Fairy Tail: The Three Sacred Magic

"The god Anxeram... seems to be watching you."

Hal was stunned, obviously not expecting Jellal to suddenly say such a strange thing.

"What are you talking about?" Hal frowned in response, his eyes full of doubt.

"You, are not from this era?" Jellal stared at him sharply.

"How do you know?" Hal's heart sank suddenly, and he looked at him alertly.

"Your magic and breath reveal everything." Jellal said slowly, his tone calm but with a heart-pounding insight.

"Who are you?" Hal's golden magic suddenly burst out, and the air around him vibrated, full of warning.

However, in the face of this sudden threat, Jellal just smiled lightly, without any fear.

He slowly said: "Me? You should have heard it countless times-Dark Mage Jellal."

Hearing this name, Hal's pupils suddenly shrank, and the shock in his heart could not be concealed.

"You seem to still have the magic of the eclipse in your body." Zeref continued, his voice indifferent.

"Eclipse?" Hal's heart suddenly jumped.

"The time gate you passed through." Zeref said in a certain tone.

"You..." Hal was speechless. This black-haired man actually knew his secret.

Zeref smiled slightly, as if confirming his guess. "Didn't Anna tell you? Or did the magic of the eclipse make you forget?"

"Anna? Do you know her?" Hal seemed even more surprised.

"It seems that you still remember," Zeref's voice was a little soft, "So, is Natsu okay?"

"Natsu?" Hal didn't react for a while.

"Take good care of him, he is my brother." Zeref's eyes softened instantly, with deep remembrance and trust in his eyes.

Hal was silent. Zeref's words and aura made him feel unbelievable.

The black-haired man in front of him made him feel an unprecedented complex emotion.

"What's your name?" Jellal asked.

"Hal."

"Hal..." Jellal repeated softly, as if savoring the name.

"You and I are both watched by the god Anxelram, but he seems to like you more."

"And I," Jellal's voice suddenly became low, "have been suffering in the pain of his curse for four hundred years."

Hal was stunned, digesting the news in his mind.

Jellal's eyes suddenly became empty, as if he saw a distant past.

He whispered: "The time is not right yet, Hal. You are too weak now. When you are stronger, maybe we can really talk about it."

"What do you mean?" Hal frowned, and his doubts deepened.

"The seal in your body needs stronger magic to be lifted"

"But by then, I may no longer be able to keep calm." Jellal's eyes revealed a trace of helplessness and pain.

"Perhaps only you can completely kill me."

"Kill you?" Hal looked at Jellal in disbelief.

Jellal lowered his head and said weakly: "I don't want to live anymore... Four hundred years ago, Anna, Igniel and I planned everything, but the uncontrollable eclipse destroyed everything."

His tone was filled with deep fatigue and self-mockery: "Too long, too long..."

Jellal slowly raised his head and looked at the sky, as if telling his endless loneliness: "Now I don't know how long I can stay awake."

Jellal suddenly covered his head and begged painfully: "Please, Hal, kill me, end it all, kill me..."

Hal was stunned. The black-haired man in front of him was no longer the cold and bloodthirsty black magician in the legend, but a soul that had been cursed and tortured for hundreds of years.

He gently grabbed Jellal's helpless hand, feeling the trembling and despair in Jellal's hand. The deep grief and world-weariness almost overwhelmed his heart.

"After decades, someone finally holds my hand again." Jellal's voice was hoarse, and there was a hint of warmth in his eyes.

"Mavis... do you still remember me? I'm sorry."

Suddenly, Jellal's body trembled violently, and the pain in his eyes resurfaced.

He pushed Hal away, and the surrounding trees and land began to wither rapidly, and the breath of death spread rapidly.

However, just as the power of death swept over, Hal's left hand suddenly began to automatically absorb the dark power, as if dancing with the power of death.

"Sure enough... my power can't kill you. The curse of the god Anxelram has no effect on you, Hal, you are really special."

Jelal smiled gently, with an indescribable sense of relief in his smile.

"If I had met you earlier, maybe we could have become friends." After he finished speaking, his body gradually turned into black mist and dissipated in the wind.

Hal stood there blankly, staring blankly at the gradually disappearing Jellal. His heart was filled with confusion and shock.

Between heaven and earth, Jellal's voice echoed in the air:

"Let's go, Hal... He has sensed my power and will come to kill me soon. As a dragon slayer, don't get involved in this disaster..."