In Fairy Tail, starts with a Super Mega Gengar

Gildarts felt the surge of magic power intensifying within him, a sensation that words could hardly describe.

His magical strength was considered top-notch even in the Ishgar Continent.

After so many years of compression and refinement, his magic strength had grown at an exceedingly slow rate as he had reached the limit of his own capacity.

But with the addition of Gaal's magic hat, the magic power he had compressed to its utmost was suddenly further compressed by nearly thirty percent.

What was once a relatively full magic power now left him with an empty feeling upon being compressed by a third.

However, thanks to the magic recovery potion Gaal had given him earlier, the newly reborn magic was quickly replenishing, and even more surprisingly, it was also a compressed form of magic.

If before Hades' magic could deplete his power through consumption, now with an increased compression of about thirty percent in magic strength, Hades had no time to exhaust his magic.

The dark magic of Hades would be directly crushed and pierced the moment it made contact with his enhanced magic.

Gildarts had always looked down on using external tools and scoffed at most magical artifacts.

The main reason was that nearly all magical tools offered him negligible enhancement, and most of them could not harm him.

But now...

Gildarts was genuinely intrigued. How could there be such a monstrous magic hat? He couldn't resist glancing at Gaal and exclaimed, "Now I understand why you're such a freak. Wearing this thing, who could possibly beat me?"

The more Gildarts thought about it, the less sense it made. He turned to Gaal, his frustration bubbling over. "Hey, what about that cape of yours? You're always wearing it! And that necklace—does it give you any special boosts? What about the rings on your fingers? Or that bracelet? They're all magical items, aren't they? This is ridiculous! You're just an A-Class Mage, but how are you this overpowered?! Sure, having tricks up your sleeve is one thing, but your magic power is insane! And with all this gear, you're stacked! Come on, let me borrow it! I'll take down Hades in a single blow!"

Gaal rolled his eyes at Gildarts and said, "Don't even think about it; the others can't handle your magic power. After you take one shot, all my gear will be shattered."

Gildarts stared wide-eyed, "So it's true! You've got all this gear on you?! Is there anything I can use? Hurry up and let me try!"

Gildarts didn't want to feel this embarrassed, but there was no helping it; it was just too enticing…

Gaal's lips twitched as he exchanged five Amplification Rings from his space, each capable of increasing magic strength by two percent, and handed them to Gildarts: "Wear these. But your magic is too strong; they'll probably break after just one hit."

Gildarts took the five rings from Gaal and immediately put them on his right hand. With one ring on each finger, he could feel his magic compressing again by about ten percent.

However, unlike the magic hat on his head, Gildarts could vaguely sense the maximum magic power these rings could withstand.

Just as Gaal said, they would shatter after absorbing just one hit, but that was enough.

Gildarts lifted his gaze toward the still-visible explosion cloud in the sky, a sinister smile forming on his face: "Gaal, send me up."

Gaal nodded and said, "Don't get too attached to the fight. One hit is all you need."

Below, within the super massive dark magic circle, despair demons composed solely of pure dark magic continued to spawn relentlessly.

Seeing them closing in, Gaal placed his hand on Gildarts.

Swish!

Gildarts vanished from his spot and reappeared in the sky above the recently exploded area.

Gaal activated his telekinesis, signaling several Pokémon who promptly retreated, transforming into streaks of light and flying back to the Poké Balls at Gaal's waist.

Kain, who was battling the Gigantamax Gengar, and Rustyrose, entangled with other Pokémon, were baffled but relieved.

Suddenly, they heard Azuma's voice from the surrounding trees: "Get out of here! The guild master is about to explode!"

Kain and Rustyrose jumped in surprise: "What?! Hey! Azuma?!"

But Azuma had already merged with the underground and vanished. Kain cursed under his breath and quickly pulled out a hair, rubbing it on a doll.

As soon as it was inserted into the doll, tears welled in Kain's eyes. He finally succeeded...

"Self-Enhancement: Speed!!!"

Kain shouted joyfully, his body emitting a soft glow, propelling him forward like a streaking light into the distance.

Rustyrose, hearing Azuma's warning, realized something was off regarding the dark magic circle on the ground. The magic was gathering too quickly. Without a moment to spare, Rustyrose kicked off with the Pegasus Wing, flying as far as possible.

However, he couldn't match Azuma, who had merged underground, or Kain, who sped away like a flash of light.

Feeling the surge of magic power accumulating behind him, Rustyrose couldn't help but look back.

From above, the half-destroyed Giant's Mountain Range was enveloped by that super huge dark magic formation, and the despair demons continually produced were surging toward the center of the formation.

A terrifying thought suddenly crossed Rustyrose's mind.

Lord Hades isn't planning to blow this place up, is he?!

Oh my god!!

Rustyrose felt a chill run down his spine; the possibility wasn't out of the question!!!

"No, I have to run fast!" 

He had already witnessed the power of those despair demons; just a few had chased Azuma away. Now there was a whole swarm of at least a hundred rushing toward the center of the formation...

Rustyrose didn't dare waste a second and used all his strength to dash through the air.

But even with the Pegasus Wing manifesting from his ankles to aid his flight, he couldn't accelerate fast enough.

At that moment.

Buzz—

A silver-white magic circle appeared before Rustyrose.

Gaal appeared in the air in front of Rustyrose.

Startled, Rustyrose raised his hand, about to conjure the Golden Shield in front of him, but he felt a sudden chill on his back. Someone pressed down on him, making Rustyrose gasp in fear: "Wha...."

Just as he twisted his neck to look back, crackling sounds echoed.

Ice rapidly spread over his body, and in an instant, he was trapped inside an ice block.

Ur had also been teleported into the air, appearing behind Rustyrose and encasing him in ice.

Gaal stepped forward, placed his hand on the ice block, and inscribed a sealing array into it.

As Rustyrose, still conscious in the ice block, felt his mind blackout, Gaal and Ur pressed down on the sealed ice block and vanished into the air.

Above the Giant's Mountain Range, Gildarts stood tall in the sky, all his magic erupting without any restraint. The light white magic poured out from him as it shot upward, gathering all of his magic into his right arm, which radiated white light.

The five Amplification Rings on his fingers trembled slightly as Gildarts stomped his foot.

He appeared a hundred meters above Hades.

Without hesitation, he raised his right arm high and directly aimed at Hades: "Full Power: Crush!!!"

A thunderous sound echoed across the sky.

Gildarts, accompanied by a dense and nearly solid light white magic beam, descended from above, crashing down.

Hades turned serious, halting the control over the ground's Heavenly Punishment formation, and raised his hand to target the sky: "Shadow of Eternal Darkness."

A pitch-black absorbing magic circle appeared and collided with the light white magic beam.

In the next second.

Crack!

A crisp sound resonated, and Hades' pupils narrowed.

The magic circle that had previously absorbed Gildarts' magic was now shattered by a single strike.

How is this possible?

Hades barely had time to ponder how Gildarts' magical strength had suddenly increased so much when Gildarts' fist came crashing down.

Hades raised his right hand, gripping the wand, and unleashed layers of demon barriers around him, but they were swiftly shattered one after another.

Gildarts was pressing downward toward the ground.

A cold glimmer flickered in Hades' eyes as he swiftly cast his magic, layering spells to buffer against Gildarts' descending fist.

The despair demons on the ground saw this and began to sprint towards the spot where the two would fall.

Hades' voice rang out: "Touch of the Demon!"

The charging despair demons froze in place, and then with a fierce surge, they elongated, transforming into massive black-purple tentacles that shot toward Hades with incredible speed.

The black-purple tentacles surrounded them from all directions, encasing the area like a gigantic birdcage.

As Gildarts drove Hades down to the ground.

Light white magic erupted from the ground, spreading outward like a towering white column, as countless writhing black-purple tentacles began to be extinguished.

Suddenly.

All the black-purple tentacles lit up brightly.

They exploded in an instant!

The ground seemed to rise like the sun.

An endless stream of energy, scorching hot, spread outward, and a violent pressure compressed towards the center.

At the heart of the rising sun was a towering light white magic column, swaying precariously, decomposing everything around it to counter the extreme energy generated by the explosion.

Moments later, the towering light white magic column could no longer bear the strain.

It was crushed by the overwhelming magical power.

With the explosion no longer facing resistance, it only became more furious.

Boom——!!!!!

The Ishgar Continent... shook.