"First, there are two pieces of news I need to tell everyone."
As everyone held their breath, Makarov seemed to deliberately keep them in suspense before suddenly changing the subject and saying that.
"The first concerns the Grand Magic Games, while the second concerns our guild's future."
Although Makarov looked like he was merely keeping everyone in suspense, the expression on his face was extremely serious.
Neither piece of news was something they could ignore.
"Let me tell you the first piece of news first." Makarov cleared his throat and spoke.
"In order to participate in this year's Grand Magic Games, win the championship, and make our guild the number one in the Kingdom of Fiore again, I carefully studied this year's official rules. I found that there is no limit on the number of participating teams, so I have decided that this time, we will select two teams."
"Two teams?" Everyone was astonished.
"Two teams?" Noah was slightly taken aback, though he was not particularly surprised.
"Is that allowed, Guild Master?" Erza raised her hand and asked.
"In past Grand Magic Games, it seems that no guild has ever sent two teams to compete at the same time."
"But there really is no restriction this year," Makarov said shamelessly.
"So no matter what, we won't be breaking the rules. Isn't that enough?"
Everyone was immediately speechless.
Still, since the rules did not forbid it, they really could not say it was impossible.
"If that's the case, why not send even more teams?" Macao grinned slyly.
"Wouldn't that give us a better chance of winning?"
"Forget it." Wakaba poured cold water on the idea.
"In previous years, our guild always came in last. Even though our main members will be competing this time, if we send so many teams and