At that very moment, the Magic Power within Gildarts surged out like a raging tide! The bottleneck that had troubled Gildarts was broken through by that immense Magic Power at this instant…
Just as Makarov had said, love is the strongest power in the world. In the face of a desperate enemy, Gildarts, relying on his love for Cornelia and for the Fairy Tail Guild, successfully reached the realm of 'Non-Human'.
"Hey! Though I don't know who you are?!"
"But don't underestimate me!"
"I am a Magician of the Fairy Tail Guild…"
Gildarts wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking at Medivh, who had been kicked away and had smashed through more than a dozen towering trees with trunks over a meter wide. He sneered.
"Heh heh…"
Medivh stood up from the ground, looked at Gildarts, who had suddenly burst forth and broken through his limits, and sneered as he brushed the dust off himself.
However, Medivh did not continue to attack Gildarts. After brushing off the dust, he looked up into the distance and then muttered to himself: "Troublesome guy has arrived. Two against one is truly disadvantageous for me! So, let's leave it at that for today! Your life is safe for now! However, once you let your guard down, I will return to take it. Take care, Gildarts."
After Medivh finished speaking, he flew into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.
The moment Medivh left, Gildarts slumped onto the ground. He was already at his limit, having been sustained only by his conviction!
"Boom!"
Soon after Medivh disappeared.
A massive figure appeared in the sky.
It was a terrifying giant with a bare upper body. The powerful oppressive aura was enough to make a normal Magician feel overwhelmed! Saint Ten Wizard-level Magic Power shook the heavens and earth…
The newcomer was none other than Makarov, the current Master of the Fairy Tail Guild. At this moment, Makarov was exuding Magic Power that made the earth tremble and the clouds churn. He looked at the departing Medivh and roared, "Get lost! Don't you dare appear again, or I will never forgive you! Anyone who attacks a member of the Fairy Tail Guild will be expelled by me!"
Not until Medivh had completely disappeared.
Did Makarov return to his normal size. He came to Gildarts, who was covered in blood and slumped on the ground, and said softly, "Gildarts, are you alright?!"
"Haha…"
"I'm fine! Just a bit exhausted…"
"That guy I fought just now, he's a real monster!"
Gildarts chuckled, looking like he had just escaped death.
"Gildarts, don't worry. I will notify the Magic Council ERA about this. Even if it costs me my old life, I will make that guy pay…"
Makarov's brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes filled with endless rage!
He could not forgive anyone in this world who attacked a member of the Fairy Tail Guild.
"Master, just let him go!"
"Don't try to chase him; you won't win even if you catch him."
"And don't bother with bounties or anything like that; many people will die."
Gildarts shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
"Is that guy really that strong?!"
Makarov was stunned. He had thought that the person just now had fought Gildarts to a standstill, and only fled out of fear when he saw Makarov about to make a move.
"Strong! Overwhelmingly strong!"
"Stronger than Warrod, the great senior…"
"I have never encountered such a powerful Magician…"
"Even if you and I went together, Master! We wouldn't win. That's how strong he is."
"No, perhaps even if we added Warrod-senpai, we would absolutely not be his match."
Gildarts' face was filled with lingering fear just thinking about the strength of the person from earlier. He had now learned the 'taste of fear' that he would teach Natsu many years later.
"Then why did he run away?!"
Makarov was bewildered. If the enemy was truly as strong as Gildarts claimed, why wouldn't he have dealt with both him and Gildarts?
"Probably because he doesn't have any ill will towards our Fairy Tail?!"
"Although that guy disguised it very well! But the punches he threw at me, rather than trying to kill me, were more about venting…"
"I even suspect Cornelia hired him to deal with me."
Gildarts gave a bitter laugh.
"Most importantly, that guy helped me break through a bottleneck."
Gildarts said, releasing a burst of Magic Power that surpassed Makarov's.
However, this Magic Power came and went quickly, not for any other reason, but because Gildarts' body was in too much pain to endure it whenever he tried to exert his Magic Power.
"So strong that even you couldn't handle him!"
"And he helped you break through a bottleneck…"
"When he hit you, it was more like he was standing up for Cornelia…"
"I know who it is!"
After a moment of thought, Makarov had an answer.
"Who?"
Gildarts looked at Makarov and asked.
"There's no mistake, it's none other than the legendary Second Master of our Magic Guild Fairy Tail, Master Precht, whose strength surpasses even the great senior Warrod!"
"Gildarts, you were lucky today! You just got some injuries and broke through a bottleneck! If you weren't from the Fairy Tail Guild, you'd be dead already! After all, Master Precht hates scumbags who abandon people the most! It seems it's because Master Precht's most cherished woman was once hurt by a scumbag…"
Makarov spread rumors about Precht right in front of Gildarts.
"Interesting…"
Gildarts gritted his teeth fiercely and said in a deep voice, "Although I'm very grateful to the Second Master for helping me break through the bottleneck! I'll remember this beating today, and I'll return it to him one day."
In response, Precht, who was just beginning to establish the Dark Magic Guild Grimoire Heart, stated: "Huh? What does that have to do with me? Makarov, you're framing me!"
On the other side.
After Medivh brutally beat Gildarts, making him vomit blood, but in reality helping him successfully break through his bottleneck, he slowly let out a sigh of relief.
"Next, as long as Cornelia is cured, everything will be fine, right?!"
Medivh muttered to himself.
Hmm, Cana has two regrets.
One is hoping someone can give her scumbag father a good beating to avenge her mother! The other is to cure her mother, Cornelia. Now Medivh has completed one of them.
Hmm, Cana is truly a little angel. Despite being abandoned by Gildarts for so many years and not being recognized by him even after joining the Fairy Tail Guild, she wasn't angry at all. Her wish for someone to teach Gildarts a lesson was also to vent her mother's anger.
Gildarts, that beast, is truly something else.
If Medivh hadn't considered him a comrade from the Fairy Tail Guild, it wouldn't have been as simple as just beating him half to death, especially when it was done under the guise of 'fixing' Gildarts and helping him break through!
Well, the pot shouldn't call the kettle black.
"Sigh."
After a long sigh, Medivh headed straight in the direction Cornelia had left.
This family would truly fall apart without him, Medivh.
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