Fairy Tail Destiny-Chapter 175: Ch : Ishu Vs Ophelia 1

"It's you!"

For the first time, Ophelia's usually calm expression shifted, her blue-green eyes sharpening like blades. "Ishu?"

The black-haired young man standing in front of Natsu and the others looked at Ophelia, a faint, slightly bitter smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

His voice carried a complex emotion as he spoke.

"How have you been, Ophelia?"

"Ishu?"

Behind him, Natsu's eyes widened in shock. "Ishu, why are you here?"

Wendy, on the other hand, was momentarily stunned before her face lit up with joy. "Ishu, it's been so long!"

Ishu slowly turned to face Wendy, Makarov, and Natsu.

His expression gradually softened.

"Yeah, it's been a long time, Natsu, Master Makarov... and my little lifesaver, Wendy."

"Lifesaver?"

Natsu and Happy blinked in confusion, turning their questioning gazes to Wendy.

Before Wendy could explain, Carla spoke up first. "Wendy saved him once."

Ishu turned back, his gaze growing serious as he looked at Ophelia in the distance.

"Now's not the time for small talk. Natsu, Wendy, get away from here—this battle could drag you in."

"Wait! I want to fight too!"

"No."

Ishu rejected Natsu's words without hesitation. "Natsu, your magic power is nearly depleted, isn't it?"

Natsu wanted to argue, but he couldn't refute Ish's statement.

In the end, though unwilling, he could only grit his teeth and, under Wendy's urging, carry Makarov away from the battlefield.

Seeing that Natsu and the others had retreated to a relatively safe distance, Ishu let out a small sigh of relief before turning his gaze back to Ophelia.

"You haven't changed at all, Ophelia."

"Ishu... why? Why did you betray our lord and escape from the guild?"

Ophelia struggled to maintain her composure, but the slight tremble in her voice betrayed her turbulent emotions.

"Tell me why?!"

"I didn't betray Master," Ishu replied calmly. "I just have something I must do."

"Lies!"

A flicker of anger finally flashed across Ophelia's eyes.

"Ishu, I never expected you to survive Tsukiyo's pursuit. I don't know what trick you used, but this ends here. In the name of the Seven Thrones, I will defeat you this time! Even if you were once the Fifth Throne, you've fallen behind since leaving the guild. This time, I will not lose to you again!"

"[Mental Detonation]!"

Boom!

Ishu pushed off the ground with force, leaping backward just as a series of violent explosions erupted where he had stood moments before.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

The blue radiance in Ophelia's pupils grew even brighter as explosions continued to erupt across the battlefield.

Ishu moved swiftly, dodging Ophelia's relentless magical attacks.

However, the advantage was overwhelmingly in her favor—she didn't need to chase him.

All she had to do was launch her attacks in the necessary directions while remaining in place.

Ishu, on the other hand, had to cover a distance dozens of times greater than the reach of Ophelia's arms just to evade each strike.

If not for the extraordinary speed of [Celestial God's Swift Steps], he would have been hit long ago.

Back when Mira fought Ophelia, even with the advantage of a terrain that allowed her to maximize her mobility, restrict Ophelia's vision, and with the protective necklace gifted by Noel, she was still pushed into a desperate struggle.

Now, in an open battlefield with no obstacles, Ophelia could unleash her full power—displaying her peak strength without restraint.

"What's wrong, Ishu? Have your skills deteriorated this much?" Ophelia taunted.

Ishu let out a bitter chuckle, finally stopping his evasive movements.

Slowly leaning back, he murmured,

"I really can't keep going like this... then—

[Celestial God's Roar]!"

Boom!

In an instant, the surrounding air froze—then, as if subjected to limitless compression, it twisted, shredded, and vaporized.

The piercing sound of air being torn apart filled the battlefield.

All the air around Ishu condensed into a massive shockwave, radiating an immense pressure before violently exploding outward—rushing straight toward Ophelia.

"[Mental Barrier]!"

Ophelia's expression grew extremely serious as she stretched out both hands.

A transparent shield instantly formed before her.

Ishu's [Celestial God's Roar] slammed into Ophelia's Mental Barrier, producing an ear-piercing noise like metal being shredded.

Then, with a deafening explosion, the two forces canceled each other out, disintegrating into nothingness.

In that brief moment of pause, Ishu had already closed the distance between them.

The air around his hand spiraled violently, forming a raging storm as he launched his next attack—

"[Celestial God's Northern Wind]!"

Ophelia's pupils shrank slightly, and in an instant, her entire body erupted with magic power.

A terrifying black energy condensed in her slender palm—

"[Mental Torrent]!"

The two devastating forces collided, unleashing an overwhelming shockwave.

The explosion of magical energy crushed everything around them into fragments.

Ishu and Ophelia's powers clashed in a fierce standoff, the overflowing energy so intense that it seemed to tear space itself apart.

The blinding brilliance was unbearable to look at.

The ground beneath them cracked and crumbled, sinking into deep fractures.

The storm raged, the air trembled—everything in the vicinity was reduced to ruins.

As the smoke and dust gradually settled, both Ishu and Ophelia had retreated over ten meters apart.

The battlefield where they had clashed was completely devastated, the ground riddled with cracks and caved in several meters deep.

Both fighters were breathing heavily.

But unlike Ophelia, who remained standing, Ishu was half-kneeling on the ground, clutching his abdomen—where his clothes had already been soaked in crimson blood.

"You're injured..."

Ophelia's expression grew complicated as she stared at the blood continuously flowing from Ishu's abdomen.

She murmured, "So that's how it is? The reason you kept avoiding direct combat with me was because you were already injured... It makes sense now. I should have realized it earlier. Since the one sent to hunt you down was Tsukiyo, the wounds you sustained from fighting her couldn't have healed so easily. Given the nature of Tsukiyo's magic, even if your magic allows you to heal wounds, it could never fully recover from the damage she inflicted. At most, you could only mend the surface injuries."

Hearing Ophelia's words, Ishu let out a faint, bitter smile and spoke softly, "You're right. The wounds from my battle with Tsukiyo... even my 'Celestial God Slayer Magic' and Wendy's 'Sky Dragon Slayer Magic' are powerless against them. But even so, I have no choice but to fight."

"In your current state, you can't win. Just surrender." Ophelia's voice grew more urgent.

"Come with me to see the Master. If you repent for your actions, I believe Master will forgive you."

Ishu shook his head firmly, his tone resolute. "No. I can't face Master right now. I have to stop her... because I know that the path she's walking will only lead to destruction."

Ophelia's expression gradually calmed as she slowly closed her eyes.

"Have you forgotten? Master's thoughts hold no meaning to us, the Seven Thrones. We exist solely to carry out her will—that alone is enough. Even if it means making the entire world our enemy, even if we are forsaken by morality and human sentiment, it does not matter. Since you have made your decision... then I will personally defeat you and bring you before Master."

Her cloak floated eerily despite the absence of wind, while a torrent of magic surged from her small frame, exuding an overwhelming and terrifying pressure.

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