Not far away.
The Strauss Siblings were shocked.
The power Igor and Gildarts had displayed far exceeded their expectations.
In particular, the dazzling flames Igor had released hundreds of meters into the air were intense.
The flames vanished in an instant, as if they had never existed, but Mirajane clearly understood that magic of this level was more than enough to defeat her instantly.
The moment Mirajane saw the flames, she immediately realized that Igor had unleashed the sea of flame during the fight.
But now was absolutely not the time to think about that… The instant Mirajane saw Gildarts “crush” Igor, she charged at Gildarts like a cat with its fur standing on end, scratching his cheeks and stubble while shouting, “Gildarts, why did you kill Igor?!” “Igor is dead.” In the forest, Lisanna and Elfman also stared at Gildarts with expressions of disbelief.
“Ah, ah, ah…” Gildarts struggled to peel Mirajane off while holding his injured face and said angrily, “Calm down a little.
The magic I used on Igor wasn’t the kind that kills people.” “Magic that doesn’t kill people?” After hearing Gildarts’ explanation, Mirajane gradually calmed down, but doubt appeared in her eyes.
“Yes.” Gildarts sighed, then said angrily, “I was fighting Igor.
I used ‘Crush’ magic to protect you guys!” “Otherwise, considering your siblings’ current skill level, you wouldn’t be able to stand here unharmed talking to me in front of the magic Igor just used.” “Then tell me where Igor went.” Mirajane did not argue back.
She acknowledged that Gildarts had used “destruction magic” to protect her and her siblings.
But she could only deal with things one by one.
Even so, she could not forgive Gildarts for killing Igor.
Moreover, Gildarts had first promised Igor that he would protect the siblings so that Igor could fight at full strength using magic powerful enough to destroy the village.
The reason Mirajane and Igor had challenged Gildarts was that Gildarts had entered the Strauss family’s courtyard without the master’s permission.
Collecting interest was only natural, right?
In other words, no matter how you looked at it, Gildarts was the one in the wrong, right?
Mirajane couldn’t help snorting at that thought.
Indeed, there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names.
Gildarts’ nickname “Trash Wizard” fit perfectly.
“Mirajane, I’m fine.” Just as Mirajane and Gildarts were confronting each other, a whisper interrupted Mirajane’s thoughts.
“Huh?” After a moment of stunned silence, Mirajane turned around and saw a sight that made her scalp tingle.
Thousands of Igors the size of hamsters were waving at her.
“Mirajane, I’m okay~.” “Mirajane, don’t worry!” “Mirajane, I have the advantage…” Well, in any case, now that Igor had transformed into thousands of clones and was using those thousands of clones to take on Gildarts alone, he probably did have the advantage.
“Mirajane, move aside!” While Mirajane was still stunned, Igor gently waved at her, signaling her to step aside.
“…” Mirajane followed Igor’s instruction and stepped aside.
“Discharge!” The instant Mirajane dodged the attack, hundreds of tiny Igs transformed into super bombs and exploded toward Gildarts.
“…” “Crush!” “Ugh, damn…” Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom… Gildarts was indeed extremely strong, but he was gradually being overwhelmed by the Igors surrounding him.
However, there were always some who slipped through the net and got hurt.
“You bastard!” “Return to your original form.” At a loss for words, Gildarts waved his hand and restored Igor’s form.
“I give up.” After recovering, Igor immediately declared defeat without hesitation.
“Eh?
I thought you were going to use this chance to attack me?” Gildarts apparently had not expected that Igor, who had still been burning with fighting spirit against him even after being chopped into thousands of pieces, would lose that fighting spirit the moment he returned to his original form.
“Haha.” Igor gave a bitter smile and said helplessly, “If even my clone form can’t match you, then my fused form would stand even less of a chance.” “You’ve got pretty good self-awareness, brat.” Gildarts gently patted Igor’s shoulder and loosened his mouth into a slight smile.
“Are you really not going to join the Fairy Tail Guild?
I truly have high hopes for you.” “…” Igor said nothing and turned toward Mirajane.
“Fine, fine.” “The Fairy Tail Wizard Guild, right?
Let’s go there…” Mirajane folded her arms and spoke while tilting her head.
Having witnessed the gap in power between herself and Gildarts, Mirajane became interested in the Fairy Tail Guild in order to become even stronger.
“Phew.” Seeing that Mirajane had agreed to go to the Fairy Tail Guild, Igor smiled.
Yes — everything had gone according to his plan.
“That sly brat, he made me out to be the villain.” Observing all of this, Gildarts realized that his Fairy Tail Guild indeed lacked someone as calculating as Igor.
If Igor joined the Fairy Tail Guild, Master Makarov’s work would become much easier.
“However, before we head to the Fairy Tail Guild, there are still a few things we need to prepare.” After speaking, Igor smiled at Gildarts and Mirajane, his eyes shining with calculation and greed.
“What kind of preparations?” Mirajane looked puzzled.
“What a troublesome brat.” Gildarts then commented on Igor’s leisurely attitude.
“Sell the house.” After a period of silence, Igor quietly uttered three words.
“Sell the house?” Mirajane and Gildarts looked at each other and said in unison.
“Yes, we’ll sell the house.” Looking at the Strauss family’s three-story residence, Igor thought in his heart, “I will not let anyone take advantage of the Strauss family.” In the original timeline, Mirajane’s family had been driven out of the village by the villagers and had no time to sell the house, resulting in it being used by the mob.
But Igor was different.
He would never allow the villagers to take even a single jewel from Mirajane’s family.
So after obtaining Mirajane’s permission and acting as her proxy, Igor headed to the village chief’s house.
“Village Chief Grandpa, how much do you think the Strauss family’s villa is worth?” Igor smiled at the white-haired old man in front of him and asked the question.
“…” When the village chief learned from Gildarts that the village’s demon had been defeated by Igor and Mirajane, guilt immediately appeared in his eyes, and he said quietly, “How about 2 million J?” “4 million J!
The Strauss family’s villa and all the land will be yours.
We will never return to this village again.” Igor remained expressionless as he silently stared at the white-haired old man in front of him.
Exposed to Igor’s gaze, the village chief’s heart for some reason pounded violently.
In the end, he could not withstand the pressure and agreed.
“Very good.” Seeing that everything was proceeding as he had expected, Igor lightly nodded.