Five minutes later.
"I'm going to die."
"I'm really going to die."
"I really regret being the first to experience this Magic Power Developer."
Wakaba lay on the ground, panting heavily, his entire body drenched in his own sweat.
"I think I saw my grandma…"
"Grandma said she's taking me to heaven to reunite with my family!"
"Hehehe…"
Macao lay on the ground, babbling incoherently.
Under the excessive magic power, Macao's consciousness began to blur.
"Relax, you won't die."
As for Medivh, he stood beside Macao and Wakaba, comforting them softly.
Well, before Medivh 'tortured' Macao and Wakaba…
He meant, before he put Macao and Wakaba into the Magic Power Developer…
He had estimated the maximum time their bodies could withstand based on their physiques and magic power, and he developed them right up to that limit.
So right now, Wakaba and Macao only looked like they were about to die…
But they weren't far from actual death either.
"Next."
After Medivh confirmed that Wakaba and Macao's bodies were fine and would recover after some rest, he looked up at the others present.
"Uh…"
For a moment, every Fairy Tail member present, without exception, who met Medivh's gaze, took several steps back.
"You go first! You're young…"
"No, no, no! You go first! You're in good shape."
"Didn't you say you wanted to become an S-Class Mage?"
"The opportunity is right in front of you, don't miss it."
"Actually, what's an S-Class Mage? Isn't it enough that we're all comrades of the Fairy Tail Guild? I'll let you have this opportunity!"
Indeed, with Medivh's help, the Fairy Tail members learned humility, deference, and politeness.
This was something even Makarov couldn't achieve.
Looking at it this way, Medivh truly was a person of immense merit.
"If I tell you to go, you go! Don't babble…"
"Damn it! You want to fight me, don't you?!"
"We've been fighting all day, haven't you had enough?!"
"This morning, I fainted from hunger, so it doesn't count as losing to you. Now that I'm full, let me show you the difference in our strength…"
"Come on! Who's afraid of whom! Today I'll make you lose convinced."
Unfortunately, before long, these Fairy Tail members gradually revealed their true nature, veins bulging on their foreheads, shouting loudly, looking like they were about to start fighting again.
Instantly, countless streams of magic power erupted within the Magic Development Bureau…
"Quiet."
Seeing this, Medivh sighed deeply, while releasing magic power from his body that was even more terrifying than all the magic power of everyone present combined…
At once, infinite gravity, mixed with magic power so dense it seemed to solidify from invisible to visible, fell like ink-like raindrops onto the shoulders of everyone present.
"Uh…"
As everyone's shoulders sank, their gradually overheated brains slowly calmed down.
Many people looked up in Medivh's direction, only to see Medivh's figure, like a demon god emerging from the abyss, standing amidst the solidified magic power, silently watching everyone present with immense pressure.
"Such a powerful sense of oppression."
"This magic power seems to be even greater than the Master's?"
"No way! Could it be that Medivh's strength has already surpassed Master Makarov, who is one of the Ten Wizard Saints?"
Everyone present was startled.
They had always known that Medivh was very strong, one of the few S-Class Mages in the guild, but they had never imagined that Medivh's strength was so powerful, even stronger than their Master.
"Since none of you are volunteering, then it's my turn to call names randomly."
Medivh, like a teacher about to call on students to answer questions in class, had a kind and gentle expression.
"Don't call on me, please don't call on me…"
As for these Fairy Tail Guild members, they were like students who hadn't prepared for class and knew nothing about the teacher's questions, their expressions filled with fear and unease.
"Next, it's you."
Medivh extended his finger, scanning across the faces of the guild members present, one by one, before casually landing on a certain guild member present.
"Yay! That's great…"
Immediately, all the guild members let out astonishing cheers.
Those not chosen by Medivh breathed a sigh of relief.
"Relax, no one can escape."
To this, Medivh just smiled faintly.
Dying early or dying late, it's still death…
Medivh was a very fair person.
"Zzzzz…"
As Medivh elegantly activated the Magic Power Developer.
"Ah!!"
Piercing screams entered everyone's ears, like beautiful 'classical music'.
At least, that's how Medivh saw it.
According to the guild members, Medivh was truly a pure sadist!
"Next!"
After that guild member reached the 'death' critical point…
Medivh took him out of the machine, threw him aside, and selected a new member, throwing him into the machine.
"Zzzzz!"
Accompanied by a buzzing sound of current.
"Ah!!"
Another piercing scream…
This was repeated countless times.
Among those present who had not yet undergone magic power development, only Cana, the winner of the 24-hour Endurance Race, remained…
As well as Laxus, the Mirajane three sisters, Natsu, Gray, Lyon, Ultear, and Medivh's precious daughter, Erza.
Yes, the rest were all minors.
"I'll go first!"
"After all, I'm the oldest."
Laxus scanned the remaining people who had not yet undergone magic power development and, finding himself the oldest among them, stepped forward without hesitation, showing a strong big brother demeanor.
"What power level?"
Medivh asked Laxus.
"Maximum."
Laxus answered without hesitation.
"How long?"
Medivh continued to ask.
"How long?"
"Until either I or the machine collapses."
Laxus's lips curved into an arc, and he looked at the huge Magic Power Developer, his eyes gleaming with boundless fighting spirit.
This was no longer just simple magic power development, but a battle of dignity…
Laxus was determined to do better than all the minors behind him.
"Then let's go!"
Medivh smiled; he believed Laxus had that kind of strength.
Before Medivh could act, Laxus voluntarily jumped into the huge Magic Power Developer, took off his shirt, and allowed the wires to bind him.
"Here it comes."
Medivh said, pressing the activation button of the developer.
"Buzz!"
"Zzzzz…"
Instantly, countless magic powers surged into Laxus's body like a tide.
"Hmph."
Laxus, caught off guard by such a large amount of magic power being poured into his body by the Magic Power Developer, let out a pained snort, but for the powerful Laxus, that was the extent of it.
"Not enough! Still not enough…"
Laxus looked at Medivh on the platform and spoke provocatively.
"In that case, I'll give you an overpower surge."
As Medivh spoke, he turned the machine's power to an overload state.
"Boom!!"
Immediately, the massive Magic Power Developer seemed to emit thick black smoke, and terrifying magic power continuously poured into Laxus's body.
"Haha!"
"This is the feeling."
"But it's still far from enough."
Laxus laughed, feeling the barrier hindering his progress in his body being orderly broken with the help of the Magic Power Developer…
This feeling of continuous progress made him extremely comfortable.
"No."
"This Magic Power Developer model is too old."
"Ultimately, this thing was built only to help Ultear, who was only eight or nine years old and still a child, develop her magic power…"
"Now it's no longer enough to be effective for people like Laxus and Erza, whose strength has reached S-Class."
"I need to find a way to strengthen it."
After some thought, Medivh mused to himself.
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