Precht? A name immediately flashed through Li's mind—Hades!
That's right, this Precht seemed to be the second guild master!
He hadn't expected this guy to appear here. After all, this man would become a major villain in the future.
He was incredibly powerful and also the person Makarov respected most. Makarov had lost both parents when he was very young, and it could be said that Precht had raised him. Yet in the end, it was also Precht who severely wounded him and tried to destroy Fairy Tail.
The tall man named Precht sighed softly. "There's no need to say anything more. I'm also a master of dark magic, so my nephew was indeed being unreasonable just now. Very impressive. That Holy Mark was flawless. First, it was a Holy Mark infused with a massive amount of magic power, but it was deliberately made incomplete. That way, even if the Krala Rat wasn't attacked, it could still trigger the second layer of the Holy Mark."
Li twitched the corner of his mouth. He hadn't expected Precht to be an expert in Holy Marks as well.
"The second Holy Mark was drawn directly over the first one. Since the second Holy Mark would merely be an ornament if the first one did not fail, it required no additional carrying capacity. And what was inscribed on the second Holy Mark was actually an advanced undead spell—Bone and Flesh Separation. The power of this spell was already enough to kill that Sumen Tiger within the field."
"As long as the Sumen Tiger killed the Krala Rat, the first layer of the Holy Mark would fail without the Krala Rat's life supply, and the second layer would activate. The Sumen Tiger would certainly die. If the Sumen Tiger did not attack it with all