Magic

After deciding his future in a dramatic manner, gildarts started to stretch his body.

"I better get used to my new body as soon as possible! plus I want to test something out."

He began by doing a bunch of exercises and tests to examine his body, it was then that he noticed that his physique was simply superhuman.

He was very durable, he could move quite well and his stamina was off the charts. He also tested his physical strength by lifting a huge boulder near him.

"Holy shit!! This body is awesome!! It's way better than my previous one."

*Squeeze!*

He clenches his hand in amazement.

'Now onto the main thing…..Magic!!' He thought in excitement.

"Gildarts was one of the most overpowered characters in fairy tail and he had a caster magic called Crush."

[A/N: I'm just going to dump the info on magic directly from the fandom site, honestly I'm not too keen on writing it myself.]

Magic is the physical embodiment of the spirit. When the physical spirit of an organism connects with the spiritual flow of nature, the spirit forms Magic as a product of the connection. Magic takes an enormous amount of concentration and mental ability to use it. A wizard's Magical Powers are also tied to their life force. Only ten percent of the world's population is able to use Magic, which is noted to keep a balance between ordinary people and those with Magic.

All kinds of Magic are used in Earth Land and they can be used for many purposes such as offense, defense, support, and healing, as well as other, more practical purposes. Magic is used by exerting Magic Power as a wide variety of spells or by focusing it into an external source. In order to learn Magic, you must train your intellect and spirit.

To utilize Magic, a Mage must use the Magic Power in their body, which is composed of Ethernano, the source of Magic Power for all Mages. Every Mage has a container of Ethernano inside their body that determines the limits of their Magic Power. In the case that it becomes empty, Ethernano will come from the atmosphere and enter the Mage's body and, after a while, their Magic Power shall return to normal.

There are two main classifications of Magic: Caster Magic and Holder Magic. Caster Magic is Magic that is expelled from the body as opposed to Magic done through the use of a weapon or outside source.

Holder Magic is Magic that requires a Mage to use an external source to produce the Magic. It usually requires the use of Magic Power, though there are some exceptions such as Items that are powered by Lacrima.

Within these two classifications there are many sub categories such as Ancient Spell, Lost Magic, and Magic Items.

Gildarts concentrates on feeling his magic and bringing it out, he dives deep within himself to find it.

His crush magic is an extremely powerful Caster type magic that destroys everything that the user comes in contact with into pieces. It can be used to both crush Magic into pieces, thereby nullifying its effects, as well as to reduce the Magic's power and to deflect it.

Even some of the most powerful spells are rendered useless when faced with his destructive and unique Magic.

Therefore, the magic is extremely difficult to control even for someone powerful like gildarts.

"So I gotta be extra careful and make sure that I don't lose control of it! Otherwise...I don't even know what could happen."

As he concentrated on sensing his magic, he suddenly felt something, Ethernano, he decided to go ahead and touch it.

The moment he did, he felt his magic power instantly spread throughout his body and burst out.

*BAAM! BOOM!*

His magic power spread out and his aura started spilling out, causing a crushing pressure to descend.

*CRACKLE! CRUSH! TREMBLE!*

The ground beneath him started breaking apart from his magical pressure, the water in the lake started stirring, the air felt heavy and even the cavern started trembling.

Gildarts felt an exhilarating feeling spread throughout his body as his magic power rampaged. His senses expanded and he felt like he was reborn.

"Amazing!! Is this what having magic feels like?" He says in joy.

As he was indulging in his new powers, he was suddenly assaulted by pain that spread throughout his body.

"URGGH!"

*Blergh! Splat!*

He groaned as he spat out blood and fell to his knees.

His overwhelming magic power was cut off and the pain started slowly subsiding.

*Rupture!*

"ARGH!"

His wounds that had been just healed were reopened slightly and he started bleeding.

"Haa…haaa!!" He panted in pain and exhaustion.

After catching his breath, he questions "What was that? What just happened?".

He senses his body and discovers that while his physical body was restored, the inside of it was a different story.

Gildarts face changed when he realized what was wrong.

His magical container was damaged.

If what he remembered from his memory was right then it meant that he couldn't wantonly use his magic because if he used more than what his magic container could handle, it might break which would result in him being gravely injured or worse....dead.

"Well…..shit!" He grimly said.

From what he could observe, he could now only use a limited amount of his magic power. Approximately 10-15% of his full strength.

Gildarts sat there contemplating what he could do to heal himself. Going through his memories once again, he finds out that in situations like his there are only a few ways that could help him.

One, someone with an advanced level of healing magic that could heal his damaged magic container. Two, he finds some sort of natural treasure that has healing properties. Three, a place with extremely high concentration of Ethernano in the atmosphere where he should stay to heal himself. Four, using some unique ancient spell or lost magic, he might be able to heal himself. Finally, the last and easiest method was to let it heal by itself, but he doesn't know how long it will take though.

*Sigh*

"I seem to have gotten myself into a troublesome situation." He says dejectedly.

As he was sitting on the ground, he felt something in the air.

"What's this?" He asks in doubt.

Gildarts notices trace amounts of glowing lights in the atmosphere, he keeps on observing before suddenly his face charges in surprise.

*Gasp*

"This…this is condensed ethernano!!" He shouts in surprise.

It was then that he noticed the glowing crystals surrounding the cavern which he had completely forgotten about. He was not able to sense the ethernano earlier because he had not awakened his magic power back then.

He looked at the crystals in concentration before exclaiming,"Those crystals are solid ethernano which was condensed from the air itself!!"

He looks around in surprise with his eyes wide open, the random cavern had suddenly transformed into a treasure land in his eyes.

'Isn't this a place high in ethernano concentration?? This is the best place for me to recuperate and heal myself!' He thought to himself.

Gildarts then decides to stay in the cavern till he heals himself as much as possible.

"It seems like I'm still being helped by that being" he says deprecatingly.

-10 minutes later-

After taking a dip in the water to cleanse himself from the blood once again, he decides to cover his wounds.

*Tear!!*

He rips his old and worn out cloak into long pieces which he uses to bandage his reopened wounds.

He then moves towards a place with a denser ethernano concentration to focus on recuperating, as the place was surrounded by ethernano he did not have to worry about food.

Just before he starts to meditate, he randomly thinks 'Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something very important??'.

...…

Meanwhile

In a city, the kingdom of Fiore.

A drunk young woman who was sitting by the bar in a very rowdy guild suddenly sneezes.

"AACHOO!!!"

"Who the hell is the bastard that's thinking about me!!" She screams drunkenly before suddenly passing out.

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