Chapter 62 - Chapter 64

Saint City was world-famous. The city had many names, but none of them were really official. Saint city was just the name that spread the farthest out of all off them. The rumors that Dragon was the first Saint and also was born here was what gave birth to that name.

Since Dragon had left, this city grew quickly in size. Many people moved here in hopes to make a life and ride on the back of this city's fame. Because this city had obvious ties to Fairy Tail. Many people moved here early on if they couldn't afford to settle down in magnolia.

Gildarts, Atlas and Sylvia were sitting inside the cafe and talking. It had been an entire day since the three arrived here. So that meant that today was the day that they would travel to the elemental nations.

"Mom, do you know when we are leaving?" Gildarts was bored out of his mind. And Dragon still had not come back after escaping Sylvia's grasp yesterday.

"When your father decides to show up again I am sure we will leave. If I knew where he had run away to I would go there and drag him home again."

"You don't need to. I am back." The door to the building opened up and Dragon walked in.

"Where have you been, dad?"

"oh, I just took a little walk, that's all." He smiled and walked over to their table.

"mhm, an almost 24 hour long walk? Sure." Sylvia sulked at the table while giving Dragon the stink eye.

"You guys ready to leave?"

"Ye, Gildarts go lock the door?" Silva commanded her son.

"Sure." he ran off.

"Atlas, let me talk to you for a second." Dragon turned to the tiger on the floor.

"You know that you are in charge of protecting my son. Where we are going, many powerful individuals exist. If he gets hurt, you better prepare for some quality time with Nabe. I just want you to remember that."

"I understand, Lord Dragon."

"I'm still having a hard time getting a grip on the fact that you are a talking tiger. I had no idea Paradise island was such a mystical place. Though i think i can finally understand why people are desperate to find it." Sylvia raised her head and stared at the ceiling. She quickly disappeared into her own imagination.

"Okay, it's all done. Everything is locked and closed upstairs and the closed sign is hung up. Can we go now?" Gildarts appeared rather jumpy and he walked in the place. A clear sign of nervousness.

"As you command, my son." Dragon said playfully and snapped his fingers.

A completely black portal that radiated a little bit of an eerie aura appeared in front of them. Both Sylvia and Gildarts took a step back unconsciously.

"It's okay. It may look frightening but the portal is completely harmless." Dragon stretch out his hands and both his wife and son grabbed on and held on tight.

"Are you both ready?" He looked at them both, and they nodded slowly.

"Then here we go." Dragon dragged them along and together with Atlas, they all disappeared from the room after jumping into the portal. The portal itself disappeared quickly after the family was gone.

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"WOW! What is this place?" Gildarts said while floating inside the humongous universal stream. All the worlds were visible outside as they looked like the blinking stars in the night sky.

"Well, I call it the universal stream. The one thing that connects all worlds together. Without it, it's impossible to travel to another world." Dragon was very amused by the expression on his family members face.

"It's beautiful." Sylvia looked all around, completely mesmerized by this whole stream and all it's colors.

"By the way, dad. How strong am I? How dangerous are the elemental nations? Is it possible to place worlds into power rankings or something?" Gildarts turned his curious gaze on his father.

"Why the sudden curiosity?"

"I wanna know where i stand, and how tough and long the climb to the top will be."

"From what gathered during my travels. I managed to make a list based on strength and skill. So far I have seen no one stronger than the list I made. So consider my ranking list the top for now."

"You have 12 placements on the list. I take in physical strength and skill with weapons. Anything that has to do with your fighting ability is taken in and then i place you somewhere on the list."

"So 1st place is the most powerful?"

"Yes! So far, i am the only one i would consider someone of the first rank. But i haven't visited every world so i don't know how powerful i really am." Dragon saw the awe and worship in the eyes of Atlas and Gildarts.

"Where am I on the list?" Gildarts asked in excitement.

"Between, 12th and 11th place. But that's because you have poor control over your magic. Not because your magic is weak. When you grow up and gain control. You will see that your place on the list will rise fast."

Even though he explained the reason as to the low ranking. He could still see the excitement on Gildarts face quickly die out.

"Dragon, let me ask you something. Naruto and Bradely. What are their places on the list?" Sylvia showed intrigue. And it was mostly because she wanted to know more about her two unknown sons.

"Naruto is six years old, but he is one of a kind, battle genius. He is lazy and easy-going. But when it comes to training and fighting."

"Finding someone that is his equal is difficult. And because I have been training him. He is early to mid-Novice level. That means he is fully placed on rank 11. But still not ready for 10."

"So every rank is named?"

"Yes! It goes like this. Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, Advanced Expert, Master, Grandmaster, Saint, Grand Saint, King and lastly Emperor."

"What rank does Bradely belong to?" Sylvia asked.

"Been a while since I saw him. Last time i measured him, he was Grand Master. Out of all our children and grandchildren. He is by far the most powerful."

"wow. Can he beat you?" Gildarts stared intently at his father.

"No! When you go beyond master rank. Something I noticed quite clearly was. That the gap between them is huge."

"A talented Novice fighter could with a lot of skill and some luck beat an Advanced ranked person. But beyond Master. That becomes impossible. You will never see or hear about a Master Rank beating a Grandmaster ranked person."

"wow! I can't wait. Imagine being that strong. Maybe I could beat Paradise island's overlords with that amount of power." Gildarts disappeared from reality and entered the dreamland of his own imagination.

"After some of my personal training, it's best you start traveling again. Reaching those ranks won't be possible if you lock yourself in a dojo all your life. So take what i can give you then use that to rise to the top and make me proud."

"Understood!" Gildarts did a full salute and smiled widely.

"Try and rest now. There is still a while before we arrive." Dragon layed down while still floating and he closed his eyes and escaped to his own dreamland.

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