Fairy Tail Minus One

by Evan deivant

Irene Berlesion has died in her battle against Erza Scarlet however before she dies, she watches her entire life past her by from her good deeds as the Queen of Dragons to her evil sins as the Scarlet Despair. This is a retelling of the Fairy Tail series trying to improve on the flaws of the original series.

11. The Pirate Dragon

Chapter 10: The Pirate Dragon

(A/N: Sorry for the long hiatus, was suffering from writer's block. While I was gone, I read the recent Fairy Tail 100 years quest story and I gotta say, the premise sounds very interesting regarding the 5 dragon gods and their Fifth Dragon Slayer elements. Yeah quite a lot of shit that needs to be added within the story considering this story heavily focuses within the past and dragons however i will wait until the story progressed before adding elements into the story fully, the most I can do currently and will do is have the 5 dragon gods mentioned briefly alongside the fan fic's established Dragon God Bahamut, until retcons change that. That being said, enjoy what I write. Also on a side note, I planned Sicccor Runner to be a blade dragon long before the recent chapters showing of Blade Dragon Slayer powers)

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August 12, X387

Londra, Seven

Irene's POV

2 years have passed since I took the throne to Dragonv as the new Emperor of Dragons. The country has been starting to stabilize and get more behind Irene and crime has gone down considerably. Ever since that incident with Scissor Runner, I doubled down further into my train determined not to lose Dragon War was less than a whole decade away, and I had to train had to be able to win it for humanity sake.

However, not everything was fine. Seven, Fiore and Bosco were expecting a series of deaths across their border, the mysterious mage was taking people's lives throughout Ishgal with an estimated several thousand fatalities having occurred, mostly within rural forests villages. Entire acres of trees were reduced to decayed, the animal was found rotting with blacken Mushrooms were growing from dead trees, plants and animals said to be so toxic that merely a single spore can produce fatal sickness largely because it absorbed the extremely toxic Magical Barrier Particles produced by the dark mage. A new threat out there unlike anything we've ever experienced, this threat last year singlehandedly annihilated the Midian Magic Academy. It was a massacre unheard of, no evidence, no clues and no there were reports of deaths occurring within areas where trees, animals and other wildlife were found decayed and sometimes even skeletonized. Whatever this threat was, it was hard to find but going by a few reports I got, it was certainly a human or was a human.

I was at the capital of Seven, the ancient city of Londra, the city was only 1/10th it's the modern size of 65 square Kilometers formed in the Crocus Empire era. It was the capital of Seven longer than Beslerion. The capital was a massive city that dwarfed even Crocus in size and rivaled Whitestone One. In the middle was a massive castle known as Grand Castle of Chronos, a castle constructed by the Crocus Empire to be it's equivalent to Mercilius roughly the same size as Mercurius. The castle was rumored to be constructed by the legendary King Arthur within the fable mythical kingdom of Camelot who was said to be a hero of time who fought a great evil around the end of the Crocus Empire with legendary lost sword Excalibur which granted him powers based on the ancient Crocus Time God Chorons.

After a long discussion within the King of Seven regarding the disappearance of I walked towards Belserion to ask him about any updates of this mass murdering mage that we simply knew as the Death Mage.

"Anything you found Grandpa?" I asked my grandpa.

"Nothing sadly, even the best sensory dragons can't seem to sense his presence and the few that did, ended up dead" Belserion answered notably distressed over the looming threat that couldn't be detected.

"Impossible, magic that can kill even Dragons." I said shocked that a human could have magic capable of killing even Dragons. Long before my creation of Dragon Slayer powers, there was no spell capable of instantly killing a dragon.

"This human whoever he is achieved something that would be considered impossible for human mages to. The ability to wield the magic to slay dragons. That means one thing, he must be cursed by a god to have god-like powers." Besleiron concluded with his deduction, after all the only way any human had a chance against so many dragons would be divine intervention.

"God-like powers? Belserion, you're saying gods do exist?" I asked him shocked to learn that gods really did exist within this world.

"I've bared witness to several gods. The most recent witness was over 20,000 years ago during the great war of the three desert gods...My memory is a bit hazy due to my age but I remembered a great conflict that nearly spelled the end of this world." Belserion said to me recalling his past in which he was the only one living that saw the Three Great Desert Gods of the world.

"End of the world?" I asked shocked that at one point grandpa Belserion Experienced the end of the world.

"Before the time of Dragonv, a Demon King Dragon emerged from the blood of a thousand Dragons. Using a ritual, the Dragon was able to absorb the powers of other dragons and become so powerful, even other Dragon magic couldn't kill it" Belserion explained to me telling about the power and threat of the Demon Dragon King and the ritual needed to achieve his ultimate power.

"Impossible, you're saying that this guy was invincible?" I asked him.

"I bore witness to his terrifying power firsthand. The very first Demon Dragon King to be born came around and butchered my entire clan of Sage Dragons. I Barely escaped alive as a young dragon. That dragon king would become known as Demon Dragon King Neros the true ruler and God Dragon of the Crocus Empire." Belserion said to me as he looked traumatized recalling his tragic story about the narrow escape from death.

"Crocus, you mean the great Corcus Empire?" I asked him wanting to know more about the past.

"The Great Crocus Empire was built by this Dragon King. Having united hundreds of Dragon Tribes together, he began to expand his empire to wage war against the only beings that were stronger than Dragons, Gods. This started the God /Dragon Wars, the most destructive war in history prior to the Second Dragon War or became known as the Dragon King Festival." Belserion said to me recalling a war so destructive humanity was on the brink of extinction.

"So the summer solstice festival every first week of July in Fiore, it's based on the war? According to legend, humans were pitted against each other by dragon armies and Dragons fought another, dragons also fought against gods and demons too." I asked Belserion wondering more of why the Dragon King Festival was a celebrated holiday within Fiore and Dragonv as well as Gabriel and Zen.

"The legend is nothing compared to the reality of the war. The war waged for a decade doing immense damage to the planet itself. Many lesser gods fell to the mighty Dark Dragon with many Gods within the Ur Empire, Twelve Empire, Middle EarthLand and in the mighty King of Dragons Neros was sealed away within the Ravines of Time. Had not for the 3 Great Desert gods, we would've lost everything." Belserion explained to me his tragic story on how he went through hell within his life.

"You mean Askerhman, Naaertz, and Deus? So the gods do exist don't they aid us in the upcoming war then. If they're so powerful, why are they not intervening?" I asked Belserion.

"Because Gods only rarely intervene within mortal affairs believing mortals can handle their own affairs. Besides the three Desert Gods have been interlocked within a great war over the One Magic since the fall of Corcus or so it's believed. It's believed that the Last God Dragon War diminished their strength so much that even to this day they've yet to recover the peak of their power." belserion explained to me about the theory why gods rarely intervened within human affairs.

"I thought gods were all-powerful, how can they be weakened?" I asked him concerned about that fact. Gods being weakened? It didn't seem possible.

"Contrary to legend, Gods were once human. Unlike many other races, Gods are humans who became their own race by the excessive use of Holy Magic or Black Magic. Though much fewer in number than Dragons, an Average God was 100 times stronger than an Average Dragon. Unlike Dragons, Gods are created, not born." Belserion said to me explaining the origins of the legendary race known as Gods.

"You can become that powerful with mastery of magic alone? Is that why humans spend their entire life hunting for the One Magic?Is that why Anna is searching for the One Magic?" I asked my grandpa wondering about the powers of a god.

"Gods are all powerful beings that emerged from vast amongst of magic that are each capable of alerting reality around them. Even the weakest God-like being can easily destroy entire countries while the strongest gods can destroy the whole planet. Godson average are over 100 times stronger than a Dragon which draft humans by thousands of times in strength." Belserion explained to me about the overwhelming power of gods.

"That's insanity, considering the gap between humans and dragons alone, you're saying the god are that much stronger? Could it be possible that the Dark Dragon can kill even them ? would I even stand a chance against a Demon King Dragon even if I reached my mother's power?" I asked him having less confidence in my abilities.

"Even a Dark Dragon King can't kill a god. killing a God is outright impossible. On top of their insane power, Gods are also immortal and can't be permanently destroyed. Even when killed, their souls drift into a weakened ghost-like state in which much like demons can possess powerful humans to utilize as a vessel for their powers. Gods killed would eventually regenerate depending on how much belief in their god exist and how many people pray to this god for God's despite being virtually all-powerful depend on human emotions and beliefs to strengthen their Ethernano levels and maintain their existence." Beslerion frothed ebelorated giving me context on how powerful God is, such a power is so great that it would next to impossible to beat a god at their prime.

"To think the Dark dragon tribe scars me enough, imagine a rogue god or worse yet a Dark Demon Dragon with the powers of god. " I said to him notably nervous at the idea of a Demo Dragon King absorbing the powers of a God.

"Gods are extremely rare and hard to find for they exist on a higher plane than all mortals. Godlike power can only be achieved if a human exceeds their natural powers entirely and are capable of giving up all Earthly desires entirely including the desire of friendship and must put their own values above others." Belserion Explained to me as he explains how a human can reach a god-like state.

"All earthly desires? Even friends? That means me and Anna can't be friends if she finds the One Magic?" I asked concerned that I might never see Anna Again.

"Most humans wish to become close to their god rather than gods themselves though. In Anna's case, she seems to be searching for god to ask for their assistance within the upcoming Dragon War, That's what her motive of the One Magic seems to be."Belserion clarified, stating it's very unlikely that Anna would give up her humanity to become a god.

"Do we have gods of our own Belserion?" I asked my grandpa more about the gods within our world.

"There are the 6 Dragon Gods of the world. Each of the 6 Dragon Gods represents a grand element within the world. They rarely get involved in our wars and battles, largely because they've been victims of the God/Dragon Wars themselves and amongst the first people Neros targeted." Belserion explained to me about the Dragon/God War in which the gods perished from the human realm.

"They died?" I asked shocked to learn the truth from grandpa.

"Unfortunately, however they're spirit remains as long as Dragons exist. I've seen them fight once, it was a long time ago. I barely remember how they look given I was very young when I first bare witness to the dragons, however, I remember one dragon god saving me, that Dragon God was known as the Dragon God of the Sea Mercuphobia." Belserion explained to me more about the gods.

"What do you remember about the dragon god?" I questioned my grandpa about the water dragon god.

"Aside from the fact he rules all 7 seas within the world and is worshipped by Water Dragons, not much. He was one of the followers of the Great Dragon God Bahamut, the King of the Dragon Gods who was said to be around the very beginning of the world." Belserion explained to me about how the legendary Dragon God of the sea was sone of the followers of the Dragon King Bahamut.

"You think they're powers might've recovered to be of aid at this point?" I asked him.

"It can take hundreds to thousands of years for a God to regain their prime power depending on how much energy they're exhausted within battle, more so when killed and going through their reincarnation cycle. At their current state, their powers pale in comparison to your mothers at her prime if my estimates are correct besides they exist on a different realm from us, we can only pray they make an intervention again." Belseeiron said to me as I continued to ask more about the ethos of the Dragons gods only to be surprised how powerful my mother was.

"Mother was really that powerful to be compared to a God?" I asked him.

"How else you think a mere human can lead an army of Dragons? To lead an army of dragons, a human must have Demigod levels of strength and power. The Legendary blade you wield is the key of that very power. Your ancestor Satsuki forged it partially from my scales to be the final hope in defeating evil at a time were the Dragon Gods were unable to intervene." Besleerion explained to me as he revealed how strong my mother truly was at the prime of her life.

"Hopefully if things get very bad, the Dragon Gods can assist us greatly." I said to him hoping for the goes to help us.

"It's the last thing man wishes to hope for. If two Gods fought, it would far exceed even the battle of 1,000 dragons fighting at once and change the landscape of the land they fight in that can result at the end of the world." Belserion replied as he personally witnesses the destructive power of God's first hand.

"End of the world? That's crazy!" I shouted.

"That's why every once in a while they either bless humans with their powers to carry out wars on their behalf or curse humans with dark magic as punishment of breaking scared laws. This killer that's on the loose seems to be the latter."

"To think a human can do this much damage simply being cursed by a god…. Wait a second, it just dawned upon me, if humans can get powers from gods, Can't you bestow powers onto humans?" I asked grandpa with a beaming smile hoping I might've found a way to help humanity.

"I'm sorry but that is impossible. Humans and Dragons are built to fundamentally different from each other. Humans could only temporary handle the magical power of a dragon and many end up dying due to the IntenseEhteertano of a Dragon." Belserion explained to me bluntly noting that the biology of humans and Dragons were vastly different.

"Surely people have tried to harness this power, you're telling me not even Father who was a grand enchantment wizard could've done such a feat?" I asked him.

"He never attempted it because he feared losing his life attempting to do so. His father died attempting the very same thing. He only had dragon powers for a few moments before the excessive magic destroyed his body. " Besleerion answered.

"It makes no sense, humans can be given powers by gods yet can't share the magic with gods."

"That's because humans and gods have the same biology as the gods were once human whereas Dragons and humans are built completely different from another."

"We need to stop this bastard from killing more people Belserion, such an evil can't be allowed to wander freely within this world.

"You're not ready yet, I can't let you face this threat. In honesty, we have no idea what this threat is capable of. If what I believe is true, he might be cursed with Ankhseram Black Magic."

"You mean the god of the Ankhseram Religion within Middle Earthland? You think he might be using this guy to declare a direct war against Zentopia? "

"Possibly, of all the religions and gods, Ankhseram is the most violent and warlike. Since The beginning, his followers attempted to take over Ishgal numerous times, almost succeeding fairly recently when the Amazonians desperate to end the centuries-long war with the Andosises used to attempt to end their war and in exchange would aid with a massive attempt by the Garibean Empire to invade Ishgar, lucky your mother stopped this before a new Holy War was started." Besleerion explained to me about the attempts by the Church of Ankhseram trying to take over Ishgal again.

"Ironic that strong women like themselves would even bow to a god that views women lower than donkeys and pigs. Shows you how desperate they were to end the centuries of conflicts with the Adnosis. "

"Humans are willing to do anything when pushed to the corner, the same goes with dragons, especially those who kill other dragons to gain power." Belserion replied referring to the fact that the nature of mortals is capable of both great good and great evil.

"It sucks that so much bloodshed and war still continues to this day. I dream of a world in which there are no more wars of religious bloodshed, a world in which all religions, all gods can live in peace, a world where humans and dragons can truly be equal to each other. This death mage was able to achieve such a power somehow and is going around killing innocent people indiscriminately, yet I can't do anything to stop him. There has to be a way to get the powers of a Dragon." I said frustrated at the fact that someone was going around killing innocent people which angered me on how powerless I felt.

"In other to become and be able to utilize the powers of a Dragon, you must first be able to become the element of your magic. Dragons are capable of eating the magical element of their respective element, for example, a human eating fire would kill the human, however, a Dragon eating fire that's fire dragon would be its strength to maintain its power." Belserion explained to me how the Dragons biology operated.

"How do dragons do such a thing? Eating their own element?" I asked him.

"It's simple, a Dragon's psychology is developed to devour magic. It's sadly a trait that's impossible for even the strongest of humans to learn. As strong as a human can become, they can no train their internal organs and regardless of how powerful a human can become, they would die being exposed to intense draconic energy."

"It sucks that I can't share the power of this blade to others. I feel like the world is on my shoulders, everything depends on me regarding the future of humanity, Mom and Dad spent their entire life maintaining the peace and harmony of this world, I will not let them down. I will stop at nothing to get stronger to protect my friends, my family, my country and the entire world." I replied as I had the resolve to protect the entire world.

Protector of the world? Some protector I turned out to be, little did I know at the time, my foolish idealism was what caused everything to go to shit. Looking back at myself with my white robes of valor with a heart that shined brighter than the sun, I wonder how the hell did I go from that to what I am now, a woman whose heart is blacker than the void of space?

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Hours later

Borjin, Olaf

We flew north of Seven to the Gulf of Vakrykla, a sea that divided the Isvanivian Peninsula from the mainland Ishgarian Peninsula which was half the size of the Isghal Sea. Much like Isvan, it was a Viking country however unlike that country, it was populated mostly by Giants with buildings roughly the same size as Dragon buildings. We eventually reached Borjin where we reached the Castle of Ymir, a massive castle built for giants roughly 20 dragon stories high and 4 square miles wide with a vast courtyard. It was there, I began my training flying on Altas Flames back to the country of Olaf where I fought against the great King Ragnarok with my cousin Asuka also receiving training from the Giant King. Much like Isvan, it was a permafrost country with very little sunlight and almost year-long snowstorms and frigid weather with plants cuiclviated to harvest under frost conditions to sustain the population.

"You have arrived already Queen Dragonv!" Ragnarok said to me with his usual formalities.

"No need for formalities, just call me Irene." I responded to the giant king as I was more than ready to train against the Giant King.

"Ready for our sparring Irene?" King Ragnarok asked me.

"How's Rena doing here" I asked him.

"She's doing very well against my son Ironsides Jorn, she still has a way to go. The better question is how far you came in your training? " he answered forming that my cousin Rena was natural in adapting.

"We're about to find out!" I replied as I drew out my blade ready to fight him as he swung his massive ax.

Rena was up against a powerful Giant warrior while I fought against the Giant King. I clashed against the mighty king of Giants however he easily blocked each of my attacks with his massive battleax. Despite his massive size, he was very agile and fast and blocked even my Vernier enhanced I was able to keep up for a bit.

"Vernier!" I chanted as I dashed at twice my usual lightning speed and attempted to strike the Giant however he evaded my strike with ease. Despite his massive lumbering size, he moved faster than Lightning with his speed defying all known laws of physics.

"You need to move faster than that." Ragnarok said to me as he swung his massive ax towards me as he forced me to parry however his blow almost sent me flying to a wall. Such a casual swing greatly exceeded the strength Zirconis and Scissors Runner displayed in my battles against them. He could've very well easily beat me in a single strike if this was a serious battle.

I then charged at him again trying to use my smaller size to my edge but despite my speed, I couldn't land a single hit as he effortlessly blocked every charge and ever lunge I threw at him.

"Dividing Wind" I shouted as I dashed at the king with my strongest strike however before my blade can connect to his leg, within a second my blade was blocked by the blunt edge of his ax.

"Not bad but you have to be swifter and less predictable than that." the king said to me as he does a wide horizontal swing which I leaped over, barely avoiding the massive tree sized ax as I leaped into the air to attack the giant.

"Braveheart!" I yelled as I came down with my two-handed vertical jump slash towards the giant, however, I was caught before I can ever get momentum.

"As I said, too predictable" King Ragnarok replied as he held me firmly with his massive hand.

"ARRGH!Let go, it hurts!" I shouted as I felt his massive hands holding me tight. It was like I was trapped between two boulders, that's how heavy and painful his grip was.

"Fool, if I was an enemy dragon, you think I would let go? In order to have any chance of beating a Dragon, you need to overcome the strength of a giant." the King bluntly replied as he continues to hold onto me.

I struggled to break out of his grip, his grip was like being forced to bench press an entire mountain on your shoulders, it was tough and firm, virtually unmovable and solid. I try with all my might to break out but it was to no avail.

"ARGH!" I shouted as I tried harder and harder starting to making his aRM move a bit as it seems like was getting free however he then squeezed a bit harder.

"Pathetic, you can't beat any dragon past B class if you can't even break out this simple grip I'm barely putting any effort into." Ragnarok said to me as he threw me into the ground with immense force.

"Ahh that hurts badly, I'm still not used to this despite being a year into my training." I said to the giant as I struggle to move my battered body.

"You came a long way in a year, however, it's still not enough to make you an equal to me, the king capable of slaying even A Class Dragons."King Ragnarok said to me as he came down with his battle ax towards me but I blocked the strike, struggling to hold him back that eventually, I couldn't hold back. He managed to withstand his ax mere inches before his blade touched my skin, had he been the enemy, I would've been dead already.

"Damn it, I lost again!" I pouted upset that I couldn't get the better of the King of Giants.

"Don't blame yourself, took your mother 3 years before he bested my father, may Odin rest his soul."Ragnarok said to me as he grabbed my arm like it was a toothpick and despite his rough appearance and large size, picked me up without breaking my arm or body.

"Mother trained with Giants too?" I asked the king of giants.

"It's a tradition within the Dragonv Royal Family to train amongst Giants, Valkyries and the most powerful beings to exist in other to master the Hoshigami No Satsuki." King Ragnarok answered.

"It seems I still have a ways to go then. Where's Rena?" I replied wondering where's my

I walked towards Rena who was training with Ironsides Jorn. The young giant had long blonde hair with a braided mustache who resembled his father. Rena wasn't fairing much better than I was either.

"Axe Hair!" Rena chanted as she formed her hair into an ax shape tendril however it was effortlessly blocked by Jorn's 's sword.

"Not bad but you have to do better than that." Jorn said to her as he cuts her hair tendril.

"Then I will do better!" Rena replied as she levitates her hair strands to charge up.

"Interesting!" Jorn said as he raised his shield up to protect himself.

"Hair Shower: Firefly Flame." Rena chanted as she explodes thousands of her hair strands creating a large cluster of explosions.

"Whoa what an attack, is Jorn going to be okay?" I asked his father.

Rena was worn out from the attack when Jorn emerges from the explosion almost completely unfazed from the explosion but his shield was badly burnt. Despite the explosion having the intensity of a Volcanic eruption, Jorn was unfazed by it and his large wooden shield took the force of the explosion despite the heat being able to melt iron rocks.

"Man I put everything into that attack and you blocked the attack." Rena said to the giant.

"Our race lacks the ability to use magic unlike that of Dragons, however, we have strength, speed, and durability comparable to dragons as well as our immense size." Jorn explained to us as he puts down his weapons as Rena pants.

"That was amazing, you Giants are very strong." I said to the King and Prince of Giants.

"We're the only race that stands any chance against Dragons and even most of the time, we could barely penetrate a Dragon's scales and kill them. Only 1 out 100 Giants are capable of killing Dragons and even then, we have to aim towards their vulnerable areas such as their mouths, eyes, and underbelly, penetrating Dragon Scales is virtually impossible to even for someone of my strength." King Ragnarok explained to us explaining the limitations of a Giants strength compared to a Dragon.

"So you're saying that a Dragon's scales are so strong even a giant's strength can't pierce through them?"I asked him.

"Dragons also have one edge over us, Magic, we lack the ability as a race to produce magic. While in a close quarters fight, we can match a Dragon's power blow for blow despite being unable to pierce their scales, we can't fight them from a distance due to their magical abilities, they also have the ability to fly which makes it much harder to fight them." King Ragnarok explained to us more about the Dragons abilities.

"So you're telling me only the Hoshigami No Satsuki can pierce a dragon's scales?" I asked him.

"Giants can easily pierce the scales of lower class dragons and even cut mid-level Dragon scales however against an Eitle Dragon, our blades are duller against their scales than wooden sticks. Only the Hoshigami No Satsuki can slay any dragon, even the strongest of dragons." Ragnarok explained to me.

"So in other words, I have to adjust my strength to this blade?" I asked the giant.

"That is the reason you train right." Ragnarok answered.

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Hours later

Vahahala, Valkyria

After training my physical strength with the giants, I decided to head to the kingdom of Valkyria when I fought head-on against the Varykle Queen Hilda Yesta. Varyaklya was said to be one of the few truly Matherical societies within the world and throughout the annals of history, more than 90% of the population of Vakryla was female largely due to its extreme anti-male policies in which much like Spartans in Andoia killed female babies, Valkyria did the same with most male babies, a barbaric tradition my mother ended by defeating the Previous Valkyrie Queen.

The country's primary fighting force are the Legendary Shieldmaiden unit known as the Knights of Lagertha, one of the most feared Valkyrie units in the world based on the founder of Valkyria Lagertha Yesta, a woman said to be the undefeated queen of Valkyries who marched her forces in the shortlived Vakryla Empire decades after Dragonv was formed and carved out the empire making as far as Mildan where she was said to have killed the God Chronos and was first ever to process a God's soul, however becoming so powerful, she was sealed away by the ancient Midliains and the empire shortly collapsed after a few decades. Not a single nation in Isghal ever dared to challenge their power aside from Isvan and Olaf.

Regardless of my disagreement and disapproval of their cultural attitudes towards men which are treated as second-class citizens, the Valkyries were immensely powerful and were said to be the best female fighting force in the world, I need their help to get the strength to battle the Dark Dragon Tribe.

A testament to the Valkyrie and the Shieldmaiden's confidence, strength and skill was the fact they wore very little clothing with light armor, short skirts and breastplate armors exposing parts of cleave be it window cleavage, underboob or most of their leave minus the nipples. I struggled to withstand the cold wearing their clothing.

"Ready Irene?" the queen asked me.

"Ready!" I answered as I drew out my blade against her.

"Very well then. Flaming Sphere!" Yesta chanted as she fired an intense fireball towards me with temperatures rivaling that of Igneel's fireball.

"Magic Barrier!"I countered blocking the blast however the fireball melted the barrier forcing me to retreat from the incoming fireball inches to my face. However, the queen was already ahead of me.

"Whirling Tunnel!" Yesta chanted as she fired an extremely powerful and fierce blast towards me with me blasted back into a rock.

"ARRGH!"I shouted in pain as I felt the pain of the rock against my back.

"Water Dragons!" Yesta chanted as she unleashed two dragon shaped water tendrils coming towards me.

"Vernier!"I chanted as I dashes away from her attack and charged directly towards her.

"Iron Rock Wall" Yesta countered as she summons a rock wall which I hit with my sword however my sword couldn't even crack the dense rock wall.

"Whoa, you can use all the 5 natural elemental magics at once." I asked her shocked she can use all 5 magical elements.

"The Valkyrie race are gifted by Odin to be able to use all five elemental magical abilities at once." Yesta explained to me.

"Still how can magic hurt dragons if they're scales absorb it?" I asked her this important question.

"Dragons are immune to most forms of magic, that much is true however a sufficiently powerful mage can still hurt dragons and even kill them if they use an elemental completely opposite of the dragons immunity to their element." Yetsa explained to me stating that the Vakryles rely on countering elemental magic from dragons and sheer luck as opposed to the Giants brute strength.

"Element opposite of their own?" I asked her.

"Valkyries only have a 1/1,000th chance of defeating a dragon. We lack the strength of giants however still stronger than most humans. Varakyles fought the Dragon War as sabotagers of the Dark Dragon Tribe. We strategized our formation and used whatever elements opposite to a dragon to counter them in battle with limited success. Many Valkyrie died attempting to fight dragons, many failed to kill the dragon they assigned to kill. I was amongst the lucky few who ever slew a Dragon and it almost cost me my own life." Yesta explained about herself as she states that in spite of her great power, she struggles to defend against dragons much less kill them.

"So even with an elemental edge, you're saying it's almost impossible to kill Dragons?" I asked her.

"Most beings have a limit to how much magic that can output, dragons, on the other hand, can recover their magical power just eating their own element. We've once attempted to overload a fire Dragon with their own element with a group of 100 of the strongest Varakykle in this country but it was a complete disaster, had not for the appearance of Ingeel in our failed operation, the fire dragon would've killed me." Yesta said to me recalling her past within the Dragon War.

"Thank god for Ingeel. Man the abilities of dragons are immense, beyond my comprehension." I said to her with my brain hurting thinking about that.

"Before Dragonv existed, the idea of any lesser mortal fighting a dragon was suicidal, your country motivated people to try to defend themselves from dragons and while there's no possible way a human can equal a dragon, we held out with our prescience and bravery." Yesta stated as she relied on the courage of the humans to fight their fears.

"You think it's possible for a way for humans to become equal with dragons?" I asked her but hoping that the Valkyries would have an answer for transmuting dragon powers into humans.

"Sadly no. it's beyond impossible. We had the best enchanter mages try but it turned out to be a complete failure. Of the ten mages who attempted this process, all of them failed miserably and died. It would be amazing to have the strength of a giant with the speed of a Nekotama rolled into the power of a Dragon however that's merely a fantasy." Yesta explained to me about what would ironically become reality.

"You never know, one day we can do that." I stated naively.

"You're so idealistic, so young. Your father was the same way but reality came crashing down on him. Forget it, it is impossible." Yesta replied dismissing it offhand any possibility of humans learning Dragon Slayer Magic

"Forget I mentioned it then, where's Lena?" I asked her.

"Over there against my daughter."Yesta answered.

Lena was up against Diana Yesta, the daughter of the queen of Valkyries, She was much like her mother in appearance but had even shorter hair than her mother. She had wavy, short blonde hair with beautiful brown eyes... She was wearing a winged helmet like her mother but also wore an armored gauntlet on her right arm with armored breastplate covering her chest and abdomen and a short skirt.

Lena was being taught Wind Magic alongside with her Sand Magic with her opponent training to have her sand shields withstand Lightning and Water attacks.

"So intense!" Lena said as she tries to block against the powerful water attacks being directed at her wall of sand.

"Think that's intense, try this. Charging Bolt " Diana chanted as she shoots a massive bolt of lighting combing with her water blast which manages to destroy Lena's sand defenses and hit Lena with a brutal combination of Lightning and water.

"Lena !" I shouted looking at her who was hurt but she wasn't hurt badly, thankfully Diana was merely her sparring partner otherwise Lena would've been as good as dead. Lena struggles to get back up, defying her body

"I'm fine... I can do this !" Lena said to me trying to maintain her stance only to fall to the ground.

"You've gotten alot better in withstanding that attack but you're defenses still need a lot of work. Take five !"

"Man you're very strong, to beat Lena's sand defenses like that." I said to the Diana as she dusted off her armored dress.

"I am the daughter of the great Valkyrie queen, what did you expect?" Diana replied.

"I.. can still fight. " Lena said to the Valkyrie princess before falling to the ground exhausted.

"Let's take a break then, you need rest and some treatment." Diana said to Lena as she picks her up and carries the petite woman over her shoulders.

"Yeah, we can use a break from the training."I replied as I was a bit exhausted myself.

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Hours Later

Silver Laker City, Isvan

Later on, I traveled to the country of Isvan where I did battle against Katerina, the wife of Rey Fullbuster. We clashed swords together within the battle, however, I was barely able to make her bulge from her position and she was blocking each attack effortlessly.

"Not bad, but your form is still lacking." She said to me as she pushed me back with her shield knocking the sword out of my hand.

"Damn, I still can't touch you !" I said to Katerina.

"Don't feel bad, I was trained by your late mother." Katerina replied as she had me pick up my sword. "Care to try again?"

"Sure, where's Erenjack? How is his training with your husband going?" I asked her.

I looked towards where Erenjack was and I saw him fall to a powerful ice attack from Rey.

"Damn it… I can't fight anymore... I need a break" Erenjack said to Rey as he passes out.

I eventually returned home aching from my training. The last year has been a daunting training exercise in which my mind, body, and soul were put to the ultimate torture test. I became stronger, faster and more skilled however I still felt like I had a very long way to go.

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The next day.

I was training against Altas Flames again blocking his strikes with my Hoshigami No Satsuki, my speed and reaction time improved greatly as I easily evaded his Dragon Roar. I was fighting Atlas Flame without drawing out the full size of the blade and exhausting myself. It was then Besleeiron came through to stop the fight.

"Looks like you've made strides in your training Irene." Belserion said to me.

"Thanks… I still can be much stronger, to think I came so far within a year. Then again up against the strongest humans in the world is no walk in the park." I replied notably worn out.

"It seems like it's paying off well. Your strength is improving at a faster rate because of them. Anyways I have a task for you as another test of your skills." Belserion said to me as he felt confident in my skills to handle a high-level mission.

"What is it Grandpa?" I asked him wondering what he had in store for me.

"I want you to capture the leader of the Black Scale Pirates Levia." he answered.

"Black Scale Pirates? Why send me to do a hunt against pirates?" I asked him.

"They're no ordinary pirates. They're a powerful group of pirates lead by a Dragon, one of our former Pirates Levia." Belserion answered referring to the pirate group.

"A pirate group led by a Dragon? I never heard of that!" I questioned him about that

"Levia was a former Soldier Class Water Dragon who awol from the underwater Dragon Country of Atlantis during the Amazonian wars and was doing his own High Seas and have been raiding ships within the Ishgal Sea and taking entire ships hostage." Belserion explained to me as he explained about the traritous dragon, making me angry hearing about betrayal.

"So he's someone who served us and defected? I can't stand traitors." I stated angered by the fact someone would use their powers for personal gain and to harm people.

"He recently was believed to abducted the Mermaid Princess and is said to be holding her for ransom in exchange for 10 Billion Rupees. You must rescue the princess and bring Levia in to face justice." Besleerion said to me giving me another objective to test my skills.

"Very well then, I would be glad to face him and bring him to justice.." I replied confidently that I can handle a mere C class Dragon thanks to the ear of training I did under the Three Isvanian Kings and the fact I can hold my own with Altas Flames.

I went to the courtyard when I was met by Ingeel who offered to give me a ride.

"I heard you're going to Altania." Ingeel said to me as he seemed like he was more than ready to go to the underwater kingdom of Atlantia.

"I see you heard...Belserion told me you visit there often." I asked him about Igneel's constant adventures into the underwater kingdom of Altania.

"I have a close childhood friend there I always visit. I warn you though, it's deep underwater below the Isghai Sea, you're going to require this." he said to me as he charged up magic within his massive hands.

Igneel then used a spell to generate a bubble over his own head and my own head.

"Whoa, a bubble!" I said completely surprised that there was a spell to breathe underwater.

"It's a special Oxygen spell met to breathe underwater and to resist the water pressure of the ocean. Naturally, it's met to last for hours. After all only Mermaids and Water Dragons could swim without oxygen." Igneel explained to me as I become amazed at the fact I'm going to see mermaids and water dragons.

"They are mermaids within this world? I always assume they were fairy tales told by mom and dad."

"Mermaids and water dragons live within 7 water kingdoms around the world. Atlanta being the largest and most advanced Water Nation within the world, the underwater kingdom of Elmina which is located in a subcontinent between Aalaitsika and Isghar and below the continent of Artcitca , the kingdom of Dia located within Pacifica near the kingdom of Cina, the ancient underwater kingdom of Kuril not far from where Tenoru is located, the water nation of Caracol within the middle of the Atlanta Ocean, the water kingdom of Neptunia within the Gulf of Fiore and the water kingdom of Octavia, a kingdom within the middle of the Gupta Ocean. Dragonv has a close relation with Altania being the kingdom with the most dragons."

"Whoa, I didn't know that the world was so vast, to think there were so many underwater civilizations within the world."

"Indeed but let's save the wonders for later, now then let's go"

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One Hour Later

Altania, Underwater Continent of Mermaida

Ingeel and I flew off from our kingdom and into a brand new world, my mind and body weren't ready for. It took us roughly an hour to cross pass the entire continent of Ishagr before we were within the middle of the Isghal Sea. Located 2,774km southwest of Whitestone One. With a travel Dragon, the trip took 5 to 10 hours to reach the area while without, the trip took 3 weeks to reach the province of Slavo, a vital small province in Southern Dragonv between the Serenity Empire and the continent of Amato, from there from the vital port of Seher, it would take sailships 9 days to reach the middle of the Eastern Isghal sea.

The Isghal Sea was a massive sea that stretched the distance between Mongolia in Fiore to the borders of the Dragonv Empire and Serenity Empire in the east with enough water to submerge all of Southern Isghal and the southern half of Fiore in 1.5km of water. The Isghal Sea was said to be the lifeblood of trade for the world's trade since humans and dragons formed civilizations.

The Oxygen Bubble spell allowed us to travel to the deepest point of the sea. Not only did it protect us from drowning, but it also adjusted against crushing pressure. Before we knew it, We dived deep into the ocean-going deep into the unknown. I saw plenty of fishes and sea creatures as far as the eye can see.

"Amazing, we're actually underwater!" I said to Ingeel as I held onto him as we slowly descended.

"Yep, this is the beauty of the oceans around the world, I never get tired looking at this sencery."

The descent down the ocean was much slower than the descended across a whole continent due to the increasing pressure of the ocean itself. Attempting to go into the ocean at this depth without the ocean barrier spell would be suicidal as the pressure itself would felt like there was a boulder on your back and got worse from there.

Minutes later we arrived at the massive underwater kingdom over 5,000 meters below sea level. The Kingdom's architecture was like that of Ancient Crocus or Ancient Gaerica, beautiful marble buildings dotted the underwater landscape.

Altania was a large underwater Country between Modern day Enca and Teacchio that stretches towards Midl. Before the Dark Ages, Mermaids existed and thrived from the high ERhteerano rich atmosphere. The country was 11 times the size of Fiore and stretched the entire Middle Isghai Sea.

We arrived at the capital city of Atlanta known as Coralia, the Mermaids and Water Dragons lived in this paradise of a kingdom with buildings everywhere. We arrived within the Grand Atlanta Palace, a massive palace on par with the size of Whitestone one's castle. If the Ishqai sea was a kilometer less deep, the massive palace roof would be a 4 km stretch of land barely above Sea level. The capital city of the country was twice as large as Crocus with buildings designed for Mermaids and Dragons alike.

At the town square near the Corolla palace lied a massive statue of the Dragon God of the Sea Mercuphobia which was depicted as a fish like Dragon within the statute despite no one ever seeing the Water Dragon God.

We arrived inside the massive palace after the long travel inside. The pressure was great here even within the oxygen bubble making it hard to move. It was there I met the Water Dragon Queen Minue with her daughter Minue Jr which looked like a direct clone of her mother. Both of them had beautiful silky smooth ocean blue scales with fins on their head and arms and webbed hands and feet with having tails resembling Mermaid tails with a feminine figure common amongst female Dragons.

"Sir Ingeel you've returned with the Queen of Dragons." The queen spoke to Ingeel within her regal queen like voice. She was clearly a queen of elegance.

"Indeed, she has come at the request you sent." Ingeel answered as he bowed down to her.

"We've come to you on urgent matters, the princess of the Hazuaki Clan Suka Hazuaki was abducted by the Black Scale Pirates yesterday." Minue sr explained to us.

"Hazuaki Clan?" I asked her unaware about the politics within the country of Atlanta.

"They're the ruling family of the Mermaids. Atlanta is run by two governing groups, the Mermaids, and the Dragons." Minue answered.

"Why not as one? It makes no sense." I questioned her.

"Because of mistrust between the dragons and Mermaids that we have split our government's recently. Sadly there are centuries of mistrust between Dragons and Mermaids reached a boiling point and we're not united as one." Minue explained to me about the prejudice between Dragons and Mermaids.

"That's terrible!" I shouted.

"You are the Queen of Dragons and represent a new generation, you're strong enough to help us get back the princess and hopefully we can try to make process in amending the relations between the Mermaids and Dragons again." Minue said to me explaining her plan to try to reunite the two races together.

"My question is how did they kidnap a Princess of a clan of mermaids so easily? " I asked the queen.

"They attacked the security team when she was shopping within the Bazaar preparing for a wedding that was supposed to happen today. We think that the Black Scale Pirates didn't act alone." Minue Sr explained to me giving me the statements made by the queen about what occurred.

"What you mean by that?" I asked her wondering more about who might've aided the pirates.

"It's believed that a rival family of Anti Dragon Mermaids might've assisted within the kidnapping." Minue Jr explained to me referring to the strong opposition of dragons within the land.

"Anti Dragon Mermaids? There are Mermaids that oppose Dragons?" I asked her just learning about what was occurring within the underwater kingdom for the first time.

"Mermaids used to live on their own however because of the threat of Dragons, especially those from the Dark Dragon Tribe, they've grown a mistrust for Dragons. When Dragonv was founded, Altania wanting protection from rouge dragons and Dark Dragons joined the Dragonv sphere of the alliance, however, there still remained Mermaid purists who wish for a pure Mermaid state" Minue explained to us with her disconcerting voice

"A pure Mermaid State?" I asked her shocked to learn that such distrust existed.

"We recently had a civil war not long ago shortly after the Dragon War between the Mermaid Separatists and Dragonvian loyalists, while the conflict was ended quickly, the Mermaids put up a better fight than expected. It was because of this tension we decided to prevent future conflicts to declare Altania an independent state from Dragonv, I'm deeply sorry for having to do that." Minue Sr explained to me noting the fact she tried to maintain the peace within the major races within the country, it saddened me to think that mistrust can exist on this level.

"It's okay, you did the right thing. I might not like the fact Separatists could hold such prejudice views of Dragons, however, I also respect the cultures and boundaries of nations and if enough people choose to be a separate nation I have no problem with it and would honor my mother's choices." I said to her referring to the fact that in spite of my disagreements for the culture of mistrust between the two races, I will honor their cultures.

"You think the Mermaid Separatists might've colluded with the Black Scale Pirates to abduct Princess ?" Ingeel asked the queen.

"Despite their hatred for Dragons, I wouldn't put it past them to try to hire Dragons who defected from Dragonv to help them with their agenda." Minue Sr answered pondering the possibility of collusion between the infamous Black Scale Pirates and the Mermaid separatist movement

"So where to look for these rouge separatists?" I asked her anxious to start the rescue of the princess.

"We can find them within the Coral Forest, need our assistance?" Minue sr asked her.

"No thanks, I'm doing this solo to test my skills." I answered.

"These pirates are pretty dangerous. Are you sure?" the Water Dragon Queen asked concern for me.

"I'm sure, I can't get strong enough to take on the Dark Dragon Tribe if I don't learn, besides if anything goes wrong, Ingeel will protect me. Just give me the directions." I explained to the Water Dragon queen as I was confident I can do this alone.

After the briefing within the castle, I began walking down towards the Coral Forest which was a long walk from the capitol. Due to advantages of being underwater, I can swim underwater, which was faster than walking underwater. The intense water pressure being at the ocean bottom made swimming very tough.

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The Next day

August 13, X387

Eventually, we came across a large forest of coral reefs and coral plants. I travel through the massive countryside with a coral forest roughly the size of Fiore which slopes up to a mountain range underwater south that spans from the Northeastern extremity of the country Eigito to the southwestern Peninsula of Tacchino, the mountains sloped up to the Zen Bay's shoreline. Moving at the speeds of a Sailfish, I was able to reach the Coral Forest in 10 hours, however, I really exhausted myself traveling so fast underwater.

Tired, I renewed the Oxygen spell and slept within an underwater cavern long enough to get a good night sleep, with Ingeel around, he kept me safe from predator fish and other beings. We woke up in the morning within the cavern. It was surreal to wake up and see fish swimming around.

"Whoa talk about surreal." I said to Ingeel while within my Oxygen bubble.

"I know, it amazes me every time within these pristine waters to sleep with this oxygen bubble on and see countless fish moving around." Ingeel replied as we saw a massive fish large enough to be a whale pass us by.

Later on, we were eating the massive fish that passed us, Ingeel eating the much bigger chunk of the fish and me eating the parts I could fit in. Despite being underwater, we were able to set up a Campfire underneath thanks to Ingeel's intense flames, a testament of how powerful Ingeel was as the Fire Dragon King, which helped with cooking and keeping us warm while we slept.

"So got a plan to pursue the location of Levia?" Ingeel asked me.

"I say we split up, we can cover more ground that way, this forest is going to belong to navigate." I answered Ingeel as I ate my fish meal.

Later, we spilt up to search the Coral Forests, deep in the forest, I go through the large ancient coral forest, a forest that existed since the era of the dinosaurs. Deep into the forest, I came across a small army of Mermaid Warriors who were all well armed. It was then I confronted them.

"Where's the princess? "I asked her as I drew out my blade ready to fight them.

"Who is this wretch?" One of the Mermaid warriors that resembles a humanoid goldfish asked shocked to see me there and then they got terrified looking at my blade.

"That sword, that's the queen of dragons." The second merman with blue scales answered looking terrified along with all the other men.

However, their leader appeared armed with a massive Trident who was one of the sub-leaders of the Merman group. He was a very giant Mermaid roughly 20 feet tall with long blonde hair, a large beard and fuzzy mustache who was bare-chested.

"Look carefully men, that woman isn't the same as the previous Queen of Dragons, she's merely a hatchling nowhere near her mother's power. We can take her. Men show her no mercy." the Pirate Captain said to the pirates as they all surrounded me.

"I take it you're not going to tell me where the princess is at… I was afraid you were going to do that." I said to them as I was more than ready to take them.

"Let's kill the hatchling!" The Mermaid Warriors mindlessly shouted as he goes to attack me, it was 100 pirates versus one young woman and not ordinary pirates, Mermaid men who are stronger underwater.

One of them came at me with their scimitar blade moving at speeds faster than expected coming at me with his bladed weapon, however, I blocked the blade and shattered the blade and cut the shoulder of the Fishman bringing him down. It's well known that Mermaids were virtually unstoppable underwater, with its elite soldiers strong enough to kill a Low-Class Soldier Dragon, however, I've thankfully trained for a full year to the point I can fight a C Class Dragon with little to no effort at this point.

I evaded a fun like a blade on the forearm of a mermaid only for me to miss his right foot hitting me down with a kick. Underwater, over a kilometer below sea level, my body felt as it was weighed by boulders, making me move much slower underwater and it made it harder to grip into my blade.

However, fortunately, I was both strong and fast enough to block his follow up the attack with his fin aimed towards my neck as I managed to cut down his chest with a single strike. Two more Merman came at me with their swords however I easily disarmed them without bothering to look at them. My body was adjusting to the pressure of the water, thankfully these were mere small fry by comparison to myself.

After a few minutes, I managed to defeat 100 Mermens with relative ease. Then Came the real challenge, the Pirate Captain within the Mermen Pirates.

"So you dare challenge the Elite Mermaid Warrior Sir Epoch." The Merman leader said to me revealing he was a defected soldier from the Mermaid Amry.

"Why betray your own kingdom?" I asked him.

"Because we refuse to serve a kingdom that sides with Dragons and Dragov. Hence why we kidnapped the princess of the Hazuki Clan and gave her to the Black Scale Pirates." Sir Epoch explained to me bragging about his betrayal, such betrayal that angered me.

"Where's the Black Scale Pirates?" I shouted angrily as I gripped my blade ready to use force to extract intel.

"As if I would tell you, you're nothing more but a child in a grown up's world now die Child of Dragonv." Epoch replied as he took out his massive Trident and slammed it to the ground creating a massive underwater earthquake that can be felt for miles.

"Such strength!" I said slightly impressed by his power as the water was covered by sand as the shockwave kicked up sand. When the smoke cleared up, the trident concaved a large crater into the sea floor. He then goes to strike me but I blocked his attack with minimal effort.

"So you really are somewhat of a decent opponent, I've been able to battle even dragons with my strength, I didn't think a mere child could block my strike." Epoch said to me impressed that I blocked a casual strike from him

"You're up against the Queen of Dragons, now cut the crap and tell me where are the Black Scale Pirates or do I need to take your life." I said to him angrily not taking his crap.

"You're going to have to beat it out of me first then." Epoch replied as he twirled around his trident.

"I see you have some honor in you, if I best you in combat, you would tell me where the Black Scale Pirates went to." I said to him as I was ready to go all out against the massive Merman.

"Very well but you forget that a Merman is the strongest underwater." Epoch replied as he came at me with surprising amounts of speed, he wasn't lying, his strength was incredible as well as his speed, or so it would be had I fought him merely 2 years back, however, compared to the strength of the people I trained with, it was child's play.

His movements were slow and predictable even with the underwater boost of strength. The only thing I was concerned about is the Oxygen Buble spell wearing out but I was able to tank his attacks with ease blocking them.

"Not bad but try avoiding this slash. Mermaid Slash. Epoch said to me as he held the grip of his Trident with both hands and swings his blade to shoot a water blast from his trident thrusting in, however, the blast was too slow to hit me and before he noticed, I slashed him across the chest with a simple slash , i made the wound light on purpose to avoid hurting him but asserted enough force to knock him down.

The still conscious Merman pirates then see me stand up with barely a scratch on me as I easily defeated their pirate leader. Despite the immense pressure of the water, I was able to take him down.

"She defeated a Merman despite being underwater." one of the Merman shouted.

"Not even a dragon unless there a Water Dragon can do that." Another Merman answered frightened.

"Now Talk!" I shouted at him.

I stood over him. Despite being a kilometer below sea level, my body moved fine despite being under heavy strain and restrictions. The Oxygen bubble and at least an Hour's worth of air before needing to be refilled.

"The Legendary Black Scale Pirates are the most powerful Pirate organization in the world, Since the founder Levia started it, he amassed a wealth of 2 trillion Jewels and made hundreds of successful raids against Human Pirate ships." Epoch explained to me as he clutched his minor chest wound explaining what happened.

"He robbed that many ships?" I said as my eyes felt like they came out my head learning about his wealth. 2 Trillion Jewels was the amount of money enough to buy an entire kingdom.

"Dragons are powerful as they are, imagine a Pirate Dragon who knows Water Magic, even some of the strongest Mermaid and Merman fighters couldn't hope to touch him in battle. What's worse is that he's trading her to a Mighty Mermaid Warrior who is said to be plotting to use the young princes Magical potential for his own purposes of purging Dragons from the Seven Seas." Epoch explained to me as he revealed that the young princess was part of a greater plot to cause a mass genocide against Dragons.

"You can't be serious, magic that can slay Dragons? Impossible." I shouted my body had chills about the very fact that there's a way to kill dragons and it's possible to be weaponized for the purposes of killing dragons.

"Dragons might be the mightiest race to exist but even their race requires Oxygen to live. Archduke Hiden is the master of the Air Magic." Epoch explained to clearly as even dragons require oxygen, even Water Dragons.

"Air Magic, one of the few magics that can kill a Dragon if used by a high enough level being. He's strong enough to kill a Dragon I take it?" I asked him getting quite concerned about the fact that this Archduke Hiden could be a greater threat than Levia

"Not just any dragons, he poses enough of a potential threat to kill even an A-Class Dragon if his magic is boosted underwater. Master Hiden would help us complete our goal of achieving our paradise, returning the grand water world back to the Mermaids and end the reign of Dragons." Epoch said to me explaining how he sympathized with the goals of Dragon extermination.

"I see, he's a serious threat it seems. I won't let him succeed 's his location?" I asked him.

"He's within Galiant Island, a small island between the country of New Gaerica and Dune Di Sabbia at the outer edge of the Atlanta Kingdom. " Epoch explained to me as he clutched his wound.

"Thanks for telling me. You will get the justice you would get the moment the Mermaid Royal Guards find you." I replied to him as I tied him up and his men and left them tied so they can be captured and arrested for treason by the Mermaid Royal Family.

After a while, the Mermen and Dragons came to arrest the separatist's members. They were rushed to hospitals to be treated by healers and doctors. It was then Ingeel appeared with minue Jr, the daughter of the queen.

"Impressive, you managed to defeat Sir Epoch, one of the stronger warriors f the Merman army and his defected group of Merman soldiers all by yourself? "

"She lives up the queen of Dragons after all."

"Anyways you saved us enough trouble with these guys, my men would make sure that these guys are treated and brought to justice, good luck you too." Minue Jr said to then she swims away from Ingeel with Ingeel and her giving each other gazes that I was oblivious to at the time.

"It would take way too long for me to swim to the Gallant Island at this rate and I only have an hour of oxygen left with this spell. Care to fly me to the island?" I asked her noting that I wish to fly into the destination determined to put an end to this before that exchange is even made.

"With pleasure my queen." Ingeel answered as I hopped onto his back and he then took off, moving slowly to avoid damaging our organs.

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Ishgal Sea

After a few minutes, we merged out of the Ishgal Sea and then flew off. The view of the sky was so great, for a brief second, I saw the kingdom of Zen and then saw the pyramids within the kingdom of Eiigtio before Ingeel broke the sound barrier. The speed Ingeel was moving at crossed halfway across the Isghai Sea that would take a week to cross on a sailship within a mere half an hour.

During the trip across the vast sea dividing the continent of Pangea and Isghai, I thought about my opponent Hiden. An opponent strong enough to enhance his strength underwater while taking away Oxygen? He sounds like possibly the biggest threat I've been matched with even by the standards of my opponents.

We arrived on the island where the Dragons were said to be, the island was a very tiny tropical island no bigger than the small port town of Hageron. It would be very easy to spot the massive Dragon ship docked which was almost as large as the island we landed on.

"So that's the ship of the Legendary Black Scale Pirates. I thought dragons couldn't use transport because of their enhanced sensory system causing motion sickness." I asked him wondering about the ship. It was common knowledge Dragons didn't use chariots because of their motion sickness problems.

"Water Dragons are one of the rare exceptions, they can handle any form of artificial transport as long as it's water-based transportation. The Dragonv Navy corp have several mega-ships commanded by Dragon. Levia was one of the sergeant's parts of that fleet until his defection and used his skills to become a deadly priate." Ingeel explained to me about the fact even Dragons can command ships.

Ingeel care to help me out here in case they might be too much for me?" I asked him nervous about the fact I was not only against a Dragon but a Mermaid with powerful magic in an area surrounded by water

"I'll assist you if you're needed, you came very far in your training, you can do this." Igneel answered as he was on standby ready to assist me if I needed his help.

"Very well then." I replied as I hopped off Igneel back and then began to scale the massive ship.

I scaled the massive Pirate ship which was as high as a large hill with the width is that of a small town. After scaling this ship for a minute I leaped on the deck and climbed the ship where I was confronted by over 1,000 pirates of various races, including 8 Dragons there.

The pirate leader walked towards me with his massive figure appearing over me. Levia was a dragon with muscle mass expected of a Dragon with sea blue scales. However, Levia's distinct feature is that his body is covered with protuberances resembling fish's fins, having them on the sides of his head, his back and even limbs. his body is also covered with scales that look like the skin of fish much like a merman.

"Ah, hoy Queen looks like you came looking for our Princess." Levia said to me as he was standing over with his pirate crew.

"Hand her over right now Levia and turn yourself in." I asked him demanding that he obeys his queen.

"Listen there's no point fighting pointless battles human... Tell you what, I prefer negotiating with your mind, hand me 1 Billion Jewels and I'll hand you the princess" Levia taunted as he knew I didn't have the money nor that I would give him the money.

"Not happening, you got two options Levia, you hand over the princess or I will take her by force." I demanded as I drew my blade out ready to fight him.

"HHAHAHHAH! How cute, I'm well aware how strong you are human, you could barely handle those chicken shit weaklings Zicnrosis and Scissor Runner, I'm way more powerful than both of them combined, in fact just the 7 Dragons here are each around or near the power of Zicnrsois, so once again give me the money and I'll consider ending my deal with Duke Hiden." Levia said to me, confident about his power and skills over me and having heard of my battles in the past.

"You fool, he's a person who hates Dragons, who wants to use the princess powers for a Dragon genocide within Atlanta and throughout Mermaida." I shouted at him attempting to reason with the misery dragon.

"Ask me why should I care about what the person pays me to do, I do anything that involves pay, I'll give you one more chance Queen of Dragons, hand over the money or no princess." Levia asked me attempting to extort me, not fazed by the fact that Hiden would turn against them.

"Perhaps I should make this clear, I don't negotiate with criminals." I shouted at him getting enraged by his apathy.

" I tried to want you human but you won't listen. Don't kill her boys, merely take her down. We want her unharmed for the negations, we can get twice as much pay with her alive." Levia said to the group as he was ready to battle.

The human pirates all surrounded me with their scimitars and blades with some armed with crossbows.

"Attack!" the pirates shouted as they all came towards me.

"I tried to warn you guys." I replied as I dashed past all of them at once.

The training under Katerina was good enough to teach me how to disarm multiple attacks with a single succession of pairs. Before they knew it I was already behind all of them. I then put my sword back in it's sccard as their clothes fall off, their swords were sliced cleanly apart and they were knocked to the ground without a single ounce of blood drawn.

"She defeated them without drawing an ounce of blood, "One of the Pirate Dragons asked slightly nervous about my power and skill.

"I must admit I find it surprising you can move that fast, however, those were mere humans, you can't hope to take on Dragons after you're first two encounters, especially given how lazy and weak your humans are." Levia arrogantly taunted thinking he was dealing with the same Queen 2 years back and had no idea how much stronger I've become.

"Think I'm weak huh...Your dragons are so weak, I don't even need my sheathed blade against them." I said to him as withdrew my blade back and changed up my energy.

"How dare you undertime us bitch!" one of the Pirate Dragons shouted as one of the Dragon go to attack me coming at me with speed expected of an average Soldier Clans Dragon with his razor sharp claws coming at me, however, I evaded the attack several inches before it can connect with my skull.

"Arms+Armor+ Venier!" I chanted as enhanced myself with defense, Speed and Power Enchantments to increase my strength.

I then evaded another strike from the Dragon and aimed my fist into the soft underjaw of the dragon moving faster than expected, the force and speed of the punch was so much that the dragon was knocked into the air and then crashed onto the deck being knocked out cold thanks to my enchanted fist

"Water Dragon Fist!" One dragon comes towards me with a Water Dragon Fist with his fist generating a large whirlpool surge of water around his massive boulder-sized fist, however, I easily evaded it and punched him towards his underbelly, which has much softer scales than the rest of his body, with the strength of the Ehcament spell, I was able to take the wind out of his sails.

"Gotcha Bitch!" Two dragons shouted as one came at me from the air from the front and the other came at me from behind diving down at me.

"Shouldn't announce your attacks like that." I replied to them as I evaded their attempts to divebomb me and I jumped out the way of the two of them. I then used the armored and power enhanced legs to hit them both with a Flip Kick within the temples of the dragons, managing to knock them out.

Then I heard rumbling as a Fifth dragon bust through the deck of the ship and attempts to eat me from below.

"Time to have a nice tasty snack." the Dragon shouted as he goes to attack me, actually almost catching me with his jaws however I managed to hold back the jaws.

My body struggles to hold back the massive jaws of the dragon as each of the teeth were roughly large enough to be massive broadswords with the weight feeling like I was holding back a mountain. I had to do something before the dragon eats me whole. I then freed one hand and then charged up magic.

"Thunderbolt!" I chanted as I used a recently learned spell against the dragon which shot an intense current of lightning into the roof of the mouth of the dragon, zapping the dragon. Being a Water Dragon, they were weak against Lightning Magic, especially if it was fired into their internal organs.

"ARRGH!"The water dragon grunted in pain as he fell over in pain incapacitating the dragon.

I then jumped off the dragon and land back on the deck. I then see a Dragon come at me attempting to crush me.

"Water Dragon Talon." one of the Water Dragons shouted as he attempts to step on me and crush me with his talon foot claws covered in water.

However, I managed to roll past his attack and then grabbed the tail of the dragon and begins to swing him around.

"Take this!" I shouted as I swung him repeatedly and then smashed him into the hull of the ship knocking the dragon out cold

"You bitch! Water Dragon Roar" the last Water Dragon shouted as he fires a massive Dragon Roar towards me at near point blank range.

The year of training paid off as thanks with my training with King Rangronk, my strength increased to the point I was able to stop the water Dragon Roar with one hand as I was being pushed back by the roar, I then pushed it back and deflected it, with the roar hitting the mass of the ship.

"Impossible!" The water dragon shouted frightened of how strong I've become to easily deflect the dragon roar.

I then dashed at him and hit him with the hilt of my Hoshigami No Satsuki knocking out the dragon.

"Not bad, to defeat mere footsoldier dragons is no easy feat however you're still nowhere close to your mother's level. Then again considering how far you got, it took your mother your mother 10 years to get to the power needed to run the Dragon Kingdom, there's no way a lass who's green can ever be a true queen of Dragons." Levia said to me as he was ready to fight himself.

Levia then moved so fast that I barely had the time to react as the dragon moved from towards the end of the deck towards the middle within a blink of an eye. I drew my blade just in time to block his claws from mauling my face and held back his claws from his right hand.

He then swings his left hand to try to punch me but pushed him back using my enchanted strength to keep him back from me with my blade drawn. I then leaped into the air with an ax kick attempting to stun the dragon with a kick to the temple but he blocked my blow with his left forearm and pushes me back.

Levia then dashed towards me at high speeds which I responded with my own fast strikes creating collisions which were punching holes into the ship. He threw a series of fast punches at knicks towards me forcing me to block each strike with my sword with the blows pushing me back slightly, Despite my improved strength, the weight of a dragons blow was still a lot for my body to handle.

"Not bate matey, you got a fine pair of sea legs to clash with a powerful dragon of my caliber." Levia said to me throwing some banter as we clash attacks with each other.

"Spare me the pirate talk, you're going to hand me the Princess or I'm going to have to hurt you badly." I shouted at him responding to him, noting I was going to beat him.

"I've yet to fight seriously." Levia responded as he pushed me back.

Levia then proved me powers up and Knocks me aside fighting seriously.

"I see, you're quite strong, nothing less from the former Sergeant of the Water Dragons. " I said to him as he impressed me with his strength and power.

"I've only gotten started matey...You know why Water Dragons are some of the strongest dragons in the world? Because we have the near unlimited ability to become even stronger than our limits so easily for most of the world is covered in water." Levia explained me bringing up a staggering fact I was overlooking., I was in the middle of the Ishgal Sea, a sea that was half as large as the continent of Ishgal, the worst possible place to battle a water Dragon.

"I didn't really think of that...Crap" I said to myself as I get pretty frightened at the idea of facing this man within the situation.

"I'm glad you're so strong, now I can find an opponent worthy of fighting." Levia replied back as he started to absorb the water surrounding the shoreline of the island which radically increased his power beyond what his typical C Rank power was, his body grew larger, his body more muscular and his body was surrounded by a haunting ocean blue aura around him.

"His power increased so much!" I said to myself as I was caught off guard from his massive power boost.

Before I knew it, Levia's fist connected with my head as he smashed down his fist like a sledgehammer and smashes me through the ship with a single strike. The fist felt like a meteor smashed into my skull as I struggled to get back up from the immense pain.

"I gotta step this up a bit." I said to myself as I got back up and go to attack him again coming at him with my blade using Vernier to increase my speed however before I can even touch his underbelly with my blade, he appeared behind me and smacks me with his tail.

"UGGH!" I grunted as the pain was so overwhelming, I felt briefly paralyzed as the tail hit the upper spine. Had not for Armor, he would've easily paralyzed me for good or worse, split me in half.

"Dividing Wind!" I chanted as I when for my counter-attack to slash him with enhanced speed and power.

"Water Dragon Fist!" He countered as he punches me, canceling out my attack with sheer brute with Arms, my attacks were overpowered.

"Not bad, for lasting this long, I shall use my strongest attack." Levia said to me as he summons a large wave of water around him and puts both hands behind him and charges up water behind him. "Water Dragon's Cyclone Wave" Levia chanted as he fired a massive blast of water towards me spiraling like spiraling like a vortex form his hands.

"It's now or never! Deus Corona!" I countered as I used both hands to cast my ultimate defense speed at the time as I covered myself with a green energy barrier which helps me tank the attack.

"What? Impossible, no one has blocked my attack before." Levia shouted as he looked like I seen a ghost from the

"I told you, I'm the queen of dragons. Crescent Dragon Whirlwind" I replied to him as I twirled my blade drawing the sword to the full size of its blade turning it into a Katana and then spun it and generated a horizontal gust which sucks in Levia into my mini gust.

"What? No how did you? "Levia asked shocked to see me master one of my mother's techniques in battle.

I then dashed past him, cutting him down with the Hoshigami No Satsuki, in one hit.

"That's why you don't underestimate the Queen of Dragons." I said to him as he falls down to the ground.

"Urrrgh!" Levia grunted in pain as he falls down to the ground with a mid gash on his abdomen going across the abdomen.

However, I drew back my blade as was quite exhausted. My head hurt badly from the blow behind it by Levia which caused my head to bleed from the small gash while I felt back pain from the tailwhip and using the move exhausted me greatly.

"Ready to give up the princess?" I asked the dragon as I tried to withstand the strain on my body from my body fighting the dragon.

"Fine, you win. As a man of my word, I will hand you the princess. She's within the bottom deck within the holding cell. Here's the key for the cell." he said to me as he passed me the keys to the Mermaid Princess cell.

It seemed like everything was won until surrendering a tidal wave slices the ship in half and the Princess was abducted by a large Merman who is holding her hostage with one of his 8 tentacles.

"Help Me!" the princess shouted as she struggles to fight against the Mermain trying to break out of his tentacle grip.

"Fiend!" I shouted as I was at the edge of the spilt ship in half from the attack.

"You've served your use Levia, I no more use for you." Hiden said to the Water Dragon Pirate King as he shot a powerful Air blast towards Levia however before the blast can touch him, I blocked the blast sending it through the sinking ship.

Hiden then goes down to the ocean with the princess,

"COME BACK HERE!" I shouted as I dive underwater to fight him, little did I know, I was setting myself up for a very tough fight. Me and him reached the bottom of the ocean floor not far from the island merely 900 meters below as we see the ship crash to the bottom of the ocean. When I arrive, I saw the princess trapped within an air barrier she couldn't break out.

"Save me please" she shouted as she struggles to break out of the barrier.

"You stupid human, you feel for my trap. You're now going to die here within the ocean." Hiden mocked as he then took out 8 blades with each of his 8 tentacles and take out two more blades with his arms ready to fight.

"10 swords?" I said shocked and horrified, this was the first time I've seen anyone draw 10 blades at once, worse he was very strong.

"You're up against the might Archduke Hiden, one of the leaders of the Altania who was known as the "Dragon Slaying Merman", ever since I lost my parents to Dragons, I wanted revenge for the massacre of my family and searched decades for a way to kill those dirty dragon's, to my luck Dragons as powerful as they still need to breathe air and with the magic I learned combined with my Merman abilities, I will be the first true Dragon Slayer" Hiden explained to me as he revealed the true reason for his anti-dragon agenda as he was ready to fight to kill, I couldn't let him win.

"As if I would let you kill innocent Dragons, Don't make me laugh." I responded as I was beyond furious that this asshole was planning to kill all dragonkind. I won't allow him to kill the princess and take an innocent person's life, especially when he plans to kill more with that power he would gain.

I clashed against his blades, blocking multiple strikes from each of his tentacles with each blade coming closer and closer to touching my skin. He clearly had a skill and experience edge over me, he also had physical edges over me. Not only can he breathe underwater, but he also had tentacles that were flexible and had twice the distance and range as a human's arm. Worse I was already battered from the previous fight with Levia so I was going into the battle in a massive disadvantage.

"As mighty as Dragons and humans like you are, you become weaker and slower and inhibited by the atmospheric pressure and lack of oxygen underwater whereas Merman like me thrive from these conditions." he said to me as me manages to get several scrapes with his blades getting past my guard.

"UGGH!" I shouted as I struggled to block his attacks.

"Looks like your too slow underwater." Duke Hiden said to me as he moved and swam much faster than he was moving before, forcing me to block more attacks against him however he kept getting grazes and scrapes from the blades, getting through my defenses and forcing me onto the defensive.

"Slashing Wave!" I chanted as I shot another blast towards him from my sword only for him to block my attack with each of his 10 swords.

"Not bad, but you're not strong enough to beat me underwater. In fact, let's see how you fare without that bubble of you'rs." Hiden said to me smirking maniacally as he knew my weakness.

"What? " I said as I prepared to strike him down before he can use his attack.

"Air Blast!" Hiden chanted as he shoots an Oxygen blast towards me faster than I can react and then I was dispelled of the Oxygen spell.

Damn it !" I shouted as all of a sudden I felt the immense pressure against my entire body.

At that moment I felt the pressure of the ocean against my body. I struggle to even move and struggle to breathe. My body felt like it was weighed down by ship anchors while my vision was getting blurry.

"10 swords Whirlpool" Hiden chanted as he spins around like a whirlpool as all 10 of his blades came towards me.

I struggled to block all his blades as he spun around frantically, I was being pushed back against the force of the strikes as I was losing strength underwater, it took everything I got to block his blows, however, one slash was able to get me, slicing my shoulder pretty badly.

"UGGH! DAMN IT !" I shouted holding onto my shoulder as I felt the overwhelming pain of my shoulder gushing blood into the ocean….As if things couldn't get worse for me, I struggle to get back up.

"Now die !" Hiden goes to attack me while I'm staggered struggling for air however I was able to grab his sword arm and block his 9 other blades with my sword and then kicked him before he can overpower my sword into a sea rock. I went back to holding onto my badly cut shoulder.

'Damn it… I have to fight !" I said to myself. I had to strike him now, my strength was failing me badly. I was barely able to see him, barely able to hear him as I started to lose oxygen and slowly losing consciousness. t was now or never.

"I then leaped at the get and attempted to slash him down.

"Huh! How do you still have so much energy." Hiden said shocked that I was coming towards him.

"Braveheart!" I shouted as managed to get him to block my attack with all 10 swords. I was forced to pour all my energy into the attack to shatter each of his swords and manages to slash him from shoulder to hip

"ARRGH!" Hiden shouted as he was badly wounded from the slash.

"Finally…." I said to him as a struggle to get back up and swim to the surface to catch a breather and recast the spell to give myself some oxygen only to see something even more frightening.

"Muscle Speak!" Hiden said with the terrifying words as he expanded his muscles and made himself extremely huge. Normally Muscle Speak was a fairly low tier magical spell but in the hands of a powerful Merman, it becomes a very strong magical spell.

The good news is that his muscle mass made him slower and his attacks far more predictable, the bad news was he was underwater so the loss in speed was negligible as a Merman, worse I was barely able to fight. The pressure on my body was making me slower and the lack of oxygen wasn't helping either as well as my previous injuries with Levia as well as my deep shoulder wound.

I tried to slash at the brute however he thanked my attack outright.

"Impossible!" I shouted.

He then punched me into the gut so hard I coughed up blood.

"That was nothing." He then grabbed me and then dashed further and further away from Gallant Island struggling to break out of his immense grip.

When he finally crossed the Isghal Sea dragging me along, I was then thrown into the bottom of the Coral sea over 4km away, the force of the throw as so great that the compression seriously damaging my internal organs leaving her badly injured. At this point below, it felt as if rather than I was weighed down by a Ship Anchor, an entire ship was pressed against my entire body. At this depth, any ship would've been crushed by this intense pressure. Even most Dragons would die from this pressure if they weren't water Dragons.

"URGGH! Damn it, it can't end like this" I shouted as I coughed up blood. This was was one of the closest times I felt close to dying. Every fiber of my body was in pain right now

"Now time to end this! Aerial Phose. " Hiden shouted as he swings both of his hands in a circular motion around his body shooting a massive sphere like cyclone towards me.

"Deus Corona!" I countered as I tried to block his attack however the attack was too strong for me to block and I took immense damage from the attack, to the point every part of my body had thousands of small cuts with a very deep gash on my other shoulder. Had not for Deus Corona, I would've been dead.

I then collapsed onto the ground, suffering for organ damage, immense blood loss and lack of oxygen. I was at the brink of death at this point, unable to fight back.

It was when in my illusions I saw a young man with shoulder-length hair, two long horns, and a facial tattoo over his right eye swam over me. He grabbed onto me and I felt the energy flowing through me, it was the first and the only time I recalled seeing this man, however, had not for him appearing, I would've died that day.

"Now then, time to end this!" Hiden said as he is about to finish me.

However, through sheer willpower, I was able to cast one spell that would help me.

"Anomaly Resistance Enchant: Re-raise"I countered as I raised myself and blocked the finishing blow blocking the air bullet with my sword.

"Impossible….How are you still alive...You should be dead!" Hiden shouted shocked that despite everything he threw at me.

"You can do whatever you wish to me...But you can never crush the spirit of Dragonv." I said to him as I stood my ground about to use my attack as I charged up the last of my energy against him. It was all or nothing.

"Die! Aerial Phose. " Hiden shouted as he fired another blast towards me.

"Demon Sword Scarlet Fang."! I countered as I slashed through the attack and cut Hiden with the attack.

"UGGGH!" Hiden gruntled as he then realized he was cleanly split in half, within seconds Hiden was dead from my final attack. It was the last thing I remember seeing as I blacked out.

However, when I woke up I saw Levia and Ingeel there. We were back on Gallant Island in the middle of the Isghal Sea. I saw the princess freed from her bubble thanks to Ingeel's help.

"You saved the queen Levia."Ingeel said to him as I realized it was the criminal Levia that saved my life alongside Ingeel.

"I apologize for my crimes and await my judgment Queen of Dragons. Her bravery reminded me of what I once fought for, she would be a great ruler when he powers fully matured." Levia replied back as Ingeel restrained him.

"Indeed she would."Ingeel replied.

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One Week Later

August 20 X387

I recovered within the hospital within Coraalla after being within a coma for over a week. I woke up to Belserion, Ingeel, Minue, her daughter and the Mermaid Monarchs there.

"She's awake !" Ingeel said to everyone there.

"Where am ?" I asked them.

"Looks like you were really close to dying there queen, you need to be less reckless Queen."Belserion answered.

"Is the princess okay?" I asked them.

"I'm fine thanks to you." the princess of the Mermaids replied as she hugged me.

I then realized my entire body is covered with bandages from all the wounds I suffered.

"We can't thank you enough for everything you've done for us. Thanks to your heroism, and bravery, you got the dragons and Mermaids more untied on your behalf. We want you to attend our daughter's wedding." the princess said to me as she offered me to go into the wedding.

"It would be an honor to attend the wedding." I replied as gave her a thumbs up.

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Several days later

August 23, x387

After recovering from the hospital, I attended the wedding between the Mermaid Princess and Mermaid Prince

"Do you take the prince to be your lawfully wedded husband." the pastor said to the two of them.

"I do" the Princess answered.

"Do you take the princess to be your lawfully wedded wife." the pastor asked the handsome prince.

"I do" the prince answered.

"By the power of Possession, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife. You may kiss the bride." the pastor declared as the two kissed each other

The wedding was very beautiful, this was what I wished I would have in the future, a wedding with a handsome prince in which we would have a lovely family. The Princess throws the Bouquet and Minue catches it.

"I caught the Bouquet." Minue Jr said to Ingeel.

"Indeed, you did" Ingeel replied staring at Minue Jr as they both blushed.

I then came to the center of the wedding chapel to give my speech to the people within the kingdom, a speech that would solidify a new era of unity after centuries of conflicts.

"For centuries the mermaids and Dragons fought for this scared grounds, today I declare an era of peace between to the two race, we share a common ancestor, a common god, and a common land. The great Water God Mercuphobia envisions a world where all undersea life lived in peace and harmony. Let's take this day to remember the bonds we share than the appearances that separate us." I said to the Dragons and Mermaids within the crowd as they cheered my speech. It was nice to see the two races, the Dragons and Mermaids finally unite as one, thanks to my efforts. It was from that day I thought of the idea of marrying one day myself.

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The Next Day

August 24, X387

Belserion and I return back to Dragonv to govern. My injuries were all healed up as if nothing happened.

"To think you got strong enough to defeat an entire group of entire group of defected pirates, powerful human pirates, several Pirate dragons and an Infamous Merman who killed several B ranked Dragons." Belserion said to me impressed at my growth in the last year.

"Hiden killed that many dragons? No wonder I was at the brink of death at fighting the guy, he was very strong. I then saw some man with horns and blue hair appear, he saved me."

"Impossible, did you see Mercuphobia?" Belserion asked me amazed that I saw one of the Dragon Gods.

"That was Mercuphobia?" I asked him shocked to have met a god.

"Mercuphobia tends to be the least willing to help humans, the fact he saved your life means he sees promise within you." Belserion said to me.

"I owe him big time, still, I've still not fully recovered, I need some time to rest according to Grandeeney." I said to grandpa referring to the fact I took a serious beating.

"Indeed, you came very close to dying that last battle, you need to stop being so reckless with your battles." Grandpa scolded me regarding my actions.

"I'll try Belserion." I replied with sweat dripping from my brow.

"It seems like the threat of this mysterious person who caused the Mildan Academy massacre has disappeared. They've been not seen any signs of this mysterious killer anywhere." belserion said to me telling me at least some good news out there.

"Hopefully he's dead for good, still it feels uneasy that there are such forces out there." I replied worried about the fact that there are humans that might exist with god powers.

"I'm confident one day you can deal with something like the threat like a demigod. You grew stronger at a faster rate than even your mother."

"Thanks, I'll do everything to protect her friends and family and the nation of Dragnov." I replied feeling confident in myself.

"You would be a great queen, one that can rule a whole lifetime."

"Thanks perhaps one day we can even get the Serenity Empire to unite with us, perhaps I can marry the most handsome prince of the land and raise a family together."

"I would advise against it, Serenity and Dragonv feud for centuries." Belserion warned me.

"Yeah and we can end that feud with an arraigned marriage once we win the Dragon War." I replied back.

The experience within Gallant Island and the Kingdom of Mermaids was quite the intense experience. A Beautiful underwater kingdom divided by centuries of mistrust between the Mermaid race and dragon race and I helped reunited the two races. Minue and Ingeel little to my understanding seem to be bonding quite well, possibly might be the future wedding I attended had things went well. Levia was charged with robbery and theft of over 2 Trillion Jewels which would equal 20 Billion Alvarez Dollars in the modern era however because he saved my life, his sentence was reduced from a death sentence to a mere 10 years in jail. He would be scheduled for July 7, X397 that is had things went as well as I hoped...In reality, darkness waited for me. I should've token Belserion's warning from here.

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10 years later

July 7, X397

I sat at the cell covered in dirt and other substance as my body covered with scales, I was a broken woman who remained captive for 3 years. The only thing covering me was my tattered royal nightgown which has covered with the fields of other men. My body was physically scarred with white scales while mentally scaled by the countless fluids pumped into me by men and beaten out of me by men.

It has been 3 years since the end of the Dragon War that nearly ended the world, one week after the war on July 7, X394, I was overthrown in a violent Coup De Dat by my very own husband. With the Dragon Protection Squad surviving members protecting the children of Prophecy for Anna's 400-year plan and much of my army decimated, I was vulnerable to a violent coup. Being 3 months pregnant at the time and recovering from the most difficult fight ever combine what the shock of the betrayal overwhelmed me.

For 3 years, I was brutally beaten, tortured and even gang-raped on a constant basis and my bare essence was tired to a cross as men jeered at my defiled body, then the townsfolk had their turn with me until I became referred as the Kingdom's Royal Toilet. All while pregnant with my child. The only thing that kept me from hanging from my cell was my will to protect my child.

"No matter the cost, I will definitely protect you...Erza." I said to her as I was barely awoke holding my stomach within a fetal position.

It was then that bastard showed his face, he was within shadows so I couldn't see him properly at the time. He was a prince within the Kingdom of Serenity who also was the Grand General of the Serenity Zentopitan Templar, the most elite Knights within the land. He was devilishly handsome and charming and successfully charmed me into marriage, it would easily prove to be my second biggest mistake in my life.

"You time is up Dragon wrench, you're execution date is today." the man said to me as he opened my cell.

From there everything went blank, the next thing I recalled, a large explosion occurred, with Manga Carta being completely destroyed. Everyone in the castle was killed including Levia who was about to be executed as well as myself.

I then realized that I looked completely different. I was far taller, my body was like that like a Dragons. It was then I realized, I've made the biggest mistake of my life.

"OH NO! WHAT HAVE I BECOME?" I shouted with people fleeing the city.

The Dreaded Dragon Slayer powers, the very thing that helped us survive the Dragon war that I created turned me into a monster, from there my slow descent to madness begun and how I would eventually end up with the likes of Zeref. However the story is far from over, I still drift within the darkness of this Purgatory.

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( A/N: And that's all for now. Bet you were expecting me to make a Mermaid into the Monster of the chapter would you? Frankly, it would get boring if all Irene fought was Dragons considering the grand scale of the world around her. Considering this is a vast underwater kingdom, we had to throw in some powerful mermaid enemies for Irene to fight.

At this point Irene is virtually on par with a B class Dragon at this point given she has spent a full year training with the 3 kings of Isvaniana and we needed to showcase just how much stronger she has become since her fight with Scissor Runner hence how she effortlessly was able to bitchslap down several dragons without drawing her Hoshigami No Satsuki.

As for why Leiva was stronger than a typical C class Dragon, that should be very obvious, he's a water dragon who's battlefield is surrounded by water, needless to say, his power to grow is near unlimited. Theoretically, he can keep getting stronger with almost no limit. He appeared to be one of the stronger dragons within the Dragon Festival Arc and going by weakest to strongest minus Altas flames there's ZiicornsisScissor RunnerLevia the Dark Dragon Gajeel fought unarmed Boulder dragon Cobra fought and Motherglare. All but Motherglare are C class Dragons meaning that the other 2 remaining C class dragons would be little to no challenge to her whatsoever if she wields the Hoshigami No Satsuki right? Trust me I'll find ways to make them a bit more challenging than they're rank level and throw a few more obstacles and surprises down the alley.

As for the world building of the Mermaid and underwater kingdoms, especially have the 100-year quest story to thank for that given ti helped expand the lore I was setting up with the hidden underwater kingdoms inhibited by the Mermaid and other fish like races within the universe I created. I will continue to develop more on the world of Fairy Tail as I did with previous chapters such as the brief development of Middle Earth Land which is basically the Middle East if met the Lord of the Rings and Isviaian Peninsula which is essentially Scanaividina within the Fairy Tail world.

Originally I wanted to make this a team effort to defeat Levia but decided to save that for the next chapter. Realistically there wasn't much Lena, Erenjack or Rena could've done against a C class dragon at all at this point given they're still in training and they would merely struggle to beat the Fodder Water Dragons within the deck of Levia's Ship much less hope to do shit against Levia and Lena would especially be useless given her sand magic is weak against water and out of the three, the weakest in physical strength and would be virtually useless without Sand Magic the same way Gaara from Naruto can't fight without sand. Rena and Ernejack would fare little better in this chapter given her hair magic that produces flames is also useless underwater, especially since the water would ruin the hair and make it float and Erenjack with heavy weapons and metal would sink and drown so dealing with these issues, it was best to make this a solo effort to showcase how much Irene improved with her own strength and mastery of the Hoshigami No Satsuki.

As for Levia himself, I decided to give him a Pirate gimmick for this, why because why not? My goal is to give each dragon friend or foe a unique personality and persona. In the case of ZIioncrosis, he was the only dragon aside from Altas Flames with a defined personality. I made Scissor RUnner a literally edgy serial killer who loves to chop up anything that breathes so I went with the misery, disgruntled pirate who lost the will to fight for his kingdom after Eclarate's death. Livera will eventually die like all the dragons, how he would die is going to be kept a secret given in canon each of the dragons were killed by Ancologia, I changed it up here given none of the dragons seem worthy to die in Ancologia's hands. The ones who attacked Sonya, on the other hand, will still die in Ancologia's hands but more of those dragons later.

I also did a bit more lore on the Three Great Desert Gods and the connection to Belserion past alongside the 5 Dragon Gods to give more of a perspective and scale of the threat of the Demon Dragon King and how powerful a Demon Dragon King can be. Needless to say to make things clear, Neros who is based on the great Roman Emperor who made the Roman Empire ( The Crous Empire being the literal equivalent to Rome) is easily as powerful as Ancologia when he absorbed the Ravine of Time while the Dragon Gods are as powerful as Acnologia without the Ravines of time and the three Desert gods equal Acnologia within the story. By contrast, the power of Morton would equal that of Ancologia's base power

And yes Levia dies in this continuity when Irene turns into a Dragon and destroys her entire castle. This is a preview of the level of shit Irene is going to go through, yes she gets raped, horribly but I won't be showing explicit detail of that, it would more of a mention of it, after all it's pretty much implied in canon she was brutally tortured and hulimated and considering she was nude throughout it, rape would be an inevitable thing to occur to her, it would also further explain her descend into madness because imagine being raped, tortured, beaten and humiliated for 3 years straight, then being a dragon for 400 years and then not sleeping for 28 years? As for Irene's Husband, fuck that prick, also we'll get more on him much later in the timeline, right now this was a mere teaser of things to come.

Hilda Yesta:16,000 MPF

Lena Marvell(Age 17)8,322 MPF base, 11,666 MPF full power base, 12,333 MPF using Enchantments

Rey Fullbuster 24,000 MPF

Erenjack(Age 16):14,332 MPF

Pirate Dragons:12,666 MPF

Pirate Mermaid Warriors: 10,833 MPF

Sir Epoch: 10,833 MPF base, 12,666 MPF using Underwater to increase his strength

Irene (Age 17):14,878 MPF base, 15,544 MPF using Enchantments, 16,544 MPF with base full power, 17,210 MPF using Enchantments full power, 18,000 MPF with the full power Hoshigami No Satsuki, 18,666 MFF using Enchantments

Levia:14,878 MPF- 18,000 MPF after absorbing mass amounts of water

Duke Hiden: 17,000 MPF, 18,666 MFF While Underwater

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