Ben's disappearance causes a big stir in the whole Ishgar. But it doesn't happen immediately and will take time before people realize that he really has gone. His wife knew what he would do, after all, and decided to help him.
Currently, Ben is floating in the sky while looking down at a big city that has a massive castle made of some tall buildings that look like skyscrapers. They are not as tall as Ben's Dragoram Tower, but they are very tall for this world's standard.
The city also has many big buildings with different architectural styles from Ishgar. It's because this city isn't in Ishgar. This is Vistarion, the capital of the Alvarez Empire. There are many individuals with magic power here, so Ben knows they are preparing for their invasion to Ishgar.
"They have gathered their power here, huh? Well, that's good then, you don't need to spend your energy going to Ishgar. So you should be on your full power now, Alvarez. Take this and show me how strong you are," mumbles Ben before a massive golden magic circle appear right under the cloud.
Everyone in the city senses the change in atmosphere and looks up at the sky. Their eyes are widened when they see a massive golden dragon coming out of the golden magic circle in the sky. It is a dragon made of golden solar energy that spreads heat so hot that the soldiers' clothes, buildings' paints, and other things start to melt.
Some individuals are standing on top of the very tall castle while looking at the massive golden dragon. They are the Spriggan 12 of Alvarez that already has full members again after Ben killed Jacob & Serena. The Spriggans are looking at the solar energy dragon with serious expressions now.
"He really came here alone, just like what the Emperor said," says a green-haired girl named Brandish.
"He would come if he really wanted to protect Ishgar. If the war happens in Ishgar, then even if they win, they will still get a lot of loss and destruction," says August.
"His coming here isn't the main issue here. He is coming alone to the enemy's base while they are at full power, just what was he thinking about?" asks Ajeel.
"That just shows how confident he is. You should've realized it by now just from the power of that thing," says Irene.
"That massive golden fireball really feels strong. But with the 12 of us here, that won't be a problem," says Invel.
"Yeah, the 12 of us. That means 1 or 2 of us can't stop that thing," says August.
"That's not what I mean, we-," Invel can't continue what he wants to say because Ben finally starts his attack.
Ben is floating right below the golden dragon while crossing his arms. He looks at the city for a while to lament about the casualties that will be caused by his attack. But this is a war. His attack might kill innocent people, but if he doesn't do it, then his people and family will be the victims.
He finally steeled his heart after a while and simply chanted, "Dragon Dive!"
Ben doesn't shout or raise his voice, but everyone hears it clearly. His voice echoes in the sky and it makes the soldiers tremble unknowingly. They tremble even more when they see what happens in the sky right now.
The golden solar dragon explodes and creates numerous sharp projectiles that fall toward the city. Ben is looking at the 12 Spriggans who are looking at the falling projectiles. They aren't panicking although they look worried.
Then he sees Irene suddenly stabs her staff into the floor. The area around her glows red before a massive reddish dome covers the whole city. She has made an enchantment to protect this city after Zeref told her that Ben might come here and ordered her to make it.
Ben's Dragon Dive projectiles bombard the red dome everywhere. Powerful explosions happen all over the dome and shake the entire city. The dome seems strong enough to block Ben's attack, but Irene is actually having a hard time maintaining it.
Even so, she still can maintain it till the end even though cracks appear everywhere. Ben is impressed because Dragon Dive is more powerful than the Countless Falling Stars he used against the Dragons in Crocus. It means her preparation to stop him was very serious.
"Still, if it almost break just from that, then you were not serious enough," says Ben while pointing his left hand at the sky.
A dark purple aura appears on his left hand and he chants, "Shattered Heaven!"
Nothing happens even after Ben chanted that, so everyone gets confused. The Spriggans know that there is no way Ben would make a bluff attack now of all time. That's why they are rather anxious about what he will do.
"This is our time to strengthen the protection. Hurry up and help Irene strengthen it," says August.
The other Spriggans do what he says because he is their leader. They try to fix the protection dome while nothing happens. But then everything turns dark as the sunlight seems to be blocked by something. It's not about to rain though because the thing blocking the sunlight is something they never expected.
The 12 Spriggans widen their eyes in shock because this is very surprising. Even Zeref is also surprised while he sits on his Emperor's throne while watching everything from there. They all look up at a massive meteor that is bigger than Vitarion itself.
Ben pulled it from space using his Gravity Magic and aimed it at Vistarion. The meteor is still pulled by gravity now, so it moves very fast and will have a very great impact when it lands. It will destroy Vistarion instantly if no one stops it.
"Let's see how you'll stop this thing that weighs 3 times more than its original weight because of the gravity," says Ben while looking at his falling meteor.
The 12 Spriggans move fast and do everything they can to block the meteor.
"FUCK! THAT THING IS FAR BIGGER THAN WHAT IRENE EVER PULLED," shouts Bloodman.
"Stop complaining and start doing something. Make protection, attack it, or help Irene, do anything you can do now. If that meteor falls, it will hit His Majesty's castle and himself. We can't let that happen," says August.
"I will make it smaller," says Brandish as she steps forward.
"NO! STOP! It will still have the same weight and power even if its size reduces. That man has full control of gravity, so he can control that meteor's weight and falling speed as he likes even with a change in size. Besides, this distance is too far for your magic to be effective, and you can't reduce its weight, you'll just compress it," says August.
Brandish is disappointed and she decides to help the other Spriggans. She decides to work together with Ajeel who has prepared his Sand Magic. He creates a massive amount of sand and makes it into a massive ball that he sends to the sky.
"Ajeel, let's explode it," says Brandish.
"Huh? Oh, that's a great idea," says Ajeel after realizing what Brandish wants to do.
Ajeel's massive sand ball suddenly gets smaller and smaller even though he keeps adding more sand. They move fast and when they think it's ready, they shoot the sand ball into the sky. The sandball is just the size of a football now, but its weight is no joke because it's compressed.
Irene lets the sandball bypass her protection dome so that it can hit the meteor. The sandball clashes against the meteor and the moment they clash, the sandball creates a massive explosion that covers half of the meteor.
That explosion can push the meteor back a little and stops its momentum. Ben is very impressed because then he sees Ajeel trying to stop the meteor's fall using the sand that covers the meteor's bottom side.
Invel then makes a giant ice pillar to stop the meteor too. August makes many explosions on the meteor using his Blast magic, but the meteor only gets chipped. The other Spriggans without strong long-range attacks transfer their magic power to the other 4 to help.
But then Ben says, "That is not enough, Spriggans."
He clicks his finger and The Spriggan sees a nightmare for the first time today. Another massive meteor is falling above the previous meteor that they can't destroy yet.
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