Fairy Tail: Becoming stronger by spending money.

Mount Kirala, the highest peak of Christopher's Island, is also a pure natural snow mountain.

Caesar and Mirajane flew quickly to the top of the mountain. After reaching the snowy part, they stopped and landed in the snow.

According to the existing information, the range of this frost lizard's activity is only within the snow-covered area. It doesn't go anywhere else. That's why, despite how strong it is, this island could still be developed.

In fact, it's kind of helpless when you think about it.

The frost lizard originally lived here.

It was humans who stepped into its territory, gradually eroding its living space.

In the end, it was constantly harassed by waves of wizards.

But there's no helping it.

This is the most fundamental issue of survival.

Sympathy for the weak is human nature, but so is greed.

No one can guarantee they can balance the two.

And Caesar isn't a saint.

Taking on missions and earning Jewels is his job.

As for the rest, he doesn't want to deal with it, nor is he in the mood.

"Hiss, it's still quite cold."

Even though the sun was shining brightly in the sky, the thick snow and high-altitude chill were still bone-piercing.

Caesar received Coco's electromagnetic waves through his super vision and quickly locked onto an area where the electromagnetic activity was strongest.

"Here."

Caesar pointed out to Mirajane, then took her to the other side of the mountain.

The snow was deep enough to reach over the knees.

It would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to move here.

But Caesar and Mirajane weren't ordinary.

One used chakra to walk across the snow without leaving a single footprint.

The other took over a pair of bat wings and hovered without touching the ground.

When they arrived at the source of the strong electromagnetic signal, they saw a white mink, only half the size of a human, tearing into the belly of a snow wolf.

Blood dyed the snow red.

The white mink twitched its ears, raised its head, and looked at the two of them.

"The white crystal mink is one of the fastest S-class monsters. It can hunt prey ten times larger than itself and prefers eating the liver and heart."

Mirajane spoke calmly.

At this moment, she had already taken over her Satan Soul form.

Caesar had also entered his Nine Lamas Sage Mode, eyes locked on the white crystal mink.

It wasn't an ideal start.

There were several strong electromagnetic signals on this mountain.

Caesar had no way of knowing where the frost lizard really was, so he could only test them one by one.

He didn't expect to bump into a monster like this on the first try.

"Squeak!"

Before Caesar and Mirajane could make a move, the white crystal mink vanished in a flash of white light.

Mirajane flapped her wings and soared upward, narrowly avoiding the mink's deadly pounce.

Caesar formed seals rapidly.

More than a dozen shadow clones appeared instantly, surrounding the creature from all angles.

The mink froze for a moment.

The prey had multiplied.

Which one should it eat first?

That hesitation sealed its fate.

The shadow clones completed their hand signs.

"Three-sided seal!"

A green, transparent pyramid-shaped barrier enclosed the white crystal mink.

To prevent it from escaping, Caesar stacked three more layers.

Four barriers in total sealed it in tight.

The mink immediately began thrashing inside, smashing the seal walls.

After a few strikes, it broke the outer seal.

But the other three remained strong.

It wouldn't be able to escape anytime soon.

"A white crystal mink without its speed isn't worthy of the S-class title."

Mirajane landed beside the barrier, watching the creature struggle.

"Still kind of dumb."

Caesar commented seriously.

A monster that thinks its speed makes it untouchable, letting its guard down like that—it was doomed the moment it hesitated.

"Akon Rip!"

Caesar's hands turned into claws and slashed through the barrier.

A spatial blade cut cleanly through the mink's neck.

Its head fell, and the body collapsed into the blood-soaked snow.

Caesar withdrew the seal.

His clones quickly skinned the mink.

The white crystal mink's pelt could fetch up to 3 million j from wealthy collectors.

Waste not, want not.

After cleaning up and burying the body, Caesar and Mirajane followed the next strongest signal.

Maybe it was just Caesar's luck, but when they arrived at a large shelter made of ice pillars, they found the frost lizard immediately.

It looked just like the photo, but up close, it was obvious.

This creature had dragon blood.

Its aura was too powerful to be anything less.

Caesar had absorbed a dragon-slaying magic crystal, and his instincts told him this beast was close to becoming a dragon.

Give it a few decades, and it might truly evolve into a frost dragon.

Of course, it would then get obliterated by Acnologia in a single blow and be eaten.

But luckily, it encountered Caesar instead.

Now, it would die a little early and be reborn a little sooner.

It had been born in the wrong era—an era that hunted dragons.

The frost lizard lay sleeping in the shelter, eyes closed.

Even with Caesar and Mirajane only three hundred meters away, it didn't stir.

Maybe it trusted in the defense of its dragon scales.

Maybe no one had disturbed it in years.

Either way, it didn't react.

So Caesar had no reason to play fair.

Mirajane noticed Caesar taking a deep breath and instantly moved away from him.

"The roar of the space dragon!"

The sky cracked.

Fragments of space turned into razor-sharp blades and screamed toward the frost lizard.

It jolted awake.

But it was too late.

The space blades hit it mid-roll and launched it into the air.

Its shelter of ice shattered behind it into glittering shards.

"Roar!"

The frost lizard climbed out of the snow and howled.

Its thick scales were scratched all over.

The wounds weren't deep, but they proved one thing—Caesar could hurt it.

He could kill it.

The frost lizard stared coldly at Caesar.

Its mouth opened.

And then—

It breathed a torrent of ice directly at him.