Hapi couldn't even lift his head, feeling like he was about to be crushed into liquid: "What is this? Gravity magic?"
Natsu propped himself up with his hands on the ground, struggling to lift his upper body, and looked up at the person in front of him.
He felt an unusual heaviness, his arms trembling as he supported himself on the ground. Even carrying a large rock while doing push-ups never felt this heavy.
"You are..." he said with difficulty, "who?"
Not only was his body becoming heavier, but even the raindrops were falling faster, landing on him with a bit of pain.
"Who I am is not important, and who you are is not important either. I don't care where Zeref is. The only thing that interests me on this island is one thing."
Bruno said, "Tell me, where is the tomb of Fairy Tail's First Generation President, Mebius?"
Natsu gritted his teeth and stood up, staring directly at Bruno, and said solemnly: "I see, you're here to find the First Generation President's tomb..."
"Natsu..." Hapi tried to say something, but was interrupted by Natsu's next words.
"Do you also want to become an S-Class mage?! Impossible, only our guild members can participate! It's definitely going to be me who becomes an S-Class!"
Natsu shouted as flames erupted on his body, looking full of fighting spirit.
"..." Hapi didn't know what to say, was Natsu serious?
Bruno remained silent and raised his right hand slightly, pressing downwards, the gravity intensified in front.
"Ugh..." Just when Natsu stood up, he fell to the ground again, and the surrounding ground suddenly sank a bit.
"Natsu... He has the Demon Heart mark on him... He's an enemy..." Hapi was lying on the ground, his body flattened much more than before, even his ears drooping on the ground.
"Fairy Radiance, the magic that is said to be on par with Fairy Law, becoming one of your guild's three major magics, I want that magic."
Bruno said calmly, "It's said to be sealed in Mebius' tomb, tell me, where is that tomb?"
Hapi feebly said: "We've never heard of such a thing..."
The president said that finding the First Generation's tomb would lead to passing the exam, but there's still magic there? How does this person know?
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" Just as Natsu was about to get up, Bruno increased the gravity again.
With a loud boom, the ground sank two to three meters, forming a large pit with a diameter of dozens of meters.
Natsu and Hapi naturally ended up being pressed at the bottom of the pit.
Hapi's body was completely deformed, and this time he didn't even have the strength to speak.
"Hapi!" Natsu shouted worriedly, anger driving him to support his body in this exaggerated gravity.
Flames erupted from his hands and feet, jetting backward. Natsu used the thrust of the flames to counterbalance the gravity, vigorously struggling to rise and sprint forward a few steps.
The flames under his feet intensified, and Natsu jumped up from the bottom of the pit, punching towards Bruno above.
Bruno merely extended his palm forward, terrifying magic power enveloping Natsu.
Natsu was knocked back at an even faster speed, even creating a sonic boom cloud in mid-air.
"Whoa!" Natsu plunged into the ground, creating yet another pit at the bottom.
This time, Natsu's gaze carried a trace of fear as he looked at Bruno.
— The oppressive feeling felt during the exam with Kildas, the feeling that it was impossible to overcome, surged back into Natsu's heart.
For someone who had just learned what fear was, this feeling left a particularly deep impression on him.
"Are you listening to me?" Bruno asked, "Where is Mebius' tomb?"
Natsu's unfocused eyes gradually refocused: "No."
"What?"
"You're not the kind of guy who's unbeatable!" Natsu clenched his fist, struggling to lift his body, "You don't compare to Kildas! I will... defeat you!"
He stood up shakily, taking a step, two steps towards Bruno, his pace quickening from a walk to a run.
The fear in his heart remained, but this time Natsu was determined to punch this guy.
But stronger gravity targeting Natsu struck, embedding him entirely into the ground.
"I see." Bruno understood he wouldn't get an answer from Natsu, raised his hand wanting to finish him off.
"Natsu! Hapi!" Lucy's voice came from afar, "Open the gate of the Sagittarius Constellation, Sajidarius!"
Then came Ibarglin flying in mid-air: "Fairy Machine Gun!"
Wendy opened her mouth: "Sky Dragon's Roar!"
Gray carried a cannon barrel made of ice: "Ice-Make: Ice Cannon!"
"Water Flow Slash!" Jubia swung her hand releasing a Water Blade, the rain enlarging the Water Blade during its flight.
However, Bruno simply punched forcefully, terrifying magic power surged, and the arrows, magic bullets, hurricane, ice and snow cannonball, and Water Blade flying toward him were all scattered.
"Receive·Beast King's Soul!"
"Animal Soul·Flying Bird!"
Elfman and Lisana seized the chance when Bruno made a move, one attacking from the ground, one from the air.
But before reaching him, the green bird Lisana turned into crashed heavily onto the ground, sinking with the ground.
"Ah!" Lisana struggled but couldn't lift her wings.
Elfman similarly felt his body weighed down, and the ground beneath him sank.
"Man!"
Relying on Beast King's power, he struggled forward, continuing to punch at Bruno.
Bruno turned, pushing his palm, Gravity Magic exploded.
Elfman flew backward swiftly like Natsu before, plowing a long trench in the ground.
Jubia summoned a huge wave to crash towards Bruno, at the same time, raindrops in the air condensed into sharp blades, attacking Bruno from all directions.
Bruno lightly waved his hand, countless Water Blades were redirected, flying back in the direction they came from.
The huge wave crashed down, he merely raised his right hand, a large gap appeared in the middle of the wave.
"Gray-sama!"
"Freeze!"
Jubia struggled to control the water flow towards Bruno, Gray's hand emitted chilling air, the water instantly froze into a small iceberg, trapping Bruno inside.
Wendy and Lucy rushed forward to rescue Natsu, Hapi, and Lisana.
Gray shouted urgently: "Don't go!"
But it was too late, the iceberg exploded violently, countless large and small ice fragments flew around.
Sajidarius bent his bow and shot, piercing several ice fragments flying towards Lucy and Wendy.
But the ice fragments were too numerous, it was merely a drop in the bucket.
Wendy hurriedly used additional magic on her companions: "Defense Enhancement!"
The densely packed ice fragments successively collided with their bodies.
The pain wasn't particularly strong, but they were all forced back.
Bruno stepped forward a few steps and pressured his hands downwards, with a loud boom, the originally normal ground also sank two to three meters.
"Ooh..."
"Ah!"
Except for Elfman who had been blown away and Gajeel who was placed far away and still unconscious, everyone else like Natsu and Hapi was pressed to the ground.
Sajidarius shot three arrows at Bruno, but before reaching him they were already embedding into the ground.
Bruno waved his hand lightly, the three arrows turned direction, piercing Sajidarius with greater speed than before.
"Uh... sorry, I..."
Sajidarius dissolved into golden light.
Bruno folded his arms again and asked, "Now, who can tell me, where is Mebius' tomb?"