Magic Council.
Bang!
"What?! The R-System still remains? How is this possible?!"
Org slammed his fist on the conference table in anger and shock. He had just been called to a meeting, only to find out it was such a major event.
"Eight years ago, a cult that worshipped black magic invested a large sum of money to rebuild the R-System."
"Are those the seven towers? Weren't they already destroyed by the Council? They should be gone by now."
"There's also an eighth tower near the coast of Car Leum."
"It can't be... has it already been completed?"
Eight years was too long. Such a long time was enough to build a tower.
"Unfortunately, the on-site investigation team wouldn't joke about this."
Ultear said, "It has already been completed."
"Ugh..."
Org immediately felt a headache. Fairy Tail was already troublesome enough, and now an R-System had appeared.
At this moment, Siegrain said, "The Tower of Heaven is not the R-System, it is the Tower of Heaven."
"Shut up, Sieg! I don't care what it's called. It will severely impact people's lives and lead to great chaos! We must immediately dispatch troops without delay to suppress them!"
"However, this time it doesn't seem to be the former Black Magic Cult, but a man named Jellal. If we don't know the opponent's situation..."
Although the Magic Council had the Rune Knights, sending them out might not be enough to suppress the opponent. If the opponent was powerful, rashly deploying the Rune Knights would only cause more severe losses. They had once sent out the Rune Knights to eradicate an organization, resulting in heavy casualties.
"The R-System is a magic that disregards the laws of human life and death, and it's extremely prone to breeding dangerous ideas. Whoever occupies it is an enemy, send out the army immediately."
Everyone incessantly argued about whether to dispatch troops immediately.
"Incompetent fools." Siegrain said softly, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
"What?!"
"Sieg, you little..."
Many Council Members were very displeased. Siegrain was just a kid, yet he dared to call them incompetent.
"Sending troops is a strategy for you incompetent fools. That thing is dangerous, very dangerous. You haven't even figured out the situation. There's only one way to completely destroy the Tower of Heaven now, and that's to fire Etherion using the satellite magic array."
Upon hearing Siegrain's words, almost all the Council Members' expressions changed drastically, looking at Siegrain in disbelief.
"What?!"
"You said to use super-dimensional destructive magic! Are you crazy?!"
"The destructive range of this magic is unpredictable. A whole country could be razed to the ground because of it."
"That is our ultimate trump card. That's a magic even more dangerous than the R-System."
Almost all Council Members rejected Siegrain's proposal immediately.
Siegrain continued to argue, "But only Etherion can destroy that massive structure."
"I approve." Ultear raised her hand and said.
"Ultear! Even you..."
"There are nine Council Members in total. If three more vote in favor, we can fire Etherion. There's no time to waste, we absolutely cannot let the R-System activate."
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Tower of Heaven.
"Jellal-sama, we just received news that Erza has been successfully captured and is on her way here. However, with your immense magic power, wouldn't it be easy to deal with her? Why do you still want to capture that traitor?" A long-haired man came before Jellal to report.
"Hahahaha... That won't do. This world is too boring."
The long-haired man felt his boss seemed to be going a bit mad again.
"Now that the Tower of Heaven is built, the time is ripe. As for Erza? She's just bait, nothing more than bait."
"Bait?"
"Exactly. Bait for the sacrifice to resurrect Zeref."
—
While the Magic Council was in session, Takeshi and the others were traveling by boat to the Tower of Heaven.
Mirajane, feeling she couldn't help, stayed at the hotel, waiting for everyone to return.
"Erza, I'm sorry."
"Sorry, Erza."
Millianna and Wally apologized to Erza.
They had believed Jellal's slanders and had deeply misunderstood Erza all these years.
Erza smiled and stroked Millianna's head, saying, "It's okay. As long as you are all safe, that's what matters most."
"Ugh... Blegh..."
Natsu swayed unsteadily.
Seeing Natsu approach, Gray quickly shooed him away with a look of disgust, "Don't come near me. You're making me sick. If you get seasick, why didn't you just stay at the hotel?"
"But speaking of which, why is she coming along too?" Lucy looked at Juvia across from her.
This matter had nothing to do with her, and why was she even at the resort hotel?
Gray explained, "Phantom Lord disbanded, didn't it? Juvia is now a free Mage and wants to join Fairy Tail."
"Join Fairy Tail?!"
Erza and the others were surprised to hear this, but Takeshi was not surprised at all. Juvia was one of the future main forces of Fairy Tail.
"Yes. Juvia wants to join Fairy Tail."
Erza thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... Although Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord had conflicts in the past, there's no grudge with Juvia. Now that Phantom Lord has disbanded, it's reasonable for Juvia to want to join Fairy Tail. I will speak to Master."
Juvia was one of Phantom Lord's Element 4, with S-Class strength. Having such a powerful Mage join would be a good thing for Fairy Tail.
"Really? Thank you very much. Juvia will definitely work hard."
Hearing Erza's words, Juvia was very happy. With the recommendation of an S-Class Mage, her chances of joining Fairy Tail would greatly increase.
At this moment, Happy, who had been keeping watch at the bow, suddenly pointed ahead and shouted, "There's a tower!"
Everyone looked forward and saw a towering structure.
"It's so big!"
Even from a distance, they could feel the grandeur of the tall tower.
"Has it really been completed?"
Erza looked at the distant tower. She had once lived a hellish life there, and at that time, the Black Magic Cult's goal was to build this tower.
Shô clenched his fist and said through gritted teeth, "Yes, we built this tower... It took us eight years..."
Simon said, "We have already reported to Jellal that Erza has been captured. Next, as long as everyone enters Shô's cards, we will take you all to Jellal's location, and then we can all attack him together..."
Simon's words were cut short by Takeshi. "No need. Doing things sneakily is not my style. We'll just crush them directly."