The low murmuring reached Silver’s ears.

It was like a farewell, and also like he was telling someone something.

The nightmare that had once surrounded the boy’s heart... perhaps it had long been completely eliminated by him!

"Ice Devil’s Zeroth Destruction Fist!"

Boom————!!

The giant stone shot out of the ice arm, and with an irresistible attack, directly penetrated Silver’s body.

The enormous impact even sent Silver’s body flying.

Seeming to have heard Gray’s last words, Silver’s face didn’t show any fear of death.

On the contrary, he unconsciously raised a smile.

The smile contained... comfort!

Bang————!!

Silver’s body fell onto the ice surface, making a dull sound.

"Wonderful... an extremely wonderful battle..." Silver lay on his back on the ground, and said softly.

"Give me the final blow." His gaze stared at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Why did you appear in Tartaros..." However, Gray, with a somber face, didn’t make any movements.

He just asked softly.

"You really did find out..." Silver smiled self-deprecatingly.

Gray bit his teeth and nodded: "You’re not Deliora at all, you... are my father!"

"When did you realize it?" He seemed somewhat curious.

"I had a guess from the moment I saw you, after all... you can’t lie at all!"

"Hahaha... I see, so that means, when I was beating you up just now, you were deliberately not fighting back, right."

Seeming to have thought of something, Silver said.

"Weren’t you the same... pretending to be Deliora... wasn’t it just to provoke my anger and then have me kill you, in order to help me overcome my past nightmare..."

Clenching his fists tightly, Gray let out an unwilling roar: "Damn it... why would I have a self-righteous father like you!!"

Gray took a deep breath.

Calming his tumultuous heart, and then asked: "You still haven’t said... why were you in Tartaros?"

"Because of Keyes!" Silver answered.

"His curse power is a curse power that can control the dead, and I was just a corpse that he picked up to use for experiments."

"Experiments?" Gray was stunned.

"It was an experiment to test to what extent the dead could approach the living, I was one of the hundreds of corpses, but I lived until now."

Saying this, he shook his head again: "I should say moved until now, I had already died seventeen years ago..."

Gray clenched his fists tightly, perhaps just a second ago he still had some hope about this.

Hoping that his father had truly been resurrected.

But...

Reality was always cruel, and the boundary between life and death wasn’t something that ordinary people could break.

"I died because of demons, and I was resurrected again with the help of demons, the thing called obsession allowed me to hold on until now..."

Silver struggled to sit up, and his gaze turned to Gray.

His face became ferocious because of anger.

"All of this is for the sake of getting revenge on the demons! This resentment and obsession that took away my family has allowed me to move until now!"

"I lurked in the demons’ guild, carefully cleaning up the demons everywhere, and after weakening the surrounding demonic forces, I originally planned to put the plan to destroy Tartaros into practice."

Saying this, he paused, and the ferocious expression slowly disappeared.

Replaced by the gentle smile that was deeply buried in Gray’s memory.

"But... I saw you on the viewing platform of the Grand Magic Games..."

"Not only were you still alive and well, but you had even grown to an unimaginable height..."

Silver smiled: "At that time, I thought that perhaps living like this was pretty good."

"Being able to watch you grow..."

"Watching you get married..."

"Watching you have children..."

"These should be better than risking your life to get revenge, and then dissipating in the world, right."

"But..." He shakily raised his hands, and his voice even became choked up.

He seemed to be able to see the viscous blood that was stained on his hands.

"But it was also at that moment that I suddenly realized, realized how dirty my hands were, how could hands like these embrace you, who was in the light?"

"I no longer have the qualifications to fight for you... for my dead wife..."

He looked at Gray: "But I still wanted to see you one more time... dragging this tattered body that should have rotted long ago."

"And... have you personally end me, end your nightmare!"

"So you’re planning to die like this?" Gray said in a low voice.

"I’ve already died," Silver said with a relieved smile.

Seeming to have said all the words that he had been pressing in his heart for so many years, Silver felt that he was incredibly relaxed now.

He supported himself on the ground with both hands, and stood up.

"I said so many excessive things to you just now... and even beat you up, I’m really sorry."

Gray bit his teeth tightly, and on his tightly clenched fists, his fingernails even pierced his skin.

But Gray still didn’t notice anything.

"Even so, you’re still my father," he said in a deep voice.

"It’s not like that... no father would beat his own son!" Silver loudly refuted Gray.

"You’re just..." Gray still wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Silver.

"Quickly give me the final blow! After all, I participated in the Face plan, and even killed council members!"

He shouted loudly.

His already spread arms also confirmed that he was ready to face his final destruction.

Looking at Gray, Silver finally said the most insincere words: "I am... your enemy!!"

Facing Silver’s roar, Gray lowered his head, making it impossible to see his face.

He stretched out his arm, and ice condensed into a giant ice sword.

"That’s right..." Gray murmured softly.

He with difficulty moved his feet, and the hand gripping the greatsword was trembling slightly.

"Even if you’re my own father, I will never spare you if you’re an enemy of the guild!"

Tap... tap... tap...

The heavy sound of footsteps mixed with hurried breathing reached Silver’s ears.

The sound of footsteps finally stopped in front of Silver.

Gray raised the ice sword in his hand high, and reflected a different light under the illumination of the setting sun.

The sword was trembling, but Gray’s voice suddenly increased at this time: "That’s how Fairy Tail has been protecting its family all along!!"

Silver’s mouth hooked into a smile, and he slowly closed his eyes: "This is what it means to be human..." He let out this sigh.

"But I..."

Gray’s raised sword seemed to have something blocking it.

And couldn’t be swung down at all.

"Even so, I still can’t kill you..." His raised voice gradually became hoarse.

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