In Allen's perception, all eight people leading the group except Jose Porla possessed S-Class Mage-level strength. The moment he saw them, Allen knew that luring them here had also been part of their plan. As long as Fairy Tail's mages came here, they could use their numerical advantage in S-Class Mages to wipe them out. By then, Fairy Tail's strength would take a major hit, allowing the other guilds to seize some of the missions that had originally belonged to Fairy Tail.
Moreover, they had clearly calculated this timing carefully. Gildarts had gone to carry out a ten-year mission and would not be back anytime soon. Laxus and Ur had just left and would not return so quickly either. In Ishgar, only Allen, Makarov, Ultear, Erza, and Jellal remained. Makarov would certainly stay behind to oversee the guild and would not deploy casually. That meant they would face only four people at most, while they had seven S-Class Mages, Jose Porla—a mage on the level of a Ten Saint—and some mediocre A-Class Mages. With their numerical advantage, they believed they could wipe out all four of them.
Without Allen, their plan might have succeeded. However, every one of them would have died here all the same.
At that moment, Jose Porla could no longer hide the smug smile covering his face. He looked at Allen and the others and sneered, "The four of you may be considered outstanding talents of the new generation, but unfortunately, your journeys end here. We'll devour all of Fairy Tail. Hahaha!!!"
Jose laughed uncontrollably as he spoke, as though Allen and the others were already fish on his chopping board.
Hearing the mockery in Jose's voice, Allen first asked Ultear, "Did you get Jose Porla, as well as the people from the Dark Guild and