Chapter 1390: Returning to Fairy Tail
"So that's it... Hades is the Second Hokage's grandson. That explains everything!"
"Tsk, tsk... Guild Master Gellberg's grandson. No wonder he's so strong!"
"The second guild master? I barely know anything about him!"
Word of Hades's identity spread quickly. Many members now understood why Makarov was so excited—and why Hades was so powerful.
Quite a few guild members had joined Fairy Tail as children, back when the second guild master was still there. They had at least some memory of him.
They knew how powerful and wise he had been.
So when his descendant joined the guild, they welcomed him with joy.
Some newer members knew nothing about the second guild master, but the older members' stories left them stunned.
After all, Fairy Tail owed its present success almost entirely to the second guild master's efforts.
Soon after Fairy Tail was founded, Mavis had traveled far and wide, and eventually died. From the beginning, Hades had been the one managing the guild.
After Yuri died and Sequen joined the Magic Council, Hades became the second guild master. Fairy Tail's growth was, in large part, his achievement.
Makarov, by comparison, had simply built on what Hades had established.
No wonder Makarov was emotional. Seeing the Fairy Tail emblem stamped on Hades's arm stirred a flood of memories.
Hades smiled, but he felt a touch of emotion himself.
He had returned to Fairy Tail to obtain Mavis's genes, fuse them with his body, and gain her curse of immortality. Yet once he stepped into the guild, even his heart, steeped in darkness, stirred with nostalgia.
But after that brief nostalgia came the same deep darkness.
His old, time-worn body had tied him to his past. When Ren destroyed it, he had effectively destroyed that past