"That emblem, they are from Fairy Tail."
Sherry immediately recognized the Fairy Tail Guild's emblem on Natsu's shoulder.
"So that's it, the villagers asked the guild for help."
Yuka knew that the people in that village seemed to have been cursed into demon forms, which was why this island had become a terrifying Demon Island.
Sub-Zero Emperor coldly said, "What are you still standing there for? Go clean up the village for me."
"Eh?"
"Why?"
Natsu and the others were confused, weren't they already standing here? Why did they still need to go bother the villagers?
Sub-Zero Emperor clenched his fist and explained, "Anyone who obstructs or attempts to obstruct us is an enemy."
"What?!!"
Natsu was dumbfounded by this explanation.
"Bastard!"
Suddenly—
Gray rushed out, pressing his hands on the ground. "Stop this meaningless ritual and action at once!"
Crack... Crack...
A large amount of ice appeared from the ground, rushing towards Lyon.
Sub-Zero Emperor pressed one hand on the ground, casting the exact same magic as Gray.
The ice created by the two collided.
Crack!
Their magic cancelled each other out, and the ice shattered and dissipated.
"Ice?!"
Both sides were somewhat surprised, as both of them used ice magic. While ice magic wasn't rare, it wasn't common either.
"Lyon... do you know what you're doing?" Gray looked at Lyon, his expression grim as he questioned him.
"Heh heh, long time no see, Gray." Lyon also accurately called out Gray's name.
"They know each other?!" Lucy and Happy were stunned.
Lyon said, "So the mage the villagers found is you, huh? Did you come because you knew, or was it just a coincidence? Never mind, it's all the same anyway. You guys hurry up, I can handle this place alone."
"Yes."
"Don't even think about leaving!"
Natsu grew anxious at the sight and quickly chased after the three, completely oblivious to the almost imperceptible icy chill emanating from the air.
Gray, however, noticed it and quickly tried to stop him. "Wait, Natsu, don't move!"
But it was already too late.
Whoosh!
The icy chill quickly enveloped Natsu's body, then rapidly proliferated. In an instant, Natsu's body, except for his head and limbs, was completely encased in ice.
"Damn it, I can't move."
Natsu immediately tried to melt the ice on his body with fire.
"What's wrong with this ice? Why can't I melt it with fire?!"
Sherry and the other two felt relieved when they saw Natsu frozen, and prepared to go destroy the village.
Just then, a figure blocked their path.
"You three should stop. Harming my clients is not acceptable."
"Takeshi!"
Lucy and Happy were overjoyed to see Takeshi, they had forgotten he was still there.
"Takeshi?"
Zalty's expression changed slightly when she heard Takeshi's name.
She thought, 'This is bad, why is this guy here?'
"That's great. Takeshi! They're going to destroy the village, quickly use Tyrant to take them down!"
Lucy's confidence soared when Takeshi appeared.
"Tyrant?!"
Yuka and Sherry were slightly startled when they heard Lucy use that title.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you leaving yet? I told you, I'll handle these guys." Lyon saw that the three were not moving and urged them.
Sherry said with a grave expression, "Lyon, he might be Tyrant."
"Tyrant? Who is that?"
Lyon usually didn't pay attention to matters in the magic world, so he wasn't aware of Tyrant's great reputation.
But Yuka and the others were different. Although they had lived on Galuna Island for a long time, they sometimes went to Hargeon Port to purchase supplies and would also catch up on the latest news from the magic world.
"Tyrant is a Mage who has recently risen to fame on the Ishgar continent. His most famous battle was single-handedly wiping out the Rocas Bandit Group. I never expected Tyrant to be a member of Fairy Tail."
"Single-handedly wiping out ten thousand?" Lyon's expression changed slightly.
"Tyrant, huh?"
To be honest, using Tyrant was very satisfying, but this time Takeshi wanted to try out a new character, and it was time for the strongest man in the world, Whitebeard, to make an appearance.
"Full Body Take-Over. Edward Newgate."
Takeshi's body rapidly grew taller and larger, his clothes transformed into a white coat, and in his hand appeared Whitebeard's exclusive weapon, Murakumogiri, one of the Twelve Supreme Grade Swords.
Most conspicuously, a crescent-shaped white mustache curved upwards below his nose.
"So big!"
Everyone was startled by Takeshi's height of six meters and sixty-six centimeters.
Even Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy, who were familiar with Takeshi, were stunned at this moment. They had never seen Takeshi in this state.
Lucy blurted out, "Takeshi turned into Grandpa Whitebeard."
Takeshi felt the immense power in his body. As expected of the man hailed as the Strongest Man in the World in One Piece, this incredible power was amazing.
"Angelica!" Sherry shouted loudly.
They also had a big guy, Angelica was over ten meters tall.
Rumble!
The giant rat that Takeshi and the others had encountered during the day burrowed out of the ruins.
"Squeak!"
Then it shrieked and pounced towards Takeshi.
Takeshi clenched his fist.
Hum!
A white transparent light shield appeared on his fist. This was the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Terrifying shockwaves were compressed and condensed within the shield.
Immediately after, he casually threw a punch into the air.
Crack!
The air, like a shattered mirror, showed dense cracks.
Boom!!!
The ruins vibrated violently, like an earthquake of magnitude seven or eight.
Crack! Crack!
Large sections of the ruins shattered and collapsed.
"Squeak!"
The giant rat coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, its body sent flying from above the ruins.
"Earthquake?!!"
"Ahhhhh!!"
Everyone almost lost their footing, letting out terrified screams.
After a while, the tremors finally subsided. Everyone looked terrified, no one could remain calm when facing a terrifying natural disaster like an earthquake.
Lyon's expression also became serious at this moment. Magic that could trigger such a large-scale earthquake indicated that the opponent's strength was extremely great, but no matter how powerful, he couldn't be his match, because he had already surpassed Ur.
Lyon looked at Takeshi and asked, "Who are you?"
"Fairy Tail, Takeshi."