Future Rogue stretched out his right hand, spreading his five fingers, his left hand holding his right wrist, magic power gathering:
"Earth Mother Dragon Maser Gray, heed my command, kill Rhode here, kill all Dragon Slayer Mages, seize their power, and then fight the Black Dragon with me, to conquer..."
However, Maser Gray didn't even wait for him to finish speaking and had already swept its tail over.
Future Rogue's body bent like a shrimp, blood spewing from his mouth, and the whole person flew backward, crashing through four or five walls, landing only two streets away.
"Why... my, Dragon Control Magic..." Future Rogue coughed up a few more mouthfuls of blood, feeling that his ribs were probably broken, and his internal organs were likely injured as well.
But more than the physical pain, he was more concerned about what exactly went wrong with his magic.
Everything seemed to go smoothly, and attempting to communicate with other dragons didn't seem to have an issue, so why with Maser Gray...
Maser Gray didn't even glance at Future Rogue, struggling to flap its wings, ready to flee this troublesome place.
That idiot, can't even defeat a human, let alone a dragon specializing in Healing Magic, still thinking of challenging Acronologia?
If we could beat that guy, why would we even try to get through that gate leading to who knows where?
Let him fight on his own then, Maser Gray decided to leave here first and wait for its wounds to heal before observing the situation again.
As for that Dragon Control Magic, bah!
Maser Gray laboriously lifted its injured body and took flight, hoping that human named Rhode would deal with Rogue first instead of pursuing her.
...
Rhode indeed did as she had hoped, going to check on the blown-away Future Rogue first.
Since the Earth Mother Dragon's flying speed was average, and it was injured, with a large target, it would be easy to find even if it escaped.
The slippery Future Rogue needed to be captured first.
Sure enough, just as Rhode arrived above that street, Future Rogue let out a few rapid breaths, then decisively turned into a shadow, sinking into the ground.
Rhode dove down, smashing the ground within a few hundred meters into pieces with one punch, causing nearby buildings to collapse, and small dragons to topple over as the ground sank a few meters, buried under the fallen structures.
Lucy, on the back of the Marine Sub-Dragon, watched this scene from afar: "How terrifying, and it's like Kildas!"
Future Lucy looked at the destroyed buildings and smiled wryly: "I can finally confirm that Mr. Rhode really is Fairy Tail."
Wendy reassured, "Rhode must be doing this because it's necessary."
Yet, Rhode frowned deeply.
Because he wasn't sure if this move hit or not.
The concealment and escape capabilities of the Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic were just too strong.
"I can only try the Shadow Wolf form now." Of the magic Rhode currently possessed, only the Shadow Wolf form had some connection to shadows.
"It's not needed." Mira retracted her wings, landing lightly beside Rhode.
"Receive · Demon Shadou!" Without waiting for Rhode to speak, she dashed to a broken stone pillar a dozen meters away and kicked.
The shadow at the base of the pillar suddenly gained substance, actively emerging into half a humanoid form, arms crossed, struck by Mira, flipping and landing.
The one kicked out was none other than Future Rogue, who clutched his chest and coughed blood: "Demon Mira, I never heard of such a form..."
He had placed all his intelligence-gathering focus on Rhode and the Dragon's Treasure a few days ago, hardly paying any attention to someone like Mira who already existed in his world.
Mira completely ignored him, instead telling Rhode: "Erza and the others can return to the guild soon, don't worry. The First said you might need help here, so leave him to me."
Rhode nodded, truly worthy of his wife, succinctly announcing the main points in an emergency, very similar to his style.
"He also possesses Stinger's magic attribute, be cautious."
Having briefed Mira, Rhode left with peace of mind.
Of course, before leaving, he applied a bunch of buffs to Mira, and after flying, he entrusted the Marine Sub-Dragon, Wendy, and the two Lucies to look after her, dropping Warm as well.
Considering Mira also had a Star Spirit King Key in her hand, Rhode felt his wife should be safe.
But... Future Rogue felt a touch of danger.
...
The Earth Mother Dragon eventually awaited the arrival of the person it least wanted to see.
Already injured, there was no way it could outfly Rhode in Cloud Dragon Soul form, now accelerated by Wendy's magic.
Just after leaving the Royal Capital, Rhode grabbed the Earth Mother Dragon's tail.
This time he switched to Mountain Dragon Soul form, transforming both hands into Dragon Claws and using magic to turn them into giant rock hands.
Those rock hands, larger than Rhode himself, tightly gripped the Earth Mother Dragon's tail's tip, with heavy wings on his back flapping vigorously, forcibly pulling the Earth Mother Dragon in mid-air.
The Earth Mother Dragon struggled to flap its wings but couldn't advance any further.
Just as she attempted to turn and bite back, another immense force came from her tail, followed by a feeling of being spun around.
It was Rhode forcefully twisting his waist and upper body, surprisingly spinning the Earth Mother Dragon around half a circle, then continuing to use inertia, spinning faster and faster like a top!
The huge body of the Earth Mother Dragon created a strong wind when spinning, causing sand and rocks to fly, and vegetation to bow on the ground, even if they were mid-air.
Simply spinning this dragon was equivalent to Wind Magic.
After spinning dozens of times, Rhode adjusted the direction slightly downward, releasing to throw the Earth Mother Dragon like a hammer throw.
The worst part was, he quickly used Earth Magic to create nine stone spikes, each twenty to thirty meters high, at the projected landing spot.
"Stone Spike Formation!" Rhode named this magic.
The dizzy Earth Mother Dragon instinctively struggled a bit, but only managed to change the landing posture slightly.
Instead of landing head-first, it landed on its back.
In doing so, it collided head-on with the Stone Spike Formation. It was hard to say if this was worse than landing headfirst.
With the Earth Mother Dragon's strong defense and enormous weight, even the Stone Spike Formation created with Mountain Sub-Dragon's power should have been crushed.
But being injured, the boastfully hard Dragon Scales had already shattered significantly.
Thus, although all nine spikes were destroyed, seven of them pierced into the Earth Mother Dragon's flesh before breaking.
"Awooooo~~~~~" The mournful howl of the Earth Mother Dragon pierced the sky.
Even in excruciating pain, she dared not waste a moment, wanting to get back on her feet quickly.
But she was too late, as layer upon layer of gray-white cobwebs descended from the sky.
The Earth Mother Dragon tore through one layer with her left front claw, only to find her right hind leg caught, and as she lifted her right hind leg, her wings got entangled...
After struggling for a few minutes, these incredibly strong webs had entangled her limbs, wings, head, neck, and even tail.
In her struggling, the wounds on the Earth Mother Dragon's body bled faster, and she became even weaker.
"Humans!" The Earth Mother Dragon's eyes were blood-red, never expecting to escape from one place with monsters only to encounter another monster.
Why do such powerful beings always appear among mere food?!
Looking at her hostile gaze, Rhode actually laughed: "Very well, your attitude makes me feel even less guilty...
"I'll borrow your heart!"