"How lucky!"
"To actually witness the moon being destroyed..."
"Finally, we can return to normal."
The villagers all looked at Takeshi with anticipation.
"Destroying the moon... Even if Takeshi is strong in this form, it's still too much to ask him to destroy the moon, isn't it?"
"Yeah. The moon is so far away, it's impossible to attack it, right?"
Gray and Lucy, however, were very anxious. If Takeshi failed to destroy the moon, they wouldn't know how to clean up the mess.
"So exciting!"
"I'm all fired up!"
Happy and Natsu didn't consider any of that.
Takeshi finished charging and then swung his fist, striking the moon in the sky with all his might.
Crack!
The space shattered like glass, and a terrifying shockwave rushed from Takeshi's fist towards the moon.
BOOM!!!
Crack... Crack...
Cracks appeared on the moon in the sky.
"Ohhhhhh!"
Seeing the cracks appear on the moon, all the villagers cheered.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Gray and Lucy were both stunned. But soon, they noticed that the cracks didn't stop, but quickly spread from the moon's center. In an instant, the entire sky was covered in cracks.
"The... the sky is cracking!"
Seeing this scene, everyone was dumbfounded.
Suddenly—
Bang!
The sky shattered, but the scene of the sky collapsing didn't appear. A pure white full moon still hung in the sky, and its gentle moonlight shone upon the entire island.
Purple crystalline fragments scattered in the sky, emitting dazzling purple light under the moonlight.
"What in the world is going on?!" Natsu was a bit confused at this moment, not knowing what exactly had happened.
"Whew..."
Takeshi released the transformation, returning to his original appearance.
Takeshi explained, "It's just as you see. Above this island, there's a crystal that looks like glass. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a byproduct of Lyon and his group collecting moonlight every night. The moonlight shines through this layer of crystal onto the island, which is why the moonlight turned purple. As long as this layer of crystal is destroyed, the moon will return to its original color."
"But... they haven't returned to normal..."
At this moment, the villagers still looked like demons.
"How could this be?"
Happy thought the curse couldn't be lifted and that the villagers would remain in this form forever.
Takeshi smiled and said, "No, they have already returned to their original state. This is their true form. The purple moonlight didn't change their appearance, but rather confused their memories, making them believe they were humans who would turn into demons at night—a mistaken memory."
Natsu was still a bit confused, but Lucy reacted, the hairs on her body standing on end.
"No... no... it can't be..."
Lucy had a terrible guess.
Takeshi gave Lucy a brilliant smile. "That's right, they were demons all along."
"What?!"
Natsu and the others were all stunned when they heard this.
Lucy was even more terrified, collapsing onto the ground.
She could accept a curse, but demons? Was she actually in a village of demons? This was too frightening.
"Is... is that true?" Gray cautiously asked the demon villager next to him.
"Um... it seems so."
Hearing the villager admit it personally, Natsu and the others were all shocked. They really were demons.
A villager said, "Remember that ruin? We originally thought there was a barrier, but there wasn't when we went. That's because the ruin itself is blessed by holy light, so all dark creatures cannot approach, but humans are fine."
Lucy asked Takeshi, "Takeshi, did you discover they were demons a long time ago?"
Takeshi shook his head. "How could I? I only discovered that giant crystal in the sky. The rest was just my deduction."
Actually, he had just watched the anime, but he couldn't tell them that.
"That's amazing. It was good to ask you all for help, mages. Thank you."
At this moment, a male demon with a square face walked over.
"Bo... Bobo..."
The village chief immediately became excited when he saw him. This was his dead son.
"Isn't that the boatman uncle?!"
Natsu, Lucy, and Happy had been brought to this island by this very boatman.
"Eh? But... weren't you killed?"
The villagers were a bit confused at this moment.
"Can a demon be killed by a sword to the chest? Hahaha. Everyone thought they were human, which was terrifying. I alone recovered my memory and left the island."
"Bobo..."
The village chief, with tears streaming down his face, embraced Bobo.
"Dad, you're finally back to normal."
"Bobo, you're alive."
"That's great!"
"Let's celebrate!"
"Let's have a feast tonight! A demon's feast!"
Even though they were all demons, the joy of the curse being lifted and the reunion infected Lucy and the others, relaxing their previously tense moods.
Soon, the feast began. At the feast, the demons sang and danced, and the atmosphere was very lively.
At this moment, in a distant large tree, a woman with a sexy figure dressed in white sat there. Beside her was a crystal ball, transmitting all the events to another place.
"Did you see everything?"
"Yes, I never thought Deliora was already dead. It's such a pity. If we could have obtained Deliora, we would be one step closer to our ideal."
"I'm sorry, Siegrain-sama, I didn't expect that woman's magic to be so powerful."
"You shouldn't say that. I greatly admire your mother. If she were still alive, she would undoubtedly be one of the Ten Wizard Saints."
"You flatter her. Mother was merely a pathetic woman who was passionate about magic and abandoned by her father."
"However, I didn't expect Takeshi's strength to be so great. He truly lives up to his reputation as someone who can kill a Dragon. This is the first time this form has been displayed, and its power is terrifying."
"Indeed."
Hearing Siegrain mention Takeshi, Ultear's expression turned serious. She had witnessed firsthand how Takeshi had split mountains and seas. That terrifying power left her utterly shaken. So, when she felt things were going south, she slipped away at the first opportunity.
"Fortunately, he also has a weakness. The stronger the person he transforms into, the faster his magic power is consumed. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to deal with this monster."
Ultear knew Takeshi's data inside and out, aware that while he was formidable, he lacked endurance. As long as they wore him down in shifts, his magic power would quickly run out.
Siegrain touched the Ten Wizard Saints' exclusive emblem hanging on his chest. "A monster, huh... I hope he doesn't hinder me, otherwise I'll have no choice but to eliminate this monster."