Card Master in Fairy Tail

Albarez Empire.

As a behemoth that unifies the entire Western Continent and integrates all magicians, the government affairs of the Albares Empire can be said to be a challenge.

"Hey...Are Ogast and Imber's usual jobs so scary..."

Zeref sat on the chair with dull eyes, with a mountain of documents in front of him. It was obvious that Zeref's government challenge had failed.

Zeref now wants to reunite with Mavis and Ogast, but as the emperor of the Albarez Empire, Zeref also has to resolve the country's affairs first.

"Hey...I was really out of my mind back then, so I thought of establishing a country to rule the continent."

When Zeref founded Albarez, it was a game he played to ease the pain of his long life, but he didn't expect that it would now become a burden to him.

Nearly a hundred years after establishing Albarez, this was the first time that Zeref handled government affairs by himself. In the past, government affairs were left to Ogast, but later Imber took over, and Zeref himself became the hands-off manager.

Now that Ogast is staying with Mavis in Fairy Tail, Zeref suddenly thought of giving a few "Twelve Shields" who came back with him a holiday and handle government affairs by himself.

However, there are specialties in magic. If you ask Zeref to engage in magic research, he will definitely be fine, but other things...

Zeref, who was dizzy and confused, felt for the first time that he and Natsu were brothers.

Squeak...

The door to the office was pushed open, and Zeref's eyes lit up, "Is Yinbel back? Come and help me share some government affairs."

The visitor didn't answer, and silently came to Zeref's desk, "Are you, a demigod, troubled by common things in the world?"

Zeref pushed aside the mountain of documents and saw a face that he would never forget. However, this time the person's face did not have that mean feeling, but instead had a feeling as gloomy as an abyss.

"Why are you here? Didn't I send all the money? You signed for it at home." Zeref pushed down a pile of documents and spoke in the tone of facing a friend, but he was wary of the person in front of him.

"Put away your temptation, I'm not him." The visitor sneered, "I'm here to borrow something from you."

"What?" Zeref frowned, an uneasy haze enveloped his heart.

"What I want to borrow is you."

As the mysterious man stopped talking, an invisible force surged around him.

Zeref suddenly felt a huge pressure, and the feeling of suffocation made his face change drastically.

Not daring to be too arrogant, Zeref exploded his magic power and the power of life and death together, and the black magic containing the aura of death rushed towards the mysterious man in front of him in the form of flames.

However, the black flame twisted uncontrollably to the left side of the mysterious man, and a demonic monster like [Winged Dragon] appeared.

The black flames that could take away countless lives not only did not bring any harm to the monster phantom, but were instead swallowed up by the looming thunder and lightning on the monster phantom's body.

Zeref was briefly distracted when the monster phantom looked directly at him with red eyes.

In just this short moment, the monster phantom appeared behind Zeref, ignoring the obstacles and easily holding Zeref in his hands.

When Zeref came to his senses, he was unable to move. He looked at the mysterious man and said, "You are a bastard...!!!"

Zeref seemed to recognize the identity of the mysterious man, but as the phantom clenched his fists, Zeref's words were masked by his own cries of pain.

The phantom disappeared together with Zeref, and only the card named [Thunder Emperor Harmon] in the mysterious man's hand glowed with scarlet brilliance.

The mysterious man put away the cards, looked at the desk littered with documents, and sneered.

A burst of black mist drifted over, and the office was empty.

Ten minutes later, on the desk, under the pile of documents that Zeref had pushed down, a recording magic crystal stopped functioning.

. . . . . .

Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.

Fairy Tail is still as lively as ever.

The Stella stone souvenirs brought back by You Xuan and his party were very popular in the guild square. Most of the guild members selected their favorite carvings, and the excess Stella stones were sold in the guild's souvenir shop.

On the second floor of the guild hall, precious materials such as diamonds, Stella stones, and rare magic crystals were placed on Yu Xuan's table. These precious materials were broken and ground into powder by Yu Xuan.

With a serious expression, You Xuan pinched a handful of powder with his left hand and blew gently on the card he held in his right hand.

The powder floated around the card, flashing with colorful light spots. Under the control of You Xuan's magic power, it became one with the card.

"Wow! Golden Legend!"

Yu Xuan's tone made Urrutia move away from him in disgust, "You Xuan, your tone is too exaggerated."

"Sorry, sorry, I was so excited that I couldn't help it."

After Yu Xuan apologized, he didn't forget to show Urrudia the card in his hand. After a treatment similar to hot stamping, obvious golden strokes appear on the border of the card. The card background changes back and forth between the seven colors of the rainbow, and different visual effects can be seen from different angles.

After returning from the Kingdom of Stella, Yu Xuan started his long-cherished business of "card plating". Although these luxurious craftsmanship effects could not improve the effect of the cards, Yu Xuan was determined to indulge once and spend a good time. Bundle. (Later, when You Xuan took stock of his property, he discovered that his treasure seemed to be a bit excessive, and the consumption of card plating was simply a drop in the bucket...)

The card in Yu Xuan's hand shook slightly, and the chestnut ball came out of it. He excitedly took his card out of Yu Xuan's hand and showed it off in the guild hall.

You Xuan shook his head. Poor Li Ziqiu didn't know that it was just a test product for You Xuan's "card plating". Fortunately, the experiment was successful.

"Huhuhu, next is for my card secrets."

You Xuan placed three God Cards on the table. The red of [Sky Dragon], the yellow of [Winged Dragon], and the blue of [Giant God Weapon], the three iconic colors of red, yellow and blue are extremely classic.

"what!"

A sudden exclamation interrupted Yu Xuan's movements, and the excitement in the hall also stopped, because the person who made the exclamation was Mavis.

Since returning to the guild, Mabius has been happy every day. The current president is Makarov, and the people in the guild are also very reliable, so Mabis doesn't need to worry about it at all. Unlike when "Fairy Tail" was first established, the four founders were extremely busy at that time.

But now, Mavis suddenly looked horrified.

"Mother, are you feeling unwell?" Mebis's eldest son Olgaste asked with concern.

Because of Mavis, Olgast often brought Brandish to Fairy Tail.

Mavis gathered her emotions and tried to calm down, but fear and uneasiness filled her mind. She looked at Yu Xuan on the second floor, her voice trembling.

"I...can't feel Zeref's presence anymore."