Time flashed by, and a year later, Natsu and the others spent all their time inside the Trial Magic Array, aside from coming out for a few hours each month to rest. With the extra ten years of time, their combat strength had caught up to the level of the main force. Igneel and the other Dragon Kings had also rapidly grown to the Ultimate state over the decade, primarily because their innate combat foundations were already superior; they were essentially like reincarnations cultivating anew without encountering any bottlenecks.
During the first half of this year, under Alan's organization, Wizard Saint-level mages across all three continents carried out a large-scale, continent-wide patrol. They successfully exterminated several hordes of rampaging magical beasts before those rampages could fully erupt, and perhaps because of this, the Ankhseram God went back into hiding.
However, in March of X785, while Ultear was in the middle of her routine studies with Dialga inside the Trial Magic Array, Dialga's gaze suddenly shifted toward the outside of the magic array. At the same time, Dialga said to Ultear, "Ultear, I sense the flow of time outside. It's possible that your enemies are starting to make their move. From my current perception, this temporal flow is connected to events from 400 years ago. You should head out immediately and discuss a countermeasure with Alan."
Chapter 202