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Elmina
"Ignia came?" Mercuphobia said as he looks to be bewildered to Gray and the others' explanation on what had happened during his berserk reign "he came here?!"
"yeah and he said something about wanting to fight Natsu or something" Gray said recalling the Fire God Dragon words
"I see, I thought that the flames in the city came from one of you but for Ignia to come here…..this is unbelievable" Mercuphobia said as he put a hand to his head
"who is he exactly? Why is he so vent on fighting with Natsu?" Erza asked the man
"he is one of the Five God Dragon and you must know that there was a Fire Dragon named Igneel and is the father to the Dragon Saviour but Ignia, he is the one who inherited his bloodline" Mercuphobia explained "I always thought that there was some sort of rivalry between Ignia and the Dragon Saviour but to think that they would fight each other every time they meet"
"is that the reason for him wanting to fight Natsu-san?" Wendy asked "a rivalry?"
"no, I assume that the two are against each other because they want to prove who is the true heir to the Fire Dragon King" Mercuphobia said "obtaining a title amongst dragons is considered to be a very fearsome tradition. Dragons would slaughter each other in order to obtained it"
"like how you got the title God Dragon?" Wendy asked
"we didn't decide on calling us God Dragons but rather it was the spreading of rumors that got us the title" Mercuphobia explained
"wouldn't five evil dragons worked?" Gray said
"when humans face a hugely powerful force, they would fear and praise it as a being that is might as a god" Caramille explained "doesn't matter if it is good or bad"
"if your mission is to defeat all five God Dragons, I'm afraid to say that Ignia and the rest of the God Dragons are not beings, any of you can defeat"
"that does not matter" a small voice spoke as a small white furry wolf climbed up the table "we have decided to clear this quest and find Natsu-sama as well"
Everyone looked at the small wolf as they felt a fuzzy feeling in their chest
"Too cute!" everyone thought as the small wolf was actually Cocytus
"I still can't wrap my head around the fact to what happened to him" Gray said with a sweatdrop as Wendy carried Cocytus in her arms
"transforming into my primal form diminished me of my curse power, therefore my form has shrunken to this size for the time being" Cocytus replied while being petted by Wendy as his tails keep wagging around like he enjoyed being petted
"so, he's stuck like that for a while, huh?" Happy said munching on his fish
"back to the question at hand," Gray said coughing "can you tell us about the God Dragons? We need to know more of them"
Mercuphobia put his hands together before sighing
"I have not had any chance of meeting them for quite a while now so I can't tell on their exact location but I do owe you all..so I'll give you every information I have" Mercuphobia said
"For Ignia, he's the Fire God Dragon and a rather belligerent one" he explained as everyone remembered the sheer power the fire dragon had "he has destroyed countless countries, the fact that Elmina still remains is still a miracle"
"next is the Wood God Dragon, Aldron. He is the biggest God Dragon in the world, it is said that he can read people's mind with his power. The Moon God Dragon, Selene. A powerful dragon who uses the power of the stars and lastly is the Metal God Dragon, Beerness. I don't actually know anything about this one, I have never met him before but prior to my meeting with the Dragon Saviour, he told me that he was a rather hardheaded dragon"
"all of us never meet at once so we don't actually know much about each other"
"in any case, we thank you for the information," Erza said with a smile
"I said I didn't know the location of all four but I have a clue on the whereabouts of one" Mercuphobia said
"really?" Gray said as Mercuphobia nodded
"and this might be a lead on where the Dragon Saviour might be as well" Mercuphobia said as Cocytus' ears perked up "but as I said earlier, this God Dragon isn't someone you can defeat. Do you still want to go?"
To his reply, everyone merely nodded
Mercuphobia watches from a house's roof as he sees Wendy and the others leaving for the next God Dragon
"they're leaving" Caramille said as Mercuphobia nodded
"yeah" Mercuphobia said with a smile
"Water God Dragon" Caramille called out to him "I'm sorry…because I asked the White mage.."
"it's fine.." Mercuphobia said as he looks to the sky "the results are alright, aren't they? The Water God Dragon is dead and the calamity in this city is gone now"
Mercuphobia stands back up as he looks to his city
"restoring the city, living with its people and living like a human…there's no better pleasure" Mercuphobia smiled as he looks around his home in joy of becoming a human
"Water God Dragon…" Caramille looks in tears as she was overjoyed for the man
"call me Mercuphobia" he said with a smile
"no..it's been too long since I called you that" Caramille said while wiping her tears away
"eh?! Really?! Then just Merc would do" Mercuphobia said to her
"Merc-sama…it sounds good" Caramille said with a smile
Wendy and the others were on their way to their next destination as the group was traveling by foot for the moment
"let's go! To the center of Giltena!" Lucy exclaimed all pumped up for their next journey
"we'll get to a town with a nearby train station in a 3 days trip" Erza said looking at a map
"so we will be going on foot for 3 days huh?" Gray said all annoyed
"I can walk, Wendy." Cocytus said sitting on top of the girl's head "you don't have to do this"
"it's fine, Cocytus-san" Wendy replied with a smile "having you on my head, kinda reminds me of having KemoKemo riding on my head"
"hmm" Cocytus hummed while his tail keeps wagging around
"so, the next God Dragon is the Wood God Dragon" Happy said eating his fish
"and not only that, the Water God Dragon said that this Dragon is the biggest dragon to walk on the earth" Charla said referring to the information, Mercuphobia had given to them
"do not forget that the location might give us a lead on to where Natsu-sama might be" Cocytus said to them
"first stop is Tekka city!" Lucy exclaimed as she raised up her hand "here we come!"
Tartaros look around the Fairy Tail guild as they find no sign of anyone within the building
"they are not here and the neighbors all said the same thing," Kyoka said as everyone was huddle up in a circle "something is definitely wrong"
"I assumed that this must be the doing of that lass," Keyes said
"Jellal-san said the same thing about this girl," Sting said, "he said that she is dangerous"
"so, that girl is the problem of all of this, huh?" Jackal said as he punched his fist into an open palm "I'll make her go boom once I get my hands on her!"
"but we have no clue on where they might be" Tempester said
"not quite" Ezel said as he pulled out a magic card that has a picture of a chibi Cana in it "Cana gave me this when we would go out drinking, she also said that this would help me find her if she was drunk in an alleyway"
Everyone looks to her as Ezel just looks confused
"what? A guy got to have someone to drink with" Ezel said in defense
"in any case, we must help them. Our lord would've thought the same thing" Mard Geer stated
"but what of Sayla and Azael-sama?" Torafuzar said "we cannot leave them unguarded and unprotected"
"leave that to us" Sting said with a grin "we'll protect them with our lives"
"I'll stay behind as well. In case they failed in doing so" Franmalth volunteered as Mard Geer nodded
"let us depart to Giltena" Mard Geer said as Tartaros nodded
That's a wrap!
Bye bye