Alex is walking towards Grimoire Heart's airship, still in his Humanoid Gyuki form. On each of his tails, he holds the defeated Grimoire Heart Mages. Bluenote, Jose, Azuma, Rustyrose, Kain, Ikaruga, Fukuro, and Vidaldus.
He is also holding Hades by the neck with his left hand. The reason he holds these unconscious enemies is to absorb their magic power. He always tried to defeat his opponents as fast as possible so that they'll still have a lot of magic power for him to absorb.
"This guy really has a lot of magic power. Most likely because his Devil's Heart keeps supplying magic power through his Devil's Eye." Alex lifts the unconscious Hades that still hasn't run out of magic power to absorb even though the others don't have anything left anymore.
While walking, Alex is thinking of what he should do to these guys. He's thinking of handing them over to the Magic Council, alive. But they might have spies in the Council to help them escape later because even in the series, they succeeded in infiltrating the Council with Ultear and Jellal.
"Hmm, I'll keep them alive for now. If Acnologia really appears, then I'll just kill them because they'll just be burdens. I can't fight or even run away while taking care of them and I don't want any of them to be taken by Zeref to Alvarez to strengthen his empire."
Killing them seems to be the best solution when Alex thinks about those possibilities. But he also knows that letting them live to get information from them is also important. Besides, if he can hand them over alive to The Magic Council, it will shut those trash high-rank officials who want to find excuses to disband Fairy Tail.
Alex arrives on the fallen airship and breaks the wall to enter it. He doesn't know its layout, so he just walks anywhere he wants. For now, he just walks toward the place where he senses a high amount of magic power.
Soon, he finds Hades's Devil's Heart. Without wasting any time, Alex absorbs the magic power stored inside the Devil's Heart. The magic power inside the Devil's Heart is surprisingly compatible with him, so he can convert a high percentage of it into his own magic power, replenishing the magic power he has used so far.
Alex absorbs the Devil's Heart's magic power until it completely runs out of it. When he's done, Hades suddenly jolts and seems to be in pain even though he's still unconscious. Then Hades's body stops moving and he also stops breathing.
"Eh? He's dead? Ah! This Devil's Heart has his own heart inside. The magic power kept his heart beating, but now it runs out of magic power, so his heart can't beat anymore."
Alex forgets about this matter and doesn't realize that it can cause this. He's too excited to absorb so much magic power that's surprisingly compatible with him. So he happily absorbs everything because this is a rare chance.
"..... Well, whatever. It's not like anyone will miss him. Hmm, then might as well."
*SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!*
With no mercy, Alex breaks the necks of those he holds with his tails to kill them. He has already killed Hades, so there's no use keeping the others alive. These guys have also killed many people, including innocents, so he doesn't have any problem killing them.
Alex then goes to the next source of magic power he senses since entering this airship. After walking for a bit, he finally finds that source, the most troublesome enemy in this entire island right now, Zeref.
Surprisingly, Zeref is still unconscious as he lies on a bed that looks like a King's bed. It might be Hades's room or a room specifically prepared for Zeref. Either way, it shows how high Grimoire Heart Mages think of Zeref.
Well, none of those matters to Alex because right now he really just wants to kill Zeref. But he also knows that no matter what he does here, he won't be able to kill Zeref because of the damn Ankhseram Curse.
"..... Let's do that then."
Alex wraps Zeref's body with the bedsheet and ties him with a rope. Then he takes Zeref out of the airship while looking around to find the correct direction. He finds it by looking at the sun's location.
After nodding, he spins his body around while swinging Zeref's tied body. Then after gaining a strong momentum, he throws Zeref's tied body to the west. Zeref flies into the horizon, leaving the island and surely will fall into the sea.
"It's not like I have the power to throw someone to another continent even if I'm using the Tailed Beasts' power."
Still, by throwing Zeref while using Gyuki's power, Alex can make sure that Zeref will fall into the sea very far away from here. Also, Alvarez, Zeref's empire is located in Alakitasia, a continent un the west. So if Acnologia really chases Zeref's presence, he will go to Alakitasia and hopefully to Alvarez, the biggest country in Alakitasia.
"Hmm, Acnologia chasing after Zeref seems to be a possible theory. After all, aside from when he shows up during the time for the Dragon King festival, he shows up on Tenrou Island and when Alvarez attack Ishgar. Zeref presents both times, so instead of being attracted by the Dragon Slayers, he might really gets atrracted by Zeref's presence because he thinks only Zeref can threaten him now."
The more Alex thinks about it, the more his theory sounds possible. If Acnologia really comes after the Dragon Slayers, he should've appeared already because the Dragon Slayers arrived in this era years ago at X777. Fairy Tail would've been destroyed had he come earlier.
And if he can sense the Dragon Slayers' presence and is going after them, it would make more sense for him to come after Irene who is much stronger than the other Dragon Slayers instead of some brats like Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy.
But it doesn't seem like he has ever went after Irene even though she has also lived on Earthland for as long as Acnologia. Yet he decides to target some brats who jumped to the future from the past. It just doesn't make sense.
"I hope he really comes after Zeref instead of these Dark Mages from Grimoire Heart that surely don't look significant in his eyes."
Alex really hopes that it truly is Zeref that Acnologia wants. But he also can't rule our the possibility of the Grimoire Heart Mages being the cause for Acnologia's appearance here because he really doesn't know what that Black Dragon wants.
Thinking about that makes Alex think that he might have made the right move by killing the Grimoire Heart's Mages and even absorb their magic power, including from the Devil's Heart. Maybe their presence and magic power also attract Acnologia here.
"Hmm, then I need to be quick." Alex transforms into Shukaku and digs a big hole right below the airship to bury it. He doesn't have time to investigate the airship right now, so he'll do it later at a later date.
He also buries the dead Grimoire Heart Mages near the airship. Their corpses can be used as proof to the Magic Council, but he can't take them back to the mainland now, so he leaves them here for now. He even uses seal marks to make sure no one takes the corpses and airship before he returns.
Alex then goes to the battle location and enters the massive hole created by their fight. He is still in his Mini Shukaku form. Alex puts his hands on the ground and after a while, an egg-like object made of sand and covered with Shukaku's seal marks that's bigger than a person comes out of the ground.
He removes the seals and the sand egg crumbles, showing up what's inside. The content of the big sand egg is a man with silver hair whose body is wrapped by another layer of thick sand with seal marks. Only his head is not covered with sand, although his mouth is covered by the marked sand to prevent him from talking.
"Sorry to make you wait, Brain. Oh, my bad, you are not Brain anymore, but Zero, right? Sorry for neglecting you before. Now I'll make sure to take care of you as nicely as you've been taking care of me and everyone else in the research facility."
Alex grins sinisterly while looking at the helpless Zero. He makes sure to keep Zero alive until he finishes his business with the Grimoire Heart Mages. After all, both of them have a "happy" reunion to do.
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Ch. 194. Game Result