Chapter 48

Natsu was glaring at Liem, he wiped the blood at the corner of his mouth and took out a small vial and drank its content.

Liem narrowed his eyes as he saw Natsu's wounds began to heal, and he seems to be much stronger than before.

"Good," Natsu said as he began to stretch his arms, he then grinned as he glared at Liem, "Now, I'm really Fired Up!"

Natsu jumped a few times before he rushed towards Liem in an incredible speed,

Liem smirked as he claps his hands and the two large palm from his back moved,

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

"Fire Dragon's Burning Claw!"

Natsu, with his fist and kick, easily blasts away the arms as it vanish in thin air.

Seeng the palms heading his way, Natsu took a breathe as small sparks of fire leaks out of his mouth,

"FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!"

Large wave of flames burned away the ten palms and continue heading towards Liem who narrowed his eyes and raised his palm,

"God's Palm!"

A large, orange-energy palm appeared in front of him ans blocked the waves of flame.

"Grrr~!" The flames disappeared but Liem was pushed back by five steps and suffered some minor burns.

He dispelled the 'God's Palm' and gasp, however, he immediately winced in pain as Natsu appeared in front of him and send a kick to his guts.

"Fire Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Natsu swiped his flaming-hands in a claw-like manner, however, Liem managed to evade and leaped backwards several times.

Natsu followed after him with his covered by a much larger and stronger flames, "FIRE DRAGON'S DEMOLITION FIST!"

As Natsu's fist collided with Liem's palm, his eyes widened in shock when he saw his flames vanish in an instant.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Despite his shock, Natsu recovered quickly and attack once again.

Liem stumbled a few steps back but quickly steadied himself. He glared at Natsu as his smirk disappeared from his face.

"I got no time to fight you," Liem stated as he released a large amount of magic power, "Hundred Palm's of God!"

Then, hundreds upon hundreds of large arms emerged and headed to squash Natsu.

"Damn." Natsu ran away while jumping side to side to evade the palms from turning him into a bloody paste.

As the palms stop targeting, he stopped running and turn around, noticing that Liem is missing, he couldn't help but curse out loud,

"GODDAMMIT!!" soon after he yelled, he ran towards the direction of the gigantic titan.

It took him a minute to reached the titan, which is already standing on the shore.

"Fiore lost, Salamander." After that, the titan step towards the sea.

Natsu planned to follow them, but stop himself when he saw the body of a short old man covered by large rubbles.

Natsu immediately knew who he is,

"Wolfheim!" Natsu ran towards him and lifts up the large rubble and pick up the short old man.

"..Cough!..Cough!.."

Wolfheim coughed mouthful of bloods, his body full of wounds. Natsu doesn't know what to do as he had ran out of healing potion.

"..Cough!...too...strong...Cough!...kid...no matter what...you need...to stop...him...from...awakening...the...leviathans...leave me here....go!.."

"But-" Natsu hesitated, even though he really couldn't wait to kick the ȧss of that man, he couldn't just leave this old man alone.

"Just go, Dragneel, leave him to us," Natsu lifted his head and saw the other Gods of Ishgar walking towards him.

"You guys-" Natsu was stunned, he didn't expect that even with the combined effort of the three Gods of Ishgar is still not enough to even slow down the titan.

"We can't fight at this state," Hyberion stated while shaking his head, "This is embarrassing for us but, we will leave the rest to you, young ones."

"Heh~! At least you know your place old man." A rude, feminine voice suddenly echoed as Natsu and the Gods of Ishgar turned their heads.

They saw Fiana walking towards them with a smirk, no visible injuries present on her.

"Old people like the three of you should just rest in your bed all day long and worry about how to live long," she said as she stood beside Natsu and crossed her arms.

"You're as rude as ever, Fiana, we should respect our seniors you know."

"Hm?" They turned their heads and saw the remaining saints walking towards them.

"What I said is true though, they are already old, they are not as aggressive as they used to be." Fiana said as she glared at the only female aside from her, Kylla.

"Anyway, how do we even go down there to stop that man?" Natsu said while glancing at the sea.

"Aqua Ring." A bright light suddenly surrounded the group but it quickly disappeared.

"With this, we can see, talk, breath, and even move normally underwater, heck you can even ignore the water pressure. It feels just like we are flying, albeit under the sea." She said as she puffed her ċhėst with pride.

Natsu, however, was filled with doubts, "Err, can I fight there though? I'm a fire mage you know? Even though I'm pretty strong, I don't think I can use my flames underwater."

"Eh?" Fiana glance at him with wide eyes, she completely forgot about that, "hahaa~ sorry, I forgot about that, but I guess if you use 'that' then you'll be okay."

Natsu just sighed, if he really fight under water then his flames will be a little weaker, but he still has the earth magic from his titan form, and if he fused it with his titan flames then he can use magma/lava magic.

"What's 'that'?" The others asked but Fiana and Natsu just shook their heads.

Natsu then walked towards the water, "You'll find out about it soon, anyway let's go, we can't waste time here." Then, he began to swim towards the deeper part of the sea.

"Hahaha! He's right, we can't waste time here." Fiana laughed and followed after Natsu.

"Well, we'll be leaving old men," Kylla smiled and bowed her head before following after Fiana.

"Take care, Hyberion-dono, Warrod-dono, and Wolfheim-dono," Jura bowed his head and also followed after the rest.

The Gods of Ishgar followed them with their eyes until they disappeared in the sea.

"We leave the rest to you," Hyberion and Warrod said at the same time before falling down to the ground.