolos guild.
The confused Nicolas looked around to see where he was at and finally came to his senses.
'That damn old man. Why did I forget that he could also do teleportation magic? I have even readied myself for a continental trek but this is much better, I guess.' Nicolas thought while smirking.
He then made his way towards the evil looking guild's door.
As he entered the gates, he looked around and saw that all people from the manga were present except for Haku, the white tiger dragon since he was most likely not born yet or 3 years old at best.
He also saw Suzaku and thought to himself:
'Oh… That Suzaku guy is already here. That probably means that they already killed that dragon Kurnugi.
What a shame. I was planning to save him to curry a favor on Selene.'
Georg Reizen stood up from his seat and approached Nicolas. Georg then smelled him and said.
"You're a dragon slayer too, hey? Have you come to join my guild?"
"Nah. I'm here to buy some dragon lacrimas from your guild." Nicolas said.
"Oh…So you're a client, hey. They're not cheap you know. 50 million J." Georg said with a wide smirk.
'As expected. Good thing I asked master Makarov about prices in advance.' Nicolas thought and then said:
"Can you give me a discounted price? I plan to buy several of them so I'd appreciate the gesture."
After thinking for a bit, Georg said "Alright since you're buying in bulk, I'll give you a 20% discount if you buy more than 5."
"Deal." Nicolas said since he needed a lot of them anyway. He already exchanged the diamonds from his pocket dimension for money and he tirelessly did S-rank and even SS-rank missions tirelessly during the past 4 years so he now had around a billion J to use in Guiltina.
Georg then guided Nicolas to his office and showed him the dragon lacrimas in his possession.
As Georg presented the lacrimas, Nicolas was familiar with some of them, such as the Gale dragon, Luminance dragon, Darkness dragon, Sea king dragon and the Purgatory dragon lacrimas and couldn't help but ask:
"Did some guy name God Serena buy dragon lacrimas from you?"
"Oh… that weirdo from Ishgar, hey? Yeah, he bought the cavern and lightning dragon lacrima from me around a year ago and said that he would come back after he made some money." Georg said to him truthfully.
Hearing that, Nicolas thought to himself 'So he got all of his lacrimas from Guiltina, huh. No wonder those guy from Gold Owl were able to recreate him using alchemy.'
He then had an evil smirk and thought 'Hehehe! As the Chinese says, don't blame for being ruthless, God Serena. You'll become an enemy anyway so I'll pluck most of your dragon lacrimas in advance.'
Although Nicolas wanted to recruit God Serena at first, He thought back and remembered that God Serena was a man who betrayed his country without a second thought when Alvarez attacked so he decided against it.
He then bought the Gale, Darkness, Luminance, Purgatory, Sea King, Water, Diamond, Blade, Armor, Sword Saint, Azure and 2 Ice Dragon lacrimas for a total of 520 million J and another 100 million J for some dragon bones since he already asked Elefseria about body alchemy and that he needed to buy catalysts for the transmutation.
He then opened his pocket dimension and gave Georg the money. Seeing the money in front of him, Georg grinned from ear to ear and told Nicolas that it was a pleasure doing business with him.
As Nicolas was leaving, he asked Georg if he could place a teleportation mark on his guild since he might need other lacrimas and maybe also put in some requests in the future.
Georg accepted and Nicolas departed once again and made his way towards his next goal, the Lead Eagle alchemist guild.