Their eyes were filled with hatred and fury, as if they wanted to devour each other. Roars and bodies collided; claws and tails clashed in an inextricable battle.
"The Evil Dragons have started fighting again!"
"Go, Acnologia! Kill the Evil Dragons!"
"You must win!"
In the distance, the surviving humans shouted, their hearts filled with immense resentment; the Evil Dragons had slaughtered nearly all of their families.
Although Acnologia had also accidentally caused great harm to the human race, if he could kill the true Evil Dragons, they would die without regrets even if they all perished.
Other Evil Dragons were also drawn to this battle. One by one, they whistled in from afar, roaring as they joined the fray.
As long as they killed the monster Acnologia, there would be no power left in this world to resist the Dragon Race.
As the battle grew more intense, it seemed as if the entire world was trembling because of it.
The earth cracked, volcanoes erupted, and molten rocks fell. It was as if ten thousand natural disasters were manifesting at once to exterminate all living things.
"Useless resistance! You are doomed today!"
Several Evil Dragons knocked Acnologia back. The Sky Dragon King bit his tail and slammed him violently into the earth.
Descending from the sky, he stepped on Acnologia's belly. This monster had killed more than half of the Dragon Race; it was simply unforgivable.
The Sky Dragon King's hideous maw bit toward Acnologia's neck. Although magic roars were useless, snapping his neck would surely result in death!
At that moment, Irene's gaze sharpened. Simultaneously maintaining her Dragon form and Enchantment Magic, she unleashed her power with full force: "Atmospheric Enchantment! Gravity Enchantment!"
Boom!
The Sky Dragon King suddenly felt as if a giant mountain had smashed into his head, and for a moment, his eyes rolled back.
Acnologia's eyes narrowed. A chance!
"Die!"
He opened his fanged maw and, seizing the moment the Sky Dragon King was dazed, bit down hard on his neck. With a ferocious expression, he erupted with all his strength, intending to snap it.
However, the Sky Dragon King's defense was terrifying. Even with Acnologia's bite force, he actually failed to snap it.
But that was enough; he didn't rely on bite force to survive!
"Black Dragon's Roar!"
Magic power condensed rapidly in his mouth. The terrifying energy shone with a brilliant light through the gaps, and the fluctuations of destruction grew thicker and thicker.
Since he had seized the opportunity, he would go for a one-hit kill!
"Damn it! Let go! Let go!"
Feeling the sharp pain in his neck, the Sky Dragon King swung his sharp claws and scratched violently at Acnologia's belly, but his arms were caught again.
"Hurry up and save me!"
With a face full of terror, the Sky Dragon King roared for help from the other Evil Dragons. Once Acnologia finished gathering the magic for his roar, he would be dead for sure.
The other Evil Dragons knew they couldn't let the Sky Dragon King die, otherwise there would be no Dragon King left to keep Acnologia in check. So they swarmed forward, grabbing and tearing at various parts of Acnologia's body.
However, the magic power was already sufficient!
Roar!
With a sky-shaking roar, destructive magic power erupted from Acnologia's mouth, and the entire battlefield bloomed with a dazzling purple light.
Rumble!!!
A terrifying mushroom cloud rose, and an incredibly fearsome storm carrying flames spread out, forming a giant crater a hundred miles wide with Acnologia at its center.
Whether it was the Sky Dragon King or the other Evil Dragons, all were annihilated in the explosion, leaving only scattered fragments of limbs behind.
Although Acnologia was also hit by the impact of the magic explosion, only his mouth was injured, which didn't hinder his continued slaughter at all.
His eyes were blood-red as he watched the Evil Dragons fleeing in terror in the distance. He let out a mad laugh; until this moment, there were no more Evil Dragons in the world who could stop him. The true moment of Dragon Extermination had begun.
"Irene! Join me in slaughtering the Evil Dragons!"
His wings flapped, whipping up a gale that tore the earth. He shuttled through the darkness, pursuing the fleeing Evil Dragons. As long as he caught up to them, there was only death—no other outcome.
The eyes of the many Evil Dragons were filled with fear and despair, as if they knew their fate, yet there was nowhere left to run!
That monster Acnologia would not show them any mercy whatsoever.
However, even knowing they couldn't escape, not one of them dared to stop and resist. They even thought to themselves that if Acnologia hunted their companions first, perhaps they could find a place to hide.
At this moment, only a fluke mentality remained in their hearts; they only wanted to flee for their lives.
Because those Evil Dragons who dared to fight for their lives were almost all dead!
...Time moved to the year X379. In this year, Acnologia killed the last Evil Dragon in Ishgar, truly ending the Human-Dragon War from then on.
By this time, Acnologia was almost incoherent. The blood-red killing intent in his eyes would not fade, and his mind was filled with the urge for slaughter and destruction.
To avoid harming others, he flew toward the sea at the edge of the distant continent and dived into the ocean floor, letting the terrifying water pressure keep him conscious.
Irene, meanwhile, built a small hut near where Acnologia had plunged into the sea. She would settle there for a long time until Acnologia returned.
The world's last impression of them was the silhouettes of two giant dragons, one black and one red, vanishing into the dark horizon.
Their deeds became legends in later generations.
Representing the extinction and rebirth of an era, they were thus known as:
The world-ending dragon king!
The scarlet despair!
In the year X385, the survivors of various kingdoms from the era of human wars gathered. Over twenty kingdoms of various sizes were established and then sequentially dissolved, as many had too few people to sustain a kingdom. By X389, seven stable kingdoms appeared in Ishgar.
Among them, the three most famous kingdoms were:
The Kingdom of Fiore. It is said that this kingdom stubbornly endured through the Human-Dragon War without facing destruction and currently has the largest population.
The Kingdom of Stella. This kingdom is located on a small island southeast of Ishgar, built upon the graveyard of Evil Dragons. The island has a large amount of magic crystals called Stella Stones and is surrounded by the sea, making it suitable for human survival.
The Dragnof Kingdom. It is said that this kingdom was destroyed during the Human-Dragon War and was later re-established by a general named Number One.
However, this General Number One did not declare himself king; instead, he announced to the outside world that the king was someone else, and he was merely managing it on their behalf.
The specific reasons were unknown to outsiders.
In the year X400, the human population entered a stage of rapid growth. A black-haired youth named Zeref began to walk the world. Wherever he passed, there was only silent extinction, and the vitality of all things on the earth ceased to exist.
At the same time, he created many powerful Demons and began to plague the world.
The name Zeref spread throughout the world. While the people feared him, they began to crown him with titles like the Progenitor of Black Wizards and the Most Evil and Strongest in the Magic World.
In the year X430, Demons began to be sealed by many powerful Mages, and the Black Wizard Zeref disappeared.
Some said his lifespan had reached its end, some said he went to seek the end of the world, and others said he was researching even stronger Demons to destroy the human world... There were many rumors, but none could reach a definitive conclusion.
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