The Cygnus Bronze Cloth has an overall simple composition, yet it is very distinctive.
First is the helmet, with swan wings on both sides and a red-eyed swan head in the center. Then comes the upper body armor protecting the chest and shoulders, arm guards protecting the forearms and exposing half the fingers, a battle skirt protecting the hips, and greaves protecting everything below the knees.
Looking at it this way, the coverage is actually close to fifty percent, though some key areas are not covered.
"Buzz—"
Around the Cygnus Bronze Cloth, cold air overflowed, and frost continuously formed on the ground. This was not Moen releasing magic power, but an effect produced by the Cygnus Bronze Cloth itself.
"As expected of a special Cloth."
Moen sighed with emotion. Although it was only a Bronze Cloth, the Cygnus Bronze Cloth did not have a simple origin. The history of this Cloth began in the Quaternary Ice Age, millions of years ago during the Great Ice Age. It was an Ice Cloth born within an eternal ice wall that had never once melted. Its prestige was extremely high.
And one of the "Bronze Five," Hyoga, was the first owner of this Cloth and also its only owner. This Cloth's first appearance in the world was with him. Strictly speaking, it was even rarer than a Gold Cloth. Before Hyoga, no one had ever worn this Cloth.
Other people's Cloths were second-hand, perhaps even N-hand. Only Hyoga's Cygnus was one hundred percent brand new.
Although its production time was early, it had always been preserved frozen. When Hyoga took it out, it was no different from when it had just been made.
Feeling the effects brought by the "Cygnus Bronze Cloth," Moen's body began to move, and a swan dance emerged in his mind.
Moen extended both arms straight and moved according to the motions in his mind. The movements of this dance were like the changes of the Cygnus constellation rising and setting in the night sky, like a swan spreading its wings in flight.
In the starry sky, Cygnus first rises sideways from the northeast. When it reaches the zenith, its head points slightly southwest. When it moves toward the northwest, it becomes head-down and tail-up as it sinks below the horizon, like a swan ascending and descending.
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"Diamond Dust Fist!"
After a sequence of dance movements, Moen clasped both fists together and struck forward.
Snowflakes as beautiful as stars and as white as pearls condensed. Terrifying freezing air roared, and in the blink of an eye the entire great lake was completely frozen, the effect many times stronger than before.
"Sure enough, only matching skills and Cloth can unleash the full power. The feeling of throwing this punch is completely different from before, even though the proficiency is the same as before."
Moen looked at his fists. With just this one punch, he seemed to gain an entirely different understanding of "Diamond Dust Fist."
[Diamond Dust Fist Proficiency +1]
The system promptly appeared, indicating that Moen's feeling just now was not an illusion.
That punch had indeed brought him new insight. Matching skills and Cloth complement each other.
The Cloth not only amplifies the effect of the skill, but also increases the speed of skill cultivation. At the same time, the skill can fully activate the Cloth's power, making it no longer just a defensive armor.
"It's even become easier to communicate with the constellation."
Moen closed his eyes. Above the sky, the star chart of Cygnus faintly appeared.
Of course, this point was still debatable. After all, the Lyra Silver Cloth had already stimulated Cygnus and Dragon, which possessed skills.
Now that Cygnus also had its Cloth, being able to trigger the constellation easily was normal. There were too many variables to determine whether it was truly caused by the matching effect between skill and Cloth.
"Shine! Cygnus!"
Moen suddenly opened his eyes. The Cygnus star chart in the sky suddenly shone brightly, especially its tail star Deneb, dazzling like the North Star. Deneb is already extremely close to the north celestial pole, and in nearly ten thousand years it will replace Polaris.
"Buzz!!!"
Bone-chilling magic power descended from the firmament and merged into Moen's body. This magic made the freezing power emitted by the Cygnus Cloth even greater. An ordinary person might suffer frostbite just by approaching.
"Aurora Thunder Attack."
After successfully connecting with the constellation, the Cygnus Cloth's inherent ability was also activated. It was not "Aurora Execution" (Aurora Borealis Forgiveness), but rather a technique created by Hyoga himself.
That was quite reasonable. After all, Hyoga was the first owner of the Cygnus Bronze Cloth. It was normal that the Cloth carried his self-created technique.
"Crackle! Crackle!"
Moen clasped his fists together. A massive freezing tornado containing lightning accumulated in his hands. If Diamond Dust Fist was a "static punch," freezing the target once released, then Aurora Thunder Attack was a "dynamic punch." The lightning-filled freezing tornado would sweep the enemy into the air and continuously strike them.
"Boom!"
Moen threw a punch. The terrifying freezing tornado instantly swept toward the sky. Lightning crackled violently, an awe-inspiring sight. The power of this move surpassed Diamond Dust Fist.
"Buzz!!!"
As the tornado surged, even the freezing aftershock radiating outward with Moen at the center during the attack instantly froze the surrounding ground into extreme hardness.
"Moen! You brat, what are you doing here?! It was you, wasn't it?! Why did you freeze the entire lake?!"
While Moen was comprehending his new abilities, numerous shouts rang out, sounding quite furious.
Moen looked toward the direction of the voices. They came from several other sides of the lake. The lake was not entirely within the Fairy Tail guild grounds, so many townspeople also played in the lake, some boating, some fishing.
Before making his move, Moen had checked. There were no boats out today, so he didn't have to worry about accidentally hurting anyone. It was just unfortunate for the anglers by the shore.
They had finally come to set bait and catch some fish, only to be thoroughly chilled. Being cold was one thing, but freezing the entire lake was another matter entirely!
Some of them had just been about to reel in their catch, only for both rod and fish to be frozen solid. This was even more unbearable than taking their lives for the fishermen!
Therefore, one by one, they angrily began searching for the culprit. At first, they thought it was Gray who had done it, after all Gray was famous for "ice." It was only after seeing the huge commotion caused by Moen's punch, "Aurora Thunder Attack," that everyone locked onto the real target and began condemning Moen one after another.
Moen laughed "haha," dispelled the ice covering the great lake, then dashed off in a flash, not giving the townspeople any more opportunity to continue their complaints.
Just now he had been a bit too impatient. Logically, he should have gone outside the city to test his abilities. However, Magnolia is an inland city, and the only place truly suitable for testing this ability was this great lake. In other places, it would be difficult to observe the effects as intuitively as this.
"This whole set really is extremely powerful. I hope to get more matching skills and Cloth."
After experiencing the changes brought by the Cygnus Cloth, Moen felt completely refreshed. The number of star charts he had activated was already quite considerable.
Equuleus, Pegasus, Orion, Lyra, Cygnus—besides these, under the influence of its neighboring constellations, Dragon was also close to succeeding. Moen's reserve energy storage was increasing more and more. When fighting, the star charts in the sky continuously supplied him with magic power. Anyone trying to engage Moen in a battle of endurance would truly be blessed.
Of course, it was not only endurance battles that benefited. Moen's burst capability was also extremely strong. The power of the stars in the sky pouring into his body allowed him to unleash terrifying attacks far beyond his own magic power.
After returning to the guild and enjoying the lively atmosphere for a while, Moen went home together with Laxus and Makarov. The three of them went home together—something that had not happened for quite some time.
This time, the subjugation of Jose Porla, if nothing else, did ease the relationship among the grandfather and grandsons considerably. Of course, it was mainly the relationship between Makarov and Moen with Laxus. In the past, Laxus would have already left on his own.
However, Moen had reason to suspect that the reason Laxus did not leave first this time was because he wanted to stay in the guild and listen to everyone's praise and recognition of him. After all, his performance this time had indeed been quite good.
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