Raijin went silent for a second as the question was asked, but then he continued.
"When he used the Iced Shell magic, he was planning on trapping Acnologia in it for a few thousand years at least so that others would be able to build countermeasures for it. A human using the magic would have only made the dragon get trapped in the ice for a century or two, but Frostborn would have been able to trap him for centuries if not for the trump card the damn dragon had hidden within him."
"Trump card?" Karna was slightly puzzled, as from his knowledge, Acnologia was a human so obsessed with revenge against dragons that he even forgot his own identity and became a dragon entirely while taking on the name of the dragon who had killed his entire family. He never thought he would hear the word trump card used when describing him. Even the other dragons also seemed to be in the same situation, if their expressions were any indication.
"Yes, right at the last moment, that bastard managed to switch places with me, which resulted in me getting trapped in the ice while he managed to escape. That's right, you idiots, Acnologia had special abilities."
The other dragons were shocked as they discussed it deeply, while Karna had a concentrating expression on his face.
'Makes sense in a way actually. Almost all the other dragon slayers were only able to absorb other elements as long as they were filled with dragon slayer magic. So the fact that Acnologia was able to eat the special rift seems a bit impossible actually. The source of the rift might have been the time magic used by the Eclipse Gate, but even then, it was actually a natural phenomenon at the end. So Acnologia being able to eat the natural element of space itself and gain enough magic to divide into two is impossible when you think about it.
So, his spacial element must have been what allowed him to absorb and take in all that spacial energy. It's a good thing I knew about it now, so I will be able to plan for countermeasures in the future,' Karna thought as he noted it down. Having Acnologia gaining the power of space was considered normal for the people watching it through the TV or those who were reading the manga. But for Karna, who had learned the fundamentals of almost all the magic he was able to get his hands on, even though he never gained affinity for most of it, the act of swallowing space itself without any ability to access it beforehand was virtually impossible.
But now he knew, and seeing Acnologia's actions in the final war, he needed to be conscious in activating the space spell, so when he got separated with his body in the real world and mind trapped in the other dimension, his body was unable to escape from the Fairy Sphere. But this also means Karna will not be able to use Fairy Sphere or Iced Shell as backup attacks unless he allows Acnologia to power up enough to be separated into two. But even then, there's no guarantee that he can be sealed without taking down his mind. And since there are a lot of differences in this world, he cannot take that risk.
Then Karna listened to Raijin, who began to speak about the rest that happened.
"After getting sealed, we fell into a deep gorge and got stuck somewhere for almost hundreds of years. I was able to have my consciousness intact, so I was able to feel my body lose itself as time slowly passed on.
I thought that I too would pass within a few centuries while not knowing what was going to happen outside. But a few decades ago, a few people came to where I was with large containers filled with a glowing white liquid.
For a moment, I was unable to understand what was happening until they began to pour it on the ice I was trapped in, and slowly the ice that was supposed to hold me for centuries began to melt."
"Moon Drip," Karna deduced, and he got a guess where it was going.
"And imagine my surprise, those bastards were planning on eating my flesh to gain dragon slaying magic," Raijin spat out in distaste. Even the other dragons seemed to be recoiling in disgust. Ah, for these guys, seeing their own people get eaten must have been distasteful. But it also says a lot about the Diablos guild, who had taken the dragon meat to create more dragon slayers.
"Now by that time, they tore my body apart while my soul was used to craft a Lacrima, which ended up being sold to this continent and finally ended up in that brat's body. Even though the way it got to him is distasteful, I can say it could have been worse."
"What about your body? Do you know what happened to it in the end?" Igneel asked.
"Well, obviously those assholes ate it, but at the same time, some of them put the brain and many parts that contained my consciousness into a necromancer coffin. From what I was able to hear before they took the Lacrima away, they were planning on giving it to a child so that he can grow up to be a stronger version of the fifth-generation dragon slayer.
Idiots, if you ask me. The only thing that stopped the deterioration of the consciousness present in my body was my soul. And since my soul was taken away, I was unable to see what happened to it. But if I'm right, the coffin must be destroying the life of someone out there," Raijin finished in a somber tone, not at all happy about the fact that his body was torturing someone outside.
"Raijin, do you remember the cave in which you were trapped for centuries?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Did the water left over from the Iced Shell flow somewhere?" Karna asked again.
"Well, from what I remember, we were in a place where there was even the absence of sunlight, plus the place was filled with rocks without even a hint of moisture. So the water must still be there? Again, kid, what are you pointing towards?" Raijin asked.
"Oh, nothing, I think I got a plan," Karna replied with a small smile.
A/N- hope you like it and every 100 powerstone gets extra chapter of Jason.