chapter 29 : Battle of Fairy Tail

Two and a half weeks later, in the mountain tops north of Ruzia where temperatures were the coldest on the continent with temperatures reaching -165°C with both the geographical point and the height of these mountains at 7 km above the ground.

 According to the legends of this country, ice dragons that have been extinct for over a millennium came to nest there and in all this terrible cold, a person sat there in the ice and without any clothes.

 That person was Gray and he has been sitting in this same posture for over a week.

 In a radius of 5m around him, he had placed anti-magic runes so he resisted this horrible cold by his own means to better focus on his vital force because the magic prevented him from concentrating completely but now, he was more at ease and had made some shocking discoveries.

 The life force is normally guided by the soul closely linked to the body and the stronger the body is, the greater the life force and the more difficult it is to control.

 Gray's body was shockingly strong, which is why despite all his talent, it took him days to control his vital energy but especially his soul.

 Additionally, he had realized that magic and life force could be linked and used at the same time.

 The first time he created ice with it, that ice was much more powerful and its nature immediately reminded him of the Ice Shell although the intensity was lower.

 He studied this case and quickly, the conclusions came to him. In fact, life energy served as a relay link to allow the soul to use magic and this magic was immensely pure because normal magic was composed of both ethernano but also anti-magic particles.

 These anti-magic particles were the reason why spells could be negated by measures or other anti-magic spells and prevented normal magic from reaching its high potential without the complete knowledge of mages around the world.

 The old book mentioned the possibility of purifying magic but didn't have the method, a method that Gray had just discovered.

 Likewise, he had understood how Ice-Shell worked, it was in fact soul magic allowing the user to take a fatal shortcut that would give them ice magic at a very high purity rate but as the user has no control over his soul and his vital energy, the soul will automatically use all the vital energy of the user in a brutal way, the cells of the user himself will be changed into ice and only the soul will remain in this ice as was the case with Ur.

 This meant a very interesting thing, if Gray managed to master and control 100% of his soul and life force , the slightest ice generated by him will be of equal or superior quality to that of the Ice Shell, an indestructible and eternal ice .

 Now with such a strong body and colossal life force it would be very difficult and his control was around 21% (Ice Shell quality requires 69%), it was a lot but still not enough and he knew he had to work there a lot more often from now on.

 Gray stood up and it was the first time he opened his eyes after 8 days of meditation and concentration.

Once his eyes were opened, Gray could have sworn that his vision had improved a lot and the same for the other senses.

 However, that was not all because unbeknownst to him, his hair had grown further and his features were much more refined and sculpted, awakening his vital force further improved his body.

 He thought it was time to leave because not only had he finished what he came there to do but he missed Juvia a lot.

 Gray stretched for over 10 minutes before heading to a nearby cave where he grabbed some things before teleporting home where he noticed it was raining heavily outside.

 He went to take a nice ice bath before getting dressed. And meeting Kevan who was quite happy to see him.

 Kevan: Sir, it's a real pleasure to see you back with us. The others and I were worried.

 Gray: Is everything okay around here?

 Kevan: Yes sir, I took care of everything.

 Gray: Make sure you hire capable people to assist you in what you do, it will give you more rest Kevan. It's thanks to you that I have the time to train, I leave you free choice of selection for your subordinates.

 Kevan: Thank you, sir.

 Gray: Since when has it been raining like this?

 Kevan: Four days, Lady Juvia is depressed sir. She's certainly near the fountains . We tried to take care of her but she is inconsolable.

 Gray: I understand, thank you Kevan. Expect a raise and vacation.

 Kevan: Sir it's not necessary, I'm just doing my job.

 "We'll see about that later..." He left there to go to the fountain square where from behind, he saw Juvia sitting on one of the benches in the rain.

 "Gray-sama...Juvia didn't mean to upset you...where are you? Do you hate Juvia? Juvia is bad company for Gray-sama…" She mumbled sadly.

 "I already told you I'm not mad at you, Juvia." He said taking her by surprise as he sat down next to her.

 Juvia: Gray-sama! You're back... 

 Gray: Yes and I don't want to see you sad anymore.

 Juvia: Gray-sama, Juvia swears she didn't mean to-(interrupted)

 Gray: I love you.

 "Aaah !!" As soon as she heard that, the rain immediately stopped as her face turned red, he took her hand and brought her face closer before kissing her on the lips.

 Gray: Sorry if I put you in this state, I will never make you cry again.

 Juvia: Gray-sama…Juvia too-(interrupted)

 Gray: I know what you mean, I want you to say it freely.

 Juvia: Juvia...Gray-sama...I love you.

 They looked into each other's eyes before moving closer and kissing once more and Gray teleported them to his room as their kisses became more forceful.

 That day, Gray and Juvia made love for the first time in their relationship, it was also the first time for each of them and they completely discovered each other in complete privacy.

 For Juvia, it was undoubtedly the happiest day of her life.

 "I'm so happy..." Juvia said later with her head resting on Gray's chest.

 Gray: I hope I didn't hurt you too much.

 Juvia: No, it was a little painful at first but afterward it was like I was in heaven.

 Gray: Um, that's good then. For me too it was very pleasant.

 "I want to do it again..." Juvia said with great appetite as she got on top of him and Gray only smiled before starting to satisfy Juvia's desires.

 The harvest festival was going to be held in two days and during this time, the weather was extraordinarily beautiful outside and for good reason, Gray and Juvia made love a frightening number of times especially because of Juvia who had made it a real obsession.

 For Gray, he didn't see a problem with it because he loved his time with Juvia but all this had brought back with him the bad habit of undressing anytime and anywhere, a problem that he was going to solve again. 

 On the day of the harvest festival, it was barely 11 a.m. and Gray was meditating in his training area.

 They knew that the guild was going to organize a beauty contest for the girls with a sum of 500,000 jewels for the winner But they had no reason to go there.

 Juvia saw no point in it because the only person she would make efforts to seduce was already there with her and she was sleeping in because last night had been passionate with Gray.

 As for Gray, this whole party had no interest for him and preferred to take the opportunity to meditate and perfect his mastery.

 The door suddenly opened and Kevan walked in, Gray didn't come out of his meditation as 4 ice knights were watching just in case.

 Kevan: Sir, I am sorry to have to interrupt you in your practice…

 Gray: You can speak without any fear Kevan, I'm listening to you.

 Kevan: There's some trouble in town and according to our informants, the Fairy Tail mages have been fighting among themselves for a while now.

 "These morons are fighting among themselves! We usually punch each other but we do it for fun inside the building, if they fight outside then it's serious." He stood up and thanked Kevan before heading inside. his room and change.

 When he arrived, Juvia was coming out of the bathroom and he quickly explained to her what was happening and the two got ready to then go to the guild.

 Gray teleported them and from the front of the guild, they heard the sounds of fighting a little further in the surroundings.

 Gray: This matter seems really serious.

 Juvia: Shall we stop them?

 Gray: Let's already know what's going on, let's go see if the master or if someone is inside to inform us.

 They entered and indeed found Makarov in the company of Natsu, Gajeel and Happy who were very pleasantly surprised to see them.

 Natsu: Hey ice cube, it took you a long time to arrive! You disappeared for weeks.

 Gray: I'm happy to see you too, Natsu.

 Makarov: Gray, you certainly come at the right time, our guild is going through a crisis.

 Gray: Does this have something to do with the enchantments outside the door ? I don't know who carved these statues on the stage but it is very successful. Is this the work of Ever Green?

 "He noticed the enchantments without even seeing them and he was even able to understand what happened to the girls at first glance ?!" Gajeel asked himself looking at Gray, he was the person who had the most animosity towards him and he was without context the most dangerous mage he could face.

 Makarov: Your insight will always impress me my child, you are back and with a peaceful heart.

 Juvia: Hello master.

 Makarov: Hello Juvia, you seem to be doing much better.

 Juvia: Everything is going like a dream. Why are the others fighting and why are the girls like this ? I can sense some of their magic from here.

 Makarov: Well you see...

 (A few minutes later)

 Gray: Bickslow, Fried and Evergreen guided by Laxus staged this take over ? The thunder god tribe trusts Laxus so much that they betray the guild so nonchalantly that they put the girls' lives on the line?

 Juvia: Our friendship and unity are the spirit of Fairy Tail and they forced our friends to fight each other at the risk of breaking these bonds!

 Gajeel: They called it the Battle of Fairy Tail.

 Gray: And why are you here instead of going to help them ?

 Natsu: That bastard Fried put up a crazy enchantment that's stopping us from getting out. I WANT TO FIGHT TOO !

 Gajeel: You moron.

 Natsu: SAY THAT AGAIN!

 Gray looked at the statues casually and with a wave of his hand, he used holy light magic to ward off the gorgon curse that Ever Green had placed on the girls.

 A layer of light enveloped them and the next few seconds, the stone on them began to crack then crumble little by little before the astonished eyes of the others.

 The delivered girls fell before regaining consciousness and on the other side, Evergreen felt it.

 She informed Fried of the situation and he went to tell Laxus that the hostages had been freed and that they no longer had any leverage on the guild.

 Laxus asked them to insist and subdue the others by force and kill the most recalcitrant if necessary because "his" guild wouldn't need weaklings.

 But unlike the manga where he only asked Fried, this time he asked the thunder god tribe entirely.

 Bickslow: Are you seriously asking us to do this?!

 Evergreen: That's a bit extreme!

 "Are you disobeying my orders ?" Laxus asked coldly as lightning roared.

 Laxus: Very well, I don't need non-decisive cowards at my side to restore this guild to glory and elevate it to new heights. Get out of here, I'll put pressure on old me to vacate his place.

 Fried: Calm down, no one abandons you. In any case, we can't go back, so we'll do as you said. How are you going to put pressure on the master ?

 Laxus: I will liberate the Thunder Palace above Magnolia and take the inhabitants hostage.

 Others : !!

 Laxus: Now go and do your job. If Gray or Mystogan shows up here you'll only be in our way.

 They came out with mixed emotions but there was no turning back with everything they had already done. They would now have to be more brutal and kill if necessary.

 At the guild, the girls were given their summaries of the case and Erza was extremely angry.

 Gray: I'll leave it to you ladies to take revenge on Laxus' bodyguards if you want, I'll observe how they act and react accordingly but one thing is certain, I'll be brutal.

 Makarov: Don't kill anyone, you hear me?

 Gray: I said I would observe and then react accordingly. (To Juvia) I'll let you help them, my dear. You have 20 minutes to take care of them before me, this is a request to be taken seriously because with what they have done, I will have a hard time not leaving them at death's door.

 He immediately teleported away and everyone could sense his seriousness as well as his coldness but Makarov, Natsu and Gajeel had completely forgotten to ask him to cancel the enchantment in front of the entrance for them.