Hello again and I am back with Chapter 5 of "A Boy and the Magma Dragon". Thank you for your reviews and support for this Fairy Tail OC Dragon fic and I appreciate that. With Volcanis taking Natsu on a flight trip around Fiore, some certain factions have gotten their eyes on the Magma Dragon after she openly showed up publicly in Ishgar.
My responses to these Guest reviews that I can't normally reply on PM:
Guest: Indeed, it was an eye-opener for Fairy Tail and the citizens of Magnolia from Volcanis' casual revelations to them. Although she didn't reveal Cana to be the daughter of Gildarts upon noticing her and connect the dots between the two. Perhaps this could inspire Cana to grow a spine and tell her father the truth or probably not, who knows?
And yes, she will encounter Irene Belserion at some point in the future. Especially learning the truth not just the Dragons' endangered/extinct state by Acnologia's hand but about the Second Generation and Third Generation Dragon Slayers' source of power too as well.
Don't worry, I have plans for the Dragon Slayer guild made by Selene with Brain/Zero's help in that regard.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters except my OCs. They belong to Hiro Mashima.
Enjoy and don't forget to review. :)
Chapter 5
Within the depths of Natsu Dragneel's body
Hidden inside the body of his own adopted human son through the Dragon Soul Technique, Igneel the Fire Dragon King resides within the volcanic region that he crafted within the mindscape as he watched through Natsu's eyes at everything. He is both happy and sad that the young Fire Dragon Slayer is doing well by making new friends at the Fairy Tail guild like a family to him and that he is going on a wild goose chase looking for him, unaware of the truth behind his "disappearance" on July 7, X777.
But it had to be done.
Igneel didn't want Natsu to undergo the Dragonification and become like Acnologia, the negative legacy of the Dragons that rendered the Dragon race nearly extinct and forced the remnants into hiding. So he had to create the antibodies to prevent that from ever happening, ensuring his adopted son will never transform into a Dragon. And he also needed to recover enough of his soul from the half-dead state that Acnologia put him in too as well.
But one day, when the time comes, you deserve to know the truth Natsu..., he solemnly vowed.
Speaking of Dragons, the Fire Dragon King was surprised and called himself a fool for forgetting about Volcanis when Natsu first met and endeared himself to her. She did not participate the Dragon Civil War at all because of her long term sleeping habit within the depths of the volcano which saved her life from being found and killed by the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.
At least my boy is in good hands with Volcanis. She can finish training Natsu since she was familiar with my power I taught to him and be a better parental figure than I am..., Igneel smiled after seeing the wholesome moment of Natsu being adopted by the female Dragon and having an enjoyable flight trip with her across the land of Fiore.
Then Igneel saw form of a Magic orb of light approaching his domain and immediately recognized who it is.
He growled, "What are you doing here, Grandeeney?"
"Paying a visit to an old friend.", the Sky Dragon casually replied.
"Might I remind you that you're forbidden to come here? Do not interfere!", Igneel warned.
Grandeeney commented, "I know and speaking of interference, I believe your former retainer Volcanis already did that. Adopting Natsu as her son and taking over to complete his training to master the power you taught him. Perhaps you should have gotten to her first and involve her into the 400 Year Plan."
Igneel rolled his eyes, knowing that Grandeeney just wanted to have a fellow female Dragon in the group where they would share embarrassing stories about him and dote on their respective adopted Dragon Slayer kids in a motherly way like they did with the hatchlings back in happier times before the tragedy happened in the form of the civil war between Dragons and Acnologia.
"You know Volcanis is a heavy sleeper and that there is not enough time to bring her into this plan before Anna Heartfilia opened the Eclipse Gate in conjunction with her descendant from the future at the right moment for us to get here. The same thing I can say for Atlas Flame after he went off somewhere to build some village or something.", the Fire Dragon King interjected as he remembered the Hellfire Dragon flying away and muttering about some time travel nonsense.
He regretted not taking Atlas Flame into the 400 Year Plan even though he is aware of the Hellfire Dragon being prejudiced to humans compared to Volcanis who is at least cordial with them. It was a source of conflict between the two elemental Dragons despite their kinship and devotion with him.
"At least she will keep Natsu from becoming too reckless when raising him which reminds me of someone else I know. Because his streak of good luck is sure to run out eventually if he pushed it too far. In which case,... he could end up dead.", the Sky Dragon remarked with a serious tone.
This upsets Igneel as an understatement which he unleashed his magical power that obliterated the entire cave around him and bellowed with the spreading of his wings. "BEGONE! DO NOT MEDDLE IN THE HUMAN AFFAIRS! DO SO AND YOU WILL ANGER ME! THE MIGHTY IGNEEL!"
Unfazed of the Fire Dragon's explosive bravado, Grandeeney said. "Aside from the so-called Five Dragon Gods at Guiltina, Volcanis did that first when it comes to meddling with the humans' affairs, Igneel. I think you should be more worried about angering her instead. Mother dragons are very caring and protective of their young after the Father dragons leave them as part of the Dragon race's way of life. Since you abandoned Natsu even though it was necessary in our case, I can see you shivering in fear of what she will do to you if you show yourself to her in person or by communication."
"IGNEEL FEARS NOTHING!", he bellowed even louder.
He totally did not shiver in great terror upon hearing the Magma Dragon's promising threat upon his scaley hide for abandoning Natsu alone after reading her thoughts with Telepathy. It is not like he could contact Volcanis without giving himself away prematurely and he doesn't want to leave his adopted son's body until he is sure the boy won't turn into a Dragon.
And if he left without fully regaining his full health and power, he cannot return and will die for good.
Clearly smirking behind the light orb, the Sky Dragon mused. "If you insist. Anyways, I hope Natsu will eventually meet Wendy and become good friends compared to the one he has with Gajeel."
"As if Volcanis will not find something suspicious once she learns Wendy was your adopted daughter in first meeting. After all, "Mother dragons are very caring and protective of their young" as you say.", Igneel fired back which he can tell she had flinched from that verbal jab at her.
"Touché. She deserves the truth of what has happened to our race. It will no doubt break her heart when the time comes.", Grandeeney sadly said with a sigh before continuing. "I suppose that no matter how worried we are, we can do nothing to affect matters even if we wanted to like Volcanis did. All we can do is to trust in the strength of humanity to prevail in the upcoming Dragon King Festival."
"But you know Zeref is-... Never mind, I said enough. Farewell.", she finished.
With that, Grandeeney left and Igneel return to observe Natsu's recent adventure with Volcanis across Fiore.
At the Magic Council HQ, Era
In the heart of the densely-populated metropolitan center known as Era, was a massive, rocky, mountain that extended upward for thousands of feet. The geographical land mass featured a jagged pathway that encircled the circumference of the mountain as an entrance into the imposing palace up above. The massive palace was composed of both pure white stone and light blue bricks, with large, elongated windows with arched tops being placed over its walls, some complete with glass, others hollow. The front part is a large façade, dominated in its center by the entrance, consisting of a double door topped by a pyramid-shaped roof, adorned by a bas-relief portraying a naked male figure taking the hand of a naked female figure, with a large shell being placed behind them.
This magnificent building was none other than the headquarters for the most powerful administrative body of all of the magic users in Ishgar, the Magic Council.
In the interior, nine members of the Magic Council are seated in a round table within a large, open-air space, a massive balcony covered by a roof held up by columns and arches, with railing visible on both sides. The whole space was built of azure stone, and it was given access to by a battlement, with the stairs leading to it being flanked by a pair of statues portraying hooded women covered in dresses, wielding what seemed to be rudimentary axes or pickaxes; sitting between some of the columns near the entrance were small tables with flowerpots on them.
"By the power and authority of the Magic Council, I hereby declare the formation of the Oracion Seis special forces unit under the command of Captain Jaguar as its leader.", Chairman Crawford Seam formally announced.
"I am honored, Chairman and I accept the position.", the Werejaguar Take Over wizard graciously accepted in front of the members of the Council.
Councilor Org added in turn, "In addition, you are granted permission to select five of Ishgar's best and brightest Rune Knights across the continent regardless of rank of your choosing. With the rising threat of Dark Guilds and the rumors of an alliance forming between Grimoire Heart and Tartaros, the Council's Oracion Seis will serve as the three deterrents with the Ten Wizard Saints and the Three Dragon Lords."
"Thank you Exalted Council. I will do my best to uphold the legacy of the Six Prayer Generals that once purified the world of the vile Demons unleashed by Zeref centuries ago.", Jaguar declared with a solemn and strong conviction.
"Very well, you are dismissed and do what you must.", the Chairman of the Magic Council ordered.
Saluting, the leader of the newly formed Council's Oracion Seis left the meeting room to find and recruit 5 exceptional members from the Rune Knights into his team. As for the five children being chosen as candidates of Brain before the wretched man escaped from justice, they will be ensured to have a new life and freedom denied to them by the Tower of Heaven alongside their former fellow slaves.
That also includes Jellal despite being a leader of the Zeref cult and a brainwashed victim after the Council medics discovered traces of Possession Magic within the poor boy when they treat his wounds.
Councilor Yajima mused, "Well, I must say that creating the Council's special forces unit and name it "Oracion Seis" is quite ballsy if you ask me. I can imagine the look on Dr. Bryan Ockado's face when he comes out of hiding to learn that we took the name ourselves or name his Dark Guild Oracion Seis anyway."
Councilor Michello scoffed with an eye roll, "As if there is such thing as two Oracion Seis groups. Knowing that blowhard of a mad scientist with a massive ego, he cannot take the name of the Oracion Seis without looking like a copycat fool and a laughingstock in the eyes of both Legal and Dark Guilds. He would never let anything that offended him slide."
Except probably for Ivan Dreyar. He didn't care that he deliberately named his Dark Guild Raven Tail after Fairy Tail when Makky excommunicated that insolent boy. I will make sure that your Guild will never be legitimized even if it's the last thing I will do!, the former member of Team Makarov internally vowed.
"And the only way for Dr. Bryan, or Brain as he liked to call himself, to have his Oracion Seis to be acknowledged is to wipe out our Oracion Seis first.", Councilor Belno said before giving a small smirk. "Of course, it would be very difficult for him since he will have to face his ever persistent pursuer Captain Jaguar leading our special forces unit."
Councilor Org interjected, "However, Dr. Bryan had disappeared without trace after being nearly cornered by Captain Jaguar and the recently awakened Magma Dragon at the now dismantled Tower of Heaven. Seemingly teleported away to somewhere else where not even our Chairman's Super Archive Magic can locate him. But once the news of our Oracion Seis' formation had been released to the public in the news, it will bring the mad doctor out of hiding where he would try something rash out of wounded ego that we took the name first before he did. That will bring him straight to Jaguar's claws."
The members of the Magic Council nodded in agreement. For too long the renegade doctor/former head of the Bureau of the Magical Development had eluded from the Council's justice after he went rogue and became a Dark wizard where he sold secrets to the Underworld of Dark Guilds especially when those said secrets are from the Hybrid Theory project he was once in charge of.
"Speaking of the Magma Dragon... Real Time Link.", said Chairman Crawford as he used his Super Archive Magic's spell to display a holographic globe of Earth Land with the map of Ishgar. And he displayed a huge dot which identified itself to be the magical signature of Volcanis herself. "It seems that she is busy flying around Fiore after attacking the Tower of Heaven and nearly wiped out the Zeref cultists according to Captain Jaguar who made contact with her."
Councilor Leiji wondered as he pushed back his small, round, dark shaded glasses to his face. "Which is the cause of concern, fellow Councilors. We do not know the Dragon's intentions after her appearance out of nowhere had caused a lot of uproar in Ishgar, and that Dragons were once dominant rulers of Earth Land who can do as they please and it may be at the expense of mankind."
Showing them the paper he received by magic mail, Councilor Yajima stated. "On the contrary, Makarov sent me a letter explaining that Volcanis paid a visit to Magnolia and revealed herself to be one of the pro-human Dragons that favored humanity. Even mentioning that she has a glowing review about human civilization being progressive in the current era and she even refused to join Fairy Tail out of principle to not meddle with human affairs."
This surprised and also relieved the members of the Council upon learning from their fellow Councilman that it was somewhat a friendly Dragon. On the other hand, the idea of a Dragon joining Fairy Tail is a terrifying picture to imagine and from their point of view, it would inflate Fairy Tail's ego to even greater heights since they are the strongest Legal Guild in Fiore with Phantom Lord being a formidable competition in their own right.
"Why did she visit Magnolia out of all places?", the elderly Councilman with a small bat perched on his bald forehead asked.
"From what Makarov wrote, she came to visit Natsu Dragneel, whom she proclaimed him to be the son of Fire Dragon King Igneel and adopted him as her child. In short, she is his foster mother now.", the former Fairy Tail member replied upon reading the letter.
The female Council member widened her eyes and commented, "So I see. He is like Gajeel Redfox. He did told me he was raised by Metalicana the Iron Dragon when I first met him and took him in. He was never the type to lie and is blunt to a fault."
Before the appearance of Volcanis flying around in Ishgar, Dragons are believed to be extinct and the Dragon Slayers learn their powers from reading a book, implanting a lacrima and obtaining weapons and armor that all three methods are of Dragon Slayer Magic. And that those who claim that they were raised by Dragons were deemed laughingstocks and liars.
The Chairman of the Council remarked as his Real Time Link spell detected another signature albeit smaller alongside the huge one and a profile of the young Fire Dragon Slayer in the List of Registry for Legal Wizards, "I see. That would make Volcanis a loose affiliate with Fairy Tail in a similar regard with Councilor Yajima and Warrod Sequen, who is one of the Four Gods of Ishgar in the Ten Wizard Saints and one of the founders of Fairy Tail if I recall."
The Councilors begrudgingly agreed on that even though it was obvious that those two had defended Fairy Tail most of the time when it comes to legally finding loopholes and rules lawyering with the fallout of the Legal Guild's destructive results in their Jobs every time. Now they might have to deal with a Dragon whose only connection with Fairy Tail is the boy Natsu Dragneel even though she is actually friendly with humans despite intimidating appearance.
"Ooh, a First Generation Dragon Slayer has been adopted by a Dragon who had recently awakened from her centuries-long slumber and was once vassal of his Dragon father and king? He must truly be blessed by the Dragon Gods!", a male voice with flamboyance said out loud.
Turning their heads, the members of the Magic Council had their eyes widened upon seeing three certain individuals standing before them.
The first is a handsome man with medium-length, wavy and spiked orange hair that is shaped like a pair of rabbit ears and a scar over the bridge of his nose. He wears a fanciful white robe with blue long sleeves, a blue belt and blue pants. His chest and neck area are covered by a small red cloak with white colored edges, a large collar and three yellow-colored crescent shapes lined up vertically on both sides over his chest along with wearing a simple pair of boots that reach below his knees.
He has a large wheel of eight blades at his back.
The second is a graceful woman with long green hair held in a ponytail fashion and a fair amount of jewelry, mainly a tiara with six gemstones with the largest placed in the middle and, a large silver necklace with a large pendant and a pair of earrings with two large gems in both of them. She wears a red form fitting dress with ladylike gloves and a long flowing skirt along with high-heeled boots.
She wields an intricate staff that resembles a royal scepter with six jewelry in the tip on her right side.
And the third is a rough-looking man with a crewcut black hair, a sharp looking mustache and a scar on the left side of his face. He wears a full plate silver scale mail armor a bit similar to that of dragon scales covering all over his body. Its Dragon motif made it look like a humanoid dragon standing upright, and the armor seems to possess some sort of small sword-like insignia embedded in the middle of its chest while it has a pauldron depicting a dragon on both shoulder sides with two horns that protrude from it. In addition, he holds a helmet that has a long hair-like fabric on top of it as well as a layer of fur around the two arms on his left hand.
He has four powerful looking glowing weapons floating behind his back: a katana, a spear, a greatsword, and a warhammer.
"Th-the Three Dragon Lords!", the cat-looking Councilor squeaked out in surprise.
The Three Dragon Lords, a group of the three most powerful Dragon Slayers in Ishgar who were products of the Hybrid Theory as the first Dragon Slayers of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Generations. Each of them have proven themselves to be exceptionally powerful in their own right and were able to hold on their own against Georg Reizen, the 5th Generation Dragon Slayer and leader of Diabolos who was known for slaying and devouring Dragons and hired by the Magic Council to aid them with this endeavor to create Dragon Slayers.
Currently, the group serve as one of the "Three Pillars of the Magic Council" with the Ten Wizard Saints and the Rune Knights in the World of Magic that serve as a buffer to the growing threat of Dark Guilds. Of course the Council's Oracion Seis will soon replace the Rune Knights eventually in the future after Jaguar found his 5 chosen members and organize the group together into an elite force to be reckoned with.
"I thought you didn't believe in Dragon Gods and Dragon Kings, Serena.", the armored man said with a gruff tone.
Making a series of fabulous Jojo pose, God Serena stated. "Of course, I still do, Kaden! And one day, those so-called Five Dragon Gods at Guiltina and Acnologia will soon fall by our combined might that gave even The Dragon Eater pause in his tracks! However, you can tell that the boy Natsu Dragneel has a good luck streak on his side as he not only found the Magma Dragon from her hiding place by chance but also befriended and impressed her enough to take him in. Dragons are prideful creatures even if they were pro-human after all."
"Or that Volcanis was empathetic enough to adopt the boy as her own even if their race and elements are fundamentally different. Mother dragons are said to be very caring and protective of their young as I have been told by my young ward. Don't forget that fact.", the green haired woman simply said.
"Yes, Filomena.", the two older Dragon Slayers said together in unison.
"God Serena, Bram Kaden! That's Queen Filomena E. Fiore you're supposed to be addressing properly!", Councilor Org blurted out in a scolding manner before he realized his mistake and made a small cough. "My apologies, Your Highness, a force of habit."
Filomena chuckled as she said with a smile, "It's fine. I've known these two knuckleheads enough back in the old days when we were young."
In response, God Serena made another pose to that of Ginyu Force's Burter while Bram Kaden simply rolled his eyes. The members of the Council just sweatdropped at the eccentric nature of the Three Dragon Lords that belied their status as the strongest Dragon Slayer group in Ishgar. Then again, some of the high ranking Rune Knights and even other members of the Ten Wizard Saints are eccentric too as well no matter how many times they are told by their more serious comrades to discipline themselves and show respectable standards and behavior in order to set a good example to the public.
Councilor Belno asked with curiosity, "How long have you been listening, Your Highness?"
"Long enough regarding the appearance of the Magma Dragon and her recent actions which proves that she is obviously not a threat to Fiore or the entire continent as a whole. Including her positive view towards humanity. So no, we will not take action against Volcanis.", the Invoker of Dragon answered with a nod.
"What a shame, I would like to test my power against an actual honest-to-God Dragon.", the Eight Dragons made a sad pose in an exaggerating manner.
The Dragon Knight interjected with a narrowed glare, "Indeed, but we must be cautious. Aside from the Five Dragon Gods at Guiltina, Volcanis' presence has proven that not all Dragons have perished by Acnologia's hand in Ishgar and there may be other surviving Dragons out there that were also slumbering in any part of the continent they hid in just like she did."
He added, "And not all of them might be friendly to humans like her."
This brought down the chills of fear and apprehension on the backs of the Councilors after imagining such terrible scenario. Hence the necessity of having to create their own Dragon Slayers with Hybrid Theory even though its name and legacy is somewhat tainted with Brain's treachery and corruption that allowed such three methods possible.
Chairman Crawford made a coughing sound and pondered, "In that case, we will be counting on the Three Dragon Lords to handle matters relating with Dragons. On the other hand, how are your personal Guilds?"
"Hound Holy? My Guild is doing splendidly of course! Helping the former victims of that traitorous doctor's terrible Lacrima surgeries who escaped from the blown up facility and giving them a home for Dragon Slayers is the right thing to do!", God Serena proudly proclaimed.
Bram Kaden gruffly answered, "My Phoenix Grave is still a Guild of greenhorn squires learning the basics of their Fourth Generation armor and weaponry at the moment. They will have to master their chosen element bonded to their bodies upon wielding them in order to become Dragon Knights."
"My personal Guild Gramlush is still small at the moment as my wards are still young and currently playmates with my daughter Hisui. Finding First Generation Dragon Slayers who either learn it from a Dragon or from a book like Old Man Elefseria did is difficult even if I use my kingdom's intelligence and spy network. I left out Natsu Dragneel and Gajeel Redfox who are already part of Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord respectively.", Filomena E. Fiore stated with a sigh.
The female Councilor frowned even though her adopted son Gajeel whom she said he bares a resemblance to her deceased biological son made his own choice to join Wizard Saint Jose Porla's Guild whose branches dot most of the nation of Fiore. Regardless, she respected his decision and trusted Jose to not lead him astray from the wrong path.
"Very well, I believe that it is time to end the meeting and call for lunch break.", the Chairman of the Magic Council stated as he dispelled his Super Archive with everyone agreeing and they leave the meeting room to part ways and go about their own business until another meeting will be called upon them next time. Hopefully it won't be about Fairy Tail's shenanigans again but then again, it's inevitable.
As the Three Dragon Lords walked down the hallway of the Council HQ, the Queen of Fiore stated. "I will be returning to Crocus to check on Hisui and her new siblings I took in as part of the royal family. As well as managing the kingdom's affairs with my dear Toma. We must remain constant vigilance from any threats especially if they are from Alakitasia."
"Don't forget to send the Dragon lacrimas and equipment processed from Dragon bones under the capital's graveyard to Hound Holy and Phoenix Grave, Filomena. It will be a fine tribute of heaven for our Guilds!", the First God of Ishgar requested.
The Dragon Knight declared, "As for me, I will be traveling to northern Fiore and conduct my investigation. According to my sources, there were strange sightings of an Ice Dragon who was said to be worshipped by the people of the north as their harsh but fair deity. Oddly, no mention of human sacrifices. At first I thought it could be a Blizzard Wyvern that the folks must have mistaken it for a Dragon. But after the recent appearance of Volcanis, this was the topic I brought up to the Council about the possibility of other Dragons out there somewhere."
His fellow Three Dragon Lords comrades nodded in agreement with him as they have exited the Magic Council HQ to see the clear blue sky with some clouds and the Sun itself. The world of Earth Land is a vast place after all and there may be places that not even Acnologia can find and destroy easily.
"Be careful, Kaden. Just make sure to try diplomacy and assess their character first if it's really a Dragon.", the Invoker of Dragons advised.
"I will.", Bram Kaden said as he put on his helmet whose eye visors glow silver and levitated from the ground alongside his four hovering weapons. Then he flew off towards northern Fiore at great speed.
Playfully rolling his eyes, God Serena commented. "And he calls me a showoff when he can fly around wherever he likes and flaunts it."
"Perhaps one day, we can develop our own methods to fly like Dragons.", Filomena mused after watching their comrade leave Era.
"That will be a godly moment when we make it reality and I will be flying with style!", the first-ranked Wizard Saint agreed with a Ginyu Force's Recoome pose.
Tapping on the ground with her staff that opens a spatial portal in front of her to the room of Mercurius Palace, the mother of Hisui bade farewell, "Agreed, I will go see my kids. Good bye Serena."
"God-Bye-Bye, my Queen!", God Serena flamboyantly sends her off before walking into the city of Era with an ominous smirk. While Kaden and Filomena are busy, I will go seek out the Magma Dragon and test out my godly power against her! It is just a little friendly sparring after all... Besides I might even impress the kid Anna highly talked about and show him what a true Dragon Slayer is.
Somewhere in Guiltina
There is a guildhall which appears to be worn down with dead trees, and skulls with candles inside them can be found near its entrance. Topping the whole structure is a massive statue of an insect-like monster with its head facing the entrance while one of its wing like features has been broken. It gave off the impression of a seemingly abandoned building with a haunting aura to scare off intruders.
Diabolos, the Dragon Slayer guild composed of the 5th Generation and the strongest Legal Guild in the Northern Continent.
Within the guildhall, Georg Reizen is busy feasting himself with several plates of meat that are both cooked and raw at the same time on the table presented to him. "Meat should be squashed and drunk like this.", he said after squishing the meat in his hand to have its juices flow down on his throat.
Licking his lips, the Guild Master of Diabolos finished. "But once you've had a taste of a Dragon, you can never forget it. Don't you agree, Eugene Chandler?"
In front of him on the other side of the table with few bottles of wine and acid is a short man with fading green spiky hair and beard that gives off an impression with a lion's mane and a thick mustache. He is wearing a set of clothes and rings suited for nobles with elaborate designs such as a dark, high-collared long coat, white robes and a pink poofy tie.
"Indeed, Dragon's meat is a rare delicacy in the world after I slayed and consumed the Acid Dragon Barbarus. It is a shame that Dragons are nearly extinct in the present day.", the older member of Diabolos commented as he poured a bottle of acid into his wooden mug whose properties are from the cut down trees of Draseal's cities being able to withstand the acidotic drink.
He finished, "By either Acnologia's hand or yours."
Georg scoffed as he bragged, "Bah, Acnologia is Diabolos' ultimate prey! Once I have the bodies of the Dragon Gods to consume and gain all of their powers, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse will be next."
And yet you decide to be complacent and sit back, expecting the youngsters to successfully slay Dragon Gods for you than do it yourself. Raising an eyebrow, Chandler shrugged before drinking down the drink full of acid that replenished his magic reserves. "If you say so. Just don't bite off more than you can chew. You might get squashed if you let your guard down."
"That's what Elexion said to me before I crushed him and allowed the brat Kirin to consume his flesh and gain his power. Not even the mighty Lightning Dragon King is a match against my Four Beasts Dragon Slayer Magic!", he boasted.
The leader of the 5th Generation had fond memories of singlehandedly defeating Elexion whom he sees him as a worthy foe. Compared with the several Dragons such as Brigandine the Armor Dragon, Scissor Runner the Blade Dragon and Nekrosis the Corpse Dragon he had slain and eaten or allowed his Diabolos members to have their share, Elexion was the only one who gave him his long lasting scars on his body and went down swinging.
Especially that Sword Saint Dragon Kurnugi whose body and power is consumed by Suzaku.
Now all that is left of the Dragons in Guiltina are Balkesh the Meteor Dragon and Athena the Barrier Dragon. According to his sources, they were said to be hiding at the mountain of Zorah Magdios a mountain that is said to be impossible to climb even with powerful magic and the clouds that surround that mountain is said to hide even the strongest amount of magic there.
"I heard you did sell off to someone Elexion's heart that ends up processed into a Lacrima in Ishgar.", the Acid Dragon Eater commented as he poured himself another drink, this time with wine.
Georg shrugged, "Some pompous brat named Ivan. He paid good money when I sold it to him. But it is a chump change compared to what the Council had paid me for their precious Hybrid Theory project earlier. It was fun experience."
He remembered how the Magic Council officially recognizing Diabolos to be a Legal Guild despite the protest of the annoying Law Dragon Elefseria no one really pays to and they hired him to bring him some of the Dragon bodies he slayed as valuable materials needed to create three new Generations of Dragon Slayers while coining him and his Dragon Eaters as the 5th Generation, which he didn't really give a damn about some pointless labeling.
A Dragon Slayer is a Dragon Slayer.
Nothing more, nothing less.
They are the predators of Dragons and Georg saw it as karma on the once dominant rulers who once hunted down humans for food.
In addition, the Four Beasts Dragon Eater even had the honor to face the Three Dragon Lords and test their power against him. Which they have performed admirably well in battle and it was one of the best fights in his life.
Unfortunately I had to politely refuse the Council's offer to be part of the Dragon Lords as their fourth member. I rather not shackled down even though they have legalized my Guild because they prefer to have Dragon Eaters on their side..., Georg thought as he recalled that moment. Of course, we made a deal between Diabolos and the Three Dragon Lords and their own Dragon Slayer guilds they recently formed that we help each other. "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" as they say..
Then there is the unspoken part of the deal that any Dragon Slayers from Dark Guilds, who used the stolen knowledge and secrets to create them which were sold by Dr. Bryan Ockado, the former head of the dissolved Bureau of Magical Development, found will be open season to the Dragon Eaters who runs into them and the Council will turn a blind eye if they don't want to make Diabolos their enemies.
Of course the Guild Master of Diabolos knew that the Three Dragon Lords would try find a way to get around the deal by recruiting those said Dragon Slayers whenever they find them. He just found it as a motivating challenge for his members to catch, kill and consume the unlucky Dark wizards with Dragon Slayer Magic for their powers and become stronger.
There is really nothing illegal about wiping out criminal scum from the face of Earth Land just like how the gardener cut down the weeds from the garden as a daily routine, and that his Guild did not do anything illegal at all. They were just doing their part as law-abiding Legal wizards to protect the peace and society from the threats of Dark Guilds.
"By the way, Master Georg. Have you heard about the appearance of Volcanis the Magma Dragon? Apparently, she caused a commotion at Ishgar by flying around and it caught the Magic Council by their pants down.", Chandler said as he put away the mug and brought out his handkerchief.
The Four Beasts Dragon Eater raised an eyebrow after learning that there is a Dragon in the Southern Continent despite most of their kind have been wiped out to the last Dragon by Acnologia with survivors fleeting to Guiltina where they met their end by his hand. And it made his mouth salivate at the prospect of killing and eating a Dragon for her power.
"Alright then, Chandler. Go to Ishgar and verify if the rumors of this Magma Dragon appearing on the Southern Continent are true or not and report back to me. Perhaps, I might even take the field myself once more and stretch my legs out a little.", Georg ordered as he already imagined himself taking a bite of the flesh of the slain Volcanis.
At least he is not a hopeless cause... I might have to pay my niece Filomena a visit. The Acid Dragon Eater jollily brushed off after wiping his mouth with a handkerchief and leaving the table with a small humble-looking wooden staff he held at his left hand, "Don't you worry, Guild Master. You won't be disappointed. Besides, I will just be going for a walk."
Leaving the Diabolos guildhall, he gave a menacing smile with his jaw composed of sharp fangs and drooling saliva which drops of them fell into the ground and melted unfortunate plants and insects in his path. He too imagined himself to consume the female Dragon's flesh after drowning her in acid.
"A very enthusiastic walk."
Author's Note: Okay, the fifth chapter of "A Boy and the Magma Dragon" is done and I hope you like it. Igneel and Grandeeney have a little chat regarding Volcanis' presence and being the new mother figure to Natsu while the Magic Council formed their own Oracion Seis and have a meeting with the debut of the Three Dragon Lords: God Serena, Bram Kaden and Filomena E. Fiore. And that a member of Diabolos deciding to make a move too as well.
Don't worry, you will get to see Volcanis and Natsu in their flight tour in the next chapter. And for the Dragon Slayer Magics of the Three Dragon Lords, that will be a surprise to reveal in the future. ;)
In case if you didn't know Jaguar (and Creed) are expies of their counterparts from the Edens Zero series made by Hiro Mashima and they were killed off unceremoniously in the Aoi Cosmos Saga, so I can do whatever I want with them. And that I made it pretty obvious with the Edens Zero reference of two Oracion Seis groups.
Sorry-not sorry Brain, the Council took the name Oracion Seis for their own special forces unit while you're away in Guiltina to help Selene create her Dragon Slayer Guild.
By the way, Hound Holy, Phoenix Grave and Gramlush are canon Guilds from "Fairy Tail Manga: Volume 16, Limited Edition: World Sorcerer Express" that I found at the Fairy Tail wiki and they are all empty blanks with few minor characters of those said Guilds mentioned. So I decided to make good use of them as Dragon Slayer Guilds led by God Serena, Bram Kaden and Filomena E. Fiore respectively.
Credits goes to Xyzdragon1234 for helping me with this chapter, and thank you.
Enjoy and don't forget to review. :)
