"You cannot leave."
Acnologia spoke indifferently.
His voice wasn't loud, yet it caused Selene's figure to freeze in mid-air. Her slender leg, which she had just lifted, didn't even have time to retract, leaving her frozen in a rather comical pose.
The smile on her face stiffened. Her originally elegant and composed demeanor instantly collapsed the moment she saw those emotionless eyes.
As one of the dragons who had fled to Giltina, Selene naturally recognized who the man below with long dark blue hair and tan skin was.
He was the one who had ended the history of the Dragon Race at the Dragon King Festival...
The true King of Destruction, the Black Dragon, Acnologia.
Hope watched, clicking his tongue in wonder.
One of the dignified Five Dragon Gods was acting so cowardly in front of the Black Dragon; the contrast was just too great, wasn't it?
Why didn't she dare to pick a fight with the Black Dragon?
But on second thought, it was reasonable. After all, Acnologia was an existence who had slaughtered the entire Dragon Race to the brink of extinction. Whether you were a God Dragon or a Saint Dragon, in his eyes, you were just a moving target.
The fact that Selene hadn't turned tail and run on the spot was already considered having some backbone.
Acnologia narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of interest flashing in his pupils. "You are... the Moon Dragon? I heard you're being called a 'Dragon God' now?"
"Fine then. Lately, I've developed an interest in god-slaying."
"Rumors! They're all rumors!" Selene shook her head frantically, her loose kimono swaying even more violently with her movements. "You have to believe me!"
"How are we supposed to believe you?"
Hope rushed to fan the flames. "Even the title of the Five Dragon Gods was earned through your slaught—"
Selene's face turned pale.
The reason the Five Dragon Gods were called 'Dragon Gods' by the people of Giltina wasn't because they had done great deeds; rather, it was because they had caused so much destruction and ruin that people gave them the title out of fear.
In the eyes of most people, the Five Dragon Gods were textbook evil dragons.
Putting everything else aside, Selene's earlier behavior of using the humans of the world of Erientia to threaten Faris was already quite malicious.
There were very few records concerning the Black Dragon, but Selene, who had personally lived through that era, knew very well that this guy had originally become a Dragon Slayer Mage for the sake of subjugating evil dragons.
I'm so stupid!
Why did I have to come out and threaten that little brat? If I had just used the reverse Teleportation to send her back to Erientia, wouldn't she have been at my mercy however I pleased?
Now look at me. I just stepped out and bumped into a Black Dragon who can take my life. The one being toyed with is now me.
Selene's hand rested on the water ring that held open the spatial tunnel. No, if she fell into Acnologia's hands, there was no way she'd have a good ending.
I must run!
Run right now!
As a dragon who had integrated spatial abilities into her very instincts, Selene was still very confident in her spatial magic. These 400 years hadn't been lived in vain.
If I can't beat the Black Dragon, can't I at least outrun him?
When it came to escaping, Selene was willing to call herself the strongest.
However, just as she was about to tip backward and shrink into the spatial tunnel, the 'Wings of Water' suddenly deactivated. Selene, maintaining her backward-leaning posture, instantly lost her support and performed a direct demonstration of free-fall for everyone.
Thud!
Looking at Selene lying flat on the ground, Hope, who had just secretly deactivated the 'Wings of Water', shook his head. Having two such large lumps of flesh squeezed against her chest must be very uncomfortable.
Erza pressed down on Hope's head and twisted it toward herself. "Stop looking. Your eyes are about to pop out. Are the three of us really not as good as a female dragon?"
"Heh heh..."
Hope gave a dry laugh. "I'm not being lecherous; I'm simply using a critical gaze. For a woman to dress so provocatively in broad daylight is simply a violation of public decency. The harm to the youth is immeasurable."
"Oh my, Cana, he's looking down on you!" Mirajane feigned a look of surprise, while in reality, her black-bellied nature was starting to stir up trouble.
Cana, having her flames fanned, immediately became displeased and puffed out her chest. "Hope, are you very dissatisfied with my style of dress?"
"No, no..."
"Then you're admitting that you were just ogling the Moon God Dragon with lecherous eyes. After all, she is so big."
"I call that appreciation," Hope naturally wouldn't admit it. "Besides, you guys are so young and still have plenty of room to grow. There's no need to get jealous over an old woman in the void."
Selene:...
Mirajane covered her mouth. "The Moon God Dragon is Kurnugi's mother; she's lived for at least 400 years. You... couldn't possibly like the 'older woman + married woman' trope, could you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, not to mention the Fairy Tail members who had already sat down in a row to watch the show, even Acnologia, who had been thinking about whether to leave the Moon God Dragon's corpse intact, couldn't help but glance over.
He didn't care about other humans.
But he definitely had to show up for Hope's gossip.
After being hit by a series of attacks from the black-bellied white-haired girl, Hope felt as if he could see Louis XVI's guillotine beckoning to him; he was about to lose his head.
Feeling the increasingly unfriendly gazes of Erza and Cana, he simply raised his right fist, forcibly changed the subject, and said with a face full of righteous indignation: "I, Huang... no... I, Hope, am irreconcilable with gambling and drugs!"
The crowd silently watching the show: How does he have the face to say that...
Only the blockhead Natsu stood up and clapped. "Good!"
The crowd: Whose subordinate is this who is so valiant? Did he not see Erza's disapproving gaze?
Natsu, realizing too late after being glared at by Erza: Hiss... is it too late to regret now...
Fortunately, Hope finally managed to muddle through, though the condition was promising Mirajane and the others that after returning, he would buy some flammable objects made from animal fats supplemented with stearic acid, fragrances, and other additives.
And some props made from leather as raw material, possessing the dual attributes of tools and weapons.
Wait... what do they want to do?
Hope suddenly felt a chill down his back and shrunk his neck.
After this little interlude, the previously tense atmosphere relaxed a lot.
Hope looked at Selene on the other side, who was repeatedly using 'Wings of Water' in an attempt to escape. If he hadn't cracked Toka's magic earlier, it really wasn't certain he could have kept the Moon God Dragon from leaving.
The spatial magic of the dignified Moon God Dragon was actually the same as a cat's magic. Quite mysterious, isn't it?
After shutting down Selene's 'Wings of Water' once again, Hope smiled and said, "Don't waste your effort. I also know Wings of Water. However many times you can open a Teleportation gate, I can close it just as many times."
"Next, if you want to die, go find Little Black."
"If you want to live, come find me."
"A friendly tip: you should have heard of the Black Wizard, right? That old brat who acts young was hung up and beaten by me. So I suggest you put your hands on your head and squat down, give up resistance. Otherwise..."
With a wave of Hope's hand, a massive suction force grabbed Kurnugi, who was watching from the side, out of thin air. "Madam, you also don't want anything unexpected to happen to your son, right?"
Hearing this, everyone, including Acnologia, cast looks of disdain at the wretched-looking Hope.
Just which side is the villain here...
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