Before this chapter starts, I just want to answer a few questions that have been asked. Some elements about some anime might change, but nothing that will seriously affect any kind of law or something.

And about if Alrion will end up taking some travels to other worlds, that is yet to be decided, but I have considered to do so for the future, though not certain as of yet. Finally, my character will indeed be having a harem, not one that is too massive that it just gets ridiculous.

Also, about the name of the community being [Universe: XIII] in relation to that Persona and Mondaiji fanfic, I had actually read that fanfiction a while ago. Though, the name of the community made in this book actually had no relation to that, the only reason I called it as such was actually because of the twelve universes in the DBS series.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"So... Little Garden, huh?"

"That's right."

Alrion could currently be seen with the older male that he had found unconscious not too long ago, and they appeared to be sitting in a living room area with a flatscreen television in front of them. They were each sitting on two small couches on opposite ends of a longer couch as they were conversing with each other.

Alrion had both his arms crossed over his chest as he listened to the male, who had just told him of his story. Igneel had a beverage in his hands, which Alrion had provided him with not too long ago, as they were talking as he occasionally took small sips from. Alrion was glad that he seemed to be recovering well.

"So, basically. You were fighting this dragon called Acnologia to protect your son, Natsu was it? As well as his friends?" Alrion asked the older male, who had nodded his head in response. Alrion had listened to what Igneel had told him had occurred before waking up to see him, which was a rather interesting story.

Igneel had apparently been in a fight against a powerful dragon called Acnologia, whose title was the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse. From what he had been told of the dragon, apparently it had the power to end up destroying an entire continent. Though, that wasn't exactly much in his eyes.

From what he could remember, he could have sworn he watched the series that Igneel was from, and if he was right, he was from an anime called Fairy Tail or whatever, he honestly couldn't remember. The person in front of him was no ordinary person either, he was apparently known as the Fire Dragon King back in his world.

Though, he didn't remember the dragon ever actually having a human form before. He could only guess that it must be something unique here, for he was quite certain the Fire Dragon King didn't have a human form. Though, this was probably better as he would prefer not to have a massive dragon stomping in his house right now.

Igneel had been protecting his son, who's name is Natsu if Alrion remembered correctly, from that black dragon. That was what ended up getting Igneel to come to Little Garden, while he didn't know how Igneel was transported here, considering the fact that the dragon was apparently dying after the battle that he ended up losing.

"By the way... is it true? About Little Garden?" Alrion turned his attention upwards to look at Igneel, who had a curious look on his face as he asked. Alrion had informed Igneel about what Little Garden was, as he didn't seem to know where he was. "Is it true what you meant by the kinds of beings in this world...?"

"Yes, all of its true. That black dragon that you fought is a mere ant compared to some beings in this world." Alrion responded with certainty. The ability to destroy a continent was completely insignificant in the eyes of certain beings in this world. "He wouldn't be much of a threat at all here."

"I see..."

Igneel had a surprised and overwhelmed look on his face, after being told about this Little Garden and the kind of inhabitants that could be found here, he was shocked to the core of his being. Beings capable of destroying even planets... the thought was just something that sounded so unreal to him.

All of his life, he had always thought the biggest threats to exist in the world were Acnologia and Zeref, but whatever this world he found himself in completely trumped them, they were like a drop in an endless ocean. Igneel could tell that Alrion wasn't lying either, he had lived long enough to know when someone was lying.

What frightened him even more was Alrion, well... maybe not frighten, but more like shocked. When he stared into the young male's eyes, he could feel the immense power that was dwelling deep inside, and he knew the boy knew of it very well and was holding back. More so that he appeared only twelve!

Just what kind of crazy monsters lived in this world?!

He knew for a fact that the kid in front of him was definitely no older than Grandeeney's child, Wendy. But, the power inside the boy was something completely of another dimension. That just made him wonder so much more, what kind of what did he end up in? What will he find? What happens now? Is Natsu safe?

For Alrion, after hearing about this Acnologia, and hearing that he was capable of destroying a continent. He would have to say that the dragon would probably be comparable to the gods like that Earth God he fought, in other words, not a threat at all to him, he could have won against that Earth God quicker if he wanted to.

"You said that this world functioned kind of like guilds from my world?" Igneel asked the young man, who nodded in response. Alrion then added. "That's right. They function very similar to what you told me about, though we don't take on requests, more like building up an empire of sorts, kind of like that."

"That makes sense, I think I understand." Igneel replied as he crossed his arm after placing his drink down on the table in front of them. Alrion had told him about these so-called communities, they were indeed like a miniature civilisation. "You said that your community is called [Universe: XIII]?"

"Yeah, that's right."

"But, why isn't there anyone else around? Are they doing something?" Igneel asked curiously as he looked around at the empty room. After hearing about Alrion being in a community, he couldn't help but wonder where the other members were. Were they busy doing something else? He hadn't seen another person other than Alrion as of yet.

"Oh, there's no one else in the community yet." Alrion responded simply as he took a drink from his own beverage. Igneel seemed to widen his eyes slightly with a confused look as he stared at the boy, from what he had seen, the place that he lived was massive, how was there no one else? "I created this community not even a week ago, I haven't gone out to get any new members yet."

"I see, so you're relatively new?"

"Yep. That also brings me to my next question." Igneel stared at Alrion with a confused look as he saw the boy smile. Alrion could sense it, while Igneel wasn't exactly what you would refer to as strong here, at least to the more powerful individuals, that wasn't anything training couldn't fix. He saw potential in the dragon.

"What would that be?"

"Would you like to join [Universe: XIII]?"

"Alright, come at me with everything you got."

"If you say so..."

Both Alrion and Igneel could now be seen standing across from each other a few meters apart, with them both now being in the backyard area of the house. Alrion cracked his neck as he kept a small smile on his face, and Igneel was in front of him and getting into a fighting position as he stared into Alrion's eyes.

The reason for this was that Alrion had decided to challenge Igneel to a little spar. After having spoken to the dragon beforehand, he was curious as to what powers that dragon had, he remembered it was based on fire obviously, but he really didn't know much else other than that it was also effective against dragons.

"Let's see if you can damage me at all, try your best." Alrion grinned. He then released a small amount of his power, which made the area shake as Igneel almost fell over in surprise at the sudden burst of power as a powerful spiking crimson transparent aura erupted from Alrion's being. This was only a small amount of power?!

"Hyaah~!" Igneel shook his head as he charged in at impressive speeds. While he usually would prefer to fight in his dragon form, he knew it would only make it harder to land an attack on the male. His fist became encased in powerful raging flames as he then punched forwards towards Alrion's face.

"..." Alrion didn't flinch as he saw the incoming attack. All he did was stand there as he waited for the attack, to which it soon then made contact with him. Igneel watched as his flames burnt away some trees and grass behind where Alrion stood, which was due to the force of his punch and the flames that his fist was encased in.

Igneel was certain that he had hit the boy as his fist had definitely felt something make contact with it, though his eyes soon widened to the max as the fire dispersed from his fist and the smoke that had been a result of it blew away. What he saw made him completely shocked, Alrion took the attack head-on without flinching.

What shocked him more was that the boy didn't even bat an eye as Igneel's fist was currently on the boy's cheek, and he didn't even seemed to have moved an inch from the spot he was standing in. The power he felt from the boy before was most definitely correct, he was as strong, if not more, than he expected. Truly a monster.

"You'll need to do better than that! My blood is yet to boil!" Alrion smirked. He then gave a small shout as Igneel was knocked back by the force, to which the dragon ended up rolling across the floor, though managed to flip back up and stabilise himself. Alrion smiled as he saw Igneel ready to attack again.

Alrion was interested to see just what Igneel could really do, especially after training that he'll be giving the dragon, which was pretty much a necessity since the power he held right now was not going to be enough for long. He knew that Igneel could grow to be much stronger than he was now, and he was going to help him with that.

Alrion had realised that ever since he had become a Saiyan, his mind started to thirst more for battle as he realised that he would usually get excited when the idea of a good fight came to him. He understood why as Saiyans were known to be a warrior race, a species that pretty much lived off of fighting.

"You need to be faster than this!" Alrion was now easily blocking and countering every punch and kick that Igneel was sending him, all of which were embued with fire. Igneel was sending his punches and kicks at rapid speed, though it looked very slow in Alrion's eyes as he blocked them all with ease.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Igneel roared as his fist was once again encased in flames. This time they were more powerful, to which he sent it towards Alrion, who smiled and simply tilted his head to avoid it. The attack ended up creating an explosion, covering the area in smoke and flames. "Fire Dragon's Roar!"

"Huh?" Alrion turned around after sensing Igneel's presence, to which he saw that the dragon was behind him and had his head reeled back with flames gathering in his mouth. To which he then fired it in the form of a large torrent of flames towards him. Alrion stood there and smirked. "You used that first attack as a distraction, smart. Though, it won't help you here!"

"What the?!" Igneel gawked when Alrion simply held up his left hand towards the incoming attack, to which he then released a small shout as a powerful force was released from his hand and made contact with the attack. Igneel was sent skidding back from the force, and his attack was completely destroyed as a result as well. "H-How...?"

"Let's finish this!" Alrion had declared as he rushed in with his fist reeled back. Igneel didn't have time to react as Alrion was already in front of him with his fist coming down, he could only watch in shock as the hit was about to make contact. Though, just before the attack him, Alrion stopped it right in front of Igneel's face.

"...!" Igneel shook in place as he was sat down on the ground frozen. A huge amount of force had been a result of Alrion's punch as he felt immense winds rush past his body, the wind was even more powerful than Grandeeney's roar! And it was only from the force of a punch?! Igneel slowly turned around... "Gah...!"

Igneel could only gawk even more at what he saw, which was the result of the punch that Alrion had sent at him. The mere shockwave of the punch blew away a few trees and tore up the ground behind him, it was completely shredded. He had no doubt in his mind that if Alrion didn't stop the attack, he would have been killed right then and there.

"I think that's enough. You did well." Alrion chuckled. Igneel turned back around, the surprise still not leaving his face, as he saw Alrion retract his fist and crossed his arms with a smile on his face. "I'm impressed with the way you battled. With some training, you will certainly be far stronger than you are now."

"You're going to help me with that...?"

"Of course. I can tell that you have potential, and that potential just needs to be sought out and claimed." Alrion grinned. Alrion knew just by looking at Igneel, the dragon could potentially end up rivalling some of the higher up beings of this world, though he didn't have a good benchmark to determine it. He knew that the dragon could potentially be stronger than he was right now. "Anyway, let's get going."

"Huh? Where are we off to?" Igneel wondered curiously. He watched as the young Saiyan was walking away, to which he soon followed after. Alrion just turned his head around without stopping as he answered the question that had been asked of him.

"Just some business we need to take care of."

Shiroyasha was currently laying down on the ground as she was lazily watching something on the old fashioned television screen that she had, doing so while eating what appeared to be a small plate of biscuits of sorts. The shop attendant was behind her sweeping and cleaning up the room.

"Is something the matter, Shiroyasha?"

"No, just wondering what Alrion's doing. I'm sensing him along with another presence, just curious." Shiroyasha replied to her attendant. She looked towards a certain direction as she blinked her eyes, she was sensing both Alrion's and another's presence fighting, though she could tell Alrion was holding back.

"You mean the young man that came here not too long ago?" The attendant asked as she stopped sweeping and turned to look at her. Shiroyasha nodded her head in response as she gave a small smile while looking towards the same direction as before. She then gave a small giggle before saying.

"Things will certainly be more interesting."

"What is this place exactly?"

"It's the place of our first Gift Game against another community." Alrion answered Igneel's question as both of them were currently seen standing in front of what appeared to be a large rectangular complex of sorts made entirely of stone and wood. They were a good bit away from base as Alrion had carried Igneel while flying, since it was faster.

"Oh yeah, you said that this world revolved around Gift Games, huh?" Igneel remembered. From what he remembered about what Alrion had told him, the Gift Games were the method that communities had to grow in power, winning more and more and building up the community is a sign of strength.

"Over there, let's go." Alrion voiced. Igneel saw Alrion walking towards a spot on the wall of the building and followed after him, and when they arrived at the wall, Igneel walked beside Alrion to see what the boy was looking at. When he did, it appeared to be a paper attached to the wall. "What's this?"

"It's a Geass Roll, it explains everything we need to know about the game and how to complete it." Alrion explained. Igneel nodded his head as both of them began to read off all the information that was on the roll, and from what they read, it seemed like the game wasn't that complicated.

[Gift Game]

Gift Game Name: The Journey of Labors

List of Participant(s): [Alrion Hellraiser] [Igneel]

Clearing Condition(s): Express your knowledge of one man's journey to rise and challenge man's hero.

Clearing Method(s): [Defeating all enemies] [Knocking out the enemy] [Opponent admits defeat]

Defeat Condition(s): [Forfeiting the game] [Not clearing the above conditions] [Death]

"Do you know what any of this means?" Igneel asked as he tried to understand what any of the information they were told meant. He just assumed that Alrion would probably know more about whatever it meant, being that he knew more about this world than he certainly did, he was pretty damn clueless right now.

"Well, considering the fact that the game itself is called The Journey of Labors. This game might be based on the legend of the twelve labors that had been performed by Hercules." Alrion responded as he had on hand on his hip and the other holding his chin in thought. Igneel seemed to be confused.

"Hercules? Twelve Labors?"

"Yeah. It's a legend about how a man known as Hercules, someone considered to have godlike strength, completed tasks assigned to him by a king known as King Eurystheus of Tiryns." Alrion explained simply. "From what I remember, he had travelled all over the world to complete these tasks."

"I see, and from what the roll says. We have to express our knowledge?"

"It's probably referring to the fact that it will most likely put the knowledge we have of the legend to the test during this game." Alrion explained. He looked at the door leading into the large complex, he then gave a small smile before walking up to it and place both hands onto the doors. "Let's go, the quicker the better."

"If you say so."

Alrion then saw Igneel walking over as well as he then pushed both the doors, to which they were easily opened thanks to his physical capabilities. It was a simple task. He held the doors open for Igneel to walk in before following behind, to which both the doors slammed shut with a loud thud as he walked on next to Igneel.

They both looked around at their surroundings to find themselves standing in what appeared to be a large room with what appeared to be twelve panels of sorts on opposite sides of the wall, six on one side and another six on the other. The centre area of the room was massive, with the floor being made of some kind of marble and the walls stone.

The room wasn't too intricately designed, it was actually rather simple in appearance. Alrion gauged the area around him, though he seemed to notice something as he turned his head upwards to see above the centre of the room was stain glass depicting a human male silhouette.

The final thing that he took note of were the twelve candle stands that were placed in two rows in front of them at the centre of the room, in a similar fashion that the panels were. They didn't seem to be lit as there were no flames burning on them, which brought some suspicion in Alrion's eyes.

"What do we do from here?" Igneel wondered as he looked around. Alrion thought about it as he eyed the multiple panels around the room. Remembering the rules that were stated on the roll they read before, then he had a general idea of what they were being required to do here, and hopefully he's right.

"If we refer back to the Geass Roll, you can remember that it told us to express our knowledge." Alrion walked on over to one of the panels closest to them as Igneel followed behind him. When they arrived in front of him, they were slightly surprised when a holographic screen of sorts appeared in front of them.

[Labor One]

What was the name of the beast that Hercules had slain and worn afterwards?

"I see. If what is happening right now is anything to go by, then each of these other panels must give us questions as well. This is what it must have meant by expressing our knowledge." Igneel realised as he seemed to understand what was going on now. "IS that about right?"

"Most likely. It would be the most logical explanation."

"Then you're our only hope this, I have no clue as to anything about this legend of Hercules." Alrion nodded his head in understanding. Igneel was from a world where there was no such thing as Greek or Roman gods, or any pantheons like that, so it was completely understandable for why Igneel didn't know anything.

"Don't worry, I'm confident I can answer these." Alrion responded with certainty. In his old life, he was the type of person who actually liked to indulge himself into many kinds of knowledge and loved to learn new things about the world. "If I remember correctly, the first mission that Hercules was given was to kill the Nemean Lion."

As soon as Alrion said this, they both saw the holographic screen shatter into particles. They then heard a sound and turned around to see that one of the candle stands that were closest to this panel had lightened up with a beautiful red and orange flame, which they stared at for a second in interest.

"It seems when you answered that question correctly, the flame had ignited on the candle. Is that what was supposed to happen?" Igneel asked the young Saiyan who just shrugged his shoulders in response. "I have no idea. If what some video games I've played are anything to go by, then I would assume so. Let's get the others done."

Igneel had no idea what the heck a video game was, but it didn't seem too important so he just dismissed it and followed Alrion towards the next panel. They continued this multiple times with each of the panels as, just like they assumed, each of them gave them a question about the legend, with each question being about the twelve labors.

The second one they went to had asked the question about how many heads did the Lernean Hydra had, which was nine. The hydra being a beast that was slain by Hercules with the assistance of his nephew Iolaus, by cauterising the heads after Hercules cut them off, leaving them to deal with the final remaining head.

The third question was about what god or goddess protected and loved the Cerynian Hind, which was a little deer with golden horns, and the answer being Artemis. Hercules finding difficulty in capturing the hind without injuring it, which it took him an entire year to do so before finally being able to carry it away.

The fourth question was about what King Eurystheus had hidden in after Hercules had brought back the Erymanthian Boar. A beast that caused the people of Mountain Erymanthus to live in fear of it. The answer being that the king was terrified and hid in a huge bronze jar.

The fifth question revolved around asking them about how did Hercules go about cleaning the stables that housed thousands of cows in a single day, which the answer was that Hercules managed to bent two rivers, effectively flowing them into the stables and sweeping out all of the filth inside them.

The next question was about why did the arrows that Hercules used to kill the Stymphalian Birds do so much damage, to which the answer related back to the Lernean Hydra, where Hercules had dipped the arrows into the blood of the Hydra, which was incredibly potent in poison, which made the arrows in turn deadly as well.

The seventh question asked them what happened after King Eurystheus had released the Cretan Bull that Hercules brought back to him, which was answered by Alrion stating that the bull had gone on and roamed all of Greece, causing major terror wherever the bull had went. Why the heck would they let such a dangerous bull get away?

The next question was a rather disturbing one that unnerved Igneel about the world this legend came from. It asked them about what had happened to King Diomedes after he was killed by Hercules and his men, which the answer was that the king was then fed to his horses, which the king fed human flesh to. Talk about getting a taste of your own medicine.

The ninth question was about why Hercules had to conquer all the Amazons to steal the golden belt known as the Girdle of the Amazon Queen. The answer being that the one known as Hera had spread rumours about him being an enemy, so he was forced to fight back against them and taking the belt by force.

The tenth question involved asking them about what creatures assisted Geryon in protecting his beautiful herd of red cattle, which the answer was a giant and a two-headed dog. Geryon being a large winged monster with three human bodies, who was killed along with his helpers by Hercules.

The eleventh question asked them about who was the one that protected the golden apples in the garden belonging to the Hesperides, which were nymphs. The answer was Ladon, a dragon who was said to have a hundred heads, to which Hercules had managed to succeed in getting the apples with the help of Atlas.

"Alright, final question. This is taking long enough as it is."

"I'm honestly surprised that you know so much about this so-called legend." Igneel commented as they walked over to the final panel. Alrion sighed as he shrugged his shoulders, he liked to read many different things. "It was just a hobby of mine, I like learning many new things."

"I see. Now, what's the last question?"

[Labor Twelve]

Who was the being that Hercules was sent to capture, and what was the creature? How did he end up winning against it without weapons?

"Sounds like more than one question, but whatevs." Alrion shrugged. He was glad that the questions were about to come to an end, they ended up taking longer than he would have liked, and he was getting impatient. "If memory serves, he was sent to capture Cerberus, a three-headed guard dog of the underworld."

"Huh, sounds like an interesting creature." Igneel muttered as he heard this. He knew of dogs, but a three-headed one that guarded whatever this underworld was, that was certainly something to hear. "But, what about the last bit of the question? How could he defeat such a creature without weapons?"

"Quite simple actually. If you remember me telling you about his godlike strength, then he actually ended up wrestling the dog's wild heads, to which he managed to claim victory." Alrion answered as he crossed his arms. Igneel l seemed a bit surprised, from what he has learnt of Hercules as of the past hour or so, he was certainly impressed.

"And that should do it!" Alrion and Igneel turned around to look at the remaining candle stand, to their relief, had flickered on as the flame appeared atop of it. They seemed confused as nothing was happening though, though that confusion vanished quickly as the ground began to shake.

"What's happening?!" Igneel cried out as he had almost fallen over. Alrion was calm but looked around curiously, he then noticed something rising from the ground and looked to the see that the space between the candle stands was rising slab by slab, forming what appeared to be a staircase.

Igneel caught Alrion's gaze and looked at the forming staircase as well, to which they then saw the stain glass depiction shift a bit before slowly retracting and opening up. When it was all finished and the shaking stopped, they both looked to see that the staircase that had been formed led up towards seemingly another floor.

They looked at each other before they started walking up the stairs, with Alrion narrowing his eyes as he could feel a presence up ahead, it had a pretty decent aura, for a human at least. They continued walking up before arriving at the top shortly after, to which they found themselves in an incredibly large room.

The room being circular in shape and was designed like some kind of arena, one that was similar to what gladiators fought in, a colosseum. The materials weren't of brick though, but of a strong-looking metal along with wooden parts that appeared to be enchanted by something, making them look sturdier. The ground being rock.

"Is this an arena?" Igneel wondered.

"Looks like it." Alrion responded with a shrug. It didn't appear to be anything too extravagant, though Alrion knew there was something else around, he could feel their KI around the place. He narrowed his eyes as he tried to track it. "Careful, Igneel. I can sense another presence in this area."

"Really?"

"Your senses are sharp, I'm impressed." A male voice had sounded. They both turned their heads quickly to look at who had spoken, to which their eyes were brought up to a higher area where a figure could be seen standing tall and looking down towards them. They narrowed their eyes at the person.

"Who are you?" Alrion wondered as he kept his guard up. The figure chuckled as they jumped down from the tall point of the arena, to which they landed with a crash in front of them, stirring a bit of dust up. When it cleared, the person could now be seen in full view as they grinned towards the duo.

"The name's Narus, I'm the leader of [The Twelve Labors]." The male, who was known now as Narus, introduced himself. Both Igneel and Alrion turning to face him fully as they took in the appearance of the revealed male. Appearing to be a young man around the age of eighteen or so, with fair skin and straight red hair and golden eyes.

His outfit was quite simple as it consisted of a black t-shirt that stuck to his body and black tight pants, along with metallic golden tall boots. On his right shoulder was a pauldron that was of the same golden metal and had a red gem attached to it, and also what looked to be a red mantle attached underneath it and covering his arm.

"I see, so you're the leader of this community. Nice to meet you." Alrion smirked. Narus smiled in return as it then turned into a grin, not one of a psycho but of a bright and happy individual. Narus then added. "Nice to meet you as well, leader of [Universe: XIII]. If I'm correct, your name is Alrion?"

"Yep, it's a pleasure. So, is this the next part of the game or something? From what the roll had stated, I assume there is another part aside from showing our knowledge." Alrion stated as he crossed his arms. Alrion narrowed his eyes slightly as he used Observe on Narus, he was pretty strong for a human.

[Narus]

Level: 35

Threat Level: Super Easy

HP: 4000/4000 [|||||||||||||||||||||||]

Gifts: [Aspect of Hercules]

'No wonder he's the leader of this community, if that gift's name is anything to go by, then he might as well be called Hercules. He's practically Hercules reborn.' Alrion thought to himself as he read the gifts. Narus didn't seem to notice his strange look as the male had responded to Alrion's previous question.

"That is correct! Since you both had impressively displayed such great knowledge of this legend, you have been granted access to the second and final stage." Narus grinned. They watched as he held his hand up towards the sky before clenching it, they were then surprised when the walls began to shift.

They watched as the walls began to shift upwards, revealing what appeared to be a cavea, being that of three horizontal sections. Occupying these seating areas were a good number of people that seemed to be cheering, cheering for both Narus, and surprisingly, for them as well. The act was rather shocking.

"Your final test shall be to defeat me!" Narus declared. He got into a stance as his body was coated in a golden aura that made his hair flow in a non-existent wind, which Alrion narrowed his eyes. It made sense now, the last part of the roll was insinuating this, Narus is the final challenge, someone with the power of a hero. "I can see it, both of you carry great power! Allow me to test it!"

"I'll leave this one to you, Igneel." Alrion voiced. He glanced towards the dragon, who looked at him in surprise at the announcement. Alrion smiled, this was a good chance for Igneel to fight on even grounds. "I can sense his power, he is as strong as you if you go all out. This is a good battle opportunity for you."

"R-Really?" Igneel said in surprise. The dragon turned to looked at Narus, who was patiently waiting with a smile on his face as the golden aura stayed strong. Igneel could tell, this person was incredibly powerful. Igneel was silent for a second before letting a grin cross his face. "Very well, I'll take this challenge!"

"Good! Shall we proceed?"

"Let's do this!" Igneel roared. Igneel's eyes glowed red before he let loose a powerful roar as the area around them shook, the other community members cheering as they watched the battle unfold. Igneel's magic power was released as the wind around them blew violently, flames spewing from underneath Igneel.

"Impressive! Let's see if you can keep up!" Narus grinned. Excitement seemingly building up as he began charging towards the dragon, who had finished his powering up, which was now at maximum output. Igneel raising his arms to block a punch that was sent by Narus, which was incredibly powerful as it sent the dragon skidding back.

"Guh...!" Igneel had grunted a bit as he felt the immense power behind the punch! He was right to go full power at the start, this guy was seriously no joke! That punch was the most powerful hit he had ever felt, aside from by Acnologia! Igneel managed to stay standing though as he rushed in with his fist coated in powerful flames. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

"Hyah~!" Narus and Igneel began to throw punch after punch at each other at rapid speeds as neither side seemed to be backing down from the fight. Alrion watched from the sides as he leaned against the wall, he saw as fire clashed with golden energy, the auras surrounding them both as they clashed fiercely.

"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Igneel's leg was coated in powerful flames as he sent a kick towards the side of Narus. Who acted quickly and raised his left arm to block it before sending a punch with his right, to which Igneel managed to counter with his own punch, the shockwave sending them both sliding back.

"You're powers are interesting! I knew there was something different about you two, I can sense the power of something inhuman about you! This explains it, you're a dragon, huh?" Narus smirked. He then smiled he raised his right hand into the air. "That makes this much more fun! This will be a great battle!"

"What is this?!" Igneel gasped slightly as a light crashed into Narus's hand. When the flash stopped, a golden bow comprised of pure golden energy was formed. Igneel could sense the immense magic power that was circulating within Narus, it definitely rivalled if not surpassed him. Narus then pulled back as if an arrow was there, to which one soon formed of the same energy.

"I see, his gifts allow him to take on the abilities of Hercules himself. The godlike strength, and Hercules's use of weapons in the form of magic." Alrion wondered. He watched as Narus fired countless arrows from his projected bow that began raining down at Igneel, who was surprised by the incoming attack.

"...!" Igneel grunted heavily as he raised both arms to block the rainstorm of magic arrows. Which were causing his arms to actually smoke, speaking volumes of the power they each held. Igneel then gathered flames into his mouth from his core as he then fired into in the form of a torrent. "Fire Dragon's Roar!"

"Woah!" Narus jumped back with a few flips as the flames that came flying out of Igneel's mouth destroyed the arrows that were still coming down. Narus landed in a crouched position as he smiled towards Igneel. "Man, this really is fun! Your strength is amazing! I commend you on that one!"

"Same to you, your powers are truly remarkable." Igneel smiled as he wiped a bit of blood from his mouth. He never would have thought a human that wasn't a dragon slayer could push him like this, it was truly a miracle that a world like this existed with such beings! He as actually enjoying this!

"Man... now I feel like fighting!" Alrion yelled under his breath as she shifted a bit uncomfortably. His Saiyan genes were seriously getting to him now, he was building a thirst for battle, sitting on the sidelines was honestly painful... He had to hold it in though, he wanted this to be Igneel's fight. "Come on, dude. You can do it."

Igneel and Narus's fight continued on for a good bit as the cheering hadn't stopped, their fight was truly one to behold. They were running around the arena at great speeds and clashed every now and then with both ranged and physical attacks, seemingly even in power throughout the match.

"Tell me, I have never seen this power before in Little Garden! Have you perhaps come from another world?" Narus decided to ask as he and Igneel punched each other in the cheeks as they tried to overwhelm each other. Igneel smiled as they both jumped back. "That's right. Alrion found me and helped me out."

"I see, you're lucky. You wouldn't survive long if you knew nothing of this world." Narus replied as he dodged a bunch of fire attacks that were sent at him, while using a sword that he had projected to deflect and destroy some projectiles sent his way. "How about I start fighting more seriously?"

"Huh?" Igneel widened his eyes at the declaration. He then observed in shock as Alrion seemed a bit surprised, though he knew that Narus was probably holding a bit back on his power. Narus gave a powerful yell as his golden aura exploded, shooting into the air like a pillar of powerful light. "Such... magic power!"

Narus released all of his power as his hair fluttered violently upwards as the area around them was shaking due to the pressure, which soon began to calm down as everything could be seen clearly. Narus standing on the other side with a far more dense and powerful aura, his eyes glowing and his clothes swaying violently in the aura.

"Let's see if you can keep up!" Narus shouted. He then charged with a newfound strength, which seemed to be far more powerful than even before! Igneel couldn't even defend as Narus punched him in the stomach, sending him flying back as the force created a ripple in the air. Igneel had gagged out some blood before being sent back.

Alrion narrowed his eyes, ready to interfere if things really began to go south for Igneel, he wasn't going to let a friend of his die anytime soon. He waited as the place where Igneel was sent crashing into started to shift, the rubble being push out of the way as he managed to stand back up, though stumbling a bit.

"Nice, you can stand up after a hit like that. You have definitely earned my respect." Narus grinned. Alrion could swear that Narus had the personality of a Saiyan, a complete battle eager person. Alrion knew he wasn't a Saiyan, but still, jeez... Igneel held his right arm as he spat out some blood onto the ground.

"Damn... he completely widened the gap between our powers by a huge margin...!" Igneel groaned. Were these seriously the kind of beings in this world? Alrion was certainly more powerful than Narus, he knew from experience, but Narus was certainly no slouch either. "What do I do...?"

"Igneel!" Alrion's voice got the dragon's attention as he looked to the side to see Alrion watching with a serious gaze as he had his arms crossed while leaning against the wall as his tail was swaying behind him. "You cannot defeat Narus as you are right now, you need to use every bit of your power if you want any hope of defeating him!"

Alrion wasn't lying, he could feel the incredible increase in power that Narus had just gone through, and it was very impressive. While not enough to actually pose him a threat, it was great in their realm of strength. He had used Observe on the leader after seeing the power release, and was surprised.

[Narus]

Level: 35

Threat Level: Super Easy

HP: 10530/12000 [|||||||||||||||||||||||]

Gifts: [Aspect of Hercules]

Narus's health seemed to have increased by an incredible margin and Alrion felt no doubt that the power he was feeling was far greater than before, the battle was starting to turn up to full blast. Igneel looked at Alrion and nodded his head, he knew that the leader of his community that he joined not too long ago was right.

He had very little chance, if any at all, at defeating Narus if he was using the power he was right now, the gap was far too large. Igneel clenched both his fists as his magic power began to surge up, to which Narus looked on with interest as Alrion seemed to slightly raise an eyebrow, what was he doing?

"It's obvious I cannot win with my power right now, but, I will be the victor!" Igneel shouted. He then gave off a powerful shout before flames completely surrounded his body, which were growing in size at a rapid rate, while at the same time swirling in the form of a massive sphere with Igneel being inside.

They both, along with the audience, watched as a powerful roar shook the area before the sphere of flames bursted out. The area became hotter due to the heat, though none of them really seemed affected as they all continued to observe as the flames began to die down, which was in response to a loud roar.

When the flames dispersed, they all seemed to widen their eyes at what they saw, which was a hulking figure now flying in the air of the arena. Igneel now flew in the air, but in a completely new and powerful looking form. He was now truly appearing like his title suggests and had changed in his dragon form.

He was a gigantic dragon whose bodily majority is covered with dark, red scales. Igneel's lower body, specifically his stomach, the inner portions of his long tail, and legs, are beige in colour. He also has noticeable scars on his stomach and neck, with the largest one, which is X-shaped, located around the centre of his body.

His back has numerous black spikes, reaching down from the back to the end of his tail. Igneel has a triangular head with horns, a pair of large, round eyes with yellow sclera and a sharp horn pointing upwards just above his nose. Igneel also sported very sharp canine teeth, and had claws with long, sharp, red nails. Igneel's large bony wings resemble a bat's, with rippled tips.

Despite his size, which Alrion would say was the same or a bit smaller than the Earth God that he fought, Igneel was able to fit in the arena easily. The colosseum was massive in size, easily being able to hold the size of Igneel, even being large enough for the dragon to be able to fly around freely.

"Hoh~! This has certainly gotten interesting!" Narus grinned. Igneel stared intently as both he and Narus had their full power on display, with Alrion seemingly staring a bit in surprise at Igneel's sudden transformation. While he knew what Igneel looked like since he remembered watching the series, it was still a sight to behold.

"Impressive..."

[Igneel]

Level: 20

Threat Level: Super Easy

HP: 9680/10500 [|||||||||||||||||||||||]

Gifts: [Fire Dragon Slayer Magic]

'Right now, Narus still has the advantage. But, anything can happen...' Alrion thought to himself as he crossed his arms. True, both of them had increased their power drastically, but how big is the gap right now really? This battle will soon tell it. Alrion looked towards Igneel as the dragon was flying. "What will you do? Igneel..."

Igneel prepared himself as Narus was charging in, he knew that their strengths were around the same level with them both going full force. The disadvantage that he had right now was that his size was going to hinder him, it would be much more difficult to actually hit Narus, but that was a risk he needed to take if he wanted to win.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Igneel roared. His fist was covered in flames stronger than even before as Narus's fist was coated in dense golden swirling energy, both fist colliding, resulting in an explosion upon contact. The fight didn't stop though as they kept exchanging blows at one another, with Narus having to deflect a few punches due to size difference.

As the fight continued, the place was getting more and more damaged, but not to the point of collapsing as it was most likely reinforced to take such battles. Igneel used many of his attacks in an attempt to take down Narus, but the male didn't slouch either as they were both going full blast.

Narus had created many different weapons that he used against Igneel, though the dragon was luckily able to defend and attack back, it wasn't an easy thing to do, but he was managing. The fight continued for a good while with them both managing to land hits at each other, though Igneel had more difficulty in doing so.

Neither side was going to back down from what Alrion could tell, they were both seemingly enjoying and concentrating on the battle as they both constantly held grin on their faces. Alrion knew there wasn't really much that spoke of Igneel's personality in the show, though he was a bit surprised to see the dragon a bit battle-hungry.

"How about we finish this? One final blast!" Narus shouted as he flipped back. His body seemingly littered with scorch marks and his eyes glowing as intensely as ever, though a big grin was plastered on his face. Igneel and him were breathing heavily as the dragon grinned in response. "Very well! Let's finish this!"

"Then allow us to see who will reign victorious!" Narus shouted. The male then formed the bow that he had before, but this one glowed much brighter and with spiralling energy strands surrounding his body. He then pulled back as an arrow formed, but the tip this time was surging with vortexing energy, the pressure was immense.

"Fire Dragon's...!" Igneel flew back and flexed his body as his wings were unfolded and stretched all the way outwards. Igneel opened his mouth as flames were gathering, this time stronger than ever before, his stomach could be seen glowing as well as the power was being gathered. "Roar!"

"This is it!" Narus shouted as the energy coating his body all transferred into the arrow as he then fired it. Just by releasing it, a massive shockwave and ripples in the air formed. As the arrow sailed at blinding speeds through the air, it ended up suddenly growing in size by an incredible margin, probably being the size of a jet.

Igneel then unleashed his attack as a massive torrent of crimson red flames unleashed from his mouth and rocketed towards Narus's own attack. Both of their moves cracking the ground immensely as they travelled through the space, which only shattered the ground more upon making contact.

"Woah... they're really not pulling any punches on these attacks..." Alrion muttered as he held one arm up to block the winds and rubble being blown everywhere. Igneel and Narus were trying to hold on from being blown back as the resulting explosion created an unimaginably powerful shockwave.

"Gahh~!" They couldn't hold on for long before both of them were sent flying back with loud shouts of pain. The explosion has sent them both crashing into the walls of the colosseum, with the audience members all having to duck down behind the seats to protect themselves from the wind, and the overall explosion itself.

The explosion took a good while to disperse as the winds finally started to settle as the dust that had gathered up was starting to move away, to which when it did, the arena could be seen in complete shambles. The ground shattered, scorch marks on the ground along with parts still being on fire, and traces of golden energy sparking on the ground.

On either side of the colosseum, two holes can be seen in the walls of the arena. With both Igneel and Narus laying down in each of them, Igneel having returned to his human form as Narus and him were frozen and unable to move. They were covered in injuries head to toe, but they could be seen twitching.

They both managed to shift their heads to look at each other from across the arena, both giving grins of excitement and exhaustion, as well as obvious pain. They both seemed to be unable to fight any longer, they both were on equal terms of power, but couldn't help but smile as it was a great fight for them both.

"You're... strong, Narus. But, I will be the victor next time...!"

"Don't get... your hopes up, I'm not losing!"

"Well, I suppose this match of their's ends in a draw..."