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Under the stunned gazes of everyone in the Village, the massive Ki Cannon first struck a purple barrier.
After the barrier shattered, it shot straight into the sky without hindrance, slamming violently into the moon.
"Boom!"
A thunderous explosion echoed between heaven and earth, causing everyone on the continent at that moment to look up involuntarily.
The next second, their expressions all changed: "The moon... is gone???"
Meanwhile, in the island's Village, everyone's expressions were even more exaggerated.
Because they had seen Goku destroy the moon with a single Kamehameha with their own eyes.
"The moon is gone, the moon has really been destroyed, this is just too incredible, it's simply..."
That was the moon, hanging high in the sky; forget destroying it, even touching it would be difficult.
Until now, no one had ever heard of a Mage who could fly to the moon.
Even magic airships couldn't do it.
Yet now, the moon that had hung there for countless years had been directly destroyed by Goku.
One could only imagine how terrifying the power of the magic Goku had just unleashed was.
"Oh no, we won't be able to admire the moon anymore!"
After recovering from the shock of the moon's destruction, they suddenly realized some new problems.
"We won't be able to eat the special Moon-viewing Steaks made for the Guild's Moon-viewing Festival anymore!"
"The Salt-grilled Moon-viewing Fish is gone too."
Finally, they suddenly shouted in unison, "Crap, we've caused a disaster!"
Setting aside whether the curse was solved, destroying the moon was a massive blunder.
If the Council found out, Goku would likely be thrown into prison for life.
The Guild Master would probably have a heart attack.
It was said that Fairy Tail Mages were the best at causing trouble, often destroying public property during missions, sometimes even half a town.
But forget half a town—even one town, or ten towns, couldn't compare to destroying the moon.
The moon belonged to the property of the entire World.
Therefore, this matter must absolutely not be known by the people from the Council.
"Goku, remember, you must never admit to destroying the moon!"
After giving Goku a very serious instruction, Lucy and Gray looked toward Village Chief Mocha and the others.
They also needed to discuss with the villagers not to leak this matter.
"What?"
However, when they looked at Mocha and the others, their eyes suddenly widened.
They had originally thought that with the moon destroyed, Mocha and the others' curse would be lifted, and they would return to their human forms.
But now, not only was the curse not lifted, it had become even more severe.
Previously, Mocha and the others were half-human and half-demon; now, they had completely turned into demons.
"Great, the mission isn't finished, and the moon is gone."
"Ah!!!"
At that moment, the Village Chief and villagers, who had become Incarnations of demons, suddenly clutched their heads and let out a loud cry.
"Not good!"
Lucy pulled out her Celestial Spirit Keys, Natsu's fists ignited with Fire, Gray's hands emitted a freezing chill, and Happy spread his wings and flew into the air.
They thought the demonized Village Chief and villagers were going to attack them.
Meanwhile, Goku was full of excitement, assuming the starting stance of the Turtle School, ready for a big fight.
However, the reality was not as they had imagined.
After the Village Chief and villagers let out a loud cry, they suddenly fell silent, and then looks of embarrassment appeared on their faces.
They looked at Lucy and the others and explained somewhat sheepishly, "Sorry, we got it wrong. We weren't cursed; we were demons to begin with."
"What?"
The four people and one cat almost tripped and fell to the ground.
Village Chief Mocha stepped forward, scratched his head, and explained the general situation.
They were originally a demon race living on Galuna Island, possessing the magic ability to transform into humans.
But three years ago, the island was suddenly shrouded in a Purple Mist, which made the moon appear purple under its reflection.
Under the influence of the Purple Mist, their memories became distorted, and they began to think of themselves as humans.
They thought they had been cursed, which was why they would transform into demons.
Now that the barrier formed by the Purple Mist had been broken and even the moon had been destroyed, their memories had returned to normal.
"Although it wasn't a curse, we still thank you for helping us restore our memories. We will provide the mission reward in full.
As for the destruction of the moon, we will also help you keep it a secret."
"So that's how it was."
Lucy and Gray couldn't help but facepalm.
After all that, it wasn't a curse at all, and it had nothing to do with the moon; it was because the Purple Mist over the island had disturbed the memories of this Village of demons.
In that case, there was actually no need to destroy the moon; they only needed to break the barrier formed by the Purple Mist shrouding the island.
While that wouldn't have been easy either, it would have at least been better than the current situation.
Looking at it this way, the moon really took the fall for this.
Since things had already turned out this way, they could only let nature take its course.
"To celebrate the restoration of our memories, the Village will hold a bonfire banquet tonight to thank you Mage My Lords for your help!"
The Village Chief invited them with a face full of gratitude.
"Oh well, being able to eat a big feast is also good."
Goku, whose mood had been a bit low because he didn't get to fight a scary demon, instantly became Happy again upon hearing he could eat a big feast.
Being able to fight a strong opponent was definitely good, but if there wasn't one, eating a big feast was just as nice.
"Dad!"
In the distance, a demon flapping its wings flew rapidly toward the Village.
Seeing this, Village Chief Mocha's face was immediately covered in tears: "Bobo, it's Bobo! My good child, you're still alive!"
Also spreading his demon wings, Mocha flew into the sky and embraced the arriving demon.
It turned out that the Village Chief's son, Bobo, was the only demon whose memory had not been affected, but because Mocha and the others believed they were humans, they had attacked Bobo together.
With no other choice, Bobo had to temporarily leave the Village, only daring to return now that he saw the Village had returned to normal.
The return of his son made Village Chief Mocha even happier. That night, they lit a bonfire and began preparing various local delicacies of Galuna Island to entertain Goku and the others.
Meanwhile, atop a temple on the central mountain of Galuna Island...
A group of Mages, who were performing a special purple magic circle to draw energy from the moonlight and condense it into drop-shaped liquid to drip downward, suddenly showed expressions of horror on their faces.
"The moon... the moon... the moon is gone..."
"Quick, go notify Zero Emperor My Lord!"
Soon, a Mage wearing a horned helmet led several subordinates and rushed out from the temple below.
"What on earth is going on? How could the moon be gone?"
"Zero Emperor My Lord, just now a white light shot out from that Village over there and hit the moon, and then the moon vanished."
The Mage responsible for operating the magic circle said somewhat tremulously.
"Damn it, in just two more days, Deliora could have been completely unsealed. Who is interfering? If I had known, I should have killed everyone in that Village below!"
The Mage known as Zero Emperor was clearly extremely furious about the moon's disappearance.