Guild Master Makarov, enlarged to over ten meters tall, glowered down at the ants beneath his feet.
"H-he's huge!!" Lucy collapsed in fright.
"Oh, you were here, Guild Master!" Mira greeted him.
"Tch!" × several.
At the sight of the Guild Master, everyone sheepishly put away their magic. Except for one idiot with a death wish.
"Ha, hahaha! Look how scared you all are! What a bunch of cowards."
Natsu laughed, planted his hands on his hips, and arrogantly declared to the others:
"This brawl is my vic-"
Smack!
Before Natsu could finish his victory speech, the Guild Master stomped him into the floor like a cockroach. The world instantly fell silent.
Having dealt with the troublemaker, the gigantic Makarov shifted his gaze to the trembling Lucy.
"Hmm? A new member?"
"Y-yes..." Lucy trembled like a newborn lamb.
"Hwaaaah!!" Makarov suddenly roared, his enormous body shrinking in an instant like a deflating balloon.
The dramatic sight frightened Lucy so badly that tears sprang from her eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the giant monster became a little old man barely over a meter tall, dressed in a comical outfit.
With his hands behind his back, he tilted his head up and gave her a kindly smile. "Hey there! Nice to meet you!"
"Huh? He's so small." Tears still clung to the corners of Lucy's eyes as she struggled to process it all.
Without further pleasantries, the Guild Master sprang up toward the second-floor railing.
Thud!
Unfortunately, he misjudged the distance and slammed his head into the railing with a dull thump.
Luckily, his reflexes were quick enough to save him. His old hands clamped onto the wood before he could fall, and he finally clambered up in a thoroughly undignified fashion.
"Ahem!" Makarov straightened his clothes and coughed twice