Acnologia; Part 2

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Tenrou Island.

December 16, x784.

"[Ice-Make: Rozen Krone]." Ur and Ultear chanted at the same time.

With the mother and daughter's chat, two massive, thorny, ice stems grew from beneath Acnologia, wrapping around his front limbs and wings before blooming into a pair of ice roses. And although the two spells had the same name and looked nearly identical, there were some major differences depending on the caster.

For example, Ur's version of the spell was much sturdier and more likely to freeze over whoever was entangled by the rose stem. Ultear's spell, on the other hand, incorporated some of the [Iced Shell's] properties, sapping the bound target's magic power for as long as they were bound.

The moment Acnologia's front have was immobilized, Makarov, who had grown to stand as tall as Acnologia, charged forward, grappling Acnologia's head and neck. Unfortunately, Acnologia was not the type to just let himself be controlled. So, once Makarov's arms were wrapped around his neck, he bit into Makarov's shoulder.

"Gah!" Makarov groaned in pain as Acnologia's fangs tore into his shoulder. "Go, my children! Hit him with everything you have while he's not moving!"

And just as Makarov said, the Fairy Tail wizards split up to encircle Acnologia so they could hit him with their strongest spells without fear of hitting their allies.

For the next three minutes, the wizards of Fairy Tail threw as many spells as they could towards the immobile black dragon. Unfortunately, most of them were completely ineffective. The exceptions being those of the Dragon Slayers. Still, they did such little damage that the Fairy Tail wizards were starting to lose confidence.

"Clear the way!" Alfonzo shouted as he formed a large, cone-shaped mass of orichalcum and made it float in front of him.

Then, like he had done when flowing electricity through the wires he made with Elicia, Alfonzo pumped nearly a quarter of his magic power into his right arm.

"[Electromagnetism Magic: Linear Cannon]." Alfonzo chanted as he slammed his electrically charged right fist in to the flat end of the orichalcum cone.

*Boom!*

*Roar!*

A moment later, the cone-shaped projectile slammed into Acnologia's right side, just behind his front leg. At the same time, the sound of the sound barrier breaking over twenty times in an instant could be heard while some of the weaker wizards, Happy, Wendy, and Carla, were blown away by the air pressure.

Acnologia, on the other hand, though he was knocked over and fell on his left side, pulling Makarov down with him, had taken very little damage from Alfonzo's attack. In fact, instead of piercing through the dragon, the projectile was flattened against the sturdy scales. Though, he did manage to heavily crack those at the center of the impact. On top of that, Acnologia released a loud roar in response. Though, it sounded as though it was filled with more annoyance than anything else.

"*Pant* Are you fucking shitting me? *Pant*" Alfonzo asked in a tone mixed with equal parts irritation and fatigue. "What's the point of charging that much magic power into my attacks if that's all that's gonna happen?"

"Now's not the time to complain, Kid." Gildarts said as he leapt into the air and aimed his hands at the damaged scales on Acnologia's right side. "You can worry about that when this big bastard is gone. [Crash Magic: All Crush]!"

With Gildarts shouting his chant, an orb of [Crash Magic] was formed on his palms. Then, a moment later, he fired it in the form of an energy beam at Acnologia's damaged scales.

Unfortunately, just like the other spells that hit it from a distance, Gildarts' [All Crush] seemed to have done no damage. Naturally, this left the guild's ace dumbfounded.

"It looks like he's immune to purely magical attacks." Elicia said just as her threads were wrapped around most of the wizards on the island. "I guess only spells with a physical component can hurt him."

"Then, something like this?" Erza shouted as she was covered in the light of her [Requip Magic]. "[Purgatory Armor]."

A moment later, now clad in her [Purgatory Armor], Erza raised her spiked mace as she charged at the downed Acnologia with blinding speed. Then, once she was close enough, she leapt into the air.

Reaching the peak of her leap, Erza felt that her descent was being aided by the threads that were wrapped around her waist. On top of that, using his [Electromagnetism Magic], Alfonzo was also speeding up her fall, as well.

*Boom!*

As soon as she was in striking range, Erza swung her mace down with all her might, caving in a few more of Acnologia's scales while creating a shockwave from the impact. At the same time, Alfonzo's magic was dispelled while she was yanked away by the thread around her waist.

*Swoosh!*

Not even a second after Erza was pulled away from where she was, a long, black blur slashed through the swordswoman's previous location. Meanwhile, Erza, after feeling the air pressure that blur created, could not help but be covered in cold sweat.

"Was that… his tail?" Erza asked as she landed next to Elicia.

"Yeah." Elicia replied, her complexion a little paler, as well.

"Get out of the way, Gramps!" Laxus shouted not even a second later.

Looking up, everyone could see that Laxus was falling from high above with his fists locked together.

Understanding what Laxus was about to do, Makarov quickly pried Acnologia's jaw open and separated himself from the black dragon. A moment later, in the form of a yellow lightning bolt, Laxus fell atop the damaged portion of Acnologia's scales while bringing his fists down with great force.

"[Lightning Dragon's Jaw]!" Laxus shouted.

*Boom!*

Upon impact, the ground under Acnologia cratered while an electric discharge spread in all directions, bathing Acnologia and the ground around him in yellow lightning.

"Damn…. That hurt like hell." Laxus said after flashing next to the Thunder God Tribe and shaking his numbed hands. "It felt like I just slammed my fists against adamantine."

*Roar!*

Before anyone could respond, Acnologia quickly picked himself up off the ground. Then, with wrath in his eyes, he glanced at the few people who managed to damage him, even if it was very little. Namely, Alfonzo, Elicia, Erza, and Laxus.

"Aww, hell…" Alfonzo muttered. "He's really fucking pissed now."

"Yeah, you'd be pissed too if you were dropped from the sky, and had your scales cracked like that." Cana replied while continuing to throw out combinations of cards, to no effect.

"Like I said, we don't have time to complain." Gildarts said while casting [All Crush] over and over again. "Just keep going."

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Open Seas.

"They actually hurt it…" Doranbolt muttered in a tone filled with disbelief while watching the ongoing battle through is binoculars.

"I know, it's unbelievable." Lahar replied while doing the same. "But at least we have some idea as to what kind of attacks can hurt it. Even if it's not much."

"Yeah, we definitely need to report this to the Council." Doranbolt replied with a nod.

"If we survive long enough to do that." Lahar added.

Like that, for the next few minutes, Lahar and Doranbolt watched as the Fairy Tail wizards continued attacking Acnologia with all they had while Acnologia seemed completely unbothered. At the same time, they could see the giant dragon swinging its tail, wings, and front limbs at the pests that were bothering it.

Still, none of the wizards of Fairy Tail were injured by Acnologia's attacks, other than Makarov, who was bitten while he held it down at the beginning. And they had Alfonzo and Elicia to thank for that.

While Alfonzo would use any metal the wizards were wearing to move them away from danger, Elicia would use her threads to do the same.

"It looks like Acnologia is starting to get annoyed." Lahar said while looking into the dragon's eyes from a distance.

"Then, this is going to end soon." Doranbolt said in a solemn tone. "Although I'm not a fan of Fairy Tail, no one deserves to be killed like this."

*Roar!*

And just as Doranbolt said, Acnologia, ignoring the incoming attacks, shook off the ice roses restraining him, flapped his wings, and flew to a height that most of the wizards from Fairy Tail could not reach with their magic.

Naturally, Alfonzo, using the [Linear Cannon], had the means to damage Acnologia at that range, but considering he had an idea of what was coming next, he decided against it.

A moment later, just as Acnologia reached the optimal distance, he opened his mouth and began amassing magic power between his jaws.

"Get us further away from the island!" Lahar shouted upon feeling the pressure from the attack Acnologia was preparing.

Wasting no time, the entire fleet retreated from the island at full speed.

Earth land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Tenrou Island.

"Well… fuck…" Gildarts muttered while watching Acnologia amass magic power in its mouth. "There's nothing we can do about that, is there?"

"*Sigh* That seems to be the case." Makarov said in a downtrodden tone. "I really am a failure of a guild master, huh? I couldn't even protect my children."

"Alright, cut that shit out." Alfonzo said, producing a magic item shaped like a metal spike with an orichalcum orb at the top with is [Metal Magic]. "Although I didn't expect us to have to fight the big, black, fuck off dragon up there. I did plan for something like this after I got that bad feeling about Mest."

Hearing that, all the members of Fairy Tail turned their attention towards Alfonzo.

"Now, for obvious reasons, I don't' have time to explain everything right now." Alfonzo said. Then, using his magic, he extended several long tubes towards the members of his guild. "Just flow as much of your magic power as you can into these magic power receptors. And I'll take care of the rest."

At this point, following Alfonzo's instructions was the only thing they could think to do. Meanwhile, Alfonzo pierced the magic item into the ground. At the same time, it connected remotely to the surveillance items he had set up around the island when the S-Class wizards arrived on the island to set up for this year's S-Class Promotion Exam.

'*Sigh* I really hope this works.' Alfonzo muttered. 'I spent a long time studying the [Fairy Sphere] spell. And a few months trying to create a magic item that could use it. *Sigh* But even if it doesn't Mavis should still be able to use all the gathered magic power in the central core to trigger the spell the regular way. Still, I'd rather not be stuck outside of time for seven years.'

Just as that thought passed, Acnologia launched his attack down at the island. Then, in a flash of light, the entirety of Tenrou Island vanished from the sea.

*Boom!*

At the same time, tidal waves were kicked up in all directions. Unfortunately, despite their distance, not all the Magic Council's ships were safe from the damage. On top of that, where Tenrou Island used to be, there was now a straight corridor leading to the ocean floor that was quickly filling up with sea water.

Earth land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Open Seas.

"Hurry up!" Lahar shouted. "We need to save as many men as we can! [Water magic] specialists! Use your magic to fish as many out as you can!"

"The island… is gone…" Doranbolt, who was once again looking in the direction of the confront action between Acnologia and Fary Tail muttered in disbelief.

"What did you say, Doranbolt?" Lahar asked, having not heard his colleague over the hustle and bustle of the fleet.

"Tenrou Island… It's gone!" Doranbolt shouted. "Acnologia wiped it off the map with that last breath attack!"

Hearing that, Lahar's eyes opened wide in shock. Then, he, like Doranbolt raised his binoculars to see the aftermath of Acnologia's attack.

And when he did, what he saw was exactly the same as what Doranbolt said. There was no sign of Tenrou Island. The only thing he could see was Acnologia flapping his wings above the spot where the island used to be.

A moment later, however, Acnologia looked in the fleet's direction, causing everyone on the ships and in the water to freeze momentarily. Instead of attacking the fleet, however, Acnologia simply flew away after acknowledging their presence.

Eventually, Lahar snapped back to his senses.

"Someone report everything that happened to the Magic Council!" Lahar ordered loudly, trying to break the fear filled atmosphere. "As for the rest of you, rescue as many of our men as you can. Then, once everyone has been saved, we'll sail over to where the island used to be and look for possible survivors."

With that, all the sailors and Rune Knights moved at double time while Doranbolt took the task of reporting to the Council upon himself.