"Igneel, where exactly are you taking me?"
As Igneel flew at high speed, Natsu asked.
But Igneel acted as if he didn't hear Natsu's question, continuing to fly without pause.
Seeing Igneel remain silent, Natsu was quite frustrated.
Suddenly, Natsu seemed to sense something, and his face abruptly changed.
"Such powerful magical power..."
"One of them is Kenichi, and the other..."
At that moment, an image of a pitch-black dragon appeared in Natsu's mind.
"Acnologia!"
On Tenrou Island, Acnologia had nearly killed everyone in Fairy Tail, so how could Natsu forget Acnologia's despair-inducing magical power?
As Natsu spoke, Igneel's massive body dove sharply towards the ground below.
When Igneel descended to a certain altitude, Natsu saw Wendy, Mirajane on the ground below, as well as Kenichi and Acnologia locked in battle.
Although Natsu had never seen Acnologia's human form before, the magical power emanating from Acnologia confirmed his identity.
"Acnologia... that guy is human?!"
Natsu looked at Acnologia and said grimly.
Soon, Igneel's massive body landed on the ground.
"Natsu-nii?"
Wendy on the ground saw Natsu on Igneel's back and exclaimed in surprise.
However, just after Wendy spoke, her spirit trembled violently.
In the next second, Grandeeney within her body burst forth.
"Finally here, Igneel?"
The snow-white Grandeeney turned her head and casually remarked to Igneel.
"Hmph, it's not just me. Those guys have arrived too!"
Igneel glanced sideways at a certain point in the sky and snorted.
"Those guys?"
Hearing Igneel, Natsu asked, puzzled.
Soon, Natsu and Wendy noticed three dragons of different forms flying towards them from the sky.
These three dragons were naturally Gajeel's Iron Dragon, Sting's White Dragon, and Rogue's Shadow Dragon.
Then, under the astonished gazes of Silver, Franmalth, and the other Nine Demon Gates' members, one dragon after another landed on the ground.
"Hey, hey, you've got to be kidding me? Why did so many dragons suddenly appear?"
Silver looked at the five dragons gathered together and spoke with disbelief.
"This is truly rare. If we include the three dragons over there, we currently have eight dragons!"
The skeleton mage holding the staff shifted his gaze from Igneel and the other five dragons to Kenichi, Acnologia, and the steel dragon, speaking in a detached tone.
"Eight dragons... how much are they worth? How much?"
The one-eyed demon Franmalth said excitedly.
"Franmalth, I advise you not to set your sights on the dragons. It will cost you your life. We should retreat for now!"
The demon with four arms and eight octopus legs said to the one-eyed demon.
"Retreat?"
Hearing the octopus-legged demon, Silver scanned the surroundings.
He saw that Hades, Minerva, Rustyrose, the steel dragon, and Seilah, all controlled by Kenichi, had taken a step forward.
Clearly, Kenichi did not intend to let these demons leave.
While the demons were talking, the five gathered dragons all focused their gazes on Acnologia.
"The day to eliminate Acnologia has finally come!"
"We've waited a long time for this day!"
The Iron Dragon Metalicana looked at Acnologia and spoke with high fighting spirit.
"Metalicana, you finally decided to speak!"
"Quick, tell me, where have you been all these years?"
Gajeel on Metalicana's back asked Metalicana.
Hearing Gajeel, Natsu also said to Igneel: "Igneel, you all suddenly disappeared on July 7, X777. Where did you go exactly?"
"We'll explain that later. First, we deal with that guy over there!"
Igneel looked at Acnologia and said to Natsu, then raised his head.
Simultaneously, the Iron Dragon, White Dragon, Shadow Dragon, and Sky Dragon also raised their heads.
Bzzzt-
In the next second, a dazzling light erupted from the mouths of all five dragons.
"Grandeeney, what are you doing? Kenichi-nii is still over there?!"
Seeing Igneel and the other dragons preparing to unleash their Roars, Wendy's pretty face changed immediately.
And Natsu, Gajeel, Sting, and Rogue also tried to persuade their respective dragons.
But Grandeeney, Igneel, and the other dragons seemed not to hear Wendy and the others, still gathering their magical power.
A few seconds later, Igneel, Grandeeney... the five dragons simultaneously unleashed their Roars.
They saw a pillar of fire, a high-speed rotating whirlwind, a white magical pillar, a black magical pillar, and a silver magical pillar converge towards a single point with astonishing force.
One must know that any single one of these magical pillars could easily destroy a city.
The combined power of five magical pillars would reach a terrifying level.
However, just as Wendy, Natsu, and the others were praying in their hearts that Kenichi could dodge these five magical pillars, they saw that the target of these five pillars was not Acnologia, but Kenichi.
"Igneel, what are you doing?!"
Seeing that the Roars of Igneel and the other dragons were aimed at Kenichi, Natsu shouted in astonishment.
"Metalicana, are you trying to kill Kenichi? Is there some mistake?"
Gajeel also spoke with disbelief.
But Igneel, Metalicana, and the other dragons did not respond.
To be precise, they couldn't respond.
Because they were in the midst of unleashing their Roars.
Bzzzt-
Bzzzt-
While Gajeel and Natsu were speaking, the five magical pillars crashed onto Kenichi's body.
But the expected explosion did not occur.
They saw that after the five magical pillars converged on Kenichi, they began to disappear at a visible rate.
"He's eating them?!"
Seeing Kenichi continuously devouring the five magical pillars, Natsu and Gajeel were first shocked, then showed expressions of understanding.
"I see! You're helping Kenichi!"
Igneel and the other dragons naturally knew that Acnologia could nullify all magic.
Even if their five dragons' Roars hit Acnologia, he wouldn't be injured.
Furthermore, during the Dragon King Festival, they had seen Kenichi, in his golden dragon form, devour the Roars of over a dozen dragons.
So they used their Roars to attack Kenichi, wanting him to absorb their power to deal with Acnologia.
Although they couldn't kill Acnologia with their own hands, helping Kenichi kill Acnologia would still make this journey worthwhile.
Under the watchful eyes of Natsu, Wendy, and the others, the five magical pillars converging on Kenichi rapidly shrank.
The speed at which Kenichi's human form absorbed magical power wasn't as fast as his golden dragon form.
But after five or six seconds, Kenichi had still completely devoured the Roars of Igneel and the others.
At that moment, the magical light around Kenichi instantly blazed brightly.
"I've received your power!"
Kenichi, his entire body enveloped in violent magical power, clenched his fist after feeling the surging power within him. He looked at Acnologia and spoke with a smile.