God Serena, the man blessed by the Dragon God.
Within his body were eight Dragon Lacrima.
This allowed him to use eight different Dragon Slayer Magics.
His lifelong wish was to use this power, blessed by the Dragon God, to defeat the Dragon King, Acnologia.
To fulfill this wish, he did not hesitate to betray Ishgar and join the Alvarez Empire.
Now, a dragon appeared in his field of vision.
A real dragon.
Although this dragon wasn't Acnologia, it was enough to drive him wild.
"Heh, to think I'd encounter a real dragon in a place like this!"
"Before dealing with the guy who killed Acnologia, I'll use you for a warm-up!" As God Serena charged, looking at the steel dragon getting closer and closer in the sky, he said with excitement.
A few seconds later, God Serena pushed off with his feet, his body shooting towards the steel dragon like a cannonball.
"Eight Dragons!"
When God Serena was only a few dozen meters away from the iron dragon, a multicolored, dazzling light suddenly erupted from his body.
Bzzzt- Bzzzt- Bzzzt-
Immediately, eight wingless, serpentine dragons of different colors could be seen rushing towards the iron dragon, vying to strike it.
Soon, the eight dragons crashed into the iron dragon's body.
Kaboom-
At that moment, a terrifyingly loud impact sound echoed between heaven and earth.
Accompanied by this earth-shattering roar, the iron dragon's massive body jolted violently.
And God Serena's body plummeted towards the ground below like a meteor.
Crash-
In just an instant, God Serena's body smashed into the ground.
The ground beneath him instantly cracked and cratered.
At this moment, the Magic King and Jacob didn't look to see how God Serena was faring after crashing.
Their gazes were fixed on the back of the steel dragon.
They saw a person standing firmly on the steel dragon's back.
Looking at that person, Jacob was utterly shocked.
Even the Magic King's old face lost its previous calm composure, replaced only by gravity.
"What terrifying magical power... This amount actually surpasses even mine!" The Magic King August said, his eyes flickering.
Simultaneously, Jura, Warrod, and the other two who had been defeated by God Serena also sensed a despair-inducing, terrifying magical power.
"This magical power... what is it...?" Wolfheim, who had reverted to his original form, lay on the ground, struggling to turn his head and look towards the steel dragon in the sky.
"He's standing on the dragon's back... Just who is this person?" The severely injured Hyberion lay on the ground, looking at the person standing on the steel dragon's back in the sky. His eyes flickered, and his expression kept changing.
After all, in his understanding, dragons were powerful and proud creatures.
It was difficult for human mages to even get close to dragons.
But this person was standing on a dragon's back, using it as a steed.
Seeing this scene, Hyberion was naturally exceptionally shocked.
But what concerned Hyberion the most was the identity of this dragon-riding mage.
Perhaps Wolfheim and Hyberion didn't know who the person on the iron dragon's back was, but Jura and Warrod knew.
The moment they sensed this despair-inducing magical power, smiles appeared on their faces.
"I'm really sorry about this... In the end, we still have to rely on a junior to clean up our mess," Warrod, lying on the ground, said with a smile, glancing sideways at the steel dragon.
"No mistake about it. It's Kenichi!" Jura struggled to turn over and said with a laugh.
'Kenichi?'
Although Jura didn't speak loudly, his words happened to reach the ears of the Magic King and Jacob.
Although the Magic King and Jacob had never met Kenichi before, they had both heard this name from Zeref during the previous Alvarez Empire's mobilization meeting.
"Kenichi? So that means this person is the one who killed Acnologia?" Jacob looked at Kenichi standing on the iron dragon's back and confirmed with the Magic King August beside him.
"Possessing such immense magical power... it seems it is indeed that Kenichi," August replied with a grave expression on his aged face.
"I see... So you're the one who killed Acnologia!" No sooner had Jacob and August finished speaking than a frenzied voice came through the air.
Following the sound, they saw God Serena, who had been sent flying by the steel dragon, had already stood up from the crater and was looking excitedly at Kenichi in the sky.
While August, Jacob, and God Serena were staring at Kenichi, Kenichi also scanned the three of them from his elevated position.
Finally, Kenichi's gaze settled on August, completely ignoring God Serena.
If Kenichi had encountered God Serena a year ago, he would have been very happy.
After all, God Serena possessed eight Dragon Slayer Magics.
That meant Kenichi could collect eight different Dragon Slayer Magic attributes from God Serena.
But times had changed.
After the previous Dragon King Festival, the current Kenichi already possessed the Dragon Force of all attributes.
Naturally, Kenichi now looked down on the eight Dragon Slayer Magic attributes that God Serena possessed.
"Hey, kid! I'm talking to you!" God Serena, seeing that Kenichi was ignoring him, shouted irritably.
Seeing that Kenichi still only looked at August and paid him no mind, God Serena's clenched fists trembled faintly.
"Whatever. You're about to be defeated by me, God Serena, anyway!" After consoling himself, God Serena's expression suddenly turned fierce.
At that moment, an immensely powerful magical power burst forth from within God Serena's body.
The moment this magical power appeared, even the earth began to tremble.
"Purgatory Dragon's Blazing Inferno!"
"Gale Dragon's Tempestuous Waltz!"
God Serena held fire in his left hand, wind in his right.
With a violent push of both hands, a massive pillar of fire and a rapidly spinning tornado shot towards Kenichi in the sky in a combined assault.
As the fire pillar and tornado flew, the flames, aided by the tornado's wind, instantly swelled.
In moments, the fire pillar transformed into a sea of fire that filled the sky.
At that moment, the temperature of the surrounding air rose sharply.
However, looking at the overwhelming flames sweeping towards him, Kenichi remained unmoved.
"God Serena, I'll use you to test out the Time Stop ability I just obtained." As he spoke, Kenichi activated the Time Stop he had obtained from Dimaria.