Fairy Tail 166

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Fairy Tail
[Insert text: Every day an adventure!]
Charle: [aside]hmph!![/aside]
Gemini: [aside]pi~~ri, pi~~ri[/aside]
Plue: [aside]poooon~~![/aside]
Happy: [aside]aye, sir~!![/aside]
[Insert text: Let's march on with our heads high!]

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[Insert text: Lucy meets Fairy Tail's strongest mage for the first time!♡ What on Earth will he be like?!]
People: It's Gildartz!!! // Gildartz is back!!!
Announcement: Magnolia is about to enter Gildartz Shift! // Attention, all residents!! Please proceed to your prescribed positions!! / I repeat!
Lucy: A Century Quest...... // He's been out on a mission... that nobody's been able to complete for a hundred years...?!
[Chapter 166: Black Dragon]

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Charle: Still, is all this commotion really necessary?
Lucy: What on Earth is this "Gildartz Shift"...?
Mirajane: You'll see if you take a look outside.
Lucy: N... No way...?!

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Lucy: The town... // ...split in two.........!!!!

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (1): I cleaned up my room for a change. I have so many things, though, that it's still a total mess...]
Mirajane: Gildartz's magic allows him to destroy anything that he lays hands on. / If he walks through the town without paying attention, he ends up destroying people's houses by accident.
Lucy: How much of an idiot is this guy?!! // ...So you restructured the whole city around him?
Wendy: Isn't this incredible, Charle?!!
Charle: Yes... incredibly ridiculous...
Natsu: Here he comes~~~~!!!!

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Gildartz: *sigh*
[Box: Fairy Tail / Gildartz Clive]

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Natsu: Gildartz!!! I challenge you to a battle~~~~~!!!
Elfman: Right off the bat?!
Mirajane: Welcome back!
Lucy: So this is Gildartz...?
Gildartz: Hm. // Little lady... I'm looking for a Guild by the name of Fairy Tail. I'm sure it should be somewhere around here...
Mirajane: You're standing in it! // And it's me! Mirajane!
Gildartz: Mira? // Wow, you sure have changed!!! // And hell... you've rebuilt the whole Guild?!!!
Lucy: Did the sign not give it away...?
Natsu: GILDARTZ!!!!

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Gildartz: Ah!! Natsu!!! It sure has been a while.
Natsu: You heard me!!! I challenge you to a battle!!! You and me!!!
Gildartz: Maybe some other time.
Natsu: Guahh! // Y... You really are... // ...super-strong, huh...

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Gray: Hasn't changed a bit, has he?
Elfman: A man among men!!
Gildartz: Man... I'm seeing quite a few fresh faces... // This place sure has changed.
Makarov: Gildartz.
Gildartz: Ahhh!! Master!!! / How's it going~~~~?!!!!
Makarov: Let's hear how the quest went.
Gildartz: Gahahahahah!!!!

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Gildartz: No good. // I didn't stand a chance.
People: What?! // No way?!! // The one and only Gildartz... // ...failed at a quest...?!
Lucy: (A quest that even the strongest mage of Fairy Tail couldn't complete...?! // Just what is this Century Quest......?!)

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[Side text: Mashima's Ramblings (2): I'm in the process of judging entries for the Shonen Rival Newcomers' Award... although, of course, I'll be done by the time you read this. I'm taking this stuff seriously!]
Makarov: I see... so even you could not...
Gildartz: Sorry 'bout that... I guess I've damaged my own reputation.
Makarov: No... it's enough for me that you have returned alive. // As far as I am aware, you are the first to attempt this quest and return to tell the tale.
Gildartz: Well, I'm heading home. I need a rest. // Whe~~~w, I'm beat... // Natsu~! // Drop by my place later. // I've got a souvenir for ya~! / [aside]gahahah![/aside]
Natsu: ?
Gildartz: Well, see ya!
Warren: Gildartz!! Use the door!!!!
Erza: There's no point thinking about attempting the Century Quest. So don't.
Lucy: Hmmmm~? Ahaha... did I look like I was getting excited...?!

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Natsu: D'you think he's got me some rare flames from a foreign country of something?!
Happy: I wonder!
Natsu: Hey!
Happy: Coming in~!
Gildartz: There you are, Natsu, Happy. // So... how're things going with you and Lisana, hm? Hm~~?!
Natsu: What...?
Gildartz: Ahhh, don't play dumb with me! // Gahahahah!

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Natsu: Lisana died. // Two years ago.
Gildartz: ......... // Y... You're kidding... // I see... So that's why Mira... / Whoa... I... I'm sorry, Natsu...
Natsu: If that's all you wanted, I'm leaving.
Happy: Natsu...!
Gildartz: Natsu... // While I was out on the quest... // I met a dragon.

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Natsu: !!!
Gildartz: Pretty sure it wasn't the red guy you're looking for, mind. // It was a black dragon.
Natsu: Wh... Where did you...
Gildartz: The Sacred Peak of Zonia. // And as a result, I ended up failing in the quest, dammitall. // What will you do when you get there?

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Natsu: Isn't that obvious?!!! I'll ask him where Igneel is!!!
Gildartz: You'll be looking in the wrong place. The black dragon is travelling all over the continent... possibly the entire world.
Natsu: Well, I might find some kind of clue!!!!
Gildartz: Natsu. Take a look at this.

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Gildartz: It happened in a single instant. // Got my left arm, my left leg, and my insides too. // I don't know about this Igneel of yours... // ...but that black beast is a menace to humanity. No doubt about it. // And it's not a foe any human can defeat.
Natsu: W... Well, surely that's... // ...what Dragon Slayers like me are for!!!

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Natsu: With my magic... // That stupid black dragon won't...
Gildartz: If that's what you honestly believe, I won't stop you.
Natsu: Dammitall~~~~~~~~~~!!!!
Happy: Natsu!!!
Gildartz: Happy.
Happy: !
Gildartz: Make sure you support Natsu. // No human can beat that thing... // ...but a dragon just might be able to.

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Gildartz: Someday... // I'm sure Natsu...
Makarov: Three Dragon Slayers in Fairy Tail... // Polyushka... it is just as you said... // Destiny is beginning to move...

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Natsu: Dammit! // Dammit!!! // Nghhh.... // Nggggg... // ...ggghhhh... // ...ggguaahhh!

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Natsu: Are you doing okay...? // Dad...
[Insert text: Those happy memories remain ever within his heart... an unquestionable warmth...]
[Bottom text: To be continued in Chapter 167: Disappearing Town]