Naval Headquarters — The Battlefield Above
Battles between legends never drag on.
They erupt in an instant—sudden, violent, and absolute.
As the Five Elders of the Hidden World Government still reeled from hearing the name Sun God Nika, a sinister violet glow began to swirl around their airborne command vessel.
A dark-purple aura of supergravity expanded outward, swallowing the entire airship whole.
That was when the Blind Swordsman, the wielder of the Gravity Release, finally moved.
Clang!
The sharp sound of metal echoed through the sky as his sheathed blade slid open by an inch—just enough.
In that moment, the sky itself bent under crushing force.
The World Government's airship, along with every officer aboard, was slammed down toward the earth as if the heavens themselves had rejected them.
Before the stunned officials could even react—
—another figure moved.
A man with golden hair and a cloak billowing in the wind leapt from the front lines, chasing the falling vessel through the air.
He extended one massive hand and pressed it gently against the ship's hull.
A blinding white radiance erupted from his palm.
"Super Advanced Destruction Magic—Smash!"
"Smash!!!"
The man's name was Gildarts, the King of Ruin.
A thunderous detonation tore across the sky.
The airship—once the pinnacle of ancient science, crafted by the genius Vegapunk using lost technology—shattered like glass.
Its hull fragmented from within, crumbling into countless tiny cubes that scattered through the air like glittering dust.
"Damn you!"
"Fairy—!"
The furious cries of the World Government's highest officials were cut short.
Because a third strike had already begun.
"The sea and sky aren't my domain…" a deep voice rumbled, "…but the land—now that's where I reign supreme."
Out from the smoke stepped a towering man with a long, dark beard flowing to his waist. His name was Jura of the Iron Earth.
He pressed his palms together. The ground beneath him trembled.
"Drink!"
With a roar, Jura unleashed a surge of earth-shaking chakra. Stones and boulders erupted from the shattered battlefield, rising into the sky.
In seconds, a mountain formed before everyone's eyes.
Then—
Two enormous stone hands, shaped by his will, burst upward from the ground and slammed down upon the mountain with brutal finality.
"Overlord Rock Break!"
BOOM!
The impact shattered the air.
The world trembled.
Sabaody Islands — Live Broadcast Plaza
"Ohhhhhhhhhh!"
Reporters and onlookers screamed, voices overlapping in a storm of disbelief.
"It's on—it's really on!!!"
"FAIRY TAIL IS AT WAR WITH THE WORLD GOVERNMENT!!!"
"This isn't a drill—it's the real thing!"
"Fairy Tail actually launched a direct attack on the Five Elders, the supreme authority of the world!"
"Look at that—Blind Swordsman Fujitora, King of Smash Gildarts, and Jura of Iron and Stone—three of them attacking together!"
"What about the World Government? The Heavenly Knights? The Five Elders?!"
"Could they all have been wiped out already?!"
"With enemies like the Dual Emperor Alliance, even their deaths wouldn't be surprising!"
The crowd's shouts echoed across the plaza as the battle raged above.
Then—another explosion.
Rumble!!!
Under Jura's Overlord Rock Break, mountains of debris were hurled into the air, a dense cloud of smoke covering the sky.
But even within the rising dust, faint shapes began to stir.
Massive, monstrous silhouettes loomed in the haze.
Awooooo!!!
GRAAAAH!!!
BOOM!!!
The roars of beasts thundered one after another, shaking the earth and scattering the storm clouds.
And then—everyone saw them.
Their true forms emerged from the smoke.
Serpents with glowing eyes that shimmered like amethyst.
Silver-furred wolves with coats sharp as steel needles.
Winged creatures with eagle heads, lion torsos, and taloned feet—hybrids born of nightmare and divinity.
"Ahhhhhhhh!!!"
"What—what in the world are those things?!"
"Monsters! They're monsters!"
"No! Look closer—those aren't ordinary beasts!"
"They're ability users! They're Zoan-type phantom beast transformations!"
"So many mythical Zoans at once—each one rarer than Logia types! Is this the true power of the World Government?!"
"It's them—the Heavenly Knights of Mariejois! They're all Mythical Beast Users!"
The world watched, breathless.
The war between Fairy Tail and the World Government had truly begun.
And at the center of it all—
Sugisawa Yuuto stood silently amidst the storm, his calm eyes reflecting both heaven and hell.