Chapter 724: SFDI - 724

Chapter 724: SFDI: Chapter 724

Drake looked at the two people before him. The person with the chestnut-colored hair gave off no life aura whatsoever, his body exuding the scent of steel.

Not all of the Spriggan 12 were human. For example, the Shinigami Bradman and Larcade were demons from the Book of Zeref.

Furthermore, Wahl Icht, the Judger, was also a special existence; he was a member of a special race whose body was composed of machinery. Moreover, Wahl was a top genius among the mechanical race, mastering both mechanical magic and alchemy.

The individual before Drake was, strictly speaking, a mechanical puppet created by Wahl, remotely controlled by his true body.

As for the other person, Drake had never seen him before, but according to intelligence, he was a member of Ignia’s dark guild, Ignis Temple—Brian, who possessed fire-eating magic.

This indicated that this guy was someone Ignia had "chosen," and the immense magic power within his body proved his strength was definitely not lacking.

It was precisely because of this that this guy had likely willingly joined Ignia’s desired "world of dragons" and voluntarily undergone the modification of Dragon Transformation magic.

Therefore, this guy appeared to have a deeper level of dragonization, and not only that, he had maintained his sanity.

However, Drake was genuinely uninterested in these two. He directly asked, "Where did Ignia go?"

Brian grinned and said, "You must be Igneel’s child, the one the Guild Master mentioned. And you’re here for the Guild Master this time, aren’t you?

As expected of the Guild Master’s brother, your thoughts are truly alike."

Drake’s brow twitched. He had guessed where Ignia had gone.

He had initially thought Ignia was the final boss, but he hadn’t expected the main boss to leave his room and go looking for another main boss.

After all, Ignia had Igneel’s blood flowing through him, and their personalities were indeed inherited. He wouldn’t honestly stay put and wait for challengers. Knowing that Jellal had entered the battlefield, he would naturally seek him out. Just as Drake had proactively attacked Ignis Temple now.

Drake hadn’t intended to let Brian and Wahl fight amongst themselves and was about to leave, but these two had other ideas.

Brian let out an unpleasant laugh and said, "Don’t be in such a hurry to leave. Lord Ignia has been talking about you for a long time! Let me see what you’re truly capable of."

With that, Brian, transformed into a dragon-man monster, lunged at Drake like a beast. A large mouth filled with serrated teeth appeared on his dragon-clawed palm.

"Attacking someone from behind is not only impolite. It’s also unsportsmanlike!"

Although Brian’s arm had swollen to over a person’s size, Drake accurately grabbed his wrist and flung him to the ground.

Brian, despite having transformed into a dragon and possessing physical abilities that, while not comparable to a true dragon, were at least superhuman, felt as if all his bones had come apart from that throw. His magic power scattered and became unresponsive.

Before he could recover, he saw a boot, as if coated in black lacquer and entwined with black-red lightning, descend.

Even though Drake’s foot hadn’t touched Brian’s head yet, his head began to deform.

Thick, haphazard cracks appeared on the ground, centering on where Brian’s head was buried. His entire body turned into a pulp, his life or death unknown.

Drake didn’t know if Brian had become Ignia’s subordinate due to a pure pursuit of power or a complex past that would warrant a whole episode of flashbacks.

In any case, Drake acted decisively. In fact, it was somewhat surprising that he hadn’t stomped Brian’s head into oblivion with that kick.

It could only be said that he had become considerably tougher after dragonization. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand Drake’s dual-colored Haki-infused kick.

Drake stopped looking at Brian and turned his attention to the puppet Wahl.

Despite being a mechanical puppet, Wahl’s body visibly tensed.

In Wahl’s vision was a screen, with a crosshair constantly moving over Drake.

This was Wahl’s special ability, Weakness Scan, which could scan for weaknesses on an opponent. Combined with his ability to generate magical machinery of any attribute, he could launch a counterattack against any enemy.

But who would have thought that in the original story, his counter was against Ichiya, who was full of flaws? Just calculating which weakness to target nearly fried Wahl’s brain.

The situation was now the complete opposite. The crosshair moved for a long time but found no target, meaning he couldn’t scan Drake’s weaknesses.

The next second, Wahl’s vision suddenly collapsed. Looking down, he saw his body had been cut in half.

Drake, behind him, retracted his palm blade and stepped on the crumbling mechanical parts on the ground. Without even looking, he flew into the air.

Drake had felt a sense of being spied upon when being scanned. Whether Wahl did this habitually or intended to attack, Drake had no interest in wasting time on him.

Drake didn’t even bother to find Wahl’s true body. The most important thing now was to find Ignia and Zeref.

On the deck of a warship far out at sea, a young man crouched at the bow, baring his shark-like teeth in his usual provocative smile. But his eyes were filled with horror.

And Natsu, whose feelings were even more complex than his, was on the other side.

Except during battles, Natsu was usually carefree, never taking anything to heart.

But at this moment, facing two people, even he couldn’t help but feel a bit complicated.

Drake, of course, wouldn’t hide Natsu’s background from him. So, before the war began, he had told everyone everything.

The fact that Natsu was the demon "END" from the Book of Zeref had indeed shocked everyone.

But soon, everyone knew only one thing: there was now another objective in this war—to retrieve the "Book of END" from Zeref.

Whether Natsu’s identity included being a demon was irrelevant. The most crucial aspect was that he was a mage of Fairy Tail.

This was why Gray was upset, but even though he said he would kill Natsu if he lost control, everyone knew what he truly meant.

As for Natsu, whether he was a demon or not wasn’t something he worried about. Igneel had long since taught him what to believe in.

It could be said that being simple-minded was a good thing in some aspects, at least preventing him from getting bogged down in pointless worries.

But at this moment, facing Zeref, he still didn’t know what to say.

Zeref seemed to sense the meaning in Natsu’s eyes and gave a slight smile, saying, "It seems you know everything now, my brother!"

Natsu opened his mouth and said, "So I will stop you myself. I won’t let you hurt anyone!"

Ignia, now in human form, looked at Zeref, then at Natsu, and let out a wild laugh, saying, "Brother, that sounds interesting. Although my acknowledged brother Dogramag was defeated, speaking of which, Natsu, we are also brothers!"

Just as Natsu was about to retort, a whistling wind sounded, and a figure wreathed in flames descended from the sky.

"Quite lively, huh? How about I join in the fun?"

Ignia’s words were one thing, but Natsu looked at Zeref, Ignia, and Drake, who were now confronting each other, and suddenly remembered that he could call all three of them "brother."

So, the final battle was actually Drake’s brothers fighting!

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