Fairy Tail: Strongest Creature

A roar ripped through the air as Atlas Flame thrashed beneath Natsu's relentless grip.

"Kid, let me go this instant!" Atlas Flame bellowed, crashing against rooftops.

"I'll never let go!" Natsu snarled, eyes blazing. He'd already feasted twice on dragonfire—now a third helping awaited, and he would not be denied.

Yet as Natsu continued to devour the wyrm's flames, a change rippled across his skin: small, fiery-red scales blossomed on his cheeks, and a raw draconic power surged through him.

Atlas Flame froze mid-struggle. "Impossible…that aura—could it be? No…yet it feels identical to the Fire Dragon King, Igneel's!"

Natsu paused, eyes widening. "Igneel?"

Atlas Flame managed a nod. "My kin stand under his banner—Igneel is my sovereign."

At the plaza's edge, every mage fell silent. Igneel—Natsu's adoptive father—had been a myth, a legend no one dared claim existence for. And here, a dragon acknowledged him as king.

Above the city, a dazzling conflagration erupted. A Titanic roar shook the heavens, and when the smoke cleared, Atlas Flame hung limp in the sky—roasted, defeated, utterly spent.

"Finally…," Natsu whispered, stepping back as the flame wyrm crumpled into the cratered street. Cheers rose from every guild: their final foe had fallen.

Su Yan descended beside Natsu, wings folding away as he returned to human form. He placed a hand on the scorched scales of Atlas Flame's brow. "Your apology earlier…" he murmured, "was accepted." With a gentle push, he sent the exhausted dragon toward the fleeing hatchlings.

Arcadios's voice trembled with awe: "He…became the Azure Dragon King this night, and claimed victory over the Dragon King Festival. But tomorrow's dawn will see a new legend rise: Su Yan, Dragon King, in flesh and spirit."

Sting and Rogue, battered but relieved, exchanged smoky breaths. "Dragon Slayer…seems a hollow title," Sting admitted.

Rogue managed a weak grin. "Igneel's power dwells in us all…now we know what true strength looks like."

Natsu grinned up at them. "And I finally met someone stronger than me—my brother Su Yan."

Beneath the blood-red moon, the mages of Fiore celebrated not only survival, but the birth of a new champion—one who walked as both man and dragon, and whose name would echo through legend.

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AN: Hello. The original chapters are getting a lot shorter and a little too Chinese. I'm working on ripping out as much as I can, but the actual book is pretty shit underneath. Do not have high hopes for the rest of the novel.