Within the rowdy Fairy Tail Guild, Mirajane found Master Makarov at the counter. Behind her trailed her siblings as they turned in their mission slip. Only during which, her eyes kept scanning the guild and not seeing the one she wanted to see.
"Has Felix not returned yet?" Mirajane asked.
"Not yet." Makarov nodded.
"Oh." Mira said a bit down.
Mirajane had recently wanted to spar with him as she recently improved a great deal. Not only has her fighting skills and magic improved but she recently created a new magic move in her Satan form. There is also the strange feeling of not being dragged off to take a bath by him.
"He should be back sooner or later." Makarov offered words of comfort.
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Splash!
Holding the side of the boat as a large wave rocked the boat violently. Felix looked at the large white body of the titanic white sperm whale before him. When the body moved, violent waves rose and fell flipping over another boat nearby.
"The beast is here!"
Captain Ahab with the once held back madness on full display. The longer at sea, the more his madness became apparent. From keeping his crew searching for the titan white sperm whale to his slowly fading grooming habits. Within the weeks of sailing, he went from clean cut shaven man with neat hair to tangled beard and uncombed hair.
"Ready the harpoon, men!" Captain Ahab roared.
As the large white tail rose once more as it lifted into the air before lowering down into the sea. Felix knew that this giant whale was preparing to resurface and making him wonder if it had become a magical beast.
If it indeed became a magical beast, then this mission just got a bit more troublesome. Not only will it be able to use magic, but depending on how long it has been and learned since awakening. This whale could either be simple minded or have become very cunning.
"Behind us." Ishmael shouted.
Turning around, Felix saw the water turning dark as a shadow raised to the surface. In a split moment as the water broke, he used his giant magic on his arm and punched.
Bam!
Thus under this punch where his fist met the white whale. The sea once more violently shook the boat as the boat under his feet nearly toppled again.
"This might be a bit difficult." Felix murmured to himself.
The attack and defense of this whale is quite high. His hand is tingling from the collision as his arm trembled a bit as the whale dove back into the sea.
"Prepare for its tail!"
Felix shouted as the tail rose before it slammed down hard.
"Ah!"
Another boat was smashed by the wave this tail slap generated. The six fall into the sea but do his own boat nearly topsizing once again. Felix didn't have time to worry about them as the titan white sperm whale prepared for another attack.
"Here it comes again!" Ishmael called out.
"Ice Make: Giant Sword."
Once more of the head of this giant whale rushed out aiming to smash their boat. Felix used ice magic he copied from Gray and created a large ice sword. Right before he learned what kind of magic this whale held.
"Of course this whale will have defense magic." Felix sighed to himself.
Under the momentum, weight and terrifying defense, Felix's giant ice sword began shattering. The ice chunks falling into the sea as Felix quickly used Giant Magic once more to smack the whale barely dodging having their boat smashed.
It was also at this moment, Captain Ahab threw his harpoon at the whale. However, this harpoon managed to pierce inside the massive whale mouth. A rope attached to the harpoon wrapped around his neck and dragged him into the depths.
'There goes the captain.' Felix thought grimly.
Knowing the man is either dying or already dead made Felix feel bad. Yet, despite knowing this, he is a bit powerless on saving him as well the other crew members that fell in. Still it surprised him that the harpoon managed to stick into the whale.
Either the whale didn't think such a small thing would cause him much trouble or it didn't notice in time. Felix who thought of this hoped it was the latter since it would mean that if he worked around this issue he could strike the whale hard. Otherwise, he would need to break through this whale defense.
For retreating or this titan white sperm whale leaving, Felix wouldn't count on it. Clearly this whale came with a goal and unless one of them died, the other wasn't leaving.
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"Felix, how are you holding up?" Ishmael asked.
Time began to pass as Felix and the whale faced off against each other. Hours had passed since the battle began. Which, beside one other boat beside his own, were destroyed. So far this whale had killed at least forty crew members, as six of the eight boats taken out were destroyed and only a few survived the boat smashing.
"I'm fine, but I don't think this battle will end anytime soon." Felix said.
Felix still held a lot of magic power, but he was beginning to grow annoyed at the stalemate between him and this whale. While each of his strikes were powerful and could be said devastating, he wasn't the only one improving. This whale's defensive magic was also rapidly improving alongside him.
Thus, each time they collided, the sea turned violently and nearly knocked them out of the boat.
"Ice Magic: Giant Ice Spear."
Clapping his hands together, Felix's magic erupted as a giant ice spear that was very dark in color compared to his first ice sword appeared. Thanks to this battle, Felix's came up with a way to make the ice much denser and colder.
Bang!
Then as this spear flew, it slammed into the whale that prepared for another attack and slammed into its defense. The spear shattered, but the entire front side of the whale also froze in an attempt to suffocate it, but was quickly shattered.
"Failed again." Felix sighed.
Standing on the boat as the waves from the clash shook the boat. Felix had become accustomed to it and no longer nearly fell each time. Which in turns allows him to prepare for a follow up attack for the first time.
"Are all mage missions like this?" Ishmael asked.
"No." Felix shook his head.
Then his magic erupted once more as a giant ice trident appeared and slammed into the whale. As they clashed again, Felix quickly followed up with another ice attack aiming to attack from two directions. So as he swung a giant ice scythe at the side of the whale.
Unsurprisingly the giant ice scythe shatters as it turns out the defense magic covers the whale's entire body. This discovery just made Felix sigh as the battle of attrition will continue. The first to run out of energy will be the one to fall. Otherwise, unless either could strike a blow to overturn this stalemate, this battle won't end anytime soon.