Ben's battle against the 4 Spriggans is about to start. He is very excited to see more of their Magic that he rarely found in Ishgar. Mages of their calibers are also very rare in Ishgar. They can rival Serena, after all, the former strongest Mage in Ishgar.
"Show me what you got, motherfuckers," says Ben while taunting them with his hand.
"Damn cocky bastard, I'll crush that arrogance of yours," says Ajeel while extending his hand toward Ben.
"Antlion!" shouts Ajeel before Ben suddenly feels his body gets sucked into the ground.
He looks down and sees the solid ground has turned into sand that sucks things down like an antlion's nest. Ben has seen this spell before, but the power was far lower than this. The suction of Ajeel's spell is much stronger than the one he faced in the past.
Average Mages won't be able to pull their feet out of the sand trap. The bind is so strong that they will get sucked into the pit without any chance to escape. But that's not a problem for Ben who can pull his feet out anytime he wants.
Doing that won't be cool though, so Ben uses another method to get out. He heats up his feet and spreads the heat just in the sand pit. Then under the 4 Spriggans' surprised eyes, the sand turns into glass at a visible rate starting from Ben's feet and spreading until the border.
Ben pulls out his feet easily because the glass around his feet is still melting from the heat. He can't leave the pit immediately though because suddenly an explosion happens out of nowhere right in front of his face.
Neinhart uses his Blast Magic to create the explosion. It's a very strong explosion despite having a small exploding effect. The force created by the blast is enough to badly injure an S-Class Mage.
"Hooh, a Blast Magic that isn't made of the fire element, how rare," says Ben from inside the dust smoke.
Ben is just standing there, right in his initial position. His face is covered by dark red fire that protected him from the blast. Even Ben would get injured by that, he isn't an invincible fortress that can't get hurt.
Although the blast wasn't strong enough to push Ben away and break his fire mask. As a Sun Magic user, Ben has dealt with explosions too many times in his life. So even if the explosion is made of a different element, he can deal with it easily.
"That was a good explo-," *BOOM* Ben can't finish his sentence because another explosion hits him right on his back.
Then some more explosions happen around him for a while. Neinhart doesn't want to give Ben any chance to fight. Wall joins in and shoots many missiles combined with electric bullets from a mini railgun he made on his shoulders.
Their attacks last for a while before they stop. But then, a lot of sand suddenly rises around Ben's location like a storm. The sand then falls on Ben's location and forms a small mountain. Ajeel then presses the sand until the mountain turns into flat solid ground.
"Eat that, motherfucker!" says Ajeel while raising his middle fingers.
"Sorry, I don't eat sand," says Ben who suddenly appears right beside Ajeel.
The 4 Spriggans are very surprised and jump away from their spots. He has teleported since Neinhart made a lot of explosions around him. Although he could defend all their attacks, he didn't want to spend his magic power doing it because he could just get away.
"Aiyoo, why are you getting away from me that fast? I swear I don't bring a deadly disease," says Ben jokingly.
But the 4 don't see that as a joke and immediately attack him again. Ben sighs before grinning while moving forward to fight them. But then a loud bird chirping sound can be heard out of nowhere and Ben suddenly jumps away from his position.
He takes out his comm device that looks like a smartphone. On the screen is Mest's photo and a green phone symbol at the bottom. He slides the phone symbol and puts the smartphone on his ear.
"Hello?" asks Ben.
"Alright, go to the hideout immediately. I'll finish my job here," says Ben.
Mest is also in Alvarez right now because Ben asked him to join. Last year after the Council got attacked by Tartaros, Mest returned to the guild. Almost everyone didn't remember him as Doranbolt because he manipulated their memories.
Makarov was the only one who knew it, or so they thought. Ben wasn't affected by Mest's memory manipulation because he is much stronger than Mest. Besides, his AI Chip, Quorra can block any kind of mind attack, making Ben totally immune to mind spells.
Without any other choice, Makarov explained everything to Ben. Besides, as a former Guild Master and Fairy Tail's strongest pillar, Ben has the right to know it. Ben never minded it and accepted Mest easily after confirming that everything Makarov said was true.
For this job, Ben took Mest with him because Mest has better Teleportation Magic than him. Also, there is a job that only Mest can do, so Ben took the guy with him. That job has been finished just now, so they will start their plan.
"Well, sorry folks, it seems I can't stay here for too long. There is something important for me to do. But don't worry, I will leave a gift for you," says Ben while taking out a black lacrima ball.
Ben waves his hand a little while grinning before he disappears. The black lacrima ball doesn't disappear with him though and it falls onto the ground. His disappearance makes the Spriggans confused and they try to find him because they think he will launch a sudden attack.
But suddenly, they hear telepathy from Zeref. "Get away from that lacrima ball, now!"
The 4 Spriggans are confused, but they still get away from it because their Emperor has ordered them. Zeref rushes them because they just walk, so they run with confused expressions. Luckily, they follow his order because suddenly, the black lacrima ball explodes. The explosion fire is also black, even the smoke is black.
It's not just a strong explosion, it's a massive explosion that covers half of the city. The 4 Spriggans are still caught in the explosion, but they have gone quite far, so they don't receive that much damage. Their bodies are also very strong and they just get flung by the impact.
"What was that?" asks Larcade who watches from the castle.
"A magic time bomb," says August.
"I know that, but why was it black, and why didn't we just block it?" asks Larcade.
Zeref suddenly appears among them and says, "That bomb was made of his Sun God Slayer Magic. Even if we could seal that bomb, it would take us hours to do it. The bomb would explode even before we finish."
"How are you so sure?" asks Irene.
"Because I know him quite well. He won't prepare something that could be handled easily. Even teleportation magic might not work on it," adds Zeref.
"Do you mean he might've made it very sensitive to magic? So even a slight amount of magic that touched it would trigger the explosion," says Irene.
"There is a very high chance of that. He is very meticulous in everything he does that I rather fight Acnologia than him now," says Zeref seriously.
His subordinates are very surprised by that statement because, for years, Zeref always said that Acnologia was the biggest threat in this world. But now, he says that Ben is even more dangerous than Acnologia.
But when they think about it, they start to understand Zeref's statement. Even if Ben isn't as strong as Acnologia, he could be more dangerous because of his brain. Acnologia fights just using instinct, but Ben can make strategies that even Zeref can't predict.
The Spriggans are very concerned now because they've seen Ben's abilities. But Irene is the most concerned among them because she is a Dragon Slayer just like Ben. But just from watching him, Irene knows that Ben is a human, completely a human, unlike her and Acnologia.
She knows that Ben used Sun Devil and God Slayer Magic to suppress his Dragonization. But she still can't understand how could that be possible. She has searched for the method to become a human again for hundreds of years, but she never succeeded.
When she heard about Ben, she immediately researched his method. But from that research, she found out that the success rate is utterly low that it's almost impossible. If other Slayer Mages
try that method, they will 100% die from the clash of their Slayers Magic.
That's why Irene says, "He surely is terrifying."
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