Chapter 28

Moon Drip is the twenty-eight chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

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Deliora stands frozen before Gray and the others. Lucy speculates that maybe the curse and Deliora’s presence are related, and Gray agrees. He says that the demon is in fact alive, and Natsu suggests they destroy him. This infuriates Gray, who punches him down. Gray orders Natsu to stay away from it, because if Deliora is freed, no one would be able to stop it. Then, Gray discloses that his Master, Ur, froze Deliora by using Iced Shell. Iced Shell is a kind of never melting ice, being resistant to every kind of magic. He then wonders why it was brought there. Natsu and Lucy opine to follow and interrogate the other non-habitants they saw before, but Gray decides to wait there, until the moon is high. He decides so, because he heard one of the non-habitants say “soon, we’ll be able to collect enough moonlight”, and deducted that Deliora and the Village’s curse is somehow connected to the moon. Lucy agrees and after Natsu falls asleep, they patiently await for nightfall. Some of Gray’s memories are then shown. He remembers of one of his trainings with Ur, in which she inquires if he will be able to keep up with her harsh training, to which he replies, “I will do whatever it takes!”

Back in the present, Lucy is bored, so she decides to summon Lyra, the lyre. She asks why Lucy hasn’t summoned her more, to which Lucy responds that she can only be called three days a month. She starts singing a very heart-felt sad song, which reflects the feeling of everyone. Natsu and Happy became happy, while Gray starts to cry. Lucy saws Gray’s tears and asked him about it. He denies it, and, moments later, everyone falls asleep. But they are woken up by a tremor. Light is raining down from the ceiling, and they quickly climb up to find out where it is coming from. They find a group of sorcerers chanting an incantation, which is absorbing moonlight. Lyra then clarifies everything. The magic they are witnessing is called Moon Drip, an ancient kind of magic used to nullify any kind of magical effect. They are using it in order to free Deliora from the Iced Shell. While they decide on which course of action to take, four figures appear, shrouded in mystery.

They approach the ritual site and discuss the intruders; consequently the Masked One orders the destruction of the village. His three lackeys abide, and by his voice Gray is reminded of someone.