Chapter 87: Suffering the consequences
"Hmm... so warm..." Lucy stood up and called someone's name directly, "Natsu!"
"Hehe...that guy hasn't come back yet! What's wrong? Did you have a wet dream?"
Hearing Cana's teasing, Lucy blushed immediately: "What are you talking about!"
Lucy looked around. Erza, Loki, and Elfman were either sitting or standing, all looking in a certain direction. She followed their gaze and was stunned by what she saw.
About five hundred meters away from the tavern where they were resting, the colors of red and white filled the entire sky and earth!
This scene was as if two beings with strength beyond imagination brought the world of fire and the world of ice into this small area of several hundred meters to fight.
Under the control of the man and the demon on the scene, ice, snow, and fire soared into the sky like birds, coiled on the ground like giant snakes, were as murderous as tigers, and were as unpredictable as dragons. The ice and fire in front of them seemed to have life, attacking each other in their respective territories.
Two completely opposite worlds, one red and one white, were projected into Lucy's dark pupils . She was completely unable to understand what was happening before her eyes. Could this really be achieved by magic?
"What...what is this? Did Natsu and Gray get into a fight?"
"Are you still asleep?" Cana touched Lucy's forehead. "You don't have a fever. What nonsense are you talking about? Let's not talk about the reason why they fought. Do you think they have the ability to fight like this?"
"Uh...it seems so..." Lucy stared blankly at the battle in the distance, and reacted after a moment, "It's Kira and that devil?!"
"That's right!" Erza nodded and said, "They have been fighting like this for almost an hour!"
"An hour?! With magic like that?" Lucy exclaimed in disbelief.
In the battle of ice and fire, Kira's body was covered with frost and Ace's body was stained with flames.
"I can't believe that a mere human being can have such a huge amount of magic power!"
"I didn't expect that after devouring these guys, your strength would increase so quickly! Is it a qualitative change caused by quantitative change? Or have you finally brought out the power of the Sea Demon King?"
"Maybe both!" The icy world around Ace dropped a few degrees. "You are very strong! I have lived for so many years, and you are the strongest human I have ever seen! Maybe you have enough power to see through the maze of life!"
Originally Ace thought that he would respond with some compliments, but the reality was not as good as he expected.
"That only shows that you are far from knowledgeable enough! There are many people in this world who are more capable than me!"
There was no discrimination in Kira's words, they were full of humility. At least, according to estimates, his strength in this world might not even be ranked in the top ten.
But Ace felt that Kira was mocking him, and he immediately became dissatisfied: "Humph! I thought you were a strong man, and I admired you. I didn't expect you to be so self-deprecating. I am so disappointed! Do you deserve to be called a strong man?!"
Is there something wrong with this guy? Is he trying to create a sympathy between me and the strong?
I laughed, you deserve it?!
In a few years, when Gray has mastered the demon-killing method passed down by his father, you will be a little brother!
If I had a way to kill demons now, I could kill you in a minute! Thinking of this, Kira silently increased the flames around him a little more!
The super magic lasted for an hour. Even Kira, who never lacked mana, could clearly feel his magic power decreasing. It was probably reduced by about 50%. He didn't know how much the opponent had left...
Although Ace is still barely holding up his ice world, the magic power in his body is almost exhausted. This is not good. If he can't win, he will have to save some magic power to escape!
Although I intend to stop the fight, it seems that the other side does not want to end it so easily. If I had known this, I would not have said those big words just now!
Could it be that the success of the plan really made me lose my mind? I was so crazy that I said those words! I am not the kind of person who likes to fight!
Although he felt empty after every meal, didn't he spend his time reading and studying ? How could he lack fighting?! At this moment, Ace wanted to slap himself twice!
Hey, wait…when did I start to like reading?
Ace's thoughts suddenly stopped, and even the magic in his hands stopped.
The confusion in his brain caused the magic to stagnate. Kira, who was in the battle, noticed this keenly. Although he didn't know the reason, he would not miss this opportunity!
So he instantly increased the power of his magic and took advantage of the opponent's weakness to make a breakthrough!
boom!!!
The momentum of the flames overwhelmed the ice and frost, and the icy world was devoured by the black rope hell in the blink of an eye, leaving not a drop of water.
Ace's entire body was burning with dark red flames, his limbs were somewhat charred, his expression was dull, and his eyes were lifeless.
What's going on? Kira was full of doubts. Why did this guy suddenly stop?
Just in case, he decided to go forward and check on Ace's condition, and found that its eyes were dull and its expression was dazed.
Deep in his mind, Ace fell into endless confusion...
Who am I? Am I Ace, the Ice Demon? Am I Snoy, the Snow Demon? Am I Ferg, the Fog Demon? Or Am I Klaue, the Cloud Demon? Or am I... the Sea Demon?
Why did this happen? Did I lose my memory? Was I lost? Or was I eaten by someone?
Was I fighting just now? It seems not!
Are you reading a book? That’s not right either!
Are you learning etiquette? No!
Captured? Impossible!
I seem to have been... eaten by other demons?
Who devoured me? And who did I devour?
…
"What is the weakness of the Sea Demon King that you said you know?"
[Demon cannibalism magic is a magic proposed by humans and gods to destroy demons. Devouring each other to gain power is not a legitimate method. This method not only greatly reduces the number of demons, but also makes the devourer lose their mind! So even if they become very strong, they are just reckless men with only strength but no brains, and they are easy to target! ]
"So that means, the more he eats, the more confused his mind becomes, right?"
[Yes, when he was fighting with us, the Sea Demon King was close to madness, and the seal we left before his death wiped out his remaining wisdom and memory! ]
“No wonder the legend says that after the seal was lifted, the Sea Devil King only knew how to kill, and he looked nothing like the Devil King he once was!”
[Absolute Freeze has the property of disappearance. Even if it cannot completely wipe out the Sea Demon King's vitality, it can make it lose its mind. If it is swallowed, even if it is not obvious for a short time, it will definitely cause big problems over time! ]
"What if it then devours other demons?"
[That will only accelerate its sanity collapse! ]
…
Seeing that the battle in the distance seemed to have come to an end, everyone rushed over.
Almost at the same time, Erza and her group and Nazgre's team arrived at the previous battlefield one after another.
At this time, there was no longer the magnificent sight of ice and fire, only the bare ground and the figures of Kira and Ace.
Kira was still the same as usual, wearing white clothes, fluttering red hair, with a familiar frivolous smile on his face and a hint of confusion. Except for a little fatigue in his eyes, there was no damage on his body.
The demon Ace was different. Although its body was still extremely strong, its eyes were dull like a fool. Its aura was strong but extremely unstable, and nearly half of its body was burnt.
In addition, it also has a magic-sealing suit that several people are very familiar with.
Seeing this scene, several people felt completely relaxed.
"Kira, I didn't expect you to become so strong!"
"Didn't expect that?" Kira didn't even turn his head, but his tone was obviously a little excited. "It seems that you still don't know me well enough! In the final analysis, it is your experience that limits your imagination! Do more high-level tasks in the future, and you will know how strong the strong people in this world are!"
Gray was speechless for a while: "Really, you bastard! Can't you say less such annoying words!"
Kira glanced at Gray's naked upper body and said, "You must be joking! This is my character setting. Asking me to restrain myself is like asking you not to take off your clothes in the future, asking Elfman to stop talking about manliness, asking Cana to stop drinking, asking Happy to stop acting cute, asking Lucy to stop complaining, asking Natsu to stop getting carsick... It will become very strange!"
Lucy complained: "Why don't you talk about Erza and Loki?"
"Because I can't think of any obvious features at the moment..."
"If that's the case, shouldn't your characteristic be greed for money?"
"Hey! I think Cana is right!"
"Greed for money? What do you mean by greed for money? Can a businessman's business be called greed for money?"
Kira denied it instinctively, and then said something like "the pursuit of profit is the fundamental purpose of doing business" and "selling products is to enhance the strength of companions", and the surroundings were suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
