Compared to the two fairies, Natsu is truly slaying a dragon!

The moment the moon rises, the island's inhabitants will be forced to mutate into terrifying demons.

The objective of the mission is to investigate this strange phenomenon.

After being transported by a strange ghost's ship, Natsu and his companions successfully arrived at Galna Island.

The reason they call it a ghost is because they saw that person's grave on the island, in this village.

It is understood that the deceased was the son of the village chief.

However, because of that moon, he was forced to become a demon and completely lost his sanity.

For the sake of peace in the village, the village chief painfully ended his own son's life.

The village chief's face always showed deep sorrow whenever this matter was mentioned.

They believe this is the curse of the moon, a curse that descended upon their village several years ago when the moon turned completely purple.

Every night when the purple moon appears, everyone will be transformed into a demon.

[By the next morning, it will return to its original state.]

Following this, the village chief presented everyone with his task: to destroy the moon!

For Natsu and the others, destroying the moon is virtually impossible.

Although Natsu was somewhat eager to try.

But, impossible is impossible.

Fortunately, there were normal people like Lucy in this makeshift team.

Therefore, it was decided to rest for one night and explore the island the next day in an attempt to find other solutions to the problem.

The temporary team departed on the second day.

[It's worth mentioning Gray; ever since he was knocked unconscious and brought here, he hasn't had any intention of forcibly taking Natsu back.]

According to him, those who come should be accepted.

Ultimately, Gray himself really wanted to challenge the S-rank mission 953.

[Anyway, this is Natsu's fault, so he plans to complete this S-rank mission as well.]

The exploration of the island initially went smoothly.

Until they encountered that enormous, foul-smelling rat.

The stench, like something fermenting in a sewer for dozens of days, immediately caused Natsu, with his keen sense of smell, to collapse, instantly losing his ability to fight.

Fortunately, Gray is in the team.

The group fought their way through the enemy lines until they reached an ancient ruin, where they finally managed to defeat the giant rat.

The ancient ruins clearly attracted the attention of Natsu and the others.

The ruins are called the Temple of the Moon.

The interior of the ancient building is covered with various ancient scripts.

None of the group understood it, but in order to investigate, they pretended to study it.

[Until... Natsu, unable to contain his curiosity about the floor's sturdiness, stomped his feet hard on the floor.]

Instantly, the floor collapsed, and the group plummeted straight down into the ground.

However, perhaps as a blessing in disguise, they were astonished to discover something beneath the ruins.

It turned out to be a little-known cave.

[Or it would be more accurate to describe it as an underground passage.]

Driven by a desire to explore, the group began to move forward along the passage.

[Until...they discovered that enormous creature frozen in ice!]

[The instant I saw that enormous figure!]

Gray was stunned.

His pupils trembled, and sweat instantly beaded on his cheeks.

Unbelievable!

Gray couldn't believe it!

Under questioning from the crowd, Gray revealed the origin of the enormous figure.

【Deliora!】

[An undead demon known as a calamity!]

[A terrifying monster that ravaged northern China several years ago.]

[At the same time, he was also the culprit who destroyed Gray's family and even caused the death of Gray's master, leading to his sealing away.]

Just then, another group approached, and Lucy immediately decided to lead everyone to hide.

They managed to glean some clues from this group of people.

[The Moon's Drop!]

A mysterious ritual.

Also, the large rat from before was their pet.

The enormous Deliora before them was brought to this island by them.

[Furthermore, it was said that the moon's light would be gathered and focused upon Deliora.]

[And their leader, a guy named Zero Emperor.]

Based on this analysis, the group speculated that the villagers on the island who had turned into demons were very likely related to Deliora.

After all, Deliora, that terrifying demon, is not dead.

[To this day, it can only be considered to be in a sealed state.]

[Sealed away by Ur with his life by Gray's master!]

After the group left, Gray and the others had no intention of giving chase.

Instead, they planned to stay where they were and wait for night to fall.

They wanted to see what this so-called "Drop of the Moon" really was.

Time flows by like the tide.

Gradually, the sky darkened, and then the entire underground space began to tremble.

Above Deliora, rows of neatly arranged purple magic circles appeared out of thin air.

The purple light descended upon Deliora.

Realizing this, everyone immediately prepared to follow the magic circle upwards.

[Until they reached the top of the ruins, they saw a group of cloaked figures chanting around a purple magic circle.]

Only now do people understand the so-called ritual of the Moon Drops.

That was a ritual capable of melting the ice formed from Uru's life that sealed Deliora.

In other words, what this group wants is to resurrect Deliora.

The series of strange phenomena on the island are likely caused by the drop of water this month.

[This even includes the mutations in the villagers.]

Having seen through everything, there was no need for them to hide anything anymore.

[Perfect timing! The so-called Zero Emperor has also appeared here.]

The battle has begun!

However, the battle was lost.

[The first thing Zero Emperor did was order his men to destroy that village.]

Lucy and Happy were the first to go and stop them.

Neither Natsu nor Gray, who remained, gained any advantage against Zero.

Natsu was frozen in ice, and then Gray kicked him off a cliff.

[My goal is to fight this guy one-on-one.]

[Simply because this person is actually Gray's senior, Leon!]

In this battle, Gray was defeated, but he also learned of Leon's purpose.

[That is, to revive Deliora and defeat him, thus proving that he has surpassed Uru!]

[A ridiculous idea, but Gray couldn't stop it.]

After the defeat, Gray, who was lying alone on the ground, was carried back by Natsu, who had climbed back to the top of the ruins.

[In the village, they were attacked again by Leon's men.]

In this battle to defend the village.