Ben has succeeded to stop Acnologia's barrage of attacks only using his axes. His arms are glowing brightly as it is covered by golden solar energy. He coated them with solar energy as he started moving at unimaginable speed, chasing the speed of light to break all the incoming attacks.
His concentration was very deep and even now he is still fully concentrated that his only focus is Acnologia who looks pissed that Ben is unscathed. That's not the only reason Acnologia is pissed. Irene's enchantments have disappeared too, so his power has dropped.
However, he still has more raw power than Ben, but not by much. Still, it's a bad thing for him because Ben could fight him when he was strengthened, so it would be easier for Ben now that he is weaker than before. Things are looking bad for Acnologia.
'I can't sense my control on Irene. Damn bitch really got defeated. The other Dragons are still under my control, so it should be fine. But this guy is a very big problem. I never thought he would be this powerful in just a few years.'
Acnologia finally starts to think more about this battle after Irene's enchantments are gone. He didn't think much and only attacked Ben using his strong magic because he was confident in his power. But now that the enchantments are gone, he becomes very wary of Ben.
Ben is confused when he sees Acnologia stays silent and hesitates to attack him. But then he finds out the reason behind it and he can't help but smirks widely. Irene has been defeated, to be precise, the controlled Irene has been defeated.
A while ago before Ben stopped all Acnologia's attacks and the ethernano in the atmosphere was chaotic, Wendy used an enchantment that utilized runes on Irene who got controlled by Acnologia. That control was weakened and Wendy tried to break it.
Wendy is a talented enchantress and Ben has taught her very seriously since they were young. So breaking a weakened control is something she obviously can do even though it's cast by Acnologia. Even Irene was surprised that Wendy could break Acnologia's control without any problem.
"Just as Ben nii-san predicted, it's a Subordination Magic, but it's specified to Dragons and it has a much more powerful effect."
"You, just who are you?"
"Wendy Marvell, a Fairy Tail Mage."
"Fairy Tail? Wait, that's not what I meant. How could you break that control under that situation?"
"I don't think you should be worried about that matter, Irene Belserion. You are still our enemy right now even though Acnologia doesn't control you anymore. I won't let you go unless you make your standing clear."
The Dragon Hunters are surrounding Irene and point their weapons at her. She looks around and sighs because it hasn't been over yet even though she has been freed from Acnologia.
"Right, the war is still going on. I will say this clearly. I don't want to be your enemy anymore. My enemies are Acnologia and those Dragons. If you let me go, then I will help you defeat the remaining Dragons."
"How can I trust you?"
"I don't know, I can't show anything that will make you believe me. But I will tell you that those Dragons were my enemies in the past when I was still a human. Acnologia has been my target for hundreds of years. That's why I won't let them go now that I have the chance. Also, the one who fights Acnologia, I felt more fear of him than Acnologia."
Wendy ponders a little about it and decides to contact Ben using the telepathy magic she learned a few months ago from Ben. She tells him everything that happened and asks for his advice. Ben smirks widely when he hears Wendy because now he knows why Acnologia is very wary.
"Let her in, but tell her that I will chase her to the end of the world if she betrays us. Place a tracking spell on her so that we can monitor her movements anytime."
"Understood. What about the strategy now? All of us are separated."
"Hmm, I think it's a good chance now that you've finished your fight. Move together with Irene and target the Dragon Kings one by one. If you gang up on them, then it will be easy to defeat them."
"Alright, I'll help my niece & nephew first then."
"Thanks, I'm counting on you."
They stop their talk because Ben wants to focus on fighting Acnologia. Even if the buffs have disappeared, Acnologia is still very powerful. So Ben can't be careless to win this fight and he already has a plan to defeat Acnologia.
He removes his left axe before flying toward Acnologia at a very high speed and evades the Dragon Roar that Acnologia made narrowly. Acnologia swipes it to chase Ben, but he can't hit Ben. It only creates massive explosions in the ocean that can be felt from the surrounding continents.
Ben reaches Acnologia while being covered by solar energy. He gets under Acnologia's jaw and swings his right axe from below to hit that big jaw. The hit makes Acnologia's mouth close and cancels the Dragon Roar immediately.
Then, Ben shoots his Sun Dragon Roar right below Acnologia's jaw. It sends Acnologia's head up, so now Ben can attack Acnologia's lower body easily. Ben goes for Acnologia's chest. He slams his axe very strongly after shooting himself at a very high speed using his solar energy.
The hit is very strong that it makes Acnologia's chest cave in upon impact. Acnologia coughs the air out of his lungs and gets pushed back quite far. Ben is much smaller than before but has more power. So Ben's attacks become much more concentrated and powerful.
That attack cracks the scales on Acnologia's chest. Ben has started going all out in his attacks because he has found a way to defeat Acnologia. Normal method won't work, but it's not too complicated either. He just needs to use powerful attacks at the right spots.
Seeing that Acnologia's scales on his chest have cracked, Ben immediately uses that chance to attack again. He shoots himself toward Acnologia's neck and swings his axe to cut it. But surprisingly, Acnologia can react to that and moves his neck to the left, dodging the slash.
Ben moves past Acnologia after missing, but he hasn't run out of moves. He throws his axe very very strongly toward Acnologia's back. The axe spins while flying. Acnologia senses it coming and barely dodges the axe that brushes his left wing.
However, right when the axe touches his left wing, Ben suddenly appears there and grabs the axe. Ben uses his teleportation magic to move there using the axe as his destination target. He finally gets really close to Acnologia.
Ben swings his axe as strong as he can and at this distance, Acnologia can't even see that attack, not to mention dodging it. The axe hits Acnologia's left wing and cuts it. Acnologia's left-wing gets cut by an all-out slash imbued by Sun Evil-Dragon-God power.
But Ben doesn't want to stop just yet. He chases Acnologia as the black Dragon drops from the sky to the ocean below. Ben flashes like a streak of light and lands on Acnologia's chest. He lands on the cracked scales and changes his solar axe into a lance.
Without waiting any longer, Ben stabs the solar lance at Acnologia's chest. He stabs it through the gaps of the cracked scales which make it easier to penetrate Acnologia's chest. With Ben's power, the lance can enter deep into Acnologia's chest easily.
"Let's see if you survive this, Acnologia."
Ben claps his palms and suddenly the lance that entered Acnologia's chest explodes. That explosion is like a nuclear explosion, but there's no visible effect in the surrounding area because it happens in Acnologia's body. It only makes Acnologia's body expand for a while before smoke comes out of the black Dragon's mouth.
"Damn, his body doesn't explode into pieces like I thought. Furthermore, he is still alive, what a beast."
Acnologis almost fall to the ocean, but then Ben catches him and takes him to an island close to Guiltina. He slams the weakened Acnologia there and stands on the black dragon's body. He is very impressed that Acnologia can survive that because he has used almost all his power in that attack.
Ben's magic power is really low now because he has used almost all his power on his continuous attacks just now. It was a very risky strategy. After all, if he couldn't execute it, then he would be under Acnologia's mercy now because he couldn't fight back anymore with such low magic power.
Luckily, he succeeds even though he missed a step when he targets Acnologia's neck. But he adapted quickly because it was still under his calculation. Still, it cost him a lot of magic power and now he can't maintain his sun evil-dragon-god force anymore.
"I applaud your tenacity, Acnologia. But this is the end for you. I have made thorough preparations for this battle, so there's no way I would lose to you even though you were stronger than I thought."
"The end? You don't have the right to decide that."
Acnologia suddenly attacks Ben using his claws that get coated with magic. It is a powerful attack that will surely kill Ben if he gets hit. But Ben is still strong enough to avoid it by jumping up.
"You're really lively, huh? I still have some business to do, so let's end this now."
Ben sucks the sunlight and his magic power increases rapidly. Then he creates a small sun ball and throws it toward Acnologia who can't get up yet.
"Supernova!"
The sun ball creates an explosion that engulfs Acnologia's body. It even engulfs the whole island that's only a little bigger than 2 Dragons. Meanwhile, Ben is sucking the sunlight again to prepare to make another attack if Acnologia doesn't die.
But he doesn't need to worry anymore because he suddenly feels a part of Acnologia's power entering him. This means that he has killed Acnologia and he confirms it when the explosion is gone. This battle is shorter than when he fought Acnologia in his timeline because he has experience and is much stronger now.
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