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Leaving the port of Hargeon, they flew westward all the way.
At dusk, they finally saw the legendary Demon Island, a crescent-shaped island.
"It looks like that's the place!"
Entering Demon Island and following the route map on the mission sheet, they soon discovered a Village.
The person who issued the S-Rank mission was none other than the chief of this Village.
The entire Village was surrounded by giant logs, and a large sign stood at the Village entrance with the words "No Entry" written on it.
"Excuse me, please open the gate!"
After returning the flying broom to Goku, Lucy shouted loudly toward the Village.
Soon, two burly men holding spears poked their heads out from the tower behind the gate: "Who are you people?"
"We are Fairy Tail Mages, here to accept the mission issued by your Village chief."
Lucy lied without blushing or her heart skipping a beat.
The two burly men looked at each other, suspicion appearing on their faces: "But we haven't received any notification that the mission was accepted."
"The notification must have been delayed in delivery."
At this time, Gray, who had already woken up, casually made up an excuse.
He had woken up halfway, but after confirming that Goku was also participating in the mission, he didn't insist on going back.
In his view, Goku possessed strength surpassing Erza's, so with him around, even if the mission couldn't be completed, there wouldn't be too much danger.
Mainly, his opposition was useless anyway.
Besides, in his heart, he also wanted to test the mettle of an S-Rank mission.
"Show us your emblems."
The gatekeeping men discussed it and still didn't open the gate to let them in immediately.
The emblems of a Mage Guild generally cannot be faked; as long as these people showed their emblems, there was a high probability they weren't imposters.
Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Goku, and Happy showed the magic emblems of their guild on their bodies without the slightest hesitation.
Although they had stolen this mission, their status as Mages was as real as it could be.
Seeing that the four people and one cat were indeed Mages from the famous Fairy Tail Guild, the two gatekeepers were overjoyed and quickly activated the mechanism to open the heavy gate.
"Welcome, I am Village Chief, the chief of this Village!"
Learning of the arrival of the Fairy Tail Guild Mages, Chief Village Chief led the entire Village out to welcome them; the scene was very grand.
However, the chief and all the villagers were wearing hooded cloaks that covered their faces, revealing only their eyes.
"Chief, could you tell us the specific details of the mission?"
Lucy stepped forward holding the mission sheet.
The mission sheet only mentioned solving a terrible curse, but didn't state the specific details.
Chief Village Chief nodded to the villagers behind him upon hearing this and yanked off his cloak: "Please take a look at this first."
As the cloaks were pulled off, the appearance of the chief and the villagers was instantly exposed, which left Lucy and the others completely stunned.
Because the current appearance of the chief and the villagers was not that of normal humans.
Some had hideous, terrifying arms full of spikes, some had two long horns growing from their heads, and others had half their bodies looking like monsters.
"This is the curse you need to solve. Three years ago..."
"..."
The chief quickly recounted the beginning and end of the matter.
It turned out that their Village's people had been on Galuna Island for generations, living a peaceful and prosperous life.
But three years ago, for some reason, the moon in the sky turned purple. Under the illumination of the purple moonlight, they began to gradually turn into demons.
Some people's sanity even began to fail, and they believed they were actually demons.
For example, to prevent his own son from turning into a demon and harming people, the chief had executed his son with his own hands.
"If you cannot lift this curse, then everyone in our Village will eventually turn into mindless demons."
"To avoid that situation, we had to... we had to..."
At this point, Chief Village Chief's face was already covered in tears.
"Don't worry, we will absolutely not let that happen!"
Natsu immediately patted his chest and guaranteed.
Gray stroked his chin and asked: "Chief, regarding the curse, do you have any other clues you can tell us?"
Having rich mission experience, he knew that this kind of curse definitely wouldn't appear without reason.
Maybe it was the work of an evil Dark Mage, or maybe some evil magic items had appeared on this island.
Therefore, they had to find clues to possibly solve the problem from the root.
After all, they weren't the kind of Mages who specialized in lifting curses; they couldn't directly use magic to solve the curse problem. Chief Village Chief wiped his tears: "We don't have clues, but I do know a method that can completely solve the curse."
"What method?"
Lucy asked immediately.
If they knew the method, that would be great; as long as they solved the problem according to the method, they wouldn't need to look for clues anymore.
Chief Village Chief pointed his finger at the purple moon gradually appearing in the sky: "It's very simple—just destroy the moon!"
Since they were transforming into demons because of being exposed to the purple moon, then if the purple moon was dealt with, they would surely be able to restore their human bodies.
"What? Destroy the moon? You're not joking, are you?"
Lucy was so startled she jumped up on the spot, and Gray couldn't help but have his mouth twitch.
Destroy the moon? Even the most powerful Mage in this World probably couldn't destroy the moon.
"Destroy the moon... how many punches would it take to destroy the moon?"
Natsu began to ponder seriously.
"You're actually taking it seriously!"
Lucy raised her hand and gave Natsu a hard smack on the back of his head.
What kind of single-celled organism would actually dream of lifting a curse by destroying the moon?
In this situation, if the chief had no clues, then they could only survey the entire island once and slowly look for clues.
The moon outside was normal; only the moon over the island was purple, indicating there was definitely a problem within the island.
Finding the reason why the moon above the island turned purple should lead to finding the way to solve the curse.
Just as she was trying hard to think about how to comfort the chief and then start working, Goku's voice suddenly rang out.
"If you want to destroy the moon, I can help."
"Huh????"
Everyone instantly focused their gaze on Goku.
"Goku, this is destroying the moon. Listen clearly, it's destroying the moon, taking that moon in the sky and..."
Lucy thought Goku was too young to understand what destroying the moon meant and quickly began to explain.
Goku tilted his head: "I know what it means. I'm talking about destroying the moon; I can help."
During the World Martial Arts Tournament, he heard that Grandpa Jackie Chan used a Kamehameha to destroy the moon.
Since Grandpa Jackie Chan could do it, he felt he should be about capable of it now too.
Seeing that Lucy and the others didn't believe him, he didn't explain further. Instead, a golden magic circle lit up beneath his feet, and his body rapidly expanded to over three meters tall.
To be safe, he decided that after transforming into his giant state, he would attack the moon in the sky with his most powerful Kamehameha.
"Total Concentration Breathing... Kame hame haaaaa!!!"
Taking a deep breath, with the enhancement of the Breathing Technique and Giant Magic, Goku felt that the Ki in his body had reached its peak.
He then struck the starting pose of the Kamehameha, and a massive Kigong Wave soared into the sky, striking toward the purple moon that had just appeared.
"Disappear, moon!"