Hogue's face suddenly turned serious. He touched his earlobe and said quietly, "All right... I understand. Make the arrangements as soon as possible!"
The moment he finished speaking, Hogue's ingratiating smile returned. "Lord Ren... I just received word that the guilds nearly came to blows! This hunt left the Black Dragon badly wounded. He shed plenty of Dragon Blood and scales. Lord Qing Zhi took the scales, but the guilds are fighting over the blood!
"They almost started a fight over the Dragon Blood. In the end, Uranus forced them to settle it through the Grand Magic Games. They'll rank the guilds by their results and divide the blood accordingly—so much for first place, so much for second... The Intelligence Division just told me to arrange the arena!"
"Heh..." Ren gave a dismissive laugh and turned his wineglass in his hand. "A Grand Magic Games over a little Dragon Blood? They really know how to entertain themselves."
Ren had plenty of the Black Dragon's blood, so he had no interest in it. What caught his attention was that the Grand Magic Games, which should not have appeared for another dozen years, had already emerged.
His arrival had changed far too much in the Fairy Tail World.
Ren sipped his red wine, thoughtful. "Hogue... take this opportunity to keep the Grand Magic Games going. Better yet, turn it into a major annual event."
Chapter 1379: Exploring the World Source
"What?" Hogue looked surprised. "Lord Ren... wouldn't that give those guilds a chance to grow stronger? No guild wants to lose. They must know that losing to another guild tells the public they're weak. A weak guild has trouble getting commissions, and the pay for those it does receive drops. A guild's strength directly affects its interests!
"That's why the guilds