Chapter 5 - An enemy appears! Arthur's first battle!

After Matthew and Lilith woke up and rested for a while we all went back to town.

"Uuuuuu… I can't believe I lost… I trained so hard too!"

"Hahaha! I'm just that good!"

"Don't get ċȯċky Matty! I'll get you next time!"

"Good luck with that! Hahaha!"

During the two years that we trained the house that was under construction was finished and now Lily and Matt have a place to live that isn't an inn.

We went there and were greeted by both of their mothers that had just finished cooking! Their fathers were out at work.

"Welcome home! Oh Arthur has come to visit? Please have a seat, lunch is ready" Matthew's mom said with a smile and invited me to have lunch with them.

"Thank you, don't mind if I do." A bunch of delicious looking food was served on the table and we all started eating lunch.

"So how did it go kids? Who won your little match this time?" Lilith's mom asked while grinning.

"I did! I beat Lilith with my new magic!" Ain't he proud of himself?

"Ohhh! Good job Matty!" His mother is happy for him

"Oh! Well don't worry sweat heart you'll win next time." And Lilith's mom encourages her

"Yeah of course I'll win next time!"

"Nah, you won't."

"What do you mean I won't?!"

"Well, you won't."

"Why you ċȯċky little… You wanna try me right here and now?!"

Oh boy here we go again.

"We can take this outside! I'm ready any time you are Lily!" they both jumped out of their seats and started charging their magic

"Okay let's do this then! Don't regret it later Matty!"

"Both of you shut up and sit down! We're having lunch right now, where do you think you're going?"

"But, but Arthur! She started it!"

"W-What do you mean I started it?! You were the trying to get on my nerves!"

"I don't care who started it. Just don't go annoying me and your mothers."

"Fine…" the two of them said and calmed down.

I swear these two have constantly been bickering since they started doing weekly sparring…

I'm gonna have to deal with this from now on I guess? Oh well…

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One and a half years later.

(Earthland December X771 Roseyard village)

Today started like any other day.

I did my morning exercises and went out to meet up with Lilith and Matthew.

After training our magic and experimenting with it for a while we returned from the forest and saw something strange.

"What's going on? W-why is the village burning!?" Matthew started panicking

"I have a really bad feeling about this! We need to get down there now! Let's move!" I urged us to go see what's going on and help the townspeople!

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The town was burning and there were corpses everywhere.

Every single one being a person I knew…

I was very shocked and stopped where I stood for a second, staring at the bloody scenery of my burning village.

"This… This is… Horrible… "

"Arthur! Wake up we need to go find our parents!" Lilith shook me and woke me up.

"Sorry… I just spaced out for a second. Let's keep moving!"

We kept running towards the direction of our home and met some of the people that were responsible for this.

There were five of them. They wore robes and had masks with some kind of symbol on them.

I know those uniforms! These are the Zeref worshippers behind the Tower of Heaven!

"{Lightning Orb}!" Matthew created two lightning orbs and send them towards the cultists! He electrocuted all 5 of them and knocked them out.

"Come on guys we need to stop them before they kill any more of the townspeople!"

He's right. We have to save the village! With our magic!

As we took a left turn we saw 4 more cultists trying to kidnap one of the older kids in the village.

his name is Thomas.

I cast {Storm of Stones}! And a wave of pebble to fist sized stones materialized hitting all of them and missing the kid!

I managed to knock them all out on the ground. Good! now...

"Hey are you okay? Thomas!" I asked the kid called Thomas who seemed to be in shock from everything that was happening.

"T-They… My parents... They killed my parents! Waaaahhhhh!!!" He started crying his eyes out… damn it! We were too late…

"Matthew you look after him! Go to the big tree on the outskirts of town! We'll send more survivors your way if we come across any!" I ordered Matthew

"… Yes!" He paused for a second… I guess he wants to check on his parents too…

"Lilith come on!"

"Right!"

We ran as fast as we could and saved all the people we saw on our way sending them to the big tree until we reached Lilith and Matthew's house.

It was burning. But their parents were still alive and being held captive by 6 cultists outside!

Lilith got mad and charged at them with her katana cloaking it in dark magic!

"Get away from my family!"

"Look! It's a kid with a sword!"

"Grab her!"

They reacted a little too late and Lilith unleashed a {Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Hammer Strike} at them effectively knocking them all out.

It was a different version of the lightless slash spell designed for hard big and blunt attacks with her sword instead of cutting.

It's good for knocking people out without killing them but it can break bones.

"Lilith! Arthur! Where is Matthew? Is he safe?" They asked as we freed them from their binds

"He's protecting the other survivors we saved! They should all be at the big tree so you guys can go with Lilith to him!"

"Hey, what about you?!" Lilith asked hurriedly.

"I'm going to my house to find my parents!"

"I'll go with you!" She protested.

"No! Someone needs to keep your fathers and mothers safe. They can't use magic to protect themselves like you! Wait for me at the big tree. Don't worry! Who do you think I am?" I grinned at her

"Okay… But be careful…" Lilith and her family members started running towards Matthew's location.

After a few turns I managed to get to my house and there was no one there.

I panicked thinking my parents were already taken and used {Clairvoyance} to find them.

It's a spell that allows me to look at whatever I want from a vantage point in the sky.

They seem to be safe for now… No cultists are near them but they're running around the streets, probably looking for me.

I took a short cut and managed to get back together with them.

"Arthur! You're safe! Where are Matthew, Lilith and their families?" Father asked me

"They're at the big tree! Come on let me take you there!"

"What are you planning on doing after that?!" My mother asked worriedly.

"I'll go back in town to stop the cultists of course!"

"No! You will do no such thing! We are leaving after we regroup with your friends and their family!" She demanded

"We can't just leave the townspeople to die! I have to go!"

"No! It's too dangerous! I am your mother and you will listen to me!"

"… You're not going anywhere."

I felt a shiver down my spine and turned around hurriedly to see a kid who looked to be around my age.

However he didn't look human… He had features akin to that of dragons! Wings, teeth, claws, scales you name it! He had it.

He also had red hair and a scar that ran down his cheek from his right eye.

His claws were covered in blood…

This bastard… He killed some of the townspeople!?

"And who the hell are you? I didn't know there were kids among the Zeref worshippers. What do you want from our village? Roses?"

"Haha! You're very funny kid. The name's Zev, nice to meet'cha! The only reason I'M here is because my old man is obsessed with Zeref and I'm pretty much forced to help him out with whatever stupid thing he's doing... Though I can't say I don't enjoy doing this! Hahaha!"

This is going to be troublesome…

This guy has some serious magic power! Quite a bit higher than mine in fact!

I won't be able to knock him out… I'll have to get serious with this fight! I have to kill him!

But… Can I really? Do I have it in me? Can I kill another person?

Ugh! I don't have time to think about this now! I have to protected mom and dad from him!

"You won't be enjoying it for long I recon! {Storm Of Blades}!"

I summoned over 30 weapons in the air and shot them towards Zev

"Those are pretty slow, you know?"

Damn he's fast! He dodged all of them without even moving a step!?

I started to run and circle around him preparing a new plan of attack.

"Then how about this {Lightning Spears}!"

I send 5 spears made of lighting at him and casted {Teleport} silently under my breath a second later.

"Those are a bit faster but still not fast enough to hit me kid."

He was about to move to dodge them again but right before he could dodge the first one, I appeared right behind him.

"Nothing personal… Kid. {SPIRAL FLAME}!"

"What the?!"

I created a spinning ball of flame in my hand, similar to the 'Rasengan' from Naruto but only this one is made of spiraling fire!

After I hit Zev in the back with it the flames shot out of the ball in a spinning wave of red fire pushing him into the lightning spears! All five of them!

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *CRASH*

My combo ended with the wave of spiral flames pushing him through a couple houses and causing a fiery explosion completely destroying the last house!

"Did that get him?" My father asked

"Dad! You're not supposed to ask that!"

"What? Why not?"

*Wooosh* Zev jumped out of the fire and appeared in front of us again.

He was bleeding from his head and was all scratched up. No burnt marks.

"You jinxed it! Damn it dad!"

"Um… Sorry?"

"Damn that really packed a punch! What kind of magic is that kid? I've never heard of such a magic before. Is it lost magic? No I haven't heard of one that allows you to turn words into reality like this… You know… I've got this gut feeling… are you perhaps…? Another player of the game?"

"I don't know what you're talking about"

As I though he is also a participant! I've never heard of Fairy Tail having any half dragon half human races!

"Oh come on don't go lying to ma face now will ya? My gut has never lied to me before and I know when other people lie! I know you're part of our little game here on Earthland. So stop pretending being oblivious!"

"Tsk. Fine and what if I am? That doesn't change the fact that we're still fighting and if anything it encourages it!"

"Indeed! And it's about time I showed you one of my moves… {FIRE DRAGON ROAR}"

A huge wave of fire swept the streets and went towards me!

"Damn it! {Water Wall}! {Ice Wall}! {Barrier}! {Steel Skin}!"

I simultaneously cast four defensive spells in order to counter Zev's breath attack!

The attack managed to pierce through both the water and ice walls, but was stopped by my barrier!

"Dad! Mom! Get away from here! I'll handle this gu-"

Zev suddenly appear before the barrier!

"I'm not done yet! {FIRE DRAGON FLAME FIST}"

His right hand was covered in fire and he slammed the barrier!

*Crack* *Break*

My barrier was broken!

Shit he's right in my face I don't have time to say anything!

His other fist hits me straight in the ribs and sends me flying into a wall.

It hurts like HELL!

Thankfully he only broke my ribs because of the steel skin spell otherwise… I'd probably have died right then and there!

"*Cough* {Hea-}! *cough* {Heal}!"

That took quite a bit of magic power to heal… I'm at about half right now so I really can't be wasting it only anything useless!

"Hoooh? You can even heal yourself? Impressive!"

*pant* Damn. *pant* what the hell do I do?

He's both faster and stronger than me and it doesn't seem like my last attack did much damage!

Well he is a fire user… I'll need to hit him with another element and with stronger force… I have one attack I could still use but it will take half of my remaining magic power! Fine! Let's do this!

"{Steel Lance}!" I created a lance and lunged with it towards Zev.

"Is that it? You really think that will work?" He mocked me arrogantly

"No! I ain't done just yet! {Ice Storm}!" I concentrated the spell at the tip of my lance creating a destructive attack of ice and snow!

{SPIN}! With this my lance is now basically a concentrated spiraling ice blizzard!

{Strength Up}! {Speed Up}! While running towards him I cast a toned down {Explosion} spell at my feet! Launching myself towards Zev!

All of this was done in under a second! My faster ever multi cast!

"Let's see you stop this!!!"

"This magic power… What the hell is that?! CRAP!! I can't dodge it!"

*BOOM!!!*

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Silence.

You could only hear the burning houses around us.

My lance had struck a big hand with claws. Too big to be Zev's.

The clawed hand grabbed he tip of my lance and broke it to pieces! All I could do was just stand there shivering and staring in terror!

That's the kind of Magic power this man in front of me had! It was simply horrifying! It feels like I'm staring at death himself right now!

He looked a lot like Zev.

Dragon like features and red hair…

"Zev, what are you doing playing around with this runt? Kill those two, take him prisoner and let's go."

"…Yes father!" Even Zev was sweating while talking to him. But I couldn't hear them…

"Arthur! Get away from those monsters! Hurry!"

My father and mother yelled at me trying to wake me up from my shock. But I couldn't hear them either… My fear had overwhelmed me.

"Shut up you insects! How dare you call my father the chieftain of the dragonoids a monster?!"

Zev appeared in front of my father and pierced his ċhėst with his claws. He fell to the ground motionlessly…

"NOOO! RICHARD!"

My mother cried out father's name and went to his lifeless body holding him tightly and then…

"So noisy" Zev lopped her head clean of her shoulders.

Suddenly what was happening registered into my brain… I couldn't think straight anymore and stared running towards Zev in a blind rage!

I was going to hit him with a full power {Explosion} spell at point blank range!

I pointed my right hand towards his face but as I was about to utter the word… I stopped.

I suddenly felt a sharp pain on my right side.

My right arm was cut off by Zev's father who was standing before me…

"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!" It hurts… It hurts so much! I fell to my knees

"Zev, grab this little one while he can't move. From what I've seen during your battle with him I think his magic is very interesting! So I'll be taking him with me for experiments."

"…As you wish father." He reluctantly agreed.

Fear once again completely overwhelmed me and my mind entered into a state of self-preservation…

The only think I did after that was channel my entire reservoire of magic power and utter a single word…

"{Teleport}!"

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