More than a month had passed since the last disaster that had destroyed Magnolia Town.
As a large town with an exceptionally well-developed transport network, Magnolia was one of the Kingdom's major transport hubs. With help from Fairy Tail and the Kingdom, its reconstruction had taken only half a month.
If that sounded exaggerated, remember that this was a world of magic! With the state machinery deliberately lending a hand, the reconstruction couldn't have dragged on even if anyone had wanted it to! Besides, Magnolia already had a large population. Under Fairy Tail's leadership, everyone had worked together, naturally finishing all the construction in no time!
Although rebuilding had been quick, restoring the town's basic operations had taken considerably longer. After all, when Achill had used Ryujin Jakka, he had burned absolutely everything here to ashes!
So even with state funding and assistance, Magnolia had only just managed to restore all its municipal functions...
At the center of town, inside the newly rebuilt Fairy Tail Guild, the members had gathered in the bright, spacious guildhall to eat and drink with abandon, their cheerful laughter rising now and then. Yes, it was lunchtime.
"Glug, glug, glug—ahh!" Makarov tilted his head back and drained a huge barrel of fragrant wheat beer. After exhaling softly and wiping the beer from his lips, he shook his head as he sat atop the bar and muttered, "I wonder how Erza and the others are doing on their suppression mission. The Six Demon Generals, an elite guild renowned throughout the Dark Realm, aren't easy opponents..."
"Don't worry, Master." Hearing him, Mira refilled his barrel with bright golden beer from behind the bar, then said with a smile, "Didn't Master Bob send us a message? Achill's guild, Macho's Kasaya, is taking part in this operation too! With