As Mystogan was sent to fetch his true equipment as per the worries of Ryouji, the partic.i.p.ants for this event started preparing in the docks to board the ship for their trip...Tenrou Island stood alone in the middle of the sea, with no other isles visible in the surrounding area.
It was a mildly small, rocky and steep island covered by lush vegetation, both bright yellow and green in colour.
One side of the island is shown to be particular rocky, possessing large formations jutting outwards from the ground, one near the sh.o.r.e, protruding above the sea, and the other near the center of the island, overlooking it.
The latter has a pair of waterfalls falling down from it in a small lake below. Topping such second rocky formation stands the most distinctive element of the island is the Great Tenrou Tree.
A gigantic tree with a gnarled, mildly curved trunk, ending in a number of large branches which sustain something that has been described as being similar to "an island on top of an island", being a large, flat section composed of earth and crowded by a mult.i.tude of normal-sized trees.
Such gargantuan plant possesses a mult.i.tude of similarly large, curved and twisted roots, which right below the trunk sustain ma.s.sive lumps of the earth, something which creates some sort of covered area right below the tree itself.
It was the general knowledge all fairies knew as they had heard of it from those who actually pa.s.sed the S-Cla.s.s Trial and became known in the ranks of the Guild...
This was for Gildarts, Mira, Ur and Erza who no one dared to mess with them...
On top of the ship, Makarov and the rest kept talking about many things and also about their goal, that is to find the former Grave of Mavis as she is alive now thanks to Ryouji...
Makarov had said to them that Mavis is waiting for them at that specific spot for her to give her blessing to whoever pa.s.ses the Task of finding it with their partners...
Everyone cheered as they knew that possibly more than one can reach that state... Although powers almost all core members are fit to become one they do need some compet.i.tion to boast about in the future right??
On the island, Mavis was playing on the beach while splashing her legs here and there and next to her a black dressed man was sleeping soundlessly...
Mavis : Sigh... I keep wondering when will Ryouji break the curse of Zeref...
Mavis : He already did it for me when he brought me back to life...
Mavis : It can"t be he needs some kind of requirement to do so??
Mavis for the last few months from the moment Zera gave birth has been travelling around and eventually reached Zeref"s Empire and met up with him...
Seeing each other again one had a shocked expression while the other had a happy expression but as Mavis was his love for life his curse activated as he watched helplessly being engulfed by the death aura...
When the aura died down Zeref was once again shocked as Mavis was fine while having a confused expression...
Zeref : This??
Mavis : What?? You wanted me to die again??
Zeref : No, but... How...
Mavis : Well, Ryouji brought me back to life a month ago, although it wasn"t planned...
Zeref : Planned??
Mavis : Yeah, like he had said to you about a few images i was supposed to awake in my astral form in the near future...
Zeref : I see, then about me??
Mavis : He will help you possibly in a few months when the Trial is held in the Tenrou... Where possibly he will appear...
Zeref : Acnologia...