"Boom. Boom. Boom."
The battle continued.
But now it had become one sided.
Facing Caesar, the dragons changed from contempt, to anger, and finally to fear.
They looked at Caesar as if he were a monster.
Caesar walked among the giant dragons.
The Jade Princess stood beside him.
The dragons could not break through the energy shield within three meters of Caesar.
This was a modified defense based on the Fairy Ball, linked to Caesar's magic power.
If an attack touched it, Caesar's magic automatically offset it.
And at this moment, his magic was infinite.
The shield became absolute defense.
The dragons attacked but could not break it.
Caesar waved his hand and knocked down groups of dragons easily.
Such a gap terrified them.
Many dragons backed away and retreated toward the Eclipse Gate.
They wanted to flee this era that scared them.
Caesar ignored them and began gathering their corpses.
He cooked them in front of the dragons.
He ate continuously.
The dragons became furious, but they were powerless.
If any dragon tried to escape, Caesar acted immediately and killed it with overwhelming force.
He ignored those that stayed.
He ate without stopping.
More dragons squeezed into the Eclipse Gate and fled.
Seeing Caesar did not chase them, the remaining dragons also ran toward the gate.
Caesar did not stop them.
He had already killed so many that the corpses filled the entire city.
There were several thousand.
For Caesar, it was enough to eat.
But the Eclipse Gate could not be destroyed.
If it was destroyed, the bodies of dragons from four hundred years ago would return to that era.
Then Caesar's work would be wasted.
Princess Emerald stayed beside him.
She watched Caesar devour flesh, blood, and hearts like a bottomless pit.
She stared with curiosity.
The surviving dragons returned to the Eclipse Gate.
The dragons on the other side did not believe their story.
Humans slaying dragons.
They laughed at such a thing.
They were more willing to believe another dragon killed them all.
So more fearless dragons passed through the Eclipse Gate.
When they saw the ground covered in corpses, they were shocked.
Then they saw Caesar and Feicui barbecuing.
They became angry and rushed forward.
Soon their flesh, blood, and hearts became food on Caesar's grill.
As he devoured, the dragon power inside him grew stronger.
When it reached its limit, Caesar felt a change happening in his body.
It felt familiar.
With a thought, Caesar vanished.
A dark golden dragon, nearly a thousand meters long, with dark golden scales, appeared in his place.
Princess Jade was almost scared to death.
The dragon shifted and turned back into Caesar.
Emerald finally reacted.
She looked at him and asked, "You are a dragon too?"
"No. I'm human."
Caesar continued eating and spoke with his mouth full.
"But haven't you heard that a dragon slayer becomes a dragon? If you kill enough dragons, you become one."
Feicui swallowed and stepped back in fear.
Caesar was confused too.
He did not expect he had gained the ability to transform into a dragon.
But unlike Irene and Acnologia, his transformation had no side effects.
His dragon form was an ability, not a full change from human to dragon.
But he did not understand why he turned dark gold.
The only golden thing on him was his guild emblem.
Nothing else was connected to gold.
He did not understand, so he kept eating.
Caesar ate from night until morning.
He killed and ate at the same time.
He kept the ingredients fresh.
The sudden change in Krocas shocked everyone.
The next morning, many wizards rushed to the city after finishing the Grand Magic Games.
"There. Harpy, let's go down."
Natsu arrived with Happy.
They were stunned when they saw the pile of dragon corpses.
They saw Caesar grilling and eating dragon hearts.
"Long. And who is that guy?"
Natsu stared in disbelief.
A powerful dragon became food in this man's hands.
"Natsu, be careful, a dragon is coming."
Happy saw a giant claw reach out from the Eclipse Gate.
It slammed the ground and shattered it.
Happy warned Natsu immediately.
Natsu focused and looked at the red scaled dragon stepping out of the gate.
As the dragon opened its mouth to roar, a laser like beam pierced its head.
The roar died in its throat.
The dragon staggered and fell dead.
"This..."
Natsu looked toward the source of the beam.
He saw Caesar retract his fingers.
Caesar grabbed the air and his magic formed a gigantic hand.
It pulled the dragon toward him.
Caesar sliced into it and removed the heart.
He dropped it onto the grill.
"Who are you?!"
Seeing Caesar kill a dragon he considered difficult, Natsu immediately took a battle stance.
"It seems there is no me in this future."
"But shouldn't it be a future where I exist? Or is this a parallel world where I died in some forgotten place?"
Caesar muttered and ignored Natsu.
"Answer me."
"You are as noisy as ever."
Caesar scratched his ear and did not answer.
He tore open his shirt and revealed the emblem on his chest.
"That emblem."
"It's Fairy Tail."
Seeing the emblem, Natsu dropped his fighting stance.
He looked at Caesar with curiosity.
"Why haven't I seen you in the guild? You're so strong."
"Natsu."
Erza arrived leading the group.
The main fighters of Fairy Tail followed.
They saw Caesar and grew alert.
Then they saw the familiar emblem on his chest.
Everyone turned to Makarov.
Makarov was confused.
He did not know this person.