Chapter 298: The Vanished Sirius Island
He immediately teleported several times back to the Magic Dragon Formation Guild.
George told Elefseria all the information he had about the Flame God Dragon, the Water God Dragon, and the Wood God Dragon.
"President Elefseria, with our current strength, we simply cannot defeat these three God Dragons.
But don't worry. After a few more years, once I've grown stronger, I will definitely return to seal the Five God Dragons and complete this unfinished century-old mission."
"George, this is already excellent. At least now I know the information about three of the dragons. That alone is a huge step forward."
Elefseria, instead of being discouraged by his words, was beaming with joy.
You see, over the past hundred years since he sealed the Earth God Dragon and issued the mission, every mage who had accepted it had died without exception, without bringing back a single useful piece of information.
But George not only found the locations of three God Dragons, he survived after engaging them, and brought back extremely valuable intelligence. That in itself was a huge breakthrough.
He was now a dragon, with all the time in the world to wait—whether it's a few years or even centuries.
The key point was that George had successfully become a Dragon Slayer. In the future, he would undoubtedly turn into a dragon as well. His power would increase greatly, and he would have the same lifespan as Elefseria, making the hope for success even greater.
After bidding farewell to Elefseria, George began using Apparition to return to the Fairy Tail Guild on the Eastern Continent.
Since sealing the Five God Dragons was currently impossible, he decided to return to the guild, inherit the position of Guild Master, and steadily study and master the other two Super Spells to strengthen himself.
He had been away from the guild for over two months and had no idea how things were going there.
In his absence, with Natsu and the others doing jobs in their typically destructive fashion, he feared the guild might have racked up considerable losses again.
If he delayed his return any longer, he worried that the money the guild had painstakingly accumulated during this period would all be lost again.
Meanwhile, his counterpart in the Harry Potter world, having successfully become a Dragon Slayer here, was also preparing to complete the final steps of the Animagus ritual.
It had taken him three full days of flying to get from the Eastern Continent to the Northern Continent, but returning only required a dozen consecutive Apparitions.
Unfortunately, Apparition had the drawback of only allowing travel to places one had previously visited. Places not visited still had to be reached by flying.
"Everyone, I'm back!"
On December 20, X784, after more than two months away, George appeared at the doors of the Fairy Tail Guild, happily pushing them open.
This trip to the Northern Continent had been extremely satisfying for him.
Not only did he achieve his goal of becoming a true Dragon Slayer, but he also learned a lot about the history of the Dragon race, so his mood was excellent.
"Huh? Where is everyone?"
Upon entering the guild, George noticed that the normally lively hall was completely empty.
He extended his mental perception, and found that not a single person was present in the entire guild.
"Something happened!"
George's expression instantly turned serious.
Because he knew that under normal circumstances, even if something huge occurred, there would always be at least one or two mages left to watch over the guild.
"Direction Manifestation: Makarov Dreyar!"
He cast a tracking spell on the Guild Master.
"Nothing…"
The tracking spell failed, and a bad feeling rose in his chest.
"Direction Manifestation: Erza Scarlet!"
"Direction Manifestation: Mirajane Strauss!"
"Direction Manifestation: Natsu Dragneel!"
"Direction Manifestation: Macao Conbolt!"
He cast tracking spells on seven or eight people from the guild, all of which failed—until finally one succeeded. He immediately spread his wings and flew at full speed in Macao's direction.
"That's... the direction of Sirius Island…"
As he flew, George quickly realized that the direction of his flight was pointing straight at Sirius Island, Fairy Tail's holy ground.
Sirius Island, also known as Fairy Island, was said to have once been home to beautiful fairies. It was the birthplace of the first Guild Master and where her tomb lay.
Because the first Master had cast powerful magic over it, no mage not from Fairy Tail could normally enter.
"So many battleships of the Magic Council!"
Half an hour later, a fleet of battleships bearing the emblem of the Magic Council appeared before his eyes.
Due to the Tower of Heaven incident, the original Magic Council had been dissolved. Before he left for the Northern Continent, he had heard that a new Council was being formed. Now it seemed that it had been fully established.
Following the tracking spell, he quickly located Macao and several Fairy Tail mages aboard one of the magic battleships.
"Macao, what happened? Why is no one at the guild? Where are the Guild Master and the others?"
George landed on the battleship and asked Macao.
Upon seeing George, Macao and the others' faces lit up with excitement.
"George, you're finally back! They said the Guild Master and Natsu are dead, but I don't believe it. Quickly, use your tracking spell to find out where they are!"
"The Guild Master and Natsu are dead? That's impossible!"
George's pupils shrank. He immediately flew in front of Macao, placed his cat paw on his forehead, and began reading his memories.
Two minutes later, he withdrew his paw and swiftly flew toward where Sirius Island used to be.
"You all wait here. I'll go check it out."
It turned out that during the two months George had been away on the Northern Continent, many events had taken place at Fairy Tail.
About two weeks after George left, Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Cait Shelter formed an alliance to take down the dark mage guild Oración Seis.
After their success, the Sky Dragon Slayer from Cait Shelter, along with her Exceed, joined Fairy Tail.
A month later, Gildarts returned to the guild by ship and reported his situation to the Master.
Three weeks ago, all the Fairy Tail mages were sucked into the world of Edolas.
The world George was in now was called Earthland, while Edolas was a parallel world. His body, along with Happy and Charle, were in fact members of a race called the Exceed, originating from Edolas.
Mystogan, a member of Fairy Tail, was actually the prince of Edolas' human kingdom and looked exactly like Jellal from this world.
He came to Earthland to stop his world's king from launching the interdimensional spell "Anima," which would absorb all life from this world into Edolas as magic power.
After a fierce battle, Fairy Tail's mages thwarted the king's plan. Mystogan stayed in his world as the new king, and the guild members returned to Earthland.
A little over a week ago, Guild Master Makarov held the S-Class Mage Promotion Exam, and Natsu and the others eagerly signed up. The exam location was the sacred Sirius Island.
Now, both Sirius Island and all the Fairy Tail mages on it had vanished.
(End of Chapter)