"This direction isn't the Magic Council, right?"
George, guided by the instructions of the Locator spell, discovered that the current location of the black dragon was in a city located in the headquarters of the Magic Council.
Previously, when he located the black dragon, its position was usually on a desolate island in the middle of the ocean, where the dragon rested.
The black dragon has lived for so many years, and except for occasionally appearing due to sensing the power of dragons, it has spent most of its time sleeping.
Now that the black dragon is no longer in that location, it indicates that it has started moving again.
"Could it be because of Naz and them?"
George's heart stirred, and he suddenly remembered that when he left the guild, Mirajiva had said that Natsu, Erza, and the others had taken on an S-ranked task commissioned by a member of the Magic Council.
The task seems to be about exorcising a demon hiding within the Council.
At the time, he didn't pay much attention to it.
Most demons in this world were created by Zeref, and their power is indeed terrifying for ordinary mages.
But for Natsu and his group now, it's actually not that difficult to fight.
In addition to the numerous tasks they took on during this time, their strength has made significant breakthroughs, and the various magical items provided by him have also been helpful.
However, now it seems that the demons that appeared this time should not be weak, perhaps there are more than one, and the fierce battle woke up the sleeping Black Dragon.
Half an hour ago, at the headquarters of the Magic Council.
The sound of a fierce explosion echoed throughout the sky, and the entire headquarters of the Magic Council was almost entirely destroyed.
The townspeople, upon discovering that the Council had been bombed, fled the town immediately. The troops guarding the Magic Council were all now lying on the ground.
"Fairy Tail, huh? So what? It's nothing special!"
Maldeus Gol, the King of the Underworld, looked at the panting Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Wendy standing in the ruins with disdain on his face.
Surrounding him, nine magicians or, more accurately, demons stood with terrifying magical powers.
Nicely, they are the last and most mysterious as well as the strongest dark guild in the Ballem Alliance — the Gate of the Underworld.
Of the ten members of the Gate of the Underworld, besides the one controlled by the soul spell, all the others were created by Zeref.
This time, the plan was to attack the Magic Council in order to obtain the key that could open the magical pulse bomb Fiss.
The magical pulse bomb Fiss is an ancient relic known as the "White Legacy," which is scattered across the Eastern Continent. Like the magical elf power, it is one of the strongest weapons held by the Council.
Once activated, it can forcefully dispel the magical energy on the Eastern Continent.
The purpose of this action was to revive the most powerful fiery demon, END, from the Demon Book of Zeref in order to kill Zeref.
Because they were created by Zeref for the sole purpose of killing him.
Unfortunately, the plan was disrupted in the middle of its execution when a mage from Fairy Tail intervened at the request of one of the council members, forcing them to go from covert operations to a forced takeover by force.
Fortunately, they managed to obtain the key to activate Fiss in the end.
Once these Fairy Tail mages are dealt with, it will be smooth sailing to activate Fiss and complete the plan.
"How dare you! If you have the courage, don't mess with our transceiver!"
Hapi, standing atop Natsu's head, waved his weapon dried fish and shouted at the king of the underworld.
Lucy followed with a flick of her hand and muttered:
"It's only because you're afraid of us using the transceiver to call for help from our guild, that you're saying that. What's a king of the underworld, just a coward!"
If it wasn't for the keys to the portal being secretly damaged by demons from the Gate of the Underworld, they would have already opened the portal and summoned all their guildmates to help.
They wouldn't have ended up getting beaten up so brutally now.
They were only five of them against ten, and even when the Gate of the Underworld had only sent five people to face them one on one, it had been a tough fight.
If the ten had attacked together, they probably would have lost.
"We've had enough of this, it's time to stop!"
The King of the Underworld raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, but he didn't say much else, only ordering his nine subordinates:
"Frank Marcellus, go ahead and activate Fiss. The rest of you, launch an all-out attack and kill them all for me."
George originally had some respect for the Fairy Tail guild, but it wasn't enough to make him afraid.
But now, the Fairy Tail guild is quite different.
It has gathered a large number of the top-tier mages from the Eastern Continent, and the guild master George is even more mysterious, making him uncertain that he could defeat him.
So in order to avoid the plan failing, he immediately destroyed the unique transporter magic item of the Fairy Tail guild when he discovered their interference.
The growing power of the Fairy Tail guild has been something he has been paying attention to, and he has also been gathering intelligence related to them.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing their leader's order, these arrogant demons immediately launched a combined attack on Erza and the five other Fairy Tail mages along with the two cats.
After several years of growth, Erza, Natsu, and others have made significant progress in their abilities. Even Lucy has gathered twelve golden keys and stepped into the ranks of S-ranked mages.
Add to that the magical devices tailor-made for them by George, their strengthened magical armor and weapons, and their overall strength in the Eastern Continent is already considered top-tier.
Unfortunately, they were facing not one, but eight demons attacking them simultaneously.
These demons, in addition to their powerful bodies, used unique demon incantations that were universally strange and potent.
Such as the demon Starblitz·Kagura, who can deprive enemies of their senses, intensify their pain, and infinitely strengthen their bodies.
The demon Apathy's Tarvos can release a toxic black water to envelop enemies, with its own body being impenetrable.
The demon Ryo Akai's Serah can use command incantations to command all humans, causing their bodies to lose their ability to act on their own and obey his commands automatically.
Eight demons, each of them created by Zeref in an attempt to kill himself.
After a fierce battle, the five of Fairy Tail were quickly gravely injured. As Fiss was about to be activated and the five of them were about to be killed, suddenly a bolt of lightning descended, and four people flashed onto the scene.
It turned out that Laxus and the God of Thunder from the Thunder God Temple, who were on a mission nearby, had arrived.
Actually, at the beginning of the battle, it wasn't necessary to blast the Magic Council into pieces; it was Natsu who intentionally did so during the fight.
The goal was to attract the help of nearby guilds by means of a powerful explosion and the spread of magical energy.
Because he remembered that there were quite a few guildmates doing tasks in nearby towns.
Laxus and the God of Thunder were not the only ones to arrive. Soon after, Gajeel, Mirajiva, and others also arrived to join the battle.
The balance of victory shifted until the King of the Underworld himself intervened, restoring control.
As the battle between the two sides reached its climax and the timer for Fiss's bomb was under five minutes, the terrifying Black Dragon Akuroji appeared.
