"Eh? That young man named Natsu, is the phantom behind him a dragon? Zeref seems to know him. Group Leader, do you know what's going on?"
Everyone was having a meal, and a huge holographic projection screen showed everything happening on Tenrou Island.
Rimuru was very curious about the state of that red dragon. Was it similar to the Storm Dragon?
Judging by its aura, the red dragon didn't feel any weaker than the Storm Dragon.
"That's a dragon. In this world, there were dragons four hundred years ago, but they were scattered and killed by Black Dragon Acnologia. The few remaining dragons were also afraid of Black Dragon Acnologia and had no choice but to hide."
Saying that, Beryl began to tell everyone the history of Fairy Tail World.
Shana held a pineapple bun in both hands, gnawing on it, looking very much like a hamster.
But her two ears were perked up, listening carefully to the story the Group Leader was telling.
After some time, Beryl explained the development of this world to everyone.
"Teaching humans Dragon Slaying Magic, only to be exterminated by humans in return, how fitting," Aizen muttered with a laugh. "So, besides Acnologia, dragons are basically extinct, right?"
"That's right. Actually, there are still five other dragons on this continent. Although they compare themselves to Acnologia, they are actually very far off. It's even debatable if they have Zeref's strength."
"Can people really turn into dragons? And Dragon Slaying Magic actually has such a big side effect."
Elaina rested her chin on her hand, looking confused.
Rumor had it that there were also dragons in her world, but she hadn't seen any during her travels.
"There's a saying: 'The dragon slayer eventually becomes a dragon.' What's more, Dragon Slaying Magic itself was taught to humans by dragons, so it's not strange for there to be side effects," Beryl explained.
"I think those dragons were courting death. Human desire and ambition will swell with the increase in power. They actually didn't consider that by teaching humans Dragon Slaying Magic, they themselves might one day be completely struck down from the sky into hell."
Asakura Hao smiled. Being able to read minds, he could more comprehensively understand the 'evil' in human nature.
Although the group members in the Chat Group were protected and couldn't have their minds read, it didn't mean that Asakura Hao didn't understand human nature thoroughly enough.
Throughout his thousand years of survival and reincarnation, what humans did most was never learn from history, repeating the same cycles over and over.
"Well, who knows such things!" Beryl didn't refute, glancing at Asakura Hao, who looked like a philosopher, and chuckled, "A certain Great Onmyoji who wants to become a Shaman King, after over a thousand years, is still a mama's boy."
"Speaking of which, you seem to have used the Dragon Balls to wish for Asanoha's resurrection."
Silence—
The entire space fell silent.
Everyone looked at Asakura Hao simultaneously.
"You… why are you looking at me?" Asakura Hao's face turned red with embarrassment, and he replied with a slight lack of confidence, "I only resurrected her because my mother's death was too unfair. What mama's boy? I, the dignified Asakura Hao, am not one!"
"Hmm, I believe you, after all, you've lived for over a thousand years," Uchiha Madara looked at Asakura Hao with a playful expression.
Good heavens, you're always opposing me, mocking me for being backstabbed by Black Zetsu. I didn't expect you to have a dark history too.
"Asakura Hao's actions are out of filial piety, there's nothing to laugh at," Beryl said, interrupting everyone's scrutinizing gaze, to save Asakura Hao from embarrassment. "Compared to your love for Hashirama, Asakura Hao's is insignificant."
When these words fell, Uchiha Madara bristled: "Hashirama and I have friendship, friendship!"
"What do you all think?" Beryl looked at the others.
Lumine pondered thoughtfully, considering it seriously: "More than friends, less than lovers. I don't discriminate against such relationships. I've traveled to many worlds and seen many such things. Even in Teyvat, if you look, you can find them."
For example, a certain second 'young lady' of the Feiyun Commerce Guild in Liyue.
Others were afraid of Uchiha Madara and dared not speak freely, but the gossipy Lumine was not afraid.
Uchiha Madara couldn't beat her at the moment anyway.
"By the way, do any of you have thoughts of fighting Acnologia?" Feeling the atmosphere in the room becoming increasingly strange, Beryl appropriately changed the subject.
"That Black Dragon?" Uchiha Madara frowned. "From what the Group Leader said, he seems to be stronger than Zeref."
"It depends on how you see it. His Black Dragon body, forged by bathing in the dragon blood of hundreds or thousands of dragons, indeed far surpasses the physical strength of ordinary dragons."
"He even reaches the level of a god, but because his soul has not yet sublimated, in essence, his overall level is not yet that of a god."
"Compared to Ankhseram in this world, there is still an insurmountable gap. Even if he becomes a god, he won't be a match for Ankhseram in a short time."
"Is Ankhseram very strong?" Kurapika asked with some confusion.
He had heard that name several times during his time at the gathering.
"Equivalent to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, or Soul King Yhwach. However, the laws of the worlds are different, so it's hard to say clearly who would be stronger in a real fight."
"I mean, if both sides have ample combat experience, it's difficult to compare their strength and determine a winner," Beryl recalled Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's perplexing combat intelligence.
"Soul King Yhwach…" Aizen narrowed his eyes, picked up a spirit tree fruit next to him, and took a small bite.
The Group Leader said Soul King Yhwach, not the Soul King.
Does that mean Soul King Yhwach is still not at the level of the Soul King?
"Hmph, it's all just flashy stuff," Vegeta said, crossing his arms and leaning against a tree.
What Soul King Yhwach, what Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Once he, Super Vegeta, makes a move, he'll turn them all into dumb huskies and naive fools.
"Vegeta, honestly, you're very weak, you know." Beryl felt quite helpless. It was all Frieza's fault; if he hadn't trained Vegeta for so many years, how would the formerly obedient Vegeta have become like this?
"Ki might make you very strong at this stage… but what about later?"
"If someone can break through the ki on your body, for example, Zeref's curse, if it can bypass the ki covering your body's surface and directly affect your body, you would be completely helpless."
Beryl pondered for a moment, then said, "Let me put it this way: if you fight an enemy, even if the enemy is one level weaker than you, if they master a law, they can easily kill you, but you might not be able to kill them while they are using that law."
"As a Super Saiyan, yet unable to survive in space, don't you think that's very abnormal?" Beryl continued, "Moreover, someone like Goku can even die from a heart attack."
"Do you see Shiraori?" Beryl pointed to Kumoko sitting next to Shana.
Kumoko was eating very gracefully.
Yes, she ate very gracefully, but she ate very quickly, one chicken leg after another.
"And then?" Vegeta was puzzled.
"Shiraori's strength is far inferior to yours now. If you cut off her head with one slash, and then pick up the head from the ground and put it back on, she can still survive unharmed."
Kumoko: "?"
"Even more severely, if her body is blasted into particles or dust, she can completely recover within a mere dozen seconds."
Kumoko: "???"
Kumoko was stunned. Although what she said was true, isn't that not how you make comparisons?
If it weren't for her inherent social anxiety and the fact that they were meeting in person, Kumoko would have jumped up to refute.
At this moment, she could only turn all her anger into appetite, stuffing two more chicken legs into her mouth.
Why did you have to cut off my head and blast me into dust?
Couldn't you have used a different analogy?