Lullaby

Ye Yang and Makarov looked at Jellal, who had fainted on the ground, and immediately stopped arguing.

"Hm? Why did this guy pass out?"

"Who knows? Maybe you, you little brat, didn't know your own strength."

"How could that be? I held back. Otherwise, he'd have been dead already."

"What if he's trying to scam us? How about you lie down too, Old Man? That'd make it easier to explain."

"Bang! I'm not as shameless as you!"

At that moment, Erza's voice came from the distance.

"Master! Master!"

"Grandpa! Grandpa!"

"Boss! Boss!"

The two turned around and found Erza and the others.

Seeing that the master was unharmed, Erza immediately shoved Makarov into her chest.

"It hurts!"

Natsu looked at the unconscious Jellal with an unhappy expression.

"Damn it! We were still too late. Ye Yang beat him again!"

Ye Yang spread his hands. "I wasn't the one who knocked him out. He fainted on his own, so it has nothing to do with me!"

"Trash! Useless trash! You're completely worthless! I still have to do it myself!"

The sudden voice instantly silenced the previously chattering group.

Lucy said fearfully, "Wh... who's talking? Could there be something unclean in this place?"

Erza and the others looked around with grave expressions, but they did not find anyone.

Just then, the Flute floated into the air.

"I'm the one speaking."

Σ(?д?|||)?? "The Flute became a spirit?!!" Lucy exclaimed in shock.

A huge amount of black smoke suddenly billowed from the Flute, and a massive Tree Monster appeared outside the conference hall.

Lucy said, "The Flute turned into a monster!!"

Happy said, "Lucy, you're leaking lots of juice again."

"I told you, that's sweat—!!"

Curse Song looked at the people below and let out a sinister cackle. "I'm so hungry. Let me taste your souls!"

Natsu looked at Lucy excitedly and asked, "Are souls tasty?"

"How would I know?! Could you stop looking at me when you say that?!"

Erza hurriedly shielded Makarov behind her.

"Master, run! Leave this to us."

At that moment, a magic circle unfolded at Curse Song's mouth, aimed at the conference grounds.

Makarov hurriedly said, "Brat, what are you still standing around for? Go stop it!"

"Yes, yes."

With a flash of golden light, Ye Yang appeared directly in front of the guild masters. They all watched him excitedly. Although they had heard of Ye Yang's reputation, they had never seen him fight.

Meanwhile, the Magic Power fluctuations around Curse Song's mouth grew stronger and stronger. All the surrounding plants were drained of energy and withered away.

Seeing such powerful Magic Power fluctuations, Lucy could not help worrying.

"Can Ye Yang really block it?"

Gray looked at Lucy in confusion.

"Huh? Isn't that normal? He's Ye Yang."

Natsu was even more annoyed. "Aahhh, I want to fight that monster too!!"

Erza explained, "Don't worry, Lucy."

"Aye~ Boss is the strongest."

Lucy saw that none of them were the slightest bit panicked, but she still looked ahead worriedly.

A powerful pillar of light suddenly shot out from Curse Song's mouth.

Ye Yang raised his index finger and gathered golden light. A large golden cross gleamed brightly.

"Cero!"

Just as the energy wave was about to reach him, an even larger blast of energy shot from Ye Yang's fingertip.

Curse Song's energy wave was instantly forced back, and the energy directly engulfed Curse Song.

When the golden light slowly faded, the once enormous monster had only two legs left standing ahead. Even more exaggeratedly, a huge crater had appeared in the mountain before them.

Lucy was so shocked that her jaw nearly dropped. She had never imagined that this harmless-looking man could be so powerful.

Erza stared at Ye Yang with battle intent in her eyes.

"This guy has gotten quite a bit stronger again."

Natsu said excitedly, "One day, I'll destroy a mountain with a single blow too!"

Lucy complained, "Is that really the part you're focusing on?"

Makarov turned to stone. He had already imagined what he was about to face.

The masters of the other guilds were also too shocked to speak. Such strength was simply outrageous.

Suddenly, a large army marched toward the conference grounds. When Fairy Tail's members saw the Council's troops, they immediately ran for it. Erza directly carried the petrified Makarov away.

Only the bewildered Lucy was left standing there, a mess in the wind.

"Huh?"

Inside the Magic Council.

News of Eisenwald hijacking the station and attempting to use Curse Song to kill the masters of the major guilds spread overnight.

Og said angrily, "Those people are becoming more and more lawless!"

"If they had succeeded, the entire Light Magic World would have been thrown into turmoil!"

Crawford said, "Everyone, tell me how we should handle this matter. If we mishandle it even slightly, the prestige we have established among the people will be lost again."

Og said, "Should we launch another campaign to wipe out the Dark Guilds?"

"The specifics still need to be discussed."

Zikrein spoke up. "Everyone, I think we can set this matter aside for now. The Dark Guild was able to obtain Zeref's magic so easily. Don't you think something is suspicious?"

"If we investigate this, none of you here will be able to escape blame."

Zikrein's words immediately silenced the Council members. If someone with ulterior motives embellished the matter, all of them would be pushed into the spotlight.

"So, I propose that we commend Fairy Tail."

Hearing this, everyone fell into thought. Indeed, rather than dragging someone out to take the blame, it would be better to place all the blame on the Dark Guild and commend Fairy Tail. The Council would not suffer any losses.

However, when they thought of commending the guild they usually despised, they hesitated.

Og said, "I think Zikrein's proposal is very good, but we cannot simply commend them. There have been quite a few letters complaining about them this time as well. Especially that brat who directly destroyed a mountain. Although there were no casualties, the villagers at the foot of the mountain suffered heavy losses."

"That damned brat, couldn't he have held back a little? Every time, we have to clean up after him!"

Yakima said, "Oh ho ho, little Ye Yang already held back. Otherwise, with his strength, that entire mountain range would have disappeared."

No one objected to Yakima's words, because Ye Yang had truly done it before. News of that incident had been completely sealed off. The only people who knew everything about it were these old men and the soldiers who had participated in the cleanup.

People outside only knew that a village had been massacred and that the Council had failed in its duty.

As soon as Councilor Reggie heard that they were going to commend Fairy Tail, he immediately roared, "Why commend them at all?! I say we should just disband Fairy Tail!"

The reason Councilor Reggie reacted this way was because his precious granddaughter had been whisked away by someone from Fairy Tail, so he deeply hated them.

Everyone looked at Reggie as if he were an idiot.

Crawford tapped the table, signaling everyone to quiet down.

"Enough. We'll do as Zikrein said: commend Fairy Tail, and arrest Ye Yang, the culprit in this incident."

When they heard that Ye Yang was to be arrested, everyone looked at the Council chairman in shock.

"All right, everyone. Meeting adjourned."