Ben's alliance with Selene and the Dragon Slayers starts their plan quickly. Selene wanted to have more preparation, but Ben doesn't want to prolong this plan. So they need to be fast and start their plan just 3 days after their meeting.
For the next 3 days, Selene & the Dragon Slayers are preparing themselves because they'll fight the other Dragon Gods. As for Ben, he is investigating whether Selene really sided with humans or not. He investigated the normal people that came to Elentear with them and even the natives of Elentear.
He finds out that for the people from Earthland who came here with her, she is really a good person for them. But it's not the case for Elentear because Ben finds out that her plan can destroy this universe. He couldn't find out her reason on his own, so he confronted her directly.
Selene tells him that she planned to use Elentear's overabundant magic power as a weapon against the other Dragon Gods. Her plan was quite complicated, but in the end, she wanted to kill the other Dragon Gods. They are her equal, so she couldn't defeat them all herself, that's why she needs Elentear.
But what she really needed was the White Wizard who can use Whiteout Magic that can erase others' magic power. She wanted it to be used on the other Dragon Gods to erase their magic power. Ben doesn't know who this White Wizard is, but he sure doesn't believe someone with such absurd power would just obey others.
Anyway, he has confirmed that Selene is hostile to the other Dragon Gods. It's just that her plan was too extreme and excessive. Her actions in Elentear are still unforgivable for him. So he decided to stop her plan that can destroy Elentear by overflowing it with Magic Power.
She tells him the method after he pressured her and told her they don't need such a trick anymore. To stop the magic overflow, Ben needs to destroy a monster called Alta Face. That monster was the one that amplify the magic power in Elentear.
Selene simply distorted this world's magic power which made the Alta Face that has been sealed active again. So Ben needs to destroy Alta Face to stop this world's magic power amplification. It would be bad for Ishgar though because he has animas that absorb magic power from this universe to increase Ishgar's magic power.
But he isn't a fan of using innocents' lives for his benefit. He would gladly use his enemies, but he would never use innocent people. That's why Ben will destroy Alta Face, but he won't just destroy it, he will milk it for his benefit till it dries.
While grinning widely, Ben goes to the location of Alta Face. Selene has told him how to find that monster and it is an easy task for him to locate a powerful monster like Alta Face. He finds it quickly, but the sight of this monster really makes him frown.
Seeing a giant face coming out of the earth isn't a pleasant thing even for him who has seen a lot of things, after all. It looks disgusting from the sky rather than scary for him now. Even Ichiya looks very handsome compared to this absurd thing. But it's the more reason to destroy this thing.
The Alta Face seems to have found him and realizes that he is hostile. Ben has learned about Alta Face's abilities from Selene. It can use pure ethernano to attack, so it's similar to Acnologia in a sense. But Ben isn't interested in fighting Alta Face like Acnologia, so he will end this quickly.
Alta Face shoots a highly concentrated ethernano at Ben, creating a massive explosion in the sky. But Ben has gone and he appears right in front of Alta Face's giant face. His speed is nothing to scoff at, after all. Reaching Alta Face instantly is an easy thing for him.
"Sorry, but, I don't want to play with you. I'll end this with my Godly power."
Ben places his glowing hands on Alta Face. Many black magic letters suddenly cover Alta Face's entire body including the parts buried underground. Alta Face suddenly screams in agony because its body is being burnt inside out by Ben's Sun God Slayer solar energy.
"No matter how powerful you are, you will die once your flesh gets cooked. Just die quickly if you don't want to suffer for too long."
Ben doesn't know Alta Face's body structure, so he just burns all of it. With Ben attacking all its body, the Alta Face can't use its magic power well, so it can't attack Ben. Eventually, it dies after getting burnt and cooked quite well.
This is a strategy that Ben would use when he doesn't want to fight for too long. He could use it against the Dragons, but it was too boring. Furthermore, the Dragons actually have higher resistance than Alta Face, so he would need more effort to execute this strategy.
Anyway, now that the Alta Face has been killed, Ben moves to the next step of his plan. He is turning Alta Face into a lacrima crystal, just like how he turned the Dragons. Without Alta Face, this universe's magic power will stabilize and won't overflow.
But that also means that Ishgar will lose its source of additional magic power. Ben will need to remove his animas to avoid sucking all of Elentear's magic power. But Ishgar still needs more magic power, so he will use Alta Face's lacrima to amplify Ishgar's magic power safely.
"I will need to do a little research. Also, when I return to my timeline, I will need to defeat my timeline's Alta Face and turn it into a lacrima crystal too. Sigh, I still have a lot of work to do."
After making the lacrima crystal, Ben returns to Selene's place. His fast victory surprises Selene and the Dragon Slayers. Even though they are sure they can defeat Alta Face too, they know they can't win as fast as Ben.
In the remaining time before they execute their plan, Ben is researching Alta Face's lacrima. He tries to make a device using this lacrima to amplify the ethernano in its surrounding. This way, he won't need anima to increase the ethernano in Earthland.
3 days finally passed and it's time to execute the plan to slay the other 3 Dragon Gods. Their targets are Fire Dragon Ignia, Gold Dragon Viernes, and Wood Dragon Aldoron. Ben will attack Ignia and Viernes while Selene and the Dragon Slayers will attack Aldoron.
"Are you sure you can handle 2 of them yourself?"
"Yeah, at the very least I won't need to worry about the Fire Dragon."
"But you don't know anything about them other than their names and magic type. You refused to hear more detailed information about them even though I wanted to tell you. Are you that confident to win?"
"Well, more like I want to have an interesting battle rather than confidence. I don't think anyone can give me a difficult battle anymore after I defeated Acnologia. So I need to find my way of entertainment by fighting the unknown. Though the Fire Dragon shouldn't pose any threat to me."
"I won't fight him. You were the one who let me choose my opponent and I chose Aldoron."
"Sigh, indeed."
After they formed their alliance, Ben lets Selene choose her opponent because it's all the same for him. So Selene chose to fight Aldoron which has gotten weaker after the Acnologia's army attacked Guiltina. He was injured by Acnologia and is still recovering now, so he is not in his best condition.
On the other hand, Ignia and Viernes are still very fine because they could escape before getting gravely injured. Ignia fought Acnologia because he wanted to test himself. But he ran away quickly when he realized their power gap. As for Viernes, he didn't fight and just observe before deciding to escape here.
Selene obviously would choose the weakest opponent because she was given a choice. Ben now regrets it. He could just assign Ignia to Selene because a Fire Dragon won't pose any threat to him. Even if Igneel was in his best condition, Ben is sure that he won't get damaged by Igneel's magic.
"Hmm? Now that I think about it, Ignia's name is similar to Igneel. Are Fire Dragons have a similar naming sense? But the other Fire Dragons I know have different names."
"Oh, that's because Ignia is the son of Fire Dragon King Igneel."
"!? So that's how it is. But it seems their personalities are very different. Igneel was very fond of humans and even raised a Dragon Slayer while Ignia is like that."
"Well, I don't know it that well too, but maybe it's because Ignia was obsessed with power that he would do anything to gain it. Nothing else matters to him including human lives. Though it was very pathetic when he ran away from his battle against Acnologia when he always boasted of how he has surpassed Acnologia. Not that I blame him though because I also ran away."
"Heh, interesting. Then I'll show him another despair. If he is the son of Igneel, that means he has the power of Fire Dragon King. We've lost Natsu in this timeline, but it seems we'll still be able to raise another powerful Fire Dragon Slayer. I can't wait to see how good his Dragon Lacrima will be."
Ben grins widely before he flies at a very high speed to Ignia's location. Selene who heard that last sentence is trembling a little. She's really glad she chose to be Ben's ally.
"Let's go, we need to defeat Aldoron before Ben finishes Ignia and Viernes. If he wins first, then I'm sure he will also take Aldoron's power as his prize. Aldoron's magic is very important to rebuild our continent, so we need to get it."
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