Starting in One Piece, I'll Build the Strongest Fairy Tail!

"This should be the Shandora, the City of Gold, you all were talking about."

Laxus spoke, leading the group to the Shandoran ruins that the Shandians had protected for generations.

"Ugh..."

Nami stared at the desolate ruins before her. She clutched her heart, her face a mask of heartbreak as she roared, "So, after all that effort, after risking our lives and our ship to come 10,000 meters up to Skypiea from the Blue Sea, it was all for... these ruins?!"

"In my imagination, the legendary Shandora, the City of Gold, should look like this," Nami said, fantasizing about a city where every street and building was paved with gold.

"Anyway, even if there was that much gold, we wouldn't be able to take it with us, would we?!" Robin said, trying to console her.

"True."

"I'm just a little disappointed, that's all," Nami said, her face crumpled in misery.

"While the gold here might not be as much as you imagined, it's definitely not a small amount," Laxus said after a moment of contemplation.

"Where is it?"

Upon hearing this, Nami's tears were instantly halted by the power of gold. She asked excitedly.

"It's just up ahead..."

Before Laxus could even finish his sentence, Nami shot forward like an arrow released from its bow, sprinting toward the front.

"So fast!"

"Is she a speed-type mage?"

"She's almost as fast as Jet."

Laxus watched in shock as Nami bolted away as if she had activated a speed boost.

"You haven't seen Nami when she's really angry! Every punch is the real deal, and they hurt like hell," Eden said, crossing his arms as he stood beside Laxus.

"Looks like our guild is going to be a lively place from now on," Laxus said, a cold sweat beading on his forehead.

"Woooow~"

Meanwhile, guided by Laxus's hint and led by a group of priests and Shandians, Nami finally arrived at the true ruins of Shandora—before the giant Golden Bell, inlaid with a Poneglyph.

"It's huge!"

"This bell has to be about thirty meters tall! Was it really made for humans to ring?" Nami stared at the colossal bell, forged entirely from gold, her pupils trembling in shock.

"If we're going by human proportions, this bell is indeed far too large, no matter how you look at it. But if the ones ringing it were giants, averaging over ten meters tall, wouldn't this bell be just the right size?" Eden mused aloud as he and the others caught up, gazing at the enormous structure.

"Eden, do you know something?! About the story of this lost city of gold, Shandora, and this Golden Bell?" Nami turned to ask upon hearing his words.

"No."

"It's just a simple guess of mine," Eden shook his head, his eyes fixed on the giant bell as he spoke softly.

"History?"

At the same time...

The late-arriving Robin was immediately captivated the moment she reached the ruins. Her gaze was completely fixed on the giant Poneglyph inlaid in the center of the gold.

Robin walked briskly toward the massive stone. She gently caressed the characters on its surface, and after deciphering them... her eyes caught a line of ancient script carved into the gold beside the Poneglyph—a message left by the King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger, after he successfully reached Skypiea. She murmured, "I see... so that's how it was."

"It seems you've made another discovery, Robin," Eden said with a faint smile, now standing beside her.

"Yes," Robin nodded emphatically. "A very fruitful one."

"Gold! Gold! Gold!"

Elsewhere, Natsu and Happy broke into an excited dance upon seeing the giant Golden Bell. "With all this gold, we can go on missions without a care in the world! We won't have to worry about fines from the Magic Council anymore~" they cheered.

"Aye~" Happy chimed in, adding, "From now on, I, Happy, will be the richest of all the Exceeds! The wealthiest cat in the world~"

"Hehe~"

"If I get all the cute young female cats to fall for me because of this, what will Charle do?" Happy was already lost in a fantasy of being surrounded by adoring she-cats, making Charle jealous.

"No, no, no..."

"Charle probably wouldn't care," Eden said after a moment's thought, shattering the scummy cat's delusion.

If Fairy Tail were to have a scumbag ranking, the top three would be universally recognized: Gildarts, Loke (the Celestial Spirit Leo), and Happy.

"I've had enough of this scummy, shameless cat," Nami said, shooting a sideways glance at the creature.

From her office at the World Economic Journal headquarters, Lucy gave Nami a thumbs-up and added, "I've had enough of him a long time ago!"

"The problem we need to consider now isn't how to spend the gold, but how to get all of it out of here!"

"There must be at least five hundred thousand tons of gold here!"

"Even if we could lift it, then what?"

"We can't just carry a thirty-meter-tall golden ruin on our backs as we travel the world, can we?!"

After roasting Happy, Nami began to rack her brain, trying to figure out how they could possibly transport the gold.

In the end, after much thought, Nami couldn't come up with a viable solution.

"By the way, there's something I've been meaning to ask you," Robin said, suddenly remembering something. She turned to the Shandians and asked, "This gold was left by your ancestors, wasn't it? Are you sure it's alright for us to just take it?"

"It's fine."

"If you can take it, we won't stop you."

"In fact, for hundreds of years, countless people have tried to take this gold, but all have failed because it's simply too heavy. No one has ever succeeded," one of the Shandians replied with a light chuckle.

Indeed, there were two reasons they didn't object to Eden and his group taking the gold.

First, they couldn't stop them even if they wanted to.

Second, they didn't believe for a second that Eden's group could actually move it.

In fact, in hundreds of years, no one had ever managed it, and they didn't believe anyone in the world could.

"Then we're much obliged."

At that, Eden took over the conversation. This was exactly what he was waiting to hear from the Shandians.

Since they had no objections, it was time for him to act.

"If it's just a matter of taking it away, it's actually not that hard..."

As Eden spoke, he activated his Spatial Magic.

In an instant, a flash of white light blinded everyone!

The next moment, the mountain of gold, taller than a dozen-story building, vanished without a trace from before their very eyes.

In an instant, after Eden had moved the entire golden ruin, all that remained was a desolate wasteland.

"Eh?!"

At the same time...

When the gold truly disappeared from before their eyes, all the priests and Shandians present were dumbfounded, their eyes filled with utter disbelief.

Even Nami and Robin were so shocked by Eden's feat that they were left speechless.

"The gold... it's really all gone?" a Shandian muttered, staring blankly at the empty ground.

Right? Where did our giant ruin go?!

Poof!

It was gone just like that.

"You said it yourselves, if we could move it, it was all ours," Eden said with a helpless shrug, feigning innocence.

"How were we supposed to know one of you could use such a heaven-defying ability?!" the Shandians protested angrily.

Unfortunately, their protests were futile.

Eden was a man who always kept his word. If he said he'd take it, he'd take it.

Just then...

Robin seemed to say something to the Shandian Chief. The Chief's eyes suddenly filled with tears of realization as he exclaimed, "Is that so? Does that mean... our tribe's mission is finally over? That's wonderful, truly wonderful."

"Anyway, we got the gold!"

"And we found our scattered comrades!"

"Brothers, next up, it's time to party!" Eden announced loudly to everyone present after having secured the start-up funds for their Mage Guild, Fairy Tail, in this world.

"OHHH!!"

In an instant, the entire Shandoran ruins erupted in cheers. All the Shandians and Skypieans, along with the old and new members of the Fairy Tail guild, celebrated together.

Next up, it was time for the feast.

"Let's drink our fill!" Eden and Laxus sat together, tables piled high with drinks before them. They raised their cups and shouted.

"Hehe~"

As for the others?

Robin sipped her juice leisurely.

Nami took small sips, trying the various specialty drinks of Skypiea and learning how to use the different Dials.

Speaking of which, Nami's tolerance for alcohol was formidable...

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk!

Even Zoro would be genuinely wary of her.

The only reason Nami got drunk back in Alabasta was because Cana and Eden were basically cheating!

Have you ever seen monsters weighing just over a hundred pounds drink dozens of tons of alcohol and act like nothing happened?

Cana and Eden were that type of monster.

This party, which involved the entire population of Skypiea—the Shandians and Skypieans combined, a grand feast of several million people—lasted for a full day and night before finally ending.

And so...

The next morning.

After the celebration for Enel's defeat and the eternal peace between the Shandians and Skypieans concluded...

Laxus left a handwritten letter for each of his priests, planning to quietly slip away with Eden and the others while they were still resting.

"Laxus, are you sure you don't want to say a proper goodbye?" Eden asked as they walked briskly and silently towards where Little Black was waiting, noticing Laxus's furrowed brow.

"Heh."

"Eden, when did you become such a mother hen?!"

"I said... leaving like this is fine!"

"There's no need to say anything more to them. Everything they need to know, I've already written in the letters," Laxus said arrogantly, tilting his head up.

Indeed, it's an age-old rule: blondes are always tsundere.

Even Laxus couldn't escape it.

"Is that so?"

"But I don't think your subordinates feel the same way..." Eden said, patting Laxus on the shoulder. "Turn around and look, you big tsundere."

"Hah?!"

Laxus's pupils constricted. His body went rigid as he turned to look behind him.

And there he saw...

The underlings he had beaten into submission with his bare fists, without using any magic, in the most ancient and traditional Shandian way.

And Nirvana, along with the other priests who were originally loyal to Enel but were now completely in awe of Laxus's immense power.

Finally, there were the native Skypieans, led by Conis.

All these groups, once hostile to each other but now united because of Laxus, were all present.

"I..."

Laxus stared at the crowd before him, a storm of emotions surging within him. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what. For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

"We respectfully send off the new God, Laxus, from Skypiea!"

However, just as Laxus was about to speak...

The people of Skypiea spoke first!

In perfect unison, they pressed their right fists to their hearts, offering the highest form of respect to bid farewell to the man who was, in their eyes, the perfect God.

"You all..."

Laxus was stunned.

In that moment, he felt a warmth burning in his chest, a truly comforting feeling.

"Laxus!"

"You have to find all your comrades in the Blue Sea!" Conis suddenly stepped forward from the crowd, waving her hand vigorously as she shouted.

Yes, Conis remembered Laxus's goal.

"I will!"

"Goodbye, Conis~"

"Goodbye, people of Skypiea!"

"Take care of yourselves."

A faint smile touched Laxus's lips. He turned around, presenting a cool and composed back to the crowd, and casually raised a hand, waving it in the air as if to say that no more words were needed—everything he promised would come true.

"Laxus~"

"You've got a thing going on with that Skypiean girl~"

However, Laxus's cool demeanor didn't even last five seconds before it was shattered by Happy's words.

"Happy, what nonsense are you spouting?!" Laxus yelled at Happy, a rare hint of agitation in his voice.

"He's flustered! He's flustered!" Happy flapped his little wings, hovering in the air as he chirped excitedly.

"Anyway, how are we getting down from here?" Laxus ignored Happy and turned to Eden and the others to ask.

"Yo, Laxus~"

"Changing the subject already?"

That was Eden.

"Yo, Laxus~"

"Could it be you did something unspeakable to that girl?"

That was Nami.

"Nami, you too?" Laxus's face turned ashen. He felt the powerlessness of a scholar trying to reason with a soldier.

"Hehe~"

As for Robin, she simply stood by, giggling silently.

"Haha..."

"Alright, alright, we'll stop teasing you!"

"Let's go! Let's go..."

Eden and Nami decided to stop teasing the emotionally-constipated tsundere, afraid they might give him an anxiety attack. They changed the subject and called for Little Black, preparing to leave.

BOOM!

Amidst the rolling clouds, Little Black revealed his upper body, hundreds of meters long.

"What kind of monster is that?!"

The moment Laxus saw Little Black, a magic circle lit up in his hand. "Lightning Dragon's... Heavenly Halberd!" he roared.

"Wait, he's one of us!"

Eden and Natsu hastily intervened, stopping Laxus.

It was no exaggeration to say that if Laxus had thrown that Heavenly Halberd, Little Black would have been killed instantly.

"You guys rode this thing to get to Skypiea?"

After a brief explanation...

Laxus's eye twitched uncontrollably as he questioned Eden and Natsu.

"In this world, the land is almost entirely covered by the sea."

"The places we need to go are all one isolated island after another!"

"Without Little Black's help, we'd have to travel by ship..."

"Laxus, I think you understand what I'm getting at, right?" Eden explained, glancing at Laxus's grim face.

"Then let's rely on Little Black."

The moment Laxus heard that the world below was all ocean and that everyone had to travel by ship, he made his decision in an instant, without a shred of hesitation.

"Eh?"

"Laxus, you gave in so quickly?" Nami looked at him, confused.

From what she had seen of him, Nami thought Laxus was the type of person who was resolute and had a strong personality. She couldn't understand why he would compromise so easily.

"Laxus is a Dragon Slayer Mage, too," Happy whispered, flying up to Nami's side.

"Got it."

Nami immediately understood what Happy meant.

Right. If they traveled by ship, their pirate crew would go from having two useless members on board (Eden + Natsu) to three (Eden + Natsu + Laxus).

Hmm, and if Wendy awakened her Dragon Force and joined them later~

Then they'd have four useless members on one ship.

BOOM!

"Next stop, the Blue Sea!"

Just as Nami grasped Happy's hidden meaning, Eden used his Spatial Magic to teleport everyone onto Little Black's head. He pointed down towards the Blue Sea below and shouted.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Nami said.

"Your feeling is correct," Robin said with a smile and a nod.

SWOOSH!!

With the sound of a falling object...

Little Black shot through the clouds at high speed, diving straight towards the Blue Sea below.

"EDEN!"

"I'M SERIOUSLY ANGRY NOW!!"

"I'M REALLY GOING TO KILL YOU!!"

Nami was flung into the air by the powerful inertia. It was only thanks to Robin's "Cien Fleur" that she managed to stabilize herself. She glared at Eden, who was directing Little Black's nosedive, and roared in fury.

~# Every 30 Power Stones = 1 Bonus Chapter