The Strongest First-Generation Team Assembles!

Not long after Ywen and the others left, at the Magic Council...

"What did you say?!"

"Say that again if you dare?!"

"What kind of joke is this..."

A Magic Council councilor who looked to be in his thirties or forties stared with a twisted expression at the soldier reporting to him.

This councilor was usually known throughout the Council for his good temper and elegant demeanor! But the instant he heard the intelligence the soldier had brought him, the elegance he had always worked so hard to maintain vanished without a trace. His eyes widened as he glared furiously at the Council soldier before him and demanded an explanation.

"Uh, well..." The soldier froze at first. He had not expected the councilor to be so shocked by the information he had reported. To be honest, he had specifically come to this councilor because of his good temper, but now it seemed this man was not nearly as mild-tempered as the rumors claimed!

However, the soldier had no other choice now. He could only bite the bullet and report the information again to the Magic Council councilor before him. "Reporting to you, Councilor, according to Councilor Toki Andarba, Fairy Tail's Guild Master Makarov, along with its members Gildarts, Ywen, Ul, Gray, and Lyon, are currently traveling west together. Their destination is likely Fairy Tail's guild hall in Magnolia Town."

"You mean Councilor Toki Andarba just reported that..."

"That Fairy Tail Guild Master, Makarov, one of the Ten Wizard Saints."

"And that Crush Mage who uses Super-Class Destruction Magic: Crush as basic magic..."

"That monster—the only one on the continent who uses Super Magic as basic magic—the bastard mage known as the strongest mage in the west, Gildarts."

"And Ywen, who uses True Celestial Magic to smash people with rocks and casually throws meteors at people's heads."

"Ul, the strongest female mage in the north, the one who created Iced Shell—they have all formed a team and are heading west together. Their destination is most likely Fairy Tail's guild hall, right?!"

"What kind of joke is this?! How can you use the word 'likely' when reporting the destination of people like that?! Do you know what will happen if there is even the slightest mistake?!"

The councilor clutched his aching head, roaring furiously at the soldier before him.

"Uh, well..."

The soldier was drenched in sweat, but he did not argue. In truth, insufficient intelligence was indeed their problem—though it was not his problem, exactly...

"Any one of those people would be enough to give us a headache, and now they've gathered together?!"

"I remember that Gildarts gets nominated every year during the Ten Wizard Saints selection, but is rejected every time because of his character..."

"And Ywen and Ul—the Council decided to list both of them as candidates for the Ten Wizard Saints after they defeated Deliora! Do you know what that means?!"

After hearing his subordinate's report, the councilor's head felt like it was about to split open. His face darkened. Any one of Ywen, Makarov, or Gildarts was a key subject of Council investigation. Though he did not know much about Ul, birds of a feather flocked together. Since Ul could hang around with major Fairy Tail bastards like Makarov, she could not possibly be any good either.

And now, these troublesome children—each of whom made the Magic Council's councilors love and hate them in equal measure—had gathered together...

The councilor did not even dare imagine it anymore. The image was simply too beautiful.

"One Ten Wizard Saint and three Ten Wizard Saints candidates with the strength of Ten Wizard Saints..."

"Four Saint-level powerhouses gathering together to form a team for a mission?!"

"What kind of joke is this..."

"Are they forming a group to attack some country?"

"Is there any country on this continent that requires four Saint-level mages to attack it together?"

The Magic Council councilor felt his brain buzzing incessantly. He was already beginning to feel dizzy and disoriented.

Then, as though he had thought of something, his expression shifted from anger to terror!

"No! Knowing Fairy Tail's usual behavior, it definitely isn't something as simple as attacking a country?!"

"Is that it?! I see, so those evil fairies can no longer hold themselves back? Heh heh..."

"I knew it. Sooner or later, they would take this step..."

"Is Fairy Tail planning to declare war on the Magic Council once and for all?!"

The more the councilor spoke, the more he believed it himself. In the end, he frightened himself so badly that he began trembling all over.

"What happened?!"

Just as the middle-aged councilor was trembling from fear at his own thoughts, an aged voice sounded behind him.

"Councilor Yajima, you're finally here! This is terrible! We may be under attack!"

Though this councilor looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, he was relatively young among the councilors. The moment he saw Yajima, it was as if he had seen his savior. Tears welled in his eyes as he ran to Yajima.

"What?!"

"Someone is going to attack the Magic Council?"

Yajima's expression changed in shock after hearing the middle-aged councilor's words.

Ever since becoming a Magic Council councilor decades ago, Yajima had never encountered a mage daring enough to cause trouble at the Magic Council!

"That Ten Wizard Saint, Makarov!"

"Gildarts of Crush..."

"Ywen of Starfall!"

"And Ul from the northeast, the one who invented Iced Shell—they've gathered together!"

The councilor spoke to Yajima in extreme agitation.

"Oh, Ul joined Fairy Tail too?"

"Looks like Makarov's guild is getting stronger and stronger!"

"Come to think of it, Makarov—if Gildarts, Ywen, and Ul formed a team with him, wouldn't that be Fairy Tail's strongest team?!"

"Ah, this really brings back memories! It reminds me of my younger days, when Makarov, Rob, Bob, Porlyusica, and Goldmine were all there, when we were all still young..."

Yajima's eyes sparkled as he began reminiscing about the days when he and the others had been young and taken the Ishgar Continent by storm.

"Mr. Yajima?!"

"Now isn't the time to be spacing out!"

"Think about it! What mission on this continent would require those four to carry it out together?"

"From my experience! There's a very good chance those four monsters are coming to attack the Magic Council!"

The middle-aged councilman hurriedly spoke in a low voice as he looked at the absent-minded Yajima.

"Er, hehe..."

"Sorry you had to see that. When you get old, you just love reminiscing..."

Yajima smiled at the councilman before him, who in his eyes was still far too young.

Honestly, he really was old, and it was time for him to retire. Unfortunately, Fairy Tail and Makarov still worried him. If he were not around to help at the council, who knew how those ignorant youngsters in the council might treat Fairy Tail and Makarov? So there was no helping it—this old bag of bones would have to hold on for a few more years! At least until all of Makarov's children had grown up...

"Hehe..."

At that thought, Yajima started laughing again. But in the eyes of the middle-aged councilman, it looked as though Yajima, having just come back to his senses, had spaced out again before waking up once more...

It made the middle-aged councilman wonder whether Yajima had developed senile dementia.

"Mr. Yajima, we don't have time for you to keep spacing out! Please convene a Magic Council meeting immediately! I believe that, if necessary, against Makarov, Gildarts, Ywen, and Ul, we must deploy Etherion!"

The middle-aged councilman's expression was grave. Against four top-tier wizards of the continent, using conventional forces to defeat them was completely unrealistic. Before top-tier wizards, no amount of cannon fodder would be of any use. Therefore, the middle-aged councilman believed it necessary to use the Magic Council's ultimate foundation: Etherion, capable of destroying an entire nation in a single instant!

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