Chapter 243 - Return To Ishgar {21} An unexpected Encounter (1/2)

Four days had passed since Amell visited Tenrou Island. He stayed with Zeref for three days, talking and discussing the past and the future of this world. They became great friends during his stay, especially since Amell was the only one who could be around him without being hurt by his black magic. Usually, their talks consisted of Amell teasing Zeref for anything and everything. He also dug into Zeref's history and told him a little about his brother and the state of the world.

He had since then moved on and started another search around Ishgar. What was he searching for? Talented wizards, children with great potential for magic. He didn't want to take control of this world, he wanted to preserve it, so that was why he was searching around for talented people he could recruit. He didn't set a deadline for himself on this either. He didn't care if it would take twenty years to complete his group, he was enjoying just travelling around the world.

Amell was travelling through a chain of mountains on the west side of Ishgar. The clock had just struck noon and the sky was clear and gave way for the sun to illuminate the world. As he was walking on the shabby and thin mountain pass, his eyes spotted a girl in the distance coming towards him. She was staring down on the ground but was walking with steady and confident steps. When the distance between them shortened a little more she looked up at him. Amell saw strange markings on her face, her eyes looked both dead and alive at the same time. She stopped walking, and so did Amell. She tilted her head to the side. ”You have a lot of magic power.” A monotone voice sounded out from her.

”Quite the understatement, but sure, you're right.” Amell didn't just have ”a lot” of magic power. To put things into perspective, he didn't need to release half his magic power to split this world in two. His magic power was quite literally, world-destroying.

”I need to take that!” She raised her finger and pointed at him. As soon as she did, he felt the same thing he felt when Zeref used his black magic. Amell shook his head and chuckled, ”So, you're the White wizard.” After seeing his casual attitude and noticing her magic wasn't working she grew angry and lost her apathetic approach.

”Why isn't it working on you?” She lowered her finger. She wasn't insane so when her White magic wasn't working she stopped trying to use it.

”Simple. White magic is the same as black magic, and well, all magic in this world. To put this as simply as possible for you, my control of magic is better than yours, and I control a more fundamental force than you. And also, my soul is thousands if not millions of times stronger than yours so there is just no way magic from this weak world can affect me.”

”Who are you?” The White wizard took a small step back.

”Portgas D Amell. But I'm sure you know me. From what I've heard, your little cult has been searching for me since its creation.” Amell stood with his hand behind his back with a gentle smile.

”Indeed. Though you proved to be a lot more trouble than I thought it won't stop me from wiping out your entire existence!” The White wizard was very powerful and possessed incredible magic power, but compared to someone as strong as Amell, she could steal magic power from everyone on this planet and not even be close to him.

”I have another option, would you like to just sit down and listen for a minute or two?” Amell created a chair out of rock behind her and one behind him. ”Sit down, please,” He sat down on his chair and waited for her to do the same.

”You have two minutes.” She sat down as he asked.