The next day, Zorn and his group stayed on Demon Island for another day to recover their depleted magic power, while the others, led by the village chief, toured the entire Demon Island.
It was also a good time for relaxation.
As night fell, everyone gathered in the village square, looking up at the purple moon in the sky. Zorn had told them in the evening that destroying the moon would be easy.
This statement shocked everyone into disbelief, except for Natsu, who was cheering and jumping around, eager to help Zorn, behaving completely differently from normal people like Gray.
Gray couldn't bear to look, wishing he didn't know Natsu, but Ur was laughing happily beside him.
"Let's start destroying the moon now! So the villagers can return to their 'original state'," Zorn said confidently, standing in front and looking up at the purple moon.
"Oh, okay."
"We are finally going to return to our original appearance!"
The village chief and villagers cheered, exchanging Happy glances and cheering for Zorn.
"No way, is that really possible?"
Lucy was still a bit reluctant to believe this. Although Zorn was strong like a monster, destroying the moon seemed impossible.
"Aye~ I believe Zorn!" Happy suddenly appeared on Lucy's shoulder, stating with certainty.
"By the way, Zorn, let's go to the temple, it's higher there," Natsu excitedly suggested to Zorn.
"No need, here is fine."
As Zorn spoke, a light sword appeared in his hand, held horizontally towards the purple moon in the sky.
"He's using a sword? Does he want to split the moon? But even with Zorn's swordsmanship, that would be difficult."
Gray, watching Zorn's stance from behind, was also a bit surprised. He knew Zorn's swordsmanship had already reached its peak, but splitting the moon? That seemed impossible.
"Awesome, Zorn, do you want to split the moon directly? Haha, I'm so excited!" Natsu was extremely excited watching from the side, shouting around Zorn, not doubting whether Zorn could do it, but eager to witness this moment happen.
"Natsu, move aside, be careful not to get hurt."
As Zorn spoke, he began to gather power in his right hand. Magic power rippled around his body, stirring up circles of dust on the ground that spread outwards.
The light sword in his hand glowed brightly. In an instant, Zorn swung his right hand upwards, and a crescent-shaped slash shot into the sky, striking the moon.
The village chief and villagers watched hopefully as the slash rushed towards the moon, and Natsu's eyes sparkled with anticipation.
As the slash hit the moon, with a "crack," the moon suddenly split into two halves.
"What?! No way!"
Lucy, Gray, and Ultear all cried out in surprise, unable to believe what they were seeing.
As the cracks grew larger, it suddenly shattered, revealing another intact moon.
"That is..."
"What broke was the sky."
"What on earth is going on?"
Zorn put away the light sword in his hand and immediately explained to everyone: "This island has long been enveloped by a membrane of evil energy, affected by the waste gas produced by the Moon Drip. That's why the moon appears purple when viewed from Demon Island."
The villagers, seeing light emanating from their bodies, were filled with hope, but after the light faded, they still looked like demons, and they became bewildered.
"They still don't seem to have returned to their original appearance."
"No, they have recovered. This is their original appearance. They have the ability to transform into human form; their memories were just affected by the evil energy membrane." Zorn said as he walked up to an old demon man, looking him in the eyes and continuing to ask, "Uncle, have your memories recovered a bit?"
"Well, now that you mention it, although my memories are still a bit muddled, it seems like there was something like that!" The old man scratched his head and said awkwardly.
"What?! No way!"
"Ah!"
"Dad, are you all right?"
While Lucy and the others were still in shock, an old demon man with a turban wrapped around his head appeared in the sky, anxiously shouting down at the village below.
"Po... Popo," the village chief murmured in surprise, seeing his son, whom he had long believed to be executed, reappear before him. Tears welled up in his eyes, and finally, he shouted loudly, "Popo!" A pair of demon wings suddenly grew from his back, and he rushed joyfully into his son's arms.
"Dad, you've finally returned to normal. I was so worried about you," the old demon man said, embracing his father, also overjoyed.
"Yo, tonight we feast! A demon's feast, to celebrate!"
"Oh, yeah!"
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After a night of revelry, the next day was time for farewells.
Under the farewells of the residents of Demon Island, as Zorn's magic circle lit up, everyone returned to Magnolia Town together.
"If you have nowhere to go, you can choose to join Fairy Tail." Zorn looked at Ur, also wanting to try and recruit her into the Fairy Tail Guild.
Gray also looked at Ur hopefully upon hearing this, only Lyon did not. Lyon hoped Ur would go with him, but he would still unconditionally agree to Ur's choice, so he remained silent.
Ur was also hesitating, and looked towards Ultear, who was holding her hand, noticing that Ultear's expression was a bit off.
"What's wrong, Ultear?" Ur asked worriedly.
"I, I..."
Zorn knew the reason, but for now, it couldn't be revealed here, so he suggested, "How about we talk about it back at the guild?"
"Okay."
Upon returning to the guild, Zorn found that Laxus and Mirajane had already returned. Mirajane and Erza were once again bickering about whose S-class mission was better, while the two Lisannas were each neutralizing the other, preventing Erza and Mirajane from fighting.
Laxus was still sleeping on the second-floor sofa. It was only when Zorn and his group entered the guild that he leaned out to greet Zorn.
"Yo."
"Laxus, is the master here?"
Zorn looked up and asked Laxus, who was greeting him.
"The old man? He went to a meeting, but he should be back soon."
"Alright... then..." Before Zorn could finish, Natsu behind him excitedly shouted, "Laxus, you're back! Come down and fight me!"
"Oh, so confident, Natsu? Why don't you come up, hahaha." Laxus rested his head on one hand, watching Natsu roar with interest, not moving at all, staying put, which made Natsu quite angry but helpless.
"Alright, alright, Natsu, you did well on this mission. Let's distribute the reward now. Laxus, stop teasing Natsu." Zorn took the opportunity to mediate.
This mission was a great success, and it was a normal mission acceptance situation. Zorn very calmly accepted the 7 million J reward for this mission and fairly distributed the reward to everyone according to the mission distribution principles.
Although Lucy was a young lady from a wealthy family, this was her first time earning money from an S-class mission, which made her very Happy. Moreover, to thank everyone, the village chief also gave them the Golden Zodiac - Sagittarius key, which Zorn naturally allocated to Lucy.
Natsu and Happy also received their generous rewards, which somewhat alleviated their earlier dissatisfaction.
Laxus's personality had greatly improved under Zorn's influence. Without the Lisanna incident, he was no longer as extreme, though he still couldn't resist teasing Natsu when they met.
Ur and her group were also attracted by the lively atmosphere within Fairy Tail as they watched the boisterous scene.
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