Settling His Own Score With His Own Hands!

Magic Council, Era.

When Jiang Bai tore open a spatial rift and dumped the bunch of half-dead "Twilight Ogre" members like garbage in the center of the Magic Council's magnificent hall, the entire Magic Council instantly erupted into chaos.

Who goes there?!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The alarm blared through the sky, and squads of fully armed Rune Knights surged in from all directions, surrounding Jiang Bai.

However, the next second, a figure suddenly rushed out from the crowd and stood between all the Rune Knights and Jiang Bai.

It was Mest, or rather, Doranbolt.

He looked at the man before him, whom he hadn't seen for seven years, but whose aura was even more unfathomable than it had been seven years ago, and a very complex expression appeared on his face.

There was joy in the reunion, but even more so, there was a deep-seated fear.

He had personally witnessed how this man had utterly dominated the Black Dragon.

He was afraid that Jiang Bai, in a fit of anger, would tear down the Magic Council that had been so painstakingly rebuilt.

"Jiang Bai!" Mest's voice trembled slightly.

"You... you're back!"

He glanced at the group of hyenas lying unconscious on the ground and quickly said, "Leave this to me! I will definitely give you and Fairy Tail a satisfactory explanation! You go back first, okay?"

"Explain?" Jiang Bai scoffed, his dark eyes calmly fixed on Mest.

"A true explanation only has meaning if you take it with your own hands."

He stepped forward and patted Mest on the shoulder. The seemingly light gesture made Mest's body suddenly feel heavy, as if a mountain was being lifted from her shoulders.

"And another thing," Jiang Bai whispered in his ear, in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"If it weren't for certain reasons, and because Wendy keeps talking about you, do you think... you'd still be standing here, spouting all this nonsense to me?"

A bead of cold sweat instantly appeared on Mest's forehead.

Jiang Bai released his grip, turned around, and prepared to leave, as if he had only come here to throw away some trash.

Just before he stepped into the spatial rift, he uttered his last words.

"Let these scumbags spend the rest of their lives in the Magic Council's prison."

"If one day I find any one of them coming out of there..."

Jiang Bai paused, but his calm tone carried a chilling edge that could freeze one's soul.

"Then this Magic Council is no longer necessary."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure completely disappeared from the spot.

However, just because Jiang Bai wants to leave doesn't mean others want him to leave.

"Stop!"

A furious shout, full of official authority, came from the second floor.

Several VIPs, dressed in luxurious attire and appearing to be the newly Magic Council, were looking down at the crowd with arrogant expressions.

"Breaking into the Magic Council and injuring so many people, do you think you can just walk away like this?" The fat man in the lead sneered.

"Guards! Seize this madman!"

They were newly appointed councilors seven years later, completely unaware of the Heavenly Movement battle that took place on Tenrou Island seven years ago, and even less aware of the terrifying existence of the man before them.

In their eyes, Jiang Bai was nothing more than a troublemaker who was strong but not very bright.

However, just because they don't know doesn't mean others don't know.

Although Mest, in an effort to stabilize morale, sealed most of the Magic Council' memories of the Black Dragon.

But the memory of Jiang Bai single-handedly turning the entire Magic Council upside down is still etched in the minds of many old people!

For a moment, the entire hall fell into an eerie silence.

The Rune Knights who had surrounded Jiang Bai looked at each other, none of them daring to obey the orders of those idiots and step forward.

"What are you all standing there for?! Get him!" the newly elected speaker roared in exasperation.

Jiang Bai watched the farce unfold before him and clicked his tongue in annoyance.

He was certainly not someone who indiscriminately killed innocent people.

Only...

He moved with lightning speed and instantly appeared in front of the newly appointed councilors on the second floor.

Before they could react, each of them landed a punch, clean and swift.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With a few muffled thuds, those once arrogant big shots rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and collectively fainted.

Jiang Bai was very careful in his actions, ensuring they wouldn't die, but they would at least have to stay in bed for a week.

Having done all this, he didn't even bother to glance at the knights who were already terrified, and went straight into the Magic Council's internal archives.

A moment later, Jiang Bai emerged with a worn-out file containing the home addresses of certain people, satisfied. He then tore open the space again and disappeared.

Somewhere in the Kingdom of Fiore, inside a luxurious manor.

Several former senior Magic Council members, long retired and enjoying their golden years, were leisurely sipping afternoon tea in the garden.

They were the very same group of "heroes" who ordered the release of Etherion seven years ago.

Suddenly, space distorted, and the figures of the group vanished from their spots without warning.

The next second, they found themselves, along with several other former colleagues, in the living room of one of the former speakers' homes.

Before them sat a dark-haired youth in the main seat, looking them down with the eyes of someone looking at ants.

"You... you are... Jiang Bai?!"

Someone recognized him and exclaimed in disbelief.

Jiang Bai didn't waste any words.

He simply snapped his fingers.

"Snap! Snap! Snap--!"

A series of crisp cracking sounds suddenly rang out in the living room!

Amidst the piercing screams, all the former councilors, except for an old acquaintance, Mr. Yajima, who was busy in his restaurant, had their right arms snapped off by an invisible force at the same time!

"Ah--! My hand! My hand!"

"Jiang Bai! How dare you!"

Amidst the wails of pain, a relatively strong old man, enduring excruciating agony, pointed at Jiang Bai and angrily rebuked, "Although our initial decision was wrong!"

"But we protected your guild for five years! Besides, aren't you all perfectly fine now?!"

"Nothing?" Jiang Bai smiled, a smile that was utterly cold.

"If it were anyone else, they would have been killed by your foolish greed long ago! We survived only because we are strong enough! But that doesn't mean you are without guilt!"

He slowly stood up and walked step by step to the old man.

Jiang Bai didn't think these old men were anything to respect, and slapped them across the face.

"You should be thankful that your ridiculous protection order did, objectively speaking, protect my family for five years."

"Otherwise..."

Jiang Bai's eyes instantly turned sharp, and an undisguised, almost tangible, chilling killing intent enveloped the entire living room!

"I will definitely kill you all!"

The chilling killing intent abruptly silenced all the screams from those present; it was as if they had been choked, making even breathing difficult.

Just then, another former councilor, blustering but cowardly, shrieked, "Jiang Bai! You... aren't you afraid of being judged by the kingdom for doing this?!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Jiang Bai laughed unrestrainedly, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"What did you say? Who are you judging? Me?"

He grabbed the former councilor by the collar, lifted him into the air, and wore a mocking expression on his face.

"Don't make me laugh. Putting aside whether he has the ability or not, how about I send you to ask the king right now and see if he'll 'judge' me because of a bunch of good-for-nothing fools like you?"

Looking into Jiang Bai's eyes, which didn't seem to be joking, all the former Magic Council recalled the terrifying feat of that man single-handedly fighting the Black Dragon seven years ago.

They immediately shut their mouths, not daring to utter another word.

Jiang Bai casually tossed the terrified guy to the ground, clapped his hands, and the murderous intent on his face slowly faded.

"Alright, this time, I'll spare your lives."

He glanced around at the group of former bigwigs, each with a missing arm, their faces filled with terror, yet not daring to utter a single word, his tone laced with disdain.

"Remember this lesson well."

There won't be a next time.

Goodbye, you idiots!

After saying that, Jiang Bai's figure disappeared completely, leaving behind a room full of good-for-nothings who were writhing on the floor in pain but dared not utter another word of complaint.

It's really pathetic.

When they learned that Jiang Bai was still alive and had come looking for them, their first thought was simply that they could survive.

After all, facing a monster that could defeat a black dragon and whose Etherion was ineffective against it, they truly couldn't muster even the slightest courage to resist.

Having narrowly escaped this calamity, their minds, which had been blinded by power and greed for many years, have finally come to their senses.

Revenge?

Stop joking.

They had no doubt that Jiang Bai's final threat was not a joke.

That chilling, bone-chilling killing intent could truly kill!