When Erza received the news, she was in central Ishgar. Having long since regarded the guild as her home, she absolutely refused to allow any sinister schemers to plot behind its back. Thus, she took the portraits Allen had sent her and the list of Dark Guilds and began searching from the country where she currently was.
All the other S-Class Mages who were outside also began taking the matter seriously and sprang into action in unspoken agreement.
From that day onward, all the Dark Guilds throughout Ishgar were plunged into darkness. At the same time, the Council headquarters in Ishgar received countless complaints about Fairy Tail. The main complaint was that Fairy Tail's mages had been making far too much trouble lately. Several cities had even been half destroyed just to capture members of the Dark Guilds. Although Fairy Tail actively paid compensation, the impact was still far too great.
At this moment, Makarov was being harshly berated by Yajima.
"I know what the guild went through before, but haven't you gone a little too far lately? That old bastard Crawford has been giving me endless trouble over this matter. I don't care what you think—in three days, this must be over!"
Makarov could only placate Yajima with an ingratiating smile. "All right, all right. We'll resolve it within three days. Allen sent me a message earlier. He seems to have found some clues, so please bear with us a little longer."
After finally ending the call with Yajima, Makarov let out a long breath. He was just about to contact Erza and Jellal—the two people who had destroyed the most towns this time—and vent the anger he had built up from being scolded by Yajima for half an hour when Allen sent word that he had already found