Chapter 36

-3 days Later-

The day of war finally arrived, all mages are at their position, the civilians have already been evacuated, and protected by the magic council.

Everyone was tensed, the entire Fiore was deadly silent, after all they are going to war, a war they could not afford to lose.

Suddenly...a powerful tremor shook the entirety of Fiore, and even though they already prepared themselves, they're body still couldn't stop trembling.

Then they saw it,

Hundreds upon hundreds of enormous beasts that can easily destroy a mansion with a stomp.

But that's not all, behind those hundreds of titans, a titan reaching the height of hundreds of meters can be seen.

It's simple action of walking is enough to cause earthquake throughout the Kingdom of Fiore.

...

Era, Magic Council Conference Room.

All the saints except God Serena are gathered along with the councilors, they are watching the march of hundreds upon hundreds of titans.

"So they're heading to the Calm Sea?" Kylla narrowed her eyes as she observed the 'video'.

"It seems like it. Probably the temple is near the Galuna Island, Fairy Tail are the one stationed near there right?" Gran Doma inquired as he stare at Natsu.

"Not really, the one stationed there are the Lamia Scale, then Fairy Tail, and next should be the Blue Pegasus." Natsu stated, not taking his eyes off the lacrima.

"I see, looks like those three guilds will be the last line of defense."

"Hm? Looks like our mages already made contact to the titans, but I doubt they'll last long, considering they are just kids."

Natsu stared at the lacrima that shows two boys, one with blonde hair the other with black hair, they are being carried by cats with wings, an exceed.

'Dragon slayers? So there's more.' He thought as he continue to observe the two boys fighting a fifteen meters tall titan that uses ice magic.

Natsu observed them and thought that they seem to be protecting something, or someone, so he decided to observe more.

And in that moment, he caught a glimpse of an injured silver haired girl, Natsu's eyes widened when he saw her.

'Lissana?! No, she's too young, and Lissana is with gramps and the others at the Tenrou, that's impossible, she's not her.'

Natsu stood up, as everyone's eyes focused on him, yet he did not bother with it and turn around as he walks away.

"Master Dragneel, where are you going!?" Gran Doma exclaimed as he intently stared at Natsu.

"I'm going to help them."

"It's still not the time for the saints to make a move! You need to reserve your strength! Who knew if there are Saint-class mages that belong to the Smiling Reaper?!"

Natsu ignored him and stood beside the window, "Don't worry, I'll be back after helping them!" Then, flames appeared on his feet as he jumped, causing a powerful shockwave.

"DAMN! Does he not put me in his eyes at all!? Have the council become so weak that we couldn't even cause a mage to feel fear!?" Gran Doma angrily roared as he slammed his fist on the table. "Where the heck is God Serena when you needed him!?"

Back to Natsu..

He is currently in air and is still rising, a few seconds later, he began to fall down with incredible speed.

Natsu still hasn't mastered the art of flying, the best he could do is to increase his speed and jumping power.

"Where the hell is Happy when you needed him? Though I doubt he could keep flying with full speed for so long." He stated, "I heard from Laki that he have been staying at the guild's library, is he trying to learn some new magic?"

Natsu have been reading the books in the guild library, and he remembered that there are a couple of magic you can learn, from basic magic, to ancient magic, though he haven't found any lost magic.

"Could be, I just hope he's okay."

...

A few miles away from Natsu, a titan using ice magic is currently having a fight with two boys who are being carried by flying cats.

"Shadow Dragon's Roar!"

"White Dragon's Roar!"

A black and white beam shot from the mouth of the two boys to the head of the titan, causing an explosion.

Suddenly, the titan opened its mouth and a ball of sky-blue energy formed on its mouth.

"Breath attack! Dodge!"

The blue energy shot to the two boys, the blonde hair manage to dodge, while the black hair got his left arm and leg frozen, the left wing of the cat carrying him was also frozen.

With half of his wings frozen, the cat can no longer fly as the two began to fall.

"ROGUE!" the blonde called out as he, along with the cat flew towards the falling boy as the blonde caught him.

The cat carrying the blonde seems to struggle as he gritted his teeth, "Grr...Sting-kun...I...can't...hold...it...anymore...!"

"AHHHH!!"

"Open! Gate of the Paired Fish: Pisces!"

The silver haired girl called out as she held a golden key on her hand, then a magic appeared and two enormous fish came out as they caught the two cats and humans.

Then, the two fish slowly brought the four down before disappearing, as the silver haired girl gasp as her magic power are already close to none.

"Thanks for saving us!"

"Hm, thanks."

The two boys thanked the silver haired girl as they help her stood up. Suddenly, the cat that was carrying the blonde boy, Sting, loudly exclaimed,

"Sting-kun!...The titan....its-..."

The three humans glance at the titan and saw it looking at them, preparing to fire a large ice-breath attack.

"Damn! Looks like this is it, I just wish I could at least fight Salamander." Sting said as he stared at the titan in despair.

"Sting-kun." The cat held the legs of Sting as he also stared at the titan in despair.

"Rogue." The cat wearing a frog-costume also did the same to the black haired boy, named Rogue.

"Sister.." The silver haired girl couldn't help but let out drops of tears as she began to think about her long-lost sister.

Rogue just stayed silent as he glared at the titan, he knew that there is already no way for them to survive this aside from a miracle.

Then, the titan fired its ice-roar, as all of them closes their eyes, accepting their death as the cold from the titan's roar started to affect their bodies.

However, at that moment, they felt an incredible heat that seems to vaporized their sweat as the cold they were feeling was replaced by this heat.

The three opened their eyes and saw a salmon-haired young man with white scarf, passed by them, he patted Sting's shoulder as he walk and faced the titan.

"The three of you did your best, now, leave the rest to me."