Internet Magic in Fairy Tail (Re-upload)

The journey from the Eastern Continent to the Northern Continent was even longer than traveling to the Western Continent.

By ship, the journey would take at least twenty days.

"Hold on tight, Natsu! At my speed, we'll be there in just an hour!"

Soaring above the clouds, Igneel flew like lightning, slicing through the sky.

Happy clung to Natsu's scarf with his little paws, yelling, "I'm going to get flung off, aye!"

Natsu grabbed the back of Happy's head with a grin. "Get excited, Happy! Aren't you thrilled? An unknown continent! What kinds of adventures are waiting for us?"

"Just pure terror, aye…" Happy grumbled.

Gildarts, sitting cross-legged, fiddled with the spatial card in his hand, pondering how best to help Nate sell 1.1 million Magic Net rings. Hearing the banter between Natsu and Happy, he chuckled.

"We're not here just to fool around, you know."

"Hey, Gildarts, what exactly is the 100-year quest about?" Natsu asked.

"It's against the rules to say, but I'll take you to meet the client myself," Gildarts replied with a mischievous grin. "You'll both be in for a shock."

An hour later, they crossed the ocean and arrived at the Northern Continent: Guiltina.

Under Gildarts's guidance, Igneel began descending, eventually landing in front of a dilapidated guildhall.

"Hey! A dragon! Look, Happy, a dragon!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Natsu, that's just a statue…"

The Magia Dragon Guild was in ruins, with cracks all over the walls. At the top of the guild stood a stone statue of a dragon, its head held high and wings outstretched, looking majestic despite its weathered state.

The guild, nestled in the wilderness and surrounded by mountains, lay far from any human settlements.

"This is Magia Dragon, the first-ever magic guild in the world," Gildarts said as he dismounted. "Come on, let's meet the client."

Happy, tilting his head, asked, "Does anyone even still work here?"

"You'll find out soon enough," Gildarts replied.

Pushing open the doors, they stepped inside, stirring up a cascade of dust from the ceiling.

"Look closely. That's not just dust—it's magic particles. They're visible to the naked eye. Fascinating."

The air was filled with white particles, resembling snowflakes—a phenomenon caused by an overabundance of magic in the atmosphere.

In Ishgar, such particles were invisible and reacted with a mage's magic source to produce magical power.

"Where is everyone?" Happy asked, looking around. "A magic guild with no people is too weird!"

The hall was empty—no tables, no chairs, no sign of life.

Natsu sniffed the air, his nose twitching. He looked up toward the second-floor platform, shrouded in darkness.

"There's someone up there," he said.

From the shadows, an elderly dragon stared down at them.

"Ahhh! It's a dragon! This time it's real!" Natsu shouted.

The dragon, without moving its mouth, spoke.

"Welcome to my guild, Hero #99… Hmm?"

Upon seeing Gildarts, the dragon paused in surprise.

"Oh, it's you again, Hero #98. I heard you failed your quest. Disappointing. What brings you back this time?"

The dragon's body suddenly exploded into a puff of smoke.

From the smoke emerged an elderly man holding a staff, who leaped down to greet them.

"Just like Igneel, he can transform into a human!" Happy exclaimed.

"No, he's human to begin with," Natsu sniffed again. "His scent isn't like a dragon's—it's more like a Dragon Slayer."

Hearing this, Elefseria smiled in admiration.

"Impressive. You're quite perceptive, young man."

"Yes, I am Elefseria, a Dragon Slayer and the first guild master of Magia Dragon!"

Natsu asked curiously, "Why is the guild empty? Are you the only one left?"

Elefseria shook his head with a sigh. "It's the times. The younger generation flocks to newer guilds, while the older members have passed away."

Turning to Gildarts, he said, "So, what's your purpose here? Do you want to challenge the quest again? You should be grateful to have returned alive. If you don't want to die, I suggest giving up."

Gildarts scratched his head with an awkward laugh. "No, I'm not here for the 100-year quest this time. I came for something else."

"Something else?" Elefseria asked, sounding uninterested.

Seeing this, Gildarts smirked and raised his right hand, revealing a silver ring on his finger.

"It's about a special kind of magic… or rather, a divine art."

"Something called… the Internet!"

…

Time flew by, and it was already April of the year 785.

Over half a month had passed since Gildarts and his team departed for the Northern Continent.

That morning, a system notification jolted Nate awake from his slumber…

[Task: Spread the Internet to the Western and Northern Continents and ensure each continent has at least 1 million users.]

[Reward: Aether Weaving]

[Task completed!]

[Detected non-Honkai Star Rail world. Reward conversion in progress…]

[Aether Weaving → Magic: Aether Weaving]

In an instant, an immense and intricate set of magical knowledge surged into Nate's mind like a tidal wave.

Frowning, Nate shook his head, gradually regaining his senses.

"First thing in the morning…"

He paused mid-sentence, his body freezing as he silently digested the new information.

After five minutes, he finally grasped the nature of his reward.

The system's knowledge infusion allowed him to innately master new abilities.

Aether Weaving, as its name implied, was a form of magic closely tied to programming and data manipulation.

"Did Gildarts finish the task? That was fast," Nate muttered, raising an eyebrow as he got up to wash.

While brushing his teeth, he casually opened the backend data:

[Total Internet Users: 10,214,577]

The user count had surpassed ten million!

This success was largely due to the Alvarez Empire's production of magic rings, capable of manufacturing five to six million units per month.

Although Nate was pleased with the growing user base, he found the new magic, Aether Weaving, even more intriguing.

In short, this magic could modify reality's data.

"Combined with the Internet, the potential of the two together is far greater than 1+1," he mused.

Standing before the sink, Nate focused his thoughts. Instantly, the Internet's built-in programming interface appeared before him.

His fingers flew across an invisible keyboard, writing line after line of code.

For exactly 0.6 seconds, he stood there, coding at lightning speed. As he typed the final line and hit "Compile" and "Run," the world around him began to change.

Reality started to disintegrate around him, the mirror fracturing into countless 0s and 1s.

A moment later, the endless cascade of 0s and 1s reassembled into a brand-new, unopened tube of toothpaste.

"It actually worked?"

Shocked, Nate picked up the toothpaste and examined it before squeezing some onto his toothbrush.

Using the Internet, he had created a virtual tube of toothpaste in a digital space. Then, through Aether Weaving, he brought it into reality.

The result: the toothpaste now physically existed in the real world.

"This is basically creating something out of nothing!"

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