We're here?
Thanks to Warrod-sama, it took no time at all.
That's amazing magic.
He's not one of the Ten Wizard Saints for nothing.
You got motion sickness?
Look at that.
All of the rocks are iced over.
Sun Village lies just ahead.
All right, let's go! My motion sickness will go away soon as I eat at the village.
Natsu...
That's not the situation...
And now I halt spreading desertification with my Green Magic.
Some people call it a charitable activity, but it's just a hobby to me.
Because of that, I've traveled to many deserts here and there over the years.
Last time, I came across a peculiar village.
Peculiar?
According to the literature, it's called "Sun Village."
It's a village that worshiped eternally burning flames as a guardian deity.
Eternally burning flames?
That's right.
But the village was frozen.
Whether it was due to a natural disaster or brought on by humans,
all the people, animals, plants,
buildings, and a lake, too...
Everything, even the eternal flames that guarded the village, was frozen.
The flames were frozen?
How...?
I don't know what happened in that village.
But the villagers were alive inside that ice.
Alive inside the ice?!
What do you mean?!
The villagers are encased in ice but alive.
I can't just forget about it. I want you to save them.
That's my request.
I am counting on you, Fairy Tail young'uns.
I'm sure you will be true to yourselves
as you overcome any obstacle that stands in your way.
Awesome!
Yeah. The tree is like a living creature...
Magic that manipulates nature...
Wizards Versus Hunters
Everything really is encased in ice, even the buildings.
According to Warrod-sama, so are the residents. Except...
...I don't see any of them.
Huge!
Small!
Huge!
Um, did you just say something when you looked at me?
Is this a village of giants?!
I can picture Warrod-sama right now...
Come to think of it, did I forget to mention something important?
Just kidding!
I bet he's thinking along those lines.
Go. I'll defeat that thing.
N-No! I won't go!
All of this is my fault!
It's no one's fault.
This is an ordeal, so we can take back our happiness.
Iced Shell!
Please! Stop!
From now on, I'll do whatever you say, I promise!
There's nothing to be sad about.
I'm alive.
I'll be alive for eternity, as ice.
Start walking... towards the future.
Ur!
I'll seal away your darkness.
Ur!
What's wrong?
Nothing...
When I see something gigantic frozen in ice, I can't help thinking about...
Deliora...
I see...
This is a surprise. I didn't think humans this big existed.
The dog is big, too!
Are you sure that's a dog?
Anyway, we gotta save these people.
I'll melt the ice with my flames!
Natsu! Go for it!
Go! Melt it!
What the hell is this?
Aye... don't know.
You're not doing anything.
The old wooden man said this was no ordinary ice.
What is this? I'm picking something up from the ice...
A kind of magic I've never felt before...
Your magic can't melt it, either?
Figures it wouldn't be that easy...
But...
...it's similar to somebody's magic.
What's this? Someone beat us to it?
What a nuisance.
They're, like, all women and children?
Who are you people?
We're the treasure hunter guild...
...Sylph Labyrinth!
Got it.
Oh, come on, you guys! We have to act more surprised!
Surprised by what?
Yeah, right?
A treasure hunter guild...
Hunting for treasure is your specialty?
So there are various kinds of guilds, not just wizards' guilds, huh?
Sorry, but the buried treasure here is ours.
So you'll have to get out of our way.
Treasure?
We got no interest in that.
You're not after the Eternal Flame?
Then, like, what are wizards doing here?
We've come to melt this ice and save the residents.
Then you're in our way!
The Eternal Flame is a magic artifact that's been burning for hundreds of years!
For treasure hunters like us,
it's, like, an S class treasure!
But thanks to the damned giants who were protecting the village,
we couldn't get close to the treasure.
But then, for whatever reason, boom, the giants are flash-frozen, right?
So this is our chance to get the Eternal Flame.
But we heard that flame was really important to this village as its guardian deity!
If you take it, that makes you thieves.
You're telling treasure hunters not to take the treasure?!
It's, like, obviously their own damn fault for letting it be taken away!
This isn't getting us anywhere.
Let's get the treasure before the wizards interfere!
Right! Let's go!
Get it?
Sorry to break it to you, but the flame's frozen, too.
Don't underestimate the, like, treasure power of treasure hunters!
Even that ice will melt with this, like, secret treasure!
What's the, like, secret treasure?
Moon Drip!
Moon Drip...
The magic Lyon used at Galuna Island...
Moon Drip gathers the magic power of the moon
and can dispel any form of magic.
There you have it!
Like, later!
They have it in liquid form...
Then with that, we can return the village to normal!
After them! Capture the treasure hunters!
You don't need to tell me that!
Leave it to me!
As if a few wizards can catch us?!
Like, we're outta here!
Steal it!
If we can get that, we win!
What happened to their, like, highfalutin' heroism?!
Treasure hunters and wizards...
It's a pain, but we'll have to get rid of all of them. That's our job.
I don't care about any thieves.
The problem is the wizards.
That's true.
Fairy Tail...
You know that guild?
If you don't know about Fairy Tail, you must be living under a rock.
Close enough.
It doesn't matter.
I didn't imagine I would get my chance for revenge so soon.
It's not bad being part of the underground.
Whatever. We've got work to do.
Let's go, newbie.
Newbie?
You should call me "my lady."
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Even that ice will melt with this, like, secret treasure!
What's the, like, secret treasure?
Moon Drip!
They have it in liquid form...
Then with that, we can return the village to normal!
Steal it!
Freeze!
We can save the giants with just a drop of that stuff!
Forget about it!
Do you know what we went through to get this Moon Drip?!
We went to, like, an island full of demons and, like, searched desperately for it!
Besides, if the giants are resurrected, boom, they'll be scary!
Huh? Come to think of it, where's Erza?
She stayed behind at the village to look for other clues.
She won't break the giants, will she?
Why are you frozen?!
I'd like to believe they're in good hands...
Halt, thieves!
We ain't thieves!
We're treasure hunters!
That's splitting hairs! Thieves are as thieves do!
This is a pain. Let's do it.
Like, pull the trigger?
Do it with a boom!
Drake, get in position!
Right!
When a few wizards treat us lightly, it's, like, all over.
Anyone who gets in our way gets eliminated.
Treasure hunting is a dangerous job! Boom!
Our job's dangerous, too!
You spoke too soon. We're gonna kick your asses!
If you can do that, like, be my guest.
I'm fired up!
What is this guy?!
A weapon shaped like a fist?!
The might of Stronger comes at you with a boom!
Lala the Hammer Sylph Labyrinth
Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!
Natsu-san!
Natsu-san! Natsu-san!
I'm not done yet!
Natsu-san!
Ice Make! Freeze Lancer!
I'm gonna, like, cut you down!
Hiroshi the Sword Sylph Labyrinth
Have a taste of my chain blade!
Like, punch it!
A gun?!
From where?!
A sniper?!
I'm surprised you were able to dodge that.
But the next one will go right through your head!
With his voice echoing, I can't tell where he is!
My 74 is thirsty for blood.
Drake the Sniper Sylph Labyrinth
I smell gunpowder...
Lucy-san! Up there!
He's shooting from there?!
Leave this one to me! Gate of the Archer, I open thee!
Sagittarius!
If you need a marksman, you've come to the right place, as it were-moshimoshi!
I don't believe it...
He shot the arrow?
Who is he?
Don't look down on a natural born sniper.
These guys...
...are tougher than they look.
That bothers me...
They're all facing the same direction with their weapons drawn.
What happened in this village before it was frozen?
That, and...
...Moon Drip.
Is that amount enough to defrost the entire village?
Giants...
Weapons...
Ice...
Were the giants in battle with something?
Or were they protecting something?
Protecting... what?
The village... Something precious...
The Eternal Flame...
Even the Eternal Flame, which gave the village divine protection, was frozen.
If they had faith that the Eternal Flame was this village's guardian deity,
they would have protected it from outside enemies.
In other words,
the Eternal Flame should be in the opposite direction the giants are facing!
The mountains?!
Maybe at that summit?!
Then how about this?!
Wing Slash of the Fire Dragon!
Ice Make...
Like, slice and dice!
It ends here.
I can't afford to lose to a sharpshooter, as it were-moshimoshi!
Nothing...?
I thought if I could find the Eternal Flame, I could bring the village back to normal...
...but even if I did find it, it's supposed to be frozen.
This village's treasure won't be found so easily...
W-What is this?!
I'm a child!
Something strange has happened.
For some reason, Erza has turned into a child.
Is it the effect of the Eternal Flame?
Or a plot by someone?
Is there a way to turn Erza back?
Behind this deep mystery, an unprecedented danger closes in.
Next time: The Law of Retrogression!
An inhuman power attacks Natsu!