Boom! Boom! Boom!
From the hillside, mushroom clouds generated by Magic explosions continuously rose over Brago Town below. Unlike the life-and-death crisis just moments ago, Gray stood there watching, as the once-terrifying Deliola, who seemed like a Magic God, now appeared like an impotently roaring beast, attacking frantically but without effect.
Gael's figure was elegant, strolling leisurely and flickering throughout the City. With a casual strike of his Magic staff, he sent Deliola sprawling. Although no substantial damage was caused, Gael's calm and unhurried demeanor was deeply imprinted in Gray's mind.
Lyon, standing next to him, clenched his fists, staring intently at the City below. Even if he wanted to argue and believe that Ulu was the strongest Magician, upon seeing this scene, he was speechless. The Demon that almost killed Ulu was being toyed with so easily. Lyon's heart felt somewhat broken.
Ulu, noticing Lyon's distress, approached and patted his head: "Lyon, didn't I tell you? There are plenty of Magicians stronger than me on the Continent. Our world is not limited to just the Continent of Ishgar."
"The world's first Magician Guild was born on the North Continent. The world's strongest Empire, a super Empire composed of over 700 Magic Guilds, exists on the West Continent. The world's best alchemists are all concentrated on the South Continent; they are not only the creators of Magic trains, airships, and daily-use Magic tools, but some can even refine a dragon's heart into a Magic Crystal."
"I didn't say these things before because I didn't want to discourage you. But the way you are now..." Ulu sighed. "I don't want my disciples' horizons to be limited to this. Admitting that others are strong is nothing to be ashamed of; only by finding a goal can you improve better."
"There will be a day when your strength surpasses mine. And then what? Are you going to stay in this frontier land forever and not go out? In this frontier land, will you declare yourselves the world's strongest Magicians? How ridiculous that would be."
Hearing Ulu's words, Lyon slumped to the ground, tears welling up in his eyes: "But... but...." He had always believed that Ulu, who saved him from the Magic beast, was the world's strongest. That's why he chose to follow Ulu and learn Magic. So what does this count as now...?
Ulu squatted down and rubbed Lyon's head: "If I were the world's strongest or something, how could I still let you get hurt? Then my claim of being the world's strongest would be too useless, wouldn't it?"
Lyon raised his head and said hastily: "No! Ulu! I...." But he didn't know what to say.
Seeing this, Ulu pulled Lyon up and said with a smile: "Alright, Lyon. Watch carefully. I don't want my disciples' horizons to be limited to this frontier land. You must see more of the world. This is your new goal."
"The Magician of Fairy Tail, 'The Scholar' Gael. He is only a few years older than you, but he is already an A-Class Mage."
Lyon and Gray widened their eyes, watching the battle in the City. Lyon turned back in disbelief: "That's impossible! Ulu! This guy is an A-Class Mage?! You can't possibly be inferior even to an A-Class Mage?! Deliola almost killed us, how could he be dealt with so easily by that guy?!"
Ulu's expression was a little helpless, and she said: "Although my strength is S-Class, I am a single-attribute Magic user, and you can see the limitations. Although Ice-Make Magic is very strong, the power contained in Deliola's huge body and its extremely high Magic immunity make me almost no different from an ordinary Magician."
"The ice I create cannot trap Deliola, and the ice thorns I create cannot even pierce Deliola's skin. If it were a Magician with spatial attribute, gravity attribute, or even fire attribute Magic, the damage dealt to Deliola would be stronger than mine."
Ulu was also helpless; her strength could be considered top-ranked in this far north land. But she happened to encounter Deliola, a Demon with extremely high Magic resistance; even a fire-attribute Magician could burn Deliola under extremely high temperatures, but she was ice-attribute, couldn't freeze it, and couldn't defeat it.
Ulu looked towards the City and continued: "But Gael is different. The reason he is called 'The Scholar' is because he can learn and use almost all Magic. When this was first spread a few years ago, it shocked the Magic world of the Continent. Although there were doubts, as time passed, these doubts have long disappeared."
"This is also the reason why he, an A-Class Mage, is more famous than an S-Class Mage. After all, ordinary Magicians only have a single attribute, at most three to five types; to learn more, they can only learn Magic conversion, but the power of Magic cast after Magic conversion will also be reduced."
"But Gael, in addition to the most basic elemental Magic, including gravity, space, can also learn Magic that requires one-in-ten-thousand talent."
"What brought us over just now was clearly spatial Magic."
Saying this, Ulu pointed towards the center of the City: "Look there. Deliola was just crushed onto the ground, and the surrounding land also sank several meters along with it. That was caused by gravity Magic. That was land frozen solid by the cold weather."
"Both are Magic, but gravity Magic can easily suppress Deliola, while Ice-Make Magic cannot trap Deliola. This is what is called countering."
"The power brought by Deliola's massive body can easily tear apart cages made of ice thorns, but it cannot stand up under gravity Magic."
"Including the current battle, although it doesn't look like much damage is being done, just with basic elemental Magic, Gael has already used several types; he is clearly toying with Deliola and testing his own strength."
"Furthermore, as 'The Scholar' who can learn and use almost all Magic, how to deal with a Demon, he must have already thought it through."
Lyon swallowed, looking at the explosions constantly rising below. Damn it! This guy is actually this powerful?! Can learn and use all Magic?! How can such a person exist!!!
In Brago Town below, after being toyed with by Gael repeatedly, even if Deliola's mind wasn't very sharp, it generated a creature's instinctive rage. Magic power accumulated in its mouth as if it were free.
"Roar—!!!"
A terrifying energy roar destroyed everything in front of it, piercing through the entire City and shooting towards the rooftop where Gael was. Almost in an instant, it reached Gael. The violent energy blew Gael's Magic robe, making it billow.
Gael raised his Magic staff, faced the incoming energy roar, and pointed it forward: "Reflection Magic: Prism."
A vertical silver-white Magic array appeared in front of his body. The next second, the violent energy roar arrived with a crash, directly smashing onto the silver-white Magic array in front of Gael.
Immediately, the silver-white Magic array suddenly expanded several times, firmly resisting the energy roar. Gael's expression remained unchanged; he raised his right hand holding the Magic staff and swiped it horizontally to the right.
The huge silver-white Magic array pulled the energy roar.
Whoosh——
Just like that, in front of Gael, it made a ninety-degree right-angle turn and shot towards the Endless Snow Mountains in the distance.
Boom—!!!
The Great Snow Mountain that had existed since Brago Town was inhabited was just blown away by half. It was flattened from the mountainside, leaving behind only a massive crater.
On Gael's side, he saw Deliola accumulating energy again. He raised his Magic staff and lightly pointed it; a laser beam instantly shot out. The violent energy exploded in Deliola's mouth; Deliola's painful wails spread throughout the surrounding mountains, but it was only wailing; judging by the sound, it was still full of vigor and very angry.
Seeing this, Gael shook his head and said: "You really are thick-skinned."
Dragonite had already been recalled. Deliola was truly resistant to beating; even with energy exploding in its mouth, it didn't get dislocated.
Gael raised his hand, took down Gengar who was sleeping soundly on his shoulder, and poked it: "Wake up, it's time to work."
Gengar on Gael's palm groggily opened its eyes and sat up: "Geh——" Then it climbed up.
Swish!
It returned to its original size, a purple fatty taller than a person, standing beside Gael: "Geh!!!" It looked full of energy.
Gael smiled and picked up a Poké Ball: "Come back first."
A red light flashed, and Gengar was recalled into the Poké Ball.
Then Gael put Gengar's Poké Ball in his left hand, and took another Poké Ball from his waist with his right hand.
Holding a Poké Ball in each hand, Gael retrieved the exchanged Galar Particles from the system and fused them into the Poké Balls.
In the Pokémon world, only the Galar Particles unique to the Galar region can allow Pokémon to Super Giant Form, and this evolution phenomenon can only be used in the Galar region, but Gael's system is different.
Galar Particles are merely items with extremely high energy; as long as Gael exchanges them and fuses them into a Poké Ball. The Pokémon held by Gael can Super Giant Form anytime, anywhere, and do not require a Dynamax Band.
As the Galar Particles fused into the Poké Balls. The Poké Balls in Gael's hands shone with purple light, then swelled and grew larger; Gael threw the two giant Poké Balls in his hands high into the sky.
Two dazzling purple lights shot straight into the sky, and dark clouds suddenly appeared, spreading rapidly; purple lightning flashed and roared in the dark clouds.
Crack!!!
A clap of thunder flashed.
Two purple bolts of lightning, one after the other, fell to the ground, surrounding Deliola.
Falling behind Deliola was Gengar. As the purple light condensed, two thick purple claws clawed open the ground.
Then the many-times enlarged Gengar, tongue sticking out, with a mouth nearly twenty meters high, crawled out from beneath the ground; it looked only slightly shorter than Deliola, and stared at Deliola with an evil grin.
Deliola's body instinctively felt a sense of crisis; it turned its head to look and saw the giant Gengar. A question mark flashed in Deliola's mind. Is it this guy?
Suddenly. Deliola felt something was wrong. The one bringing it threat wasn't this guy!
"Roar—!!!!"
An angry giant roar came from in front of Deliola.
Urshifu (Single Strike Style / Super Giant Form State).
Urshifu (Single Strike Style) in its Super Giant Form, its entire body's skin turned white, covered in fiery red stripes representing rage, and its ferocious head like a red Demon made people shudder; the nearly thirty-meter-tall Super Giant Form Urshifu (Single Strike Style) was called the embodiment of rage.
Legend has it that its terrifying appearance and roar can sweep away all evil energy in the world.
This is a legend from the Pokémon world.
And the fact was indeed so; with this giant roar, the evil energy left behind by Deliola's rampage was swept away, and Deliola also shuddered, looking over with instinctive fear.
The nearly thirty-meter-tall Super Giant Form Urshifu (Single Strike Style) was covered in fiery red stripes. Its devil-like face stared intently at Deliola, and some red flame clouds that could incinerate evil energy also surrounded its body; its left hand's huge bear claw was extended straight, aimed at Deliola, while its right hand's bear claw was retracted to its waist, and crimson lightning and energy accumulated between its bear claws.
The sense of oppression brought by Super Giant Form Urshifu (Single Strike Style) made Deliola instinctively want to flee.
Seeing this, Gael said: "Gengar! Super Giant Form Phantasm!"
The Super Giant Form Gengar grinned wickedly, staring at Deliola: "Geh!!!"
All around Deliola, huge Confusion constructs suddenly appeared; there were tables and chairs, and tools, but without exception, they all emitted deep purple light and smashed towards Deliola.
Deliola wanted to defend but found that these things actually ignored its skin and directly smashed into its flesh and blood. Continuous intense pain spread throughout its body, instantly driving Deliola mad.
"Roar!"
Violent Magic power erupted. Dark Demon power solidified and surged out from all parts of its body.
And this scene. Falling into the eyes of Super Giant Form Urshifu (Single Strike Style), it further ignited its rage, and it also roared: "Roar—!!!"
The Demon power that Deliola unleashed was instantly suppressed and swept away.
Seeing that the time was right, Gael said: "Urshifu! Super Giant Form One Strike!"
Super Giant Form Urshifu (Single Strike Style), let out a long roar, stamped its foot, and the ground shook.
The next second.
It appeared in front of Deliola, its left hand's huge bear claw pressing down on Deliola's shoulder, and the crimson Demon-breaking energy gathered in its right hand's bear claw was released without reservation, smashing towards Deliola's chest.
Boom!!!!
Crimson lightning and energy exploded; Deliola's skin, with its extremely high Magic resistance, was easily torn apart. The huge bear claw extended into Deliola's flesh and blood. Violent crimson energy and lightning pierced through Deliola. Exploding with a crash!