After drifting at sea for five days, the group finally arrived on the continent of Giltina. Under Lano's lead, the group traveled for another two days in a Magic Four-Wheeler to reach their destination.
Kiltina Council, Southern Branch.
In the spacious and solemn meeting room, tapestries depicting the continent's mountains and rivers hung on the walls. At the long table, the Fairy Tail team led by Hope held their first formal conversation about the request with Lano and another councilor from the branch.
Beside Councilor Lano was a slightly older female councilor with a calm demeanor. Her gaze swept calmly over the group of young Mages before her.
Although she was somewhat puzzled as to why the support from Ishgar consisted entirely of young people, Selena chose to trust them for now.
"I am Selena, a Councilor of the Kiltina Council, primarily responsible for gathering intelligence on dragons on this continent." Her Voice was clear, yet carried a hint of gentleness. "First, on behalf of the Kiltina Council, I thank you all for coming such a long way."
"Regarding the situation our continent faces, Councilor Lano must have explained part of it to you on the way, so I won't waste words."
The situation on the Northern Continent was different from Ishgar. The threat of dragons made the Councilors here much more amicable toward Mages than their counterparts on the other continent.
Hope also got straight to the point. "Can you tell us the details of the request and the information on the enemies now?"
"The content of the request is very brief..."
Selena raised her hand gently, and a magical light screen unfolded above the long table. It showed the dark silhouettes of five giant dragons, their specific appearances indistinguishable. "Please seal or kill these evil dragons known as Giltina's 'Five Dragon Gods'."
The Five Dragon Gods? Such a big talk.
Hope raised an eyebrow. How could there be five dragons in the world acting so arrogant? How could this be allowed?
Erza asked, "Can you tell us more about the Five Dragon Gods in detail?"
Selena naturally had no objection. "Four hundred years ago, a terrible war occurred in your Ishgar. Humans and giant dragons slaughtered each other; it was a hymn for humanity, but the end of the road for the Dragon Race."
"At the end of this war, several dragons fled to our Giltina."
"They usually don't appear, but once they do, they bring large-scale disasters. Under the oppression of various evil deeds, people named the five dragons that caused the most destruction the 'Five Dragon Gods'."
"This title has nothing to do with good or evil; it's simply because of people's fear..."
After Selena finished speaking, the members of Fairy Tail fell into silence.
Thinking back to the extinction of the Dragon Race 400 years ago, everyone could easily understand that these so-called Five Dragon Gods likely fled to the continent of Giltina back then to escape Acnologia's massacre.
As expected of you, Acnologia.
The Dragon Race's strictest father, an insurmountable mountain.
However, this made the Five Dragon Gods' prestige plummet. Everyone had originally thought they were some tough characters, but it turned out they were just a few cowards who fled to another continent to act like tyrants.
But Hope didn't understand. The Five Dragon Gods had many struggles in Giltina, and the magic aura emitted during their battles must be stronger than that of a Dragon Slayer Mage.
With Acnologia's perception, how could he not notice that there were still fish that escaped the net of the Dragon Race?
Could that guy really be a shut-in in Ishgar...? "Damn it!"
Natsu pressed his fist onto the table, very angry at the actions of the Five Dragon Gods. "To think there are such wicked dragons. If Igneel were here, he would definitely give them a harsh lesson!"
Selena shook her head. "According to the information our intelligence personnel obtained with their blood, we can confirm that the strength of the Five Dragon Gods should have reached the 'Dragon King' level."
"So what? Igneel is also the Fire Dragon King!"
Mentioning his dragon father, Natsu was full of confidence. After all, that was one of the two family members he admired most, the other being Gildarts.
As for his biological brother Zeref... Sorry, he had amnesia and wasn't familiar with him.
Five Dragon King-level dragons? Hope raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling somewhat surprised by the level of the Five Dragon Gods.
Because in terms of combat power, Ishgar seemed to have no one capable of rivaling the Five Dragon Gods except for him. The only two possibilities were Gildarts and that mysterious head of the Ten Wizard Saints, "God Serena."
"Dragon King" is a title of respect that only the top powerhouses among the Dragon Race can possess; each one is an existence capable of subduing a dragon swarm.
It's just that an Acnologia suddenly appeared, dealt with the troublesome Dragon Kings, and finally overturned the entire Dragon Race at the "Dragon King Festival."
Otherwise, even if humans had Dragon Slayer Magic and the help of dragons who were friendly toward them, they could at most reach a stalemate with the evil dragons who had several Dragon Kings presiding over them.
Unless Zeref was willing to use the 'Contradictory Curse' to blow up the Dragon Kings... From this, one can see how strong Dragon King-level combat power is.
According to Selena's introduction, the Five Dragon Gods were dragons of the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Moon attributes, respectively, each having developed their power to a level that could affect reality.
But due to internal discord, the Five Dragon Gods had many internal fights and had long since gone their separate ways. That's why the Kiltina Council thought of seeking support, hoping to take the opportunity while the Five Dragon Gods were scattered to take them down one by one.
This was indeed a very good opportunity. Hope glanced at Natsu, or rather, at a certain existence inside him.
The Fire Dragon God among the Five Dragon Gods sounded like he should be a fire dragon, and he had survived from 400 years ago until now. Perhaps Natsu's dragon father knew him.
He just didn't know if Igneel, as the "King" of fire dragons, had any thoughts of coming out to clean house regarding his fellow kind who had become evil dragons.
After asking for more information, Hope felt he had a good understanding of the power levels of the Five Dragon Gods. Suddenly, a mischievous idea emerged.
If he were to call Acnologia over... After thinking about it, Hope gave up on the idea. Mainly because once the Black Dragon started fighting, he wouldn't care if there were innocent bystanders around; even damaging the flowers and grass wouldn't be good.
"Councilor Selena, please give me the locations of the Five Dragon Gods, and also a list of sightseeing routes and travel guides for your continent."
Hope planned to take his companions sightseeing and, along the way, take care of those nonsensical Five Dragon Gods.
"Uh..."
Hearing Hope's request, Selena didn't know what expression to make for a moment. After hesitating for a while, she said, "Travel guides and such are no problem, but as for the locations of the Five Dragon Gods... I'm sorry, I don't know."
"Eh—?!"
The members of Fairy Tail all showed surprised expressions.
You invite people to deal with the Five Dragon Gods, but you don't even know where the enemies are specifically... This is a bit too ridiculous.
Councilor Selena gave a bitter smile. The power gap between them and the Five Dragon Gods was so large it was despairing; they had already paid a huge price just to get a little information about them.
As for the Five Dragon Gods' lairs, they truly didn't have the ability to find out.
"However, there is one person who might know the whereabouts of the Five Dragon Gods." Selena displayed a map of the continent on the magical light screen and marked a spot with an arrow.
Everyone looked and saw a name marked there—
—Dragon of the Magic Array.
The world's first Mage Guild.
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