Earth Land, Ishgar, Era.
March 15, x786.
After Alfonzo slammed God Serena into the ground, the stadium where their duel was taking place fell into a deathly silence. No one in attendance expected Alfonzo to be beating God Serena so one-sidedly at this point in the fight. Before anyone could start to murmur about the way the duel was going, however, the dust cloud was dispersed when God Serena flared his magic power.
With the dust no longer obscuring the spectators' vision, they were even more surprised to see God Serena's current state.
Currently, God Surena's clothes were tore in several places, his hair was disheveled, and there were bruises covering his face. On top of that, his eyes were blood shot while he stared at Alfonzo with a murderous glint in his eyes.
"Oh, now you're actually looking at me, huh?" Alfonzo asked in a mocking tone. "I guess it only took a little ass kicking to get you to act right. *Sigh* And that proves it, Mama was right, again."
"You'll pay for that." God Serena said in an eerily calm tone, the exact opposite of the facial expression he was wearing. "I'll show you just what kind of mistake you've made by defying me. [Lightning Dragon's Claw]."
With his chant, God Serena's right hand was covered in sparking electricity. Then, he swiped it at Alfonzo, who had yet to move.
'Hmm… He's definitely stronger than Laxus.' Alfonzo thought to himself as his left hand was covered in sparking, violet electricity. 'But his control over lightning is much worse.'
In the next instant, Alfonzo swept his left hand at the incoming claw-shaped lightning, causing God Serena to smile viciously. However, to not only God Serena's surprise, but to the surprise of most of the spectators, Alfonzo was completely unharmed by God Serena's spell. Though, he was pushed back quite the distance.
"You really should have done your research before starting this fight, Serena." Alfonzo said casually as he took control of God Serena's spell. "With my mastery over [Electromagnetism Magic], electricity and lightning based spells are pretty useless."
As he continued, Alfonzo reformed God Serena's spell into a ball while the color changed from dark blue to violet. Then, he began tossing it between his hands as if it were just a normal ball.
"Then again, since I'm apparently so far beneath your notice, I guess that was pretty much impossible." Alfonzo added as he threw the ball of lightning high into the sky where it detonated into a large, violet-colored firework.
Meanwhile, God Serena glared at the sparks of lightning in the sky with his teeth gritted. Then, he slowly lowered his head to look at Alfonzo again.
"Even if I did underestimate you a bit, and lightning won't be able to hurt you…" God Serena said as he flared his magic power once again. "What can you do against the power of eight dragons wielded by the man blessed by the Dragon Gods? [Cavern Dragon's Earth Collapse]!"
With God Serena's shouted chant, he dropped to one knee. Then, he slammed his hands onto the ground. In the next instant, the ground began to shake. At the same time, a number of rocks, ranging from fist-sized to pieces the size of boulders were thrown in Alfonzo's direction.
In response, Alfonzo simply shook his head. Then, he began to levitate off the ground. Meanwhile, A number of metal chunks, made from relatively soft metal, materialized around him.
"[Electromagnetism Magic: Railgun Gatling]." Alfonzo chanted as his entire body was covered in flowing currents of violet electricity.
In the next instant, Alfonzo slammed his hands and feet into the chunks of metal that surrounded him. And with each chunk of metal he struck, a projectile was shot off at hypersonic speed, accompanied by the breaking of the sound barrier. And before each piece of rubble could get too close, it would be destroyed by the projectiles Alfonzo fired off. And due to the soft metal Alfonzo used, the projectiles were destroyed on impact, as well.
"Impossible!" God Serena shouted.
"Not really." Alfonzo replied from just to the right of God Serena with his arms and legs covered in adamantite gauntlets and greaves. "You've just never seen it before."
*Bang!*
A moment later, Alfonzo swung his left fist at the back of God Serena's head, causing him to pitch forward. Then, Alfonzo followed up by sweeping God Serena's legs out from under him, causing him to fall face first onto the ground. And once God Serena was on the ground, Alfonzo leapt upwards at high speed. Then, he flipped around and kicked off the air before rocketing down towards God serena's back with is right foot extended for an axe kick.
"[Diamond Form]." God Serena chanted as his body was covered in a diamond armor.
"The thing most people don't know about diamond is…" Alfonzo said as he brought his foot down forcefully.
*Bang!*
*Shatter!*
"Argh!" God Serena shouted in pain as the diamond armor on his back shattered.
"… if you hit it with enough blunt force, from the right angle, it shatters quite easily." Alfonzo continued after pushing himself off God Serena's back, adding extra damage on top of the force that transferred through the shattered diamond armor.
As soon as Alfonzo landed on the uneven ground caused by God Serena's [Cavern Dragon Slayer Magic], God Serena slammed his hands down, forcing himself up to his feet. Then, his right hand was engulfed in searing flames.
"[Purgatory Dragon's Blazing Inferno]." God Serena chanted as he thrust his hand forward, ejecting a steam of blazing hot flames from his palm.
"Oh, this is nothing new to me, Serena." Alfonzo said as he materialized a large amount of orichalcum Sand between himself and God Serena's spell. "Natsu does the same thing…. All the time. He usually breathes his flames, though. [Metal Magic: Metal Sand Wave]."
With his chant, Alfonzo swung his arm towards God Serna. At the same time, the orichalcum sand rushed forward to smother the fire breath. Unsurprisingly, the orichalcum dust melted quite quickly. Still, that did not stop Alfonzo from using it to wrap around the stream of fire, eventually smothering it.
"Argh! Damn you!" God Serena bellowed in anger. "I've had enough! Now, I'll show you why I'm called the Man Blessed by the Dragon Gods and how I got the moniker, Eight-Dragon God Serena! [Dragon God's Fang]!"
In the next instant, the ground began to rumble. A moment later, eight massive dragon shaped magical constructs broke through the surface of the arena, surrounding Alfonzo. And from what all the spectators could tell, they each had the power of one of the elements God Serena could control thanks to his eight Dragon Lacrima.
"Is he out of his mind?" Wolfheim shouted from his seat in the special viewing room. "He could end up killing that boy."
"Indeed, this is a bit much for a duel." Draculus replied after taking a sip from a glass of milk. "Perhaps it's time we stepped in and put a stop to this."
Nodding in response, Wolfheim prepared to stand from his seat.
"Just a moment." Warrod said while never taking his eyes off the duel. "That young man seems rather calm, despite the situation. Perhaps we should wait to see what he has up his sleeves."
Hearing that, Draculus and Wolfheim came to a sudden stop. Then, they looked down at Alfonzo, who was looking around at all the dragons with interest. However, they could not see any signs of fear in his expression.
"Well, this is different." Alfonzo muttered as he took in the sight of the eight dragons surrounding him.
'Not that there was a whole lot to see from him in the canon, but I'm pretty sure he never used a spell like this one.' Alfonzo thought to himself, really wishing he had been able to read 100 Years Quest before he passed away in his past life. 'Because I'm pretty sure they found a way to bring him back in the second series. I mean, from what I read about it online, it was all about the dragons and Dragon Slayers on another continent.'
"That's right!" God serena shouted ecstatically. "This is the kind of power you could never obtain. Now, beg me for your life! And if I'm satisfied, I might leave you---."
"Hey, could you keep it down?" Alfonzo asked with a frown. "I was thinking about something over here. And you messed up my train of thought."
"You dare mock me, even now?" God Serena asked angrily. Then, while raising his arms theatrically, he continued. "Very well, then I shall show you no mercy
With that, all the dragons opened their mouths wide and began gathering magic power between their jaws.
'Is this guy stupid?' Alfonzo asked himself as he pulled Riot and Bedlam from the strap on his lower back. 'Outputting this much [Dragon Slayer Magic] is the reason Acnologia showed up on Tenrou Island. And I don't have the magic items needed to cast [Fairy Sphere] with me. Not to mention the time needed to set them up. Fuck it, I guess play time is over. I'll have to finish this quick and pray that Acnologia doesn't show up and nuke the Magic Council after I'm gone.'
"[Run Wild with Destruction on your Fingertips. Usher in Pandemonium with Creation in Your Hands. Riot, Bedlam]." Alfonzo chanted as he spread his arms to either side.
In the next instant, Riot and Bedlam liquified before covering Alfonzo's arms in their colors. Then, Alfonzo was covered in a red glow that emitted an extremely high temperature.
On top of that, the entire stadium, other than Makarov and Ritsu, were thoroughly flabbergasted by Alfonzo's incredible increase in magic power. Even God Serena, stumbled backwards after feeling Alfonzo's magic power surpass his own.
"[Electromagnetism Magic: Super Flare]." Alfonz chanted just as the eight dragons finished gathering their magic power.
Before the dragons could fire their breath attacks, however, the red glow surrounding Alfonzo exploded in all directions. As a result, all the dragons, other than the Purgatory Dragon were destroyed.
As for the Purgatory Dragon, it fired its breath attack unhindered, melting the arena where it struck. However, before it was even fired, Alfonzo, with [Shave] in combination with [Lightning Enhancement] had already moved away from where he stood. Then, he reappeared under the Purgatory Dragon's torso with his right arm extended upwards.
"[Electromagnetism Magic: Special Beam Cannon]." Alfonzo chanted as waves from the entire EM spectrum, other than gamma radiation, began spiraling at the tips of his right index and middle finger.
A moment later, before God Serena could order the dragon to move, Alfonzo fired a spiraling beam that pierced straight through the dragon shaped magical construct, dispersing it a moment later.
Then, once the dragon had disappeared, Alfonzo turned his attention back to God Serena.
"So, got anything else to show me?" Alfonzo asked while tilting his head with mock curiosity in his expression.
"Impossible!" God Serena shouted while pointing his right index finger at Alfonzo. "This is impossible! How could someone on Ishgar be more powerful than me? I refuse to believe this. This must be some kind of trickery! An illusion! It must be an illusion!"
Hearing God Serena's outburst, the crowd was immediately brought out of their dazes. Then, they looked at God Serena with uncertain expressions.
"Nope." Alfonzo replied as he manifested a bow staff in his hands. He then continued while flourishing the staff masterfully. "And I'll show you that this is as real as it gets. [Electromagnetism Magic: Flash Impact]."
With Alfonzo's chant, a pair of electrified metal rails appeared on either side of Alfonzo. And just like with his [flash Point] spell, Alfonzo was fired off at extreme speeds. However, thanks to the extra power provided with Riot and Bedlam in their released state, Alfonzo was fired off at nearly fifteen times the speed of sound instead of the normal six to eight times.
On top of that, to keep up with the increase in speed, Alfonzo kept his [Lightning Enhancement] at its maximum without overclocking it.
In less than a hundredth of a second, Alfonzo flashed past God Serena seventy times. And with each pass, he slammed the bow staff he created into him. As a result, by the time he was done, God serena lay on the ground, barely conscious, with his eyes swollen shut, more than eighty-five broken bones, and covered in copious amounts of his own blood.
Seeing God Serena lying on the ground, unmoving, the entire stadium fell silent once again. Meanwhile, Alfonzo casually dispelled his [Soul Armament] release, causing his arms to return to normal while Riot and Bedlam reappeared in his hands in their tonfa form.
Then, Alfonzo put the tonfa back in the strap on his lower back before stretching his arms over his head.
"Ah~~~~!" Alfonzo sighed while stretching. "I feel so much better now. Phew! Bottling up all that negativity really isn't good for you. But now that it's out of my system, I feel great."
Alfonzo's carefree utterance was enough to break the crowd out of their stupors. Then, they began loudly discussing the duel in disbelieving tones. Eventually, all the discussions came to a stop when Gran Doma's voice echoed over the entire arena.
"Winner of the duel… Alfonzo Marcus." Gran Doma said, amplifying his voice with his magic power. "And per the terms decided before the duel, Alfonzo will now take the title as the first seat of the Ten Wizard Saints."
"Yeah, about that…" Alfonzo said before the crowd could begin cheering for his accomplishment.
Hearing Alfonzo's voice, everyone looked at him with confusion in their gazes. Alfonzo, on the other hand, looked at God Serena with a mocking smile on his face.
"He wouldn't…" Makarov muttered, having a good idea what Alfonzo would do next.
"You can keep your position, Serena." Alfonzo said in a condescending tone. "A title like that means nothing to me. Like I said, I don't need a grandiose title like that to prove my strength."
Hearing that, the entire crowd was taken aback.
"But since you seem to like it so much, you can have it to validate your existence." Alfonzo continued. "And as for the position among the Ten Wizard Saints, I decline. In fact, I would have declined much earlier if this guy hadn't jumped out, you know. I mean, seriously, I'm just not cut out for the paperwork that comes with the position."
*Cough!* *Cough!*
Hearing that, God Serena coughed up a mouthful of blood before fainting due to anger.
By now, the entire stadium had fallen so silent that you would be able to hear a pin drop.
"Anyway, like I said before, I've been away from home for more than two months. And I miss it." Alfonzo continued with a smile. "So, I'm going home. It was nice to meet you all, though."
With that said, Alfonzo began to levitate. Then, when he was above the highest part of the stadium, he flew towards the Magic Council building to see Ur and Shizuka. Meanwhile, Makarov, Jura, and Ritsu also stood up from their seats to follow him.
"Someone." Draculus said with magic power amplifying his voice. Get medical attention to the arena for Serena, immediately."
That was enough to snap the rest of the stadium out of their stupors for good as they began to contact the medical personnel on standby. Though, they never expected they would be calling it for God Serena when the duel began.
Meanwhile, Warrod sat calmly in the viewing room while Draculus and Wolfheim left.
'Perhaps I should take a trip back to the guild to see this generation of Fairy Tail.' Warrod thought to himself with a smile on his face.