The battle between Ben and Acnologia has finally ended. It damaged the battlefield greatly, but it's not that bad considering the level of their battle. Vistarion is gone now, some mountains disappeared, big craters and cracks are everywhere, and the Ethernano in this area is fluctuating as a result of their magic clashes.
People will wonder what kind of battle happened here, but that is good because that means people are still alive. If Ben couldn't stop Acnologia's powerful attacks or his powerful attacks didn't hit Acnologia, then maybe this whole continent would disappear and everyone here would die.
Also, the world might get destroyed if he lost against Acnologia who will get even stronger after defeating him. Acnologia has gotten stronger in this 1 year, so if he gets stronger after defeating Ben, then he would be unstoppable unless a miracle happens or someone with the greatest plot armor of fate appears.
Ben has returned to his human form and now stands in front of Acnologia's corpse which has turned into a human too. He doesn't just look at the mutilated corpse, Ben is storing every part of Acnologia's body in his magic storage.
The corpse of a powerful being like Acnologia can create something unimaginable in this area. Also, Ben doesn't want it to be used by the wrong person. One of the possibilities is someone will use Acnologia's body to become a Dragon Slayer with Acnologia's power.
It is utterly dangerous, so Ben needs to remove that possibility and other possibilities that can happen. That's why he stores Acnologia's body including the blood that seeps into the ground. He also makes sure to get every bit of Acnologia's body that might scatter around the battlefield.
There is a magic spell for that, so he uses it to hasten his work. Learning many kinds of magic becomes very useful in this kind of situation. If he does it manually, then it will take a very long time to finish.
Ben doesn't intend to use Acnologia's body for now. He already gets strengthened after slaying Acnologia because of his trait as a Dragon Slayer. But he doesn't do anything to Acnologia's body even though it can give him more strength because there are still some unknown effects.
When he was absorbing the power of the Dragons he slew, Ben got attacked by the remaining of their souls that were left in their bodies. He could defeat them easily, but it will surely be different with Acnologia. He won't win easily, so he needs to prepare for it if he wants to fully absorb Acnologia's power.
"I can't give this to anyone too because they might get affected by Acnologia's soul and mind, which will be very dangerous. The safest way is by turning him into a Dragon Lacrima first and removing his soul & mind completely from it," says Ben.
After he finished, Ben suddenly falls forward and pants very hard. His injuries might've been healed, but the damage he got didn't just disappear. He is very tired and the accumulated damage comes out at once.
His body looks fine, but he feels pain all over his body now even though there's no injury whatsoever. The damage caused by the battle is still there even though there's no injury left. Also, his transformation into a Dragon is actually taking a toll on his body.
He didn't feel it when he was still a Dragon and the adrenaline from the fight removed the pain. But now when he returns to his human form, he feels the pain emerging. He didn't show it, but Ben was forcing himself to create all those powerful attacks.
As he gets weaker, the binds on the 6 Spriggans who actually survived the destructive battle got weaker too. It doesn't matter though because they can't get away anyway. They got a lot of injuries from the impact of the great battle and some stray spells actually hit them.
Their survival is the best proof of how tough they actually are. They almost died, but they held on and survive till this second. Although the 6 of them are unconscious, they are still alive, so now Ishgar can capture them.
Ishgar Mages really do that under Draculos's order as the Magic Council's Chairman and the 2nd rank of Wizard Saints. He and the Wizard Saints capture the 6 Spriggans personally because the normal Mages are too afraid and it will be too dangerous for them anyway.
As for the Guild Mages, they approach Ben to check on him. Wendy & Porlyusica check his condition immediately while Bella & Carla are staying by his side. Ben has lost consciousness now after he felt relieved the Wizard Saints have captured the remaining Spriggans.
The 6 Spriggans are the only enemies left and they are very dangerous. So he couldn't relax when they were still there because they can continue the war if they are fine. Luckily, they have been defeated too, so he can relax and it made him lose consciousness because he feels relieved already.
The others can't be relieved yet though because they are very worried of Ben. They wait patiently until Wendy & Porlyusica finish diagnosing Ben. All of them know that even Ben won't go unscathed from a battle at that level.
"His physical damage will heal fast because of his high vitality and strong metabolism. He just needs to rest to heal his body. The problem is his magic circuits. Some parts are damaged, probably because he forced himself," says Porlyusica.
"His transformation into a Dragon also might've affected his magic circuits. Big brother told me that his Take Over: Dragon Soul is not perfect yet and still has some flaws. I don't know what the flaws are, but those flaws might be the cause for the damage in his magic circuit," says Wendy.
"Did he tell you what to do if this happens?" asks Makarov.
"No, he just told me that I can handle everything that might happen," says Wendy.
The others nod and let Wendy handles it because only she can do it. So Wendy starts using his Healing Magic on Ben. She is still trying to find a way because she hasn't known the method to cure this kind of damage.
While the others are focusing on Ben's condition, someone is still in disbelief that Acnologia has been defeated by one person. Anna Heartfilia who has traveled through time from the past still can't process the fact that Acnologia has died.
Well, Acnologia was feared since her era and no one could match him. But now someone actually defeated Acnologia alone while she needed to work together with Zeref, someone she despised even to this day.
'We sent the Dragon Slayers to this era to defeat Acnologia, but they couldn't even do anything. Hmm? Now that I think about it, he wasn't among the Dragon Slayers that we sent. He is a 1st Generation Dragon Slayer, so I should know about him if he also came from the past. Who is he actually?' ponders Anna.
Anna sighs and decides that it's not important now because the important thing is Acnologia has been defeated. Everyone else also trusts Ben, so she thinks that she can trust Ben too. At the very least, their trust makes her think that he won't be the next Acnologia with all his power.
'No, I can't be too sure yet. Power can change people, so I need to supervise him. I also want to know if he came from the past or not,' thinks Anna while watching Wendy healing Ben.
He still doesn't wake up even after the Mages finish inspecting everything. So they decide to return to Ishgar with the 6 captured Spriggans. The 6 of them get their magic sealed using magic sealing cuffs and chains with the highest qualities that are tied all over their bodies to make sure they can't use magic.
The Spriggans are detained in the most secure prison in Ishgar. They might be released if Alvarez can offer some terms, especially to not attack Ishgar and surely give some money. Well, it's all politics, things that true Mages aren't interested in.
Ben is still unconscious even after 7 days and now Mira is taking care of him in their house. His treatment room is like a screen house because it's fully made of glasses. It was designed so that Ben could get a lot of sunlight that can fill his energy. On the 8th day, Ben finally wakes up.
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