"Step back."
Marco waved a hand, telling King Toma to move aside.
He was going to use something heavy.
Not only was he going to destroy the Eclipse Gate, which could cause even greater disasters, but he was also going to destroy this entire building with it.
If he was going to prevent future trouble, then he had to do it thoroughly.
King Toma immediately stepped back obediently, hiding far behind Marco for fear of being caught in the aftermath.
However, King Toma's eyes never left Marco.
Being able to witness Marco make a move made him feel that destroying the Eclipse Gate was worth it.
In any case, the gate only had commemorative value to him and served no other purpose.
Buzz!
Marco did not hesitate.
He directly donned the Leo Gold Cloth, and in his hand appeared a Golden Sword belonging to the Libra Gold Cloth.
The power of his Cosmo burned violently, moving through every part of his body before pouring madly into that Golden Sword.
Golden light shot into the sky and instantly alarmed the entire Flower Blooming Capital.
The elite mages in Crocus all turned their gazes toward Mercurius.
Their attention was involuntarily drawn to that terrifying aura.
"It's Marco!"
"It's Master! What happened?!"
The members of Fairy Tail immediately judged who had caused that phenomenon.
Gray had once displayed a weaker version of this phenomenon, and with that single strike, he had killed a powerful mage from Grimoire Heart.
Of course, the people from the other guilds were not slow to react either.
By now, everyone knew what Marco's magic was like.
Such a huge commotion, blazing with golden light in such an extravagant fashion—who else could it be except Marco?
Perhaps others could also make things flashy, but that sense of overwhelming pressure was completely different.
Even though they were not at the scene, even though they were not the ones being targeted by that attack, the mages still felt a chill down their spines.
They all had the feeling that if they were hit by that strike, they would certainly die.
There were probably only a few people besides Marco who could make others feel that way.
The elites of Fairy Tail might also think of the Black Dragon Acnologia.
Laxus had the most direct impression of it.
After all, he had almost taken one of Acnologia's major attacks head-on, and back then he had not even been able to move.
The feeling from that time was almost the same as what he was sensing now.
"That direction... is inside the royal palace?!"
After determining where the aura came from, everyone was shocked.
Why was Marco activating his power inside the royal palace?
Who was he attacking?
Had someone assaulted the king?
Or... was Marco actually planning to destroy the Fiore royal family?
No one knew the reason, but no matter what it was, rushing over to help was definitely the right choice.
As for whom they were going to help?
Naturally, they would help whoever looked like they were about to win.
Quite a few people were looking forward to the spectacle of Marco fighting the Fiore royal family.
Of course, anyone thinking that way was either someone who enjoyed chaos or someone who disliked Marco.
Most people believed that an enemy had invaded the royal palace, and Marco was protecting the Fiore royal family.
In reality, Marco was not only protecting the Fiore royal family.
What he was doing was protecting every person in Earth-land.
Because if something went wrong with the Eclipse Gate, it would absolutely affect everyone.
The past, present, and future would all be impacted. If things went badly, it could become a world-ending crisis.
Boom!!!
Marco did not hesitate at all and directly brought the strike down.
This "light cannon" of his would not merely destroy the Eclipse Gate. The entire castle would be annihilated under that terrifying energy.
The horrifying sword of light fell like a massive hammer of radiance.
Everything beneath that light vanished like dust, disappearing completely. An entire castle was reduced to ash.
And Marco had still held back.
He had only locked the target onto this small area.
Otherwise, all of Mercurius—no, all of Crocus—might have been split in half by this one strike and erased within that light.
The Black Dragon Acnologia could destroy an island the size of Tenrou Island with a single breath.
Naturally, Marco could do the same.
This little bit was nothing.
For a Saint in a world without the restraints of gods, Cosmo could unleash power that was truly godlike.
Burning mountains and boiling seas were nothing more than ordinary feats.
Buzz!!!
The terrifying light gradually faded.
King Toma finally recovered his vision.
He had been standing far too close to Marco and had genuinely been blinded by the light radiating from him.
It had felt like standing beside the sun, like staring directly into it.
"It's... gone?"
Once his vision returned, King Toma looked toward the place where the Eclipse Gate had originally stood.
There was now an empty plot of land.
Nothing remained.
It was as though nothing had ever existed there at all, clean as a blank sheet of paper.
"It's handled."
Marco nodded.
Now he could finally relax. His expression was calm, as though he had just eliminated an extremely serious hidden danger.
Marco truly despised things like the Eclipse Gate.
Enemies from the present were things he had full confidence in solving.
But enemies from some strange, unknown timeline could become incredibly disgusting.
Especially if another version of himself from another timeline appeared as an enemy or something like that—Marco truly did not want to deal with anything of the sort.
'I'll use my own fists to give the people around me a happy ending. Some bullshit alternate timeline? Absolutely not!'
Marco clenched his fist.
The Eclipse Gate was something he did not need.
Perhaps some people would think of it as a machine that could change regrets, but if that were truly the case, then Zeref, the man who had created it, would not have ended up the way he was now.
Besides, Marco did not feel that he had any regrets.
Rather than risk turning the timeline into a tangled mess to change the past, it was better to live properly in the present and work hard to change the future.
People who only sank into the past would never succeed.
In short, in Marco's view, the existence of the Eclipse Gate brought far more harm than good.
That was why he could destroy it without the slightest hesitation.
"All right. This is fine too." King Toma nodded.
He accepted reality very quickly. After all, it had already been destroyed, people had to keep looking forward.
Now, the Fiore royal family no longer had any inherited burden at all.
The Eclipse Gate itself was gone.
"Marco! What happened?!"
Just as Marco and King Toma finished their business and were preparing to leave, a giant suddenly appeared outside Mercurius.
It was the anxious Makarov.
The old man had transformed into a giant.
He did not recklessly charge into Mercurius, but instead shouted loudly from outside the palace.
Makarov firmly believed that Marco would not be in trouble and would definitely answer his question.
"It's nothing. Sorry for alarming everyone."
Sure enough, Marco's voice immediately rang out, loud enough for everyone to hear.
It also put everyone's hearts at ease.
Even the royal guards were no longer anxious.
After all, this was Marco.
With him here, what kind of accident could possibly happen?
Could King Toma really be in danger?