Mirajane and Two Others Join the Guild, the Dark Sky Guild Destroyed

The Magic Council branch nearest Cascot Town.

"Who goes there?" the guards at the entrance asked in unison.

"I'm Zorn, a member of Fairy Tail. While carrying out a mission, I discovered signs of a Dark Guilds' activities. I'm here to report the situation and request permission to wipe out the guild in question." Zorn held out his Fairy Tail emblem to prove his identity, then threw the cloaked man behind him onto the ground.

"A Dark Guilds?"

"Please wait in the hall while we report this." The guards exchanged a glance, then hurriedly took the corpse away for investigation and sent someone to notify the branch chief.

About ten minutes later.

Tap, tap, tap. Several people in Magic Council uniforms emerged from a passage on the inner side of the hall. The man leading them had a thick beard and slightly parted hair and looked to be around forty. Behind him were a man and a woman. The man had short hair, wore glasses, and looked scholarly and refined. The woman's long hair fell over her shoulders, and her slightly chubby cheeks gave her a touch of cuteness.

"Hello, I'm Aiers, the branch chief."

"I'm Soya, the chief secretary."

"I'm Zachary, the captain."

"Hello, I'm Zorn."

After they introduced themselves and shook hands, the chief was the first to ask about the mission. Zorn explained the situation to them, stressing that the guild had already been conducting magic experiments on innocent civilians and had to be eradicated immediately.

"Chief, this is the information on the guild identified from the emblem on the corpse." A clerk came running over and handed the documents to the chief.

"Hmm." After listening, the chief lowered his head and studied the documents in thought. Beside him, Chief Secretary Soya immediately clenched her fists and knitted her brows. Gritting her teeth, she said, "Damn it, trash."

Captain Zachary's glasses made it impossible to read his emotions, but what he said after Soya also showed his anger. "Trash ought to be swept away properly." He pushed up his glasses, letting Zorn see the cold look in his eyes.

"Chief, what are you still thinking about? Hurry up and send a team to wipe them out!" Seeing that the chief still hadn't answered after so long and was still thinking, Soya urged him anxiously.

"This guild is no ordinary one. Our branch doesn't have the strength to wipe it out at present. We need to report it to headquarters and have them send people to deal with it." Pressed by Soya, the chief finally explained the details of his concerns, sounding helpless.

"No, there's no time to wait. By the time headquarters sends someone, it'll be too late. I can wipe them out on my own right now. All I need is for you to confirm that it's a Dark Guilds." Zorn immediately and firmly rejected the idea. He had intended to go and wipe them out alone in the first place. With seventy percent of an Admiral's strength, he could even contend for a place among the Ten Wizard Saints, let alone wipe out a guild of this strength.

"What we found on him is enough to make that determination. But you alone..." Branch Chief Aiers trailed off and looked doubtfully at the boy before him. The other two looked at Zorn the same way.

The boy had defeated one of the mages among the guild's five seats, and they already had considerable respect for Zorn's strength. But they didn't believe he could take on the entire guild alone.

"Unless you need me to demonstrate my strength? Please contact Makarov, the master of Fairy Tail. His confirmation should be enough, shouldn't it?" Zorn replied calmly.

"...Grandpa Master, that's the situation. This is something I have to do." Zorn explained the situation to the master solemnly. He was afraid the master would get angry and forcibly stop him. He knew the master loved every member of the guild as family.

The master said nothing at first, remaining silent for a moment.

"Zorn, listen closely. The power to surpass comes entirely from the will to persevere. Magic is no miraculous power. It's a power that takes shape only when the flow within our bodies merges with the flow in nature. Only by pouring in your spiritual power and concentration—in other words, your entire soul—can you form your own magic. If you believe this is right, then follow your magical path to the end. Move forward in the direction you believe in. That's what makes a Fairy Tail mage. We'll be waiting for you at the guild, understand, kid?"

"Mm-hmm, I understand, Grandpa Master." Hearing the master's words, Zorn felt a warm current well up inside him, filling his heart.

"No problem now, right? Let's go."

Meanwhile, at the Fairy Tail guild...

"That kid is already that strong? He's actually confident he can take on an entire guild alone." For now, Makarov could only believe in Zorn. He had seen a kind of justice in Zorn's eyes: the justice of the people.

In a valley in the Aiteduo Mountains, at the Dark Sky Guild.

"Master, why did you summon us back so urgently?" a member of the Dark Sky Guild asked.

"Kali, something's happened. I received his message. Someone's coming to attack our guild. What we've been doing has been exposed," said a burly man covered in tattoos, sitting in the highest chair. His voice was gloomy.

"How could that be?"

"He's one of the five seats. Even against another guild's ace mage, Kali should have been able to escape!"

"Then that means the opponent's strong," Aurelius, the first of the five seats, said excitedly and arrogantly.

"Hey, hey, watch it. Your Corrosion Magic is leaking out." Manqila, the second seat beside him, looked at the half-corroded table and warned him in a cool, mature voice tinged with displeasure.

"Wait, looks like they're here."

"Holy Light Magic: Yasakani no Magatama." An indifferent voice rang out in the sky, and countless rays of golden light shot down from Zorn's hand.

Rumble! Every building in the Dark Sky Guild collapsed, and in an instant, members were dead and wounded all around.

"Ah, damn it! Bastard, who are you?"

"Oh, you blocked my attack? You're not so weak after all," Zorn said mockingly to the survivors below as he stood in the air.

So strong. He took out most of the enemies with just one move.

Captain Zachary of the Magic Council, protected by Holy Shield Magic in the distance, marveled.

"Wind Magic: Wild Dragon Tornado!"

"Corrosion Magic: Bone-Eroding Poison!"

"Unison Raid: Bone-Eroding Tornado!"

A black tornado nearly ten meters high swallowed Zorn's figure. This move could grind steel into powder, and with Corrosion Magic added to it, there was even less chance of anyone coming out alive.

"Did we get him?" The first and third seats had used the Unison Raid together.

"No, not even close," Zorn said from an even higher position, looking down at the group still checking on the ground.

"Holy Light Magic: Starlight Radiance." A mass of golden energy formed in Zorn's hand.

"Justice is an idea that does not change with time. Though darkness may sometimes cover and obscure it, the light of justice will always break through the wind and dispel the darkness. And I am the light that breaks through the darkness ahead of time. People must always atone for their sins, so trash, please go to hell and repent for everything you've done."

As Zorn's words rang out around him, the magic contained in the energy in his hand grew increasingly terrifying.

From the ground, it looked like a ball of light resembling the sun hung high in the sky. Seeing it, the members of the Dark Sky Guild immediately unleashed all their defensive magic. The Dark Sky master even used all his magic power for defense, raising a black barrier.

"What's that? A second sun?"

The Magic Council members stared in disbelief at the second sun that had appeared in the sky from within the shield of light, profoundly shocked by Zorn's terrifying magic power.

Zorn threw it, and the ball of light fell upon the Dark Sky Guild's location.

Light and smoke exploded like a nuclear bomb. A mushroom cloud soared into the sky, and the earth began to shake. A shock wave spread out in an instant, crushing everything around it. Fortunately, the Magic Council members were protected by Holy Shield Magic and were far away.

The smoke cleared. The mountains beside the valley had vanished, and a bottomless crater had appeared where the Dark Sky Guild had stood.

Zorn stood beside the crater and looked into it, letting out a deep breath. The indignation in his heart had finally found an outlet.

After the battle, at the Magic Council branch.

"The record has been uploaded. This will count as an S-Class Mission, and the reward will be transferred to your personal account. Take care, Lord Zorn," Chief Secretary Soya said to him.

"Okay, that's settled. I'm heading back to the guild too. Goodbye." Zorn nodded, rose into the air, and headed straight for the Fairy Tail guild.

One day later, at Magic Council headquarters.

"That's what happened. Fairy Tail has produced another extraordinary mage."

"Yes. According to Makarov, once Gildarts returns, they'll hold an S-Class Exam. Fairy Tail will gain another S-Class Mage."

"In a few years, we can consider him for the Ten Wizard Saints. He's strong enough, and this incident shows his character can stand up to scrutiny too."

"Let's wait until he passes the S-Class Exam, comes of age, and earns enough achievements. Destroying one Dark Guilds alone isn't enough."

"You can't put it that way. He also indirectly saved many civilians."

"That's true as well. Then let's wait and see what he does in the future."

"Agreed."

"Agreed."

Several people stood on a giant blue magic circle, discussing Zorn's situation.

At the Fairy Tail guild...

"Cana, still thinking about Zorn? Don't worry. If the master said he'd be fine, then he definitely will be." Erza patted Cana, who sat in a chair staring blankly at the entrance, and comforted her.

"That's right. He's so strong, he'll definitely be fine," Mirajane added, comforting Cana from beside her.

Meanwhile, Natsu and Gray were still pressing their heads together, each trying to overpower the other, neither willing to give way. Wearing weighted clothing, they argued about when Zorn would return. If Erza hadn't been busy comforting Cana, she would have punched them already.

To be continued~