Ch 266 : Dragon King Festival

"What the hell is going on here…? So many dragons…"

Natsu muttered, his expression grave as he looked around at the countless skeletons.

"Did something happen here?"

Happy spoke anxiously, "Could it be… Is Igneel here too…?"

"Happy." Carla frowned and called his name.

Realizing his slip of the tongue, Happy quickly covered his mouth with his paws. "Sorry."

Natsu, however, firmly shook his head. "No… He's not here."

Gajeel added, "Our dragons disappeared 14 years ago. The remains here are far older than that."

As she stared at the sea of dragon bones, Wendy suddenly seemed to realize something and gasped, "Milky Way!"

"Wendy, what is it?" Hearing her reaction, Lucy turned her head curiously.

"Milky Way," Wendy explained.

"It's one of the Dragon Slayer secret arts that Porlyusica told me about. It allows you to hear the voices of dragon souls echoing through the heavens. I always thought it was an offensive spell, but maybe… maybe it's referring to this. Milky Way might actually be a magic that lets you understand the voices of dragon souls."

"What?!"

"Then that means…"

Wendy's expression grew resolute. "If I can understand the voices of the dragons resting here, then maybe we can find out what really happened in this place… and maybe even learn the truth about our missing dragons."

After speaking, Wendy casually picked up a tree branch and began drawing a magic circle on the ground.

As the pattern gradually took shape, a look of realization appeared on her face.

"Just as I thought… I assumed it was an offensive spell, but the wording here feels different."

"A magic circle?"

"What are you doing, Wendy?" Natsu, who had no understanding of magic circles, asked in confusion.

Happy glanced at Natsu with a deadpan expression and quipped, "Are you even listening to what she's saying?"

"Something about Milky Way or whatever."

While the others talked, Wendy had already finished drawing the magic circle.

She turned to them and said, "Alright, it's done. Please step back a little."

Once Natsu and the others had moved to a safe distance, Wendy raised both hands, gathering the magic of the sky around her.

"O wandering dragon souls, let your voices be heard through me—Milky Way!!"

Boom!

As Wendy spoke, a mysterious surge of magic shot into the sky, tracing an intricate arc in the air.

The magic circle beneath her feet glowed intensely, pulsing as it absorbed more magic.

At the same time, the countless dragon skeletons around them began to tremble ever so slightly.

"Ahhh! The bones are moving!"

Seeing the eerie reaction, Lucy yelped in fear and hid behind Gray.

Gray, looking just as unsettled, frowned. "Wendy, are you sure this is safe?"

"I'm searching for the souls of the dragons… The lingering thoughts left behind here are incredibly ancient, faint, and distant…" Wendy murmured softly to herself.

Then, all of a sudden, her eyes snapped open, and she clasped her hands together.

"Found it!!"

The drifting sky magic began to converge, swirling into a concentrated force.

Under everyone's astonished and expectant gazes, a massive emerald-green dragon suddenly materialized before them, letting out a thunderous roar that sent a shiver down their spines.

"Ahahahahaha!!"

Seeing the expressions on Natsu and the others' faces, the emerald-green dragon let out a delighted laugh.

"The frightened faces of humans never get old—so amusing!"

Dumbfounded—

Natsu and the others stood there, their eyes turning round in shock as they woodenly stared at the dragon, who was thoroughly enjoying itself.

"I am Zirconis, also known as the Emerald Dragon," the green-scaled dragon introduced itself before glancing around with curiosity.

"The one who awakened my soul… must be a practitioner of Sky Dragon Magic, correct? Where is the caster?"

After spotting Wendy, who was kneeling on the ground from casting the spell, Zirconis looked surprised.

It lowered its massive dragon face close to her and said, "What a delicate little thing… A tiny dragon slayer mage, and yet, you're the one who awakened me?"

Seeing this, Natsu clenched his fist and shouted, "Hey! Don't just randomly get so close to Wendy!!"

"I shall devour this little girl," Zirconis declared with a completely serious expression.

"You bastard!!"

"Of course, I'm joking! Humans really are such a foolish species," Zirconis cackled, shaking its head as it laughed at Natsu's flustered reaction.

"Look, I don't even have a body—what could a 'ghost' possibly do? Ahahahaha!"

Three dark lines appeared on Natsu's forehead. "This guy…"

"What's with this dragon who keeps joking around…?" Lucy muttered in exasperation.

Gray corrected her, "Not who, what. It's a dragon."

Gajeel narrowed his eyes. "You sure it's not just a ghost?"

Zirconis put on a serious face and said, "I am Zirconis, also known as the Emerald—"

"You just said that!!!" Gray interrupted, exasperated.

Realizing that things weren't progressing, Carleagot straight to the point and asked, "What happened here?"

"There are dragon corpses everywhere…

"In order to uncover the truth, we awakened your soul."

Hearing Carla words, the Emerald Dragon turned away with an annoyed expression.

"I have nothing to say to humans. Go back."

"We're cats, though," Happy reminded him.

"Oh, right… Well, this all happened over 400 years ago—" Zirconis suddenly spun his head back around and began talking again.

Gray, watching this unfold, couldn't help but complain, "Do you even have any principles?!"

The Emerald Dragon, Zirconis, began recounting the story of his past.

It was four hundred years ago, during the peak of the dragon race's reign.

At that time, dragons ruled over the entire continent.

However, the dragons were divided into two factions: one believed that dragons and humans should coexist in harmony—the Coexistence Faction—while the other saw humans as nothing more than food and opposed any form of coexistence—the Opposition Faction.

This division led to conflict between the two sides.

To combat the dragons of the Opposition Faction, the dragons of the Coexistence Faction decided to teach humans the magic of dragons—this was the origin of Dragon Slayer Magic.

However, the course of events that followed went far beyond anyone's expectations.

The humans who had learned Dragon Slayer Magic not only fought against the Opposition Faction but also, in their growing aggression, began attacking the dragons of the Coexistence Faction as well.

As the situation spiraled further into chaos, the appearance of a single individual completely changed the course of history.

That person was a human named Acnologia.

After mastering Dragon Slayer Magic, he relentlessly hunted dragons.

Over time, his skin transformed into scales, his human teeth became dragon fangs, and eventually, his entire form took on the complete appearance of a dragon.

Every dragon in this place had been slain by Acnologia.

Though he was born a human, he became the king of dragons.

From then on, the emergence of a Dragon King led to the creation of the festival known as the Dragon King Festival.

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