Back at the inner ring of the training ground, that now looked like a wasteland from the aftermath of Crush and Quake-Quake Magic clashing against each other.
But this wasteland only last for a mere moment, before the training ground began to mend itself, showing it not just barriers this training ground has, but also under the training ground, lies a Earth Magic based Magic Item that is use to repair the training ground automatically.
Zack who on his knees, and felt drained, watched the training ground being automatically mended, if the clashed between two potential natural disasters Magic systems were a lie.
"Colour me surprise, I did not expect this, can you still keep fighting, Zack? I bet you must had drained all your Magic Power just now." Gildarts went, as he folded his arms, and looked at Zack after taking his eyes away from the mending ground around them.
"Hahaha… it is true… I emptied all of my Magic Power on that Shattering… but that is what I need." Zack honestly went, as he almost fallen back to the ground, but he still got up from his knees.
"Shattering huh… interesting name in a way. So, what you need to grasp whatever you want to grasp, had to do with you being so drained out?" Gildarts asked, curious what is the so-called thing Zack wanted out of this duel.
"Yeah… I needed to be overwhelmed… under pressured. Is the feeling I need to be under so I can grasp the feeling to weld the Supreme King Haki..." Zack went with breaths between, clearly out of breath. Even so, he honestly told Gildarts everything he wanted out of this duel, something that no one in their right mind will be willing to admit.
And yet, Zack always been like this since his rebirth. Honest to a fault, having no reason to hide something as trivial as this, or least that how it is seen by Zack.
Gildarts who still folding his arms, looked at Zack for several seconds, before he heartly laughed aloud, as he finally understood what this boy before him actually needs out of him.
"I get it, but kid, you going in the wrong direction. You wanted to be overwhelmed, in order words, you need to face something that has no way out, besides sheer willpower, right? Than you got all of this wrong.
All you been doing, is basically draining yourself out, if that what you think you need, whatever you want to grasp, you will never be able to grasp it that way, trust me, I know.
However, Zack… while I don't know what you want to grasp, whatever this supreme Haki is, are you sure? Is this what you really want? What I am about to do, is something that crushed many Wizard's spirits and wills, so, are you really sure you want to take on this challenge?"
Gildarts askes with a very serious tone and expression. While Gildarts is very curious about what this boy wanted from him, but he knew what this boy needed, is not something that anyone can endure.
That is why Gildarts glanced at Makarov, who understood Gildarts' meaning, and made a deep sighed, before he nodded his head. Especially when the old Wizard knows what Gildarts is on about.
Zack did not say a word, but instead he looked at Gildarts with eyes filled with determination, a silent yes.
"Don't blame me kid, what I am about to do."
Gildarts went with a sigh, he honestly did not want to do what he about to do, especially to someone as young and talented as Zack. Because what he will do, was a trick.
A simple trick, so simple, and yet, if used by someone on Gildarts' level, not only this simple trick could kill others, it also can even kill the spirit and willpower of those being hit with it.
And this simple trick, that anyone with high level of Magic Power control can do, but this trick is more useful if you have more Magic Power, because more Magic Power you have, more deadlier, heavier this trick is.
This trick is simply the aura of Magic Power itself.
The Magic Power within Gildarts, that has been compressed within himself, began to become undo, and when the massive amounts of Magic Power within Gildarts is no longer compressed inside him, it flooded the whole training ground at once, like a wave from the seas itself.
From the very moment when this flood of overflowing Magic Power burst out of Gildarts, manifesting in a pure white aura.
And when this white aura appeared, the barrier that has been casted onto the training grounds, that is capable of blocking town level attacks, was shattered and broken by the overflowing Magic Power and aura that Gildarts unleashed.
No matter who looked at this, this aura, this overflowing sea of Magic Power that came out of one single Wizard, was a storm in their own right.
Zack's eyes widen seeing all of this happened, before he was slammed onto the ground, by the mere pressure of gravity, that came with the overflowing Magic Power that hit Zack, like a wave.
He tried to get up, but no matter how much Zack tried to get up, it was no use. As his body became too heavy, causing Zack to hopelessly remain laying on the ground.
Of course, Zack wasn't the only one affected by this overwhelming force of Magic Power, those at the outer ring also felt the incoming wave of Magic Power, causing many fell to their knees, if they were in the inner ring like Zack, without a doubt, they will be joining Zack being slammed into the ground as well.
Makarov who is not affected by this overflowing Magic Power, controlled his own Magic Power, and pushed away the overflowing Magic Power, away from the guild members like Lisanna or Elfman, who cannot handle the pressure of the Magic Power itself.
Zack slowly managed to lift his head with great effort, and looked at Gildarts, who simply stood in the middle of that overflowing white aura of Magic Power, the white aura was no other then pure manifestation of Gildart's Magic Power itself.
Zack knew, if it wasn't for his Haki Armament, without a doubt, Zack will be crushed further into the ground, by this overwhelming force, that just raw Magic Power itself, it wasn't even a spell from any Magic system, but just pure control over Magic Power itself.
And yet, this pure and primeval use of Magic Power, overwhelmed Zack, it caused his mind to become blank, as he is unable to think a way to free himself from being flooded by this overwhelming amount of Magic Power that came out of Gildarts.
Even his Haki was useless, while it could lessen the pressure on him, but that just it. Zack is still affected by the overwhelming physical force that is behind the white aura of Magic itself.
And yet, little did Zack knew, this overflowing Magic Power that came out of Gildarts, wasn't even at 100% of Gildarts' of Magic Power.
After all, if Gildarts were to unleash the whole amount of his Magic Power, not even S-Class Wizards could move a muscle in his domain of Magic Power alone.
So, what do you think would happen, if a B-Class Wizard like Zack would be hit by such aura? Not even Haki would prevent Zack from being crushed under that kind of pressure.
With no way to physically get up, Zack felt his mind going blank, but he used all of his willpower alone to prevent passing out, and stubbornly with willingness alone, unwilling to give up within the gravity of this Magic Power.
And then it happened, within his willpower filled with determination not to pass out. Something deep within Zack moved, something familiar moved, and what moved was the colour of the Supreme King Haki, that responded with his own willingness itself.
The flames known as determination, the willpower to never give up or to never give in, strongly moved the Supreme King Haki within Zack, causing Zack to realised how to move this type of Haki that he failed so many times before.
It was a mindset, a mindset of a never ending flame, a willingness to never give in, to not weaver before the path the welder of this Haki walks on.
This is the will of Haki, the manifestations of one willpower, that known as the Supreme King Haki, the power that conquered the seas in a different reality.
And now, once again, this power manifested within Zack Smasher, causing his once grassy green eyes, to flashed in a hue of crimson red.
Just like that, an unseeable force blasted from Zack, as it clashed with the Magic Power that weighed Zack onto the ground.
When the Supreme King Haki clashes with the Magic Power pressure of Gildarts, black lightning blasted between the two overwhelming forces.
This shocked the spectators who watched this duel, as they did not expect Zack were capable of using any form of lightning, not to mention, those that knew about a certain Lost Magic system, almost mistaken the black lightning as God Slayer Magic.
But even so, it did not matter if the clashed between Supreme King Haki and the overflowing Magic Power, caused the aftereffect of the Supreme King Haki to look like Lightning God Slayer Magic.
What does matter, even if the Supreme King Haki by its own right, is a overwhelming force, it still no match against the vast amount of Magic Power clashing down onto Zack, but that was to be expected.
Zack just learned how to weld the Supreme King Haki, and this is the second time it has manifested, it is still raw and wild, as Zack has no mastery behind the Haki of willpower.
However, that did not mean the Supreme King did nothing, it was enough to lessen the burden and pressure that was slamming Zack onto the ground, allowing Zack to slowly get up from the ground, and managed to stand on one leg.
On the other hand, Gildarts had a look of pure shocked on his face, when he looked at the crimson hue within Zack eyes, that seems to carry a dominating force, just looking at those red eyes of a true conqueror, seems to have an effect to whoever looked at them.
But that just it, even if the Supreme King Haki can override the will of others, in the seas, only another Supreme King Haki can withstand the dominating power with another.
However, one shouldn't underestimate the power known as Ethernano.
If the Haki and Ethernano has one thing in common, they both are affected by emotions and willpower of their welders.
That meant, as long one's own willpower and emotions are strong enough, their Magic Power can resistance the overwhelming dominating power that Supreme King Haki carries.
This is the reason why the Supreme King Haki did not dominate the mind of the strongest within Fairy Tail, at most, it only stunned Gildarts for a mere half a second, and that was only because he did not expect such a power from Zack.
Even so, Gildarts grinned and amused at this outcome, it was better surprise he expected seeing what the boy before he managed to grasp.
It felt if this very power within those crimson red eyes, and the aura around Zack, was the power of will itself.
No matter how much Gildarts sees, be it this Haki thing, or the Quake-Quake, more he sees these abilities, more Gildarts desired to find out what else this boy can do.
However, that had to wait for another time.
No matter how much Gildarts desires to see more that Zack's capable of with these abilities. The welder of these abilities seems to reach his limits.
With his Magic Power nearly spent, and being burden by his own Magic Power. It was no wonder, why Zack who as soon gained what he wanted, closed his grassy green eyes, and fallen asleep, putting an end to this one-sided duel.
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Hope you enjoyed the chapter or Fairy?
When I imagine how one learn the Supreme King Haki or Conqueror Haki, I imagined it this way.
First one has to awakened it, than they had to learn how to grasp it being activated on its own, if they wanted to activate it by their own will.
Or least that I how imagine how one will train to learn this colour of Haki, that becomes stronger alongside its welders.
This is the reason why I made Gildarts fight with our MC.
To show the crazy level difference between Zack and Gildarts, and also because Gildarts properly the only one I can think of within the Guild besides Makarov, can truly bring out the Supreme King Haki out of Zack.
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As for Mirajane?
Everyone has a past, Mirajane past is currently what is happening, and what will happened very soon. She been through a lot, and in the canon, a specific event will break out from her persona she had created.
In my belief, Mirajane always been one of the strongest characters in the canon, I am not talking about strength itself.
She has overcome her demons by herself after all, something that many characters in the canon struggles to do so.
Next chapter is not a chapter, but a notice… more ranting to be honest, but it also will explain something about our MC, so it kind important, but you also can skip it, if you want.