(Heartfelt thanks to 'Holy Feather Lingxue', 'You Bi Ji Yue', 'Yakumo Maki', 'Chenfeng☆', 'Wufeng Haotian', 'Black and White Waste', and 'Bu Leng Mu Leng' for their tips!)
Just as Tenrou Island began undergoing slight changes because of a small anomaly, far beyond the island, a magical airship was slowly making its way through the skies.
If Noah had been there, he would definitely have recognized that magical airship.
Because not long ago, that very airship had brazenly appeared before Noah and had even nearly entered Magnolia.
Inside the magical airship was a vast hall.
Seven people stood in a row within the hall, facing forward.
There stood a throne.
A person sat upon it.
An old man clad in pitch-black armor, with an eyepatch over his right eye and an exceedingly fierce face and gaze.
He was none other than Hades, Guild Master of Grimoire Heart, the Dark Guild known as the strongest within the Balam Alliance.
As for the seven people standing in a row before Hades, they were Grimoire Heart's seven executive-level members, famous throughout the entire dark world.
A man with a head of unruly golden hair and red pupils that looked as though they were made up of concentric circles—Zancrow.
A goat-like man holding a book in his hands—Capricorn.
A young man wearing black-rimmed glasses, his hair slicked entirely back, making it easy to see that he cared greatly about his appearance—Rustyrose.
A fat man with a bloated figure, a double chin, and thick eyebrows—Cain.
A petite girl wearing wing-shaped headphones by her ears and dressed in a cloak—Meredy.
A dark-skinned man dressed like a member of an ethnic tribe—Azuma.
And an alluring girl with waist-length black hair tinged slightly purple, a white hairclip fastened amid her locks, and a skintight outfit that fully displayed her