A man with black hair and black clothes suddenly shows up behind August. Alex clicks his tongue in disappointment when he sees that man. After all, it's none other than Zeref who he tried to kill before.
'I didn't have much hope, but he really didn't die after being drowned, huh? Well, I guess he should've tried many things to kill himself in the past but nothing worked. Drowning should be included in his trials. Maybe he even destroyed his body but he has a strong recovery ability, that's why his body is still intact after hundreds of years.'
Alex must admit he was underestimating Zeref's immortality too much. But now that he thinks more about it, he should have realized that drowning won't kill Zeref.
After all, Mavis who has the same curse is still alive even after being crystalized. She doesn't take even a single breath for years and is still alive.
But if he thinks about it in a similar sense with being frozen, then Mavis has a smaller chance to die because her body and her organs's functions are stopped, so they don't deteriorate until they get activated again.
Well, Alex can't really understand how that really works either and it doesn't matter anyway. Rather than thinking about it, Alex should put his mind on how to kill both Zeref and Acnologia.
As he thinks about that, Zeref and Acnologia are starting their fight. Acnologia is flying and Zeref is surprisingly standing in the sea. August and Alvarez' soldiers are retreating because they know they'll just be a burden for their Emperor.
Acnologia prepares another Dragon Roar which is even stronger than any of his previous Dragon Roars. Even from another dimension, Alex can tell how powerful this Dragon Roar is. It has enough power to obliterate Tenrou Island in an instant.
'This should be at the same level of the attack that forced Fairy Tail to give up in the series and Mavis used Fairy Sphere when they held hands to connect each other's magic power. Though I still can't understand why she needed to hold the Fairy Sphere for 7 years. Was it because she didn't have enough power to bring the island back for 7 years after casting it? That might be the reason because it should be using a lot of magic power to use Fairy Sphere seeing from how it needs a lot of people to connect each other's magic power to form it.'
Alex stops thinking about it immediately as he sees Zeref form a massive black ball in front of him with his hands. It's equally powerful with Acnologia's current Dragon Roar.
Acnologia shoots a massive and very powerful blue Dragon Roar beam at Zeref. At the same time, Zeref shoots a black beam that comes out from that black ball which is as big as Acnologia's Dragon Roar.
Their attacks hit each other and the impact creates a very powerful shockwave that pushes the seawater below their clashing spot. The shockwave is powerful enough to create a massive hole in the sea.
It even reveals and breaks the sea floor. A tsunami is created by the pushed seawater. It will crash into the port town, but fortunately, August is there to stop the tsunami before it reaches the town.
Zeref's and Acnologia's attacks destroy each other after creating such a powerful impact. Then they shoot barrages of big magic orbs of different colors. Acnologia's attacks are blue while Zeref's attacks are black as usual.
Their magic orbs are hitting each other and destroying each other. Many slip past each other, but no attack hits any of them. The clashes of their attacks create powerful impacts to their surroundings.
But as they go on, it's clear that Acnologia has stronger attacks. More of his attacks pass through Zeref's counter attacks until eventually Zeref is overwhelmed and is forced to run away from Acnologia's attack.
"His attacks are on whole other levels now." Laxus is surprised by Acnologia's current attack power. It is clear that he was holding back a lot when he chased them, as if he was playing with his prey.
"I think we should be glad that he was holding back before. If he saw us as real threats as soon as he saw us, then we wouldn't have any way of protecting ourselves from these levels of attacks." Gildarts holds his prosthetic left arm that feels really itchy now.
Acnologia's attacks eventually start hitting Zeref and raining down on him. Seeing Zeref get hit by his small attacks, Acnologia quickly shoots his strongest Dragon Roar at where Zeref is stopped to finish Zeref.
He is very serious with his attacks as soon as he sees Zeref. So it's clear that both of them have fought many times in the past and Acnologia recognizes Zeref as a great threat.
A massive gaping hole is created on the sea, much wider than Tenrou Island. Some Tenrou Islands can fit in that hole and it's very deep. Even the sea floor is destroyed and the hole is still going even deeper. It's so deep that the bottom can't be seen.
Zeref is nowhere to be seen, but Acnologia doesn't seem happy. He still looks serious while looking around as seawater rushes in to fill the hole. His attack should've hit Zeref, though Alex isn't sure if it can kill an immortal like Zeref.
True enough, Zeref shows up again. He comes out of a black portal above the sea. His arms are still regenerating as he comes out of the portal. It's a raid regeneration, visible to the naked eye, which now makes Alex understand why Zeref just can't die.
"I see. They might have fought numerous times for hundreds of years. But none of them can kill each other. Zeref just won't die as an immortal and Acnologia isn't really affected by Zeref's attacks thanks to his great magic immunity. While Acnologia isn't immortal like Zeref, he is just ridiculously strong."
Alex believes Acnologia also has Healing Magic after taking so many Dragons' abilities. But it doesn't seem like his Healing Magic can regenerate lost body parts because he couldn't regrow the arm that Igneel ripped while he doesn't have visible scars on his body.
So if Zeref is stronger than Acnologia, he should be able to kill the Dragon. After so many years, Zeref must've learned abilities that can affect Acnologia like Dragon Slayer Magic.
That's why he invaded Ishgar just to get Mavis's magic power to activate Fairy Heart. It will be a stupid move if he still hasn't figured out a way to defeat Acnologia but decided to get the Fairy Heart which is not easy.
Zeref's immortality and Acnologia's ridiculously strong power are not things that Alex can handle now. That's why the best he can do now is watching them to know more about their abilities and power so he can prepare for the future.
But it seems their watching time is over because suddenly Zeref looks in their direction. He doesn't just look in their direction, he is looking at them even though they are in another dimension.
Alex quickly closes the connection between his dimension and Earthland. He knows that Zeref has found out about them peeking from another dimension. So it's best to close it immediately before Zeref finds a way to come to this dimension.
"Why are you closing it?" Evergreen asks Alex.
"We were found. Zeref found that we were watching. He probably realized it a while ago but was too focused on fighting Acnologia. He is an expert in Time-Space Magic, so it's not strange that he could find it out. If I didn't sever the connection right away, I'm afraid he would find a way to come here." Alex explains.
To avoid unnecessary problems, Alex quickly opens a portal to Fiore. He opens it in a place near Hargeon Port Town to avoid startling people. It should be safe here and neither Acnologia or Zeref will chase them now because both of them are busy fighting each other.
Those 2 Ancient Monsters should tire each other out, so they won't have time to think about some Mages from Ishgar. Alex also hopes that Acnologia's appearance in Alvarez will affect the Empire, so their attack plan on Ishgar will be delayed.
But he's also worried they might actually hasten their plan if Zeref wants to defeat Acnologia even earlier. That's why Alex needs to prepare himself as best as possible before the time to fight those monsters comes.
He has seen how ridiculous their power and abilities are. What those 2 shown might even be just a part of their full power and abilities. Alex believes they still have many things hidden, so they should be even stronger than what he saw before.
To defeat monsters, he needs to be a monster himself. He needs to try all methods that he can use to get stronger from now on. Of course, he'll only use the legal methods because he still wants to keep his humanity.
But for now, he can relax a bit and be happy that he could make himself and his Guild Mates avoid the fate of being frozen in time for 7 years. It makes him wonder just how strong they all will become if they don't need to stop growing for 7 years.
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Ch. 200. Domination