176 - The Dragon King

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[00:05] ---
    Everyone...
[00:07] ---
    Natsu...
[00:38] ---
    Sorry I'm late, Lucy.
[00:41] ---
    Bastard...
[00:43] ---
    Hey, morons. Quit bein' cocky!
[00:48] ---
    I'm a Fairy Tail wizard, Natsu Dragneel!
[00:53] ---
    A Dragon Slayer!
[02:30] ---
    What was that, jackass?! Say it once more!
[02:33] ---
    Jeez. I said you're too
    frickin' noisy, Natsu.
[02:38] ---
    You're stifling me!
[02:40] ---
    Wanna make somethin' of it?!
[02:41] ---
    You wanna make somethin' of it?!
[02:42] ---
    Go for it, Natsu!
[02:44] ---
    As always, they've got more energy
     than they know what to do with.
[02:47] ---
    Right, Wendy?
[02:48] ---
    One's a wizard who controls fire and the
    other's a wizard who controls ice, so...
[02:53] ---
    Well, I suppose we can't expect them to
    just get along. It's even deeper than that.
[02:59] ---
    Gray-sama! Even when you're fighting,
    your boldness is wonderful!
[03:03] ---
    Are you... entirely okay?
[03:06] ---
    Alright, that's enough!
[03:10] ---
    Any more, and you'll destroy another pub!
[03:13] ---
    Lucy!
[03:14] ---
    Well, the Grand Magic Games
    is taking a break tomorrow,
[03:17] ---
    so why not let them
    blow off a little steam?
[03:19] ---
    Mira-san, that's not the point...
[03:24] ---
    Master! Is it okay to let them go at it?!
[03:28] ---
    I'll tell 'em off. Natsu!
[03:32] ---
    If you're gonna do it, go all in!
    Show me the fire of a Dragon Slayer!
[03:37] ---
    Hey!
[03:38] ---
    That's right! When the wielder of Dragon
    Slayer Magic cries! That's a Man!
[03:43] ---
    Right...
[03:44] ---
    Stop, I said!
[03:45] ---
    You don't gotta tell me that!
    I'm gonna make you cry, Gray!
[03:49] ---
    Shut up! You're the one
    who's gonna cry, Natsu!
[03:52] ---
    Thank you for the food!
[03:54] ---
    Uh-oh!
[03:55] ---
    That's terrible! How can
    you treat me like this?!
[03:58] ---
    Sorry 'bout that!
[03:59] ---
    But stay outta the way!
[04:00] ---
    What the heck?! I'm a Fairy Tail wizard too!
[04:06] ---
    I have a bad feeling about this...
[04:08] ---
    I'll heal you.
[04:10] ---
    Forget me. Get my fish back the way it was...
[04:13] ---
    Pathetic...
[04:15] ---
    Strange, isn't it? A gentle girl
    like that who uses Healing Magic
[04:21] ---
    is also a Dragon Slayer who
    uses Dragon Slayer Magic.
[04:25] ---
    Yep. And those guys were raised by dragons...
[04:31] ---
    Ow!
[04:33] ---
    Would you stop it?!
[04:36] ---
    E-Erza!
[04:39] ---
    Morons. We're right in the middle
    of the Grand Magic Games,
[04:44] ---
    to decide the strongest wizard guild,
[04:47] ---
    and the final game is right before us.
[04:50] ---
    We made a great comeback,
    from last place to this,
[04:53] ---
    but none of the other
    guilds here are pushovers.
[04:56] ---
    At a time like this, when we need to be
    focusing our energies, you jackasses...
[04:59] ---
    ...smooshed my cake!
[05:02] ---
    Sit up straight. I'll have your heads!
[05:07] ---
    Don't run away, you bastards!
[05:11] ---
    Gajeel!
[05:12] ---
    Yeesh. I finally made it,
    for cryin' out loud.
[05:15] ---
    Where have you been?
[05:18] ---
    That's right! You blew off the match!
[05:20] ---
    Hey, I wouldn't...
[05:21] ---
    Look...
[05:23] ---
    Because of your idiocy during the match,
    I fell underneath the coliseum!
[05:29] ---
    Is that right?
[05:31] ---
    You forgot about that?
[05:33] ---
    That must've been rough.
[05:35] ---
    Like you had nothin' to do with it!
[05:37] ---
    Forget about it. More importantly,
    come with me, Salamander.
[05:42] ---
    There's somethin' I wanna show you.
[05:47] ---
    The Dragon King!
SIGN    1st Place: Fairy Tail
[05:55] ---
    Fairy Tail is doin' great!
[05:57] ---
    I bet they'll win it!
SIGN    The Grand Magic Games Daily Results
[05:58] ---
    Nah, no way!
[05:59] ---
    Maybe Saber's lost its edge?
[06:01] ---
    I saw it!
[06:02] ---
    Nah. I highly doubt Sabertooth
    will let it end like this.
[06:11] ---
    Sting... Rogue... What the hell was that?
[06:19] ---
    Hey, you two are Dragon Slayers.
[06:23] ---
    You shoot your mouths off about how strong
    you are on a regular basis, don't you?
[06:31] ---
    But you were disgracefully beaten up,
    and by a fellow Dragon Slayer no less.
[06:38] ---
    Are you listening to me?!
[06:42] ---
    I have no words.
    We were completely defeated.
[06:46] ---
    Natsu overwhelmed us without using
    his flames cloaked in lightning.
[06:53] ---
    Your strength far exceeds
    what I had imagined...
[06:56] ---
    ...Natsu Dragneel!
[07:02] ---
    Are those the words of a wizard from
    Sabertooth, the strongest guild?!
[07:08] ---
    Who told you to go out there and
    look like a pair of pathetic fools?
[07:12] ---
    Who told you to fail?
[07:15] ---
    You sullied the name of the strongest guild!
[07:22] ---
    Sting-kun!
[07:23] ---
    Rogue-kun!
[07:25] ---
    You bastards aren't fit to
    be members of Sabertooth!
[07:31] ---
    Wipe it out! Wipe out the crest of our guild!
[07:34] ---
    My guild doesn't need weaklings!
    It doesn't need losers!
[07:40] ---
    Okay, okay, Master, but Sting-kun
    and Rogue-kun did their best.
[07:46] ---
    This time he lost,
    but I'm proud of Sting-kun.
[07:51] ---
    Lector...
[07:52] ---
    I think that people can also get
    stronger by experiencing failure.
[07:57] ---
    Sting-kun learned a lot in this battle.
[08:02] ---
    So I think you should...
[08:03] ---
    Who are you?
[08:06] ---
    C-Come on, Master...
[08:08] ---
    After all, I've got the Saber crest
    right here, proving... I'm a...
[08:14] ---
    Why would the likes of a cat
    bear the proud crest of Sabertooth?
[08:22] ---
    Begone!
[08:32] ---
    Sting-kun!
[08:36] ---
    Lector!
[08:45] ---
    Lector is... gone...
[08:52] ---
    Frosch!
[08:57] ---
    This is an eyesore.
[08:59] ---
    I suppose it's what I get for letting cats
    bear the crest of my guild.
[09:08] ---
    Keep it down, Sting.
[09:10] ---
    What did you do?!
[09:11] ---
    What the hell did you do?!
[09:14] ---
    Silence! Bawling over a stupid cat!
[09:37] ---
    This is good.
[09:41] ---
    Halt.
[09:43] ---
    I'll reveal my identity, so you reveal yours.
[09:49] ---
    A woman?
[09:56] ---
    It can't be!
[10:00] ---
    What?! Is that true?
[10:04] ---
    There's no way I can believe that...
[10:08] ---
    While we've been laboring
    under a grave misconception,
[10:12] ---
    an irresistible fate has locked us inside.
[10:17] ---
    Eclipse, the portal that
    can change the world...
[10:21] ---
    And the festival of the Dragon King.
[10:25] ---
    What exactly is down here, Gajeel-san?
[10:28] ---
    Just be quiet and follow me.
[10:30] ---
    Why only us?
[10:32] ---
    Does it have something to do
     with Dragon Slayers?
[10:36] ---
    Probably.
[10:37] ---
    Although we do have spectators...
[10:40] ---
    There's some guy named "Spector" here?
[10:42] ---
    After all, I'm curious.
[10:44] ---
    This is it.
[10:46] ---
    What is it?!
[10:49] ---
    What the hell is that?!
[10:51] ---
    Animal... bones?
[10:54] ---
    Dragon bones...
[10:57] ---
    It's a dragon graveyard.
[10:59] ---
    Are all of these dragon bones?
[11:01] ---
    There are so many!
[11:03] ---
    This place confirms the existence of dragons.
[11:07] ---
    What's it for?
[11:09] ---
    Hell if I know.
[11:10] ---
    What's goin' on here?
[11:12] ---
    All of these dragons...
[11:15] ---
    I wonder if something happened here.
[11:17] ---
    Maybe Igneel is here, too...
[11:20] ---
    Happy!
[11:21] ---
    Sorry!
[11:22] ---
    That's okay. He's not here.
[11:26] ---
    Our dragons disappeared 14 years ago.
[11:30] ---
    The remains at rest here
    are much more ancient.
[11:36] ---
    Milky Way...
[11:38] ---
    What's wrong, Wendy?
[11:39] ---
    Milky Way!
[11:41] ---
    It's one of the Secret Dragon Slayer
    spells that Poluchka-san taught me.
[11:46] ---
    "Listen to the voices of the dragon souls
    that continue to the heavenly river."
[11:51] ---
    I thought it was a kind of attacking magic,
[11:55] ---
    but maybe this is what it referred to.
[11:59] ---
    Milky Way may be magic that lets
    me hear the voices of dragon souls.
[12:04] ---
    What?
[12:05] ---
    Then...
[12:07] ---
    If I can hear the voices of
    these sleeping dragons,
[12:10] ---
    maybe we can find out what happened here.
[12:13] ---
    And learn what happened to our
    own dragons that disappeared.
[12:21] ---
    Hey, you! This area is restricted!
[12:24] ---
    Wait!
[12:28] ---
    What is this? Awful handwriting...
[12:32] ---
    July 7th... Eclipse Project?
[12:37] ---
    Festival of the Dragon King? What is this?
[12:48] ---
    I was right.
[12:50] ---
    I thought it was an attacking form of magic,
    so these characters are different.
[12:55] ---
    Magic runes?
[12:56] ---
    What are you doing, Wendy?
[12:57] ---
    Weren't you listening?
[12:59] ---
    She said it's called Milky Way.
[13:01] ---
    That'll do it. Everyone,
    please back up a bit.
[13:07] ---
    Wandering dragon souls,
    I would receive your voices.
[13:13] ---
    Milky Way!
[13:21] ---
    It's beautiful!
[13:24] ---
    Stars!
[13:31] ---
    The bones!
[13:32] ---
    Are you okay, Wendy?!
[13:34] ---
    I'm looking for the dragon souls.
[13:36] ---
    The wandering residual thoughts here
    are so ancient and tiny...
[13:44] ---
    I found one!
[13:51] ---
    Is that a soul?!
[13:54] ---
    Wendy!
[13:55] ---
    It looks like she's concentrating.
[14:03] ---
    That's...
[14:18] ---
    Seeing that shocked look on
    human faces never gets old.
[14:23] ---
    My name is Zirconis, but I'm
    also known as the Jade Dragon.
[14:29] ---
    The spell you used to summon my soul
    belonged to Grandine, the Sky Dragon, yes?
[14:36] ---
    Where are you? Hm?
[14:39] ---
    Cute!
[14:42] ---
    This little Dragon Slayer summoned me?
[14:45] ---
    Hey! Get away from Wendy!
[14:49] ---
    Forget it! I'm going to eat this girl.
[14:52] ---
    Bastard!
[14:53] ---
    I'm kidding, of course, you stupid species.
[14:58] ---
    Look! What can an astral body do?
[15:03] ---
    This guy...
[15:04] ---
    What's up with this playful man?
[15:07] ---
    He's not a man. He's a dragon.
[15:10] ---
    A dragon's soul, anyway...
[15:12] ---
    I am Zirconis, otherwise
    known as the Jade Dragon...
[15:15] ---
    You already told us that!
[15:17] ---
    What happened here?
[15:19] ---
    There are a lot of dragon remains here.
[15:22] ---
    We summoned your soul so
    we could learn the truth.
[15:26] ---
    I have nothing to say to humans. Go away!
[15:30] ---
    I'm a cat!
[15:31] ---
    Okay, then. It happened over 400 years ago.
[15:35] ---
    Your absolute rules are pretty loose.
[15:38] ---
    Dragons were once the rulers of this world.
[15:42] ---
    We thrived, flying through the air, racing
    across the land, and swimming in the sea.
[15:49] ---
    Everything in this world belonged to us.
[15:54] ---
    Humans were no more than our prey.
[15:58] ---
    But there was a foolish dragon
    who objected to our reign.
[16:05] ---
    That one spouted nonsense about building a
    world in which we could coexist with humans.
[16:11] ---
    Eventually, between the dragons who agreed
    and those who disagreed, a war began.
[16:21] ---
    I fought as one who disagreed.
[16:24] ---
    You disagreed... Then...
[16:27] ---
    I have no fondness for humans.
    That is, unless we're talking about food.
[16:33] ---
    You're talking to food?!
[16:36] ---
    Hey! I don't like when it talks back either!
[16:39] ---
    So what happened with the war?
[16:43] ---
    It heated up.
[16:46] ---
    The battles between dragon and
    dragon tore up vast areas of land.
[16:52] ---
    Eventually, the dragons who were for
    coexistence devised a stupid strategy.
[17:01] ---
    They involved humans in the war
[17:05] ---
    by giving them Dragon Slayer Magic,
    which could destroy dragons.
[17:14] ---
    And that's the origin of Dragon Slayers?
[17:19] ---
    Dragon Slayers had tremendous power.
[17:23] ---
    Victory for the dragons who chose
    to coexist with humans was imminent.
[17:30] ---
    However, they had made one miscalculation.
[17:34] ---
    The Dragon Slayers, who had
    been given too much power,
[17:37] ---
    killed even the dragons who wished
    to live peacefully with them.
[17:44] ---
    And there was one man among the humans who
    bathed in the blood of too many dragons.
[17:52] ---
    I fear to even say that name.
[17:57] ---
    He continued to destroy dragons
    and bathe in their blood.
[18:02] ---
    Presently, his skin turned to scales,
     his teeth to fangs...
[18:07] ---
    He transformed into a dragon himself.
[18:13] ---
    A human... became a dragon?
[18:18] ---
    That's what Dragon Slayer Magic leads to.
[18:24] ---
    The dragons resting in peace here
    were all murdered by that man.
[18:30] ---
    Though human, he became the Dragon King.
[18:35] ---
    The Dragon King initiated another war.
[18:39] ---
    That was the Festival of the Dragon King.
[18:42] ---
    The king's name was Acnologia.
[18:46] ---
    A dragon with pitch-black wings
    unlike any other dragon...
[18:52] ---
    Acnologia!
[18:56] ---
    Fairy Tail's holy ground, Tenroujima Island.
[19:00] ---
    We fought against that dragon on the island,
    but were no match for him. We were helpless.
[19:07] ---
    He was originally a human?!
[19:08] ---
    Ridiculous!
[19:11] ---
    He slaughtered most of the dragons.
[19:16] ---
    That was 400 years ago.
[19:21] ---
    You people did this...
[19:24] ---
    Hey!
[19:24] ---
    He vanished.
[19:25] ---
    You didn't tell us everything!
[19:27] ---
    Wendy!
[19:28] ---
    That's it. All of the souls
    in this place have gone.
[19:33] ---
    In Eastern terms, I suppose it
    would be called "entering Nirvana."
[19:40] ---
    That was a hell of a history lesson.
[19:43] ---
    The scale's too big for me!
[19:45] ---
    If you use too much Dragon Slayer Magic,
[19:48] ---
    you turn into a real dragon?!
[19:51] ---
    That would be bad!
[19:52] ---
    What should we do?!
[19:55] ---
    That's impossible.
[19:57] ---
    Who are you?!
[19:58] ---
    I overheard everything.
[20:00] ---
    Our research is in accord
    with historical fact.
[20:05] ---
    You people know about
    Zeref's Demons, don't you?
[20:12] ---
    Deliora!
[20:13] ---
    Acnologia is similar to that.
[20:16] ---
    We believe that Zeref turned a
    Dragon Slayer into Acnologia.
[20:21] ---
    Zeref did it?!
[20:23] ---
    In other words, destroying Zeref,
    the root of all evil,
[20:27] ---
    will be the first step in the
    subjugation of Acnologia.
[20:31] ---
    Who are you?!
[20:32] ---
    Destroy Zeref?!
[20:35] ---
    You're Yukino!
[20:39] ---
    I saw it in a prophecy... A white knight...
[20:42] ---
    A castle being destroyed... and Lucy singing!
[21:10] ---
    Sorry I'm late, Lucy.
[21:12] ---
    Bastard...
[21:14] ---
    Hey, morons. Quit bein' cocky!
[21:19] ---
    I'm a Fairy Tail wizard, Natsu Dragneel!
[21:24] ---
    I'm a Dragon Slayer!
[21:32] ---
    Brilliant Flame of the Fire Dragon! Roar!
[21:37] ---
    Crushing Fang of the Fire Dragon!
[21:41] ---
    Natsu!
[21:46] ---
    It's impossible!
[21:48] ---
    Not hardly! I'm still goin' strong!
[22:00] ---
    Natsu!
[22:02] ---
    I ain't givin' up, no matter what...
[22:07] ---
    I ain't gonna run away... or go back...
[22:15] ---
    This ain't over!
[22:19] ---
    Natsu!
[23:56] ---
    Happy, that dragon made some impact, huh?
[23:59] ---
    I'm just happy that it was a ghost.
    Otherwise, we would've been eaten.
[24:04] ---
    By the way, who were those
    self-important people?
[24:07] ---
    Natsu, I think they're actually
    important people, not self-important.
[24:11] ---
    Important or not, anybody who messes
    with my friends is gonna pay!
[24:16] ---
    Next time: Project Eclipse!
[24:18] ---
    Hurt my comrade and I'll kick your ass!
[24:21] ---
    Get 'em, Natsu!