Mest Exposed!

"Alright, get ready now..."

Jiang Bai clapped his hands, and the smile on his face sent chills down everyone's spines.

Let's go!

As soon as he finished speaking, all the Fairy Tail members, except for him and Makarov, including Erza and Laxus, vanished into thin air in an instant.

Jiang Bai's unparalleled Space Magic had precisely placed each of them onto their respective battlefields.

Hey! You brat!

Makarov looked around at the empty space and was so angry that his beard stood on end.

"Teleport me along too! I'm one of the Ten Wizard Saints Mages, I can still lend a hand!"

"Alright, alright, old man," Jiang Bai waved his hand lazily.

"You're leaving these precious opportunities for growth to us poor little ones."

"After all, there are consequences for losing."

At the mention of punishment, Makarov fell silent, only glancing sympathetically at the unfortunate children who had already been teleported away.

Before Jiang Bai teleported Erza and the others, in another jungle on Tenrou Island.

Wendy, looking anxious, pointed at the firework in the sky and said to Mest beside her:

"Mr. Mest! Let's go!"

"Leave? Why do we need to leave?"

Mest looked puzzled, as if she didn't understand the meaning of the signal at all.

"Huh?"

Wendy's heart skipped a beat when she saw his reaction.

She instinctively distanced herself from Mest, her eyes filled with wariness.

"Mr. Mest... don't you know what that signal flare means?"

Just then, Carla's anxious voice suddenly came from the sky.

Wendy! Get away from that man!

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw Carla and Lily, two Exceed, flying towards them at an extremely fast speed.

"Carla? Lily?" Wendy was pleasantly surprised.

Lily landed steadily in front of Wendy, shielding her behind him, his eyes fixed on Mest.

"Mest, who exactly are you?"

Carla flew to Wendy's other side and said in a serious tone, "I don't know why the president and Jiang Bai noticed something was wrong with you, but didn't expose you immediately."

"But now that 'Grimoire Heart' has arrived, I absolutely will not let Wendy stay with a suspicious guy like you anymore!"

Mest was startled when she heard this.

Has my identity been exposed? Impossible, my memory-altering magic should be perfect!

He thought Carla and the others were just bluffing him, so he forced himself to remain calm and said, "You... what do you mean? I'm a disciple of Mystogan! I almost passed the S-Class Exam last time!"

"Hmph! A liar's blunder!"

Lily snorted coldly, his body suddenly swelled up, and he instantly switched to his muscular battle form!

He lunged forward and delivered a powerful punch that sent Mest, who was still trying to argue, flying!

"His Highness would never accept disciples in this world!" Lily withdrew his fist, his voice firm and resolute.

"Besides, with your mediocre skills, how could you possibly have 'almost passed' in Lord Jiang Bai's hands!"

"W-why... why did they suddenly start fighting?"

Wendy was somewhat taken aback by this sudden turn of events.

After being sent flying by a punch, Mest regained his footing in mid-air and his expression turned completely grim.

He realized that his identity had probably been truly exposed.

Before he could even ponder why that monster Jiang Bai hadn't exposed him from the start, he swayed and vanished from his spot in an instant!

"Disappeared?" Carla in surprise.

"It's Space Magic! The same ability as Jiang Bai!" Lily immediately became alert.

The next second, Mest's figure appeared beside Wendy like a ghost!

He grabbed Wendy's wrist before she could react and teleported her again!

Wendy!

Just as Carla let out a cry of surprise, she saw a violent explosion suddenly occur where Wendy had just been standing!

A thick tree was snapped in half by the explosion and collapsed with a crash!

"He... he actually... was saving Wendy?"

Carla stared in disbelief at the devastation left by the explosion.

Meanwhile, Mest, who had teleported Wendy to a safe distance, looked grave and shouted at the broken tree:

"Who are you?! Show yourself!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a chilling scene appeared before everyone.

Beside the broken tree, on the trunk of another intact tree, a man's face slowly emerged!

With a mocking smile, he said, "Not bad! You actually managed to find it, you little mouse."

"There's someone inside the tree...?" Wendy was startled.

"Let me introduce myself," the face said slowly.

"I am 'Grimoire Heart,' one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, Azuma."

"The Grimoire Heart!"

"The Seven Kin of Purgatory!"

Upon hearing these two names, everyone present turned extremely pale.

Carla's eyes turned suspicious again. "Then... then you really aren't an enemy?"

Of course not!

At this point, Mest was too lazy to pretend anymore and laid her cards on the table.

"I'm a member of the Magic Council! I originally came here to infiltrate Fairy Tail and find evidence of your misconduct and lawlessness!"

He glanced at Azuma not far away, and a happy smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"However, unexpectedly, this time there was a pleasant surprise! We've run into the infamous 'Grimoire Heart'!"

"If I can arrest all these guys, my return to the Magic Council and a promotion and raise will be just around the corner! Haha!"

Mest seemed to have already envisioned her future of great success, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

But then he became cautious again.

"However, just to be on the safe side, let's wait until the main force of the Magic Council!"

"Main force?"

Azuma, perched in the tree, smiled even more knowingly upon hearing this.

"You mean... that piece of junk on the sea?"

Meanwhile, on the sea Tenrou Island.

A massive warship bearing the flag of the Magic Council was sailing at high speed towards Tenrou Island, cutting through the waves.

However, in the very next second!

"Boom--!"

A Heavenly Movement roar erupted without warning in the center of the warship!

The massive explosion instantly blew the entire warship in two!

Flames and thick smoke shot into the sky.

Before long, all that remained on the sea was the shattered wreckage of the ship and a few Magic Council soldiers who had miraculously survived and were struggling in the water.

"What?!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Mest gasped in disbelief.

The main force of the Magic Council... just like that... is gone?!

"Alright, warm-up exercises are over."

Azuma's voice turned cold and cruel.

"Next, it's your turn, you little bugs."

He seemed to have lost his patience and was preparing to personally deal with the people in front of him.

However, just as he was about to make his move, Wendy and the others were shocked to find that Azuma had disappeared.

That's right, his entire figure simply vanished from the tree trunk out of thin air!

It was as if he had been forcibly erased from this place by an irresistible force.