Crawford's eyes darted slightly. He immediately shouted his abilities to Precht. He knew he had to demonstrate enough usefulness to survive.
"You qualify..."
"But what about him?!"
Upon hearing this, Precht's furrowed brows relaxed slightly. Just as Crawford had said, Crawford currently had some use to Precht.
"Master Precht, no matter what, Jose is one of the Saint Ten Wizard. He is also the chairman of Phantom Lord, the second-ranked Magic Guild in the Fiore Kingdom, and second only to the Fairy Tail Guild..."
"As you said before, the greatest darkness in this world is light itself! I think you also need an agent in the Light Magic World, right?! Just like the current Fairy Tail Guild! So I think Jose and his Phantom Lord can perfectly become your agents. From now on, they will serve you..."
Crawford's face was anxious as he nervously blurted out his thoughts.
Well, to be honest, even Crawford himself wasn't sure if his words could persuade Precht.
"Interesting!"
Upon hearing this, Precht slightly narrowed his left eye, seemingly pondering the feasibility of what Crawford had just said.
"Alright! Let's do it!"
Ultimately, Precht agreed to Crawford's request.
Of course, Precht wasn't interested in Jose's combat power or potential. He simply wanted to disgust the founders of Blue Skull, who had long since gone to hell!
As Precht had said, Blue Skull was the predecessor of Phantom Lord, and also the enemy of their Fairy Tail Guild, a generational feud, one might say.
Even the birth of the Magic Guild Phantom Lord was because the founders of Blue Skull were no match for Fairy Tail and were eventually forced to disband their guild by Precht and others!
But he was unwilling, and in order to continue fighting Fairy Tail, he re-established a new guild, with the ultimate goal of having Phantom Lord avenge him and destroy Fairy Tail.
But what if this Phantom Lord not only failed to destroy Fairy Tail but instead became a branch of the Fairy Tail Guild?!
"Heh heh heh..."
The thought of those scumbags from Blue Skull, who had spent generations cultivating a Magic Guild, only for it to become a wedding dress for their Fairy Tail Guild, made Precht unable to stop himself from laughing.
Unfortunately, those founders of Blue Skull died a bit too early...
If they were still alive, Precht really wanted to see the expressions of those Blue Skull scumbags as their guild, which they had founded, was absorbed by Fairy Tail...
That would surely be more painful than killing them.
And so.
"Then let it be as you wish!"
"Be branded with the mark of our Grimoire Heart Guild!"
Under Precht's coercion and the deterrence of his absolute power.
Jose Porla and Crawford Shem were forcibly branded with the mark of Grimoire Heart!
This left Jose speechless; being forced to bear the mark of another Guild, what was the difference from NTR?!
No, this behavior had already reached the level of rape, hadn't it?!
As for the Fairy Tail Guild's mark, even if Jose Porla and Crawford Shem wanted to join, Precht wouldn't bestow the stamp upon them…
There was no other reason; it was simply because they weren't worthy!
"Jose Porla…"
"You, for my sake, manage Phantom Lord well!"
"After some time, I will send people from the Grimoire Heart Guild to your Guild, and with the strength of your Phantom Lord, we will openly invade the Light Magic World."
Precht sat on the throne, his gaze towards Jose carrying a hint of amusement.
"Yes! Yes, sir!"
Jose was speechless with bitterness; besides the damned Grimoire Heart Guild emblem on his body, Precht had also placed a spell on him to prevent his betrayal.
Although, with Jose's strength and courage, after being instantly killed by Precht, he had long lost the courage to betray him.
"Oh, right!"
"The name Phantom Lord is truly too unpleasant."
"A Light Magic Guild should look like a Light Magic Guild!"
"Go back and change the name immediately!"
"The new Guild's name will be… Luminas Guardians."
Precht had no intention of discussing anything with Jose; this was an order.
At the same time, Precht openly displayed his longing for Mavis; Lumen was Lumen Histoire, also a synonym for the infinite power source Fairy Heart, and the meaning of Luminas Guardians was self-evident.
"Didn't your Blue Skull always plan to kill the Fairy Tail?!"
"I will make your disciples and grand-disciples guardians of Fairy Tail for all eternity."
"Hehehe…"
Precht's expression didn't change, but he laughed maniacally inside, mocking the founder of Blue Skull for being so vulnerable; Blue Skull lost to Fairy Tail, and Phantom Lord would still lose to Fairy Tail.
It was simply losing for a lifetime, being pathetic for a lifetime…
"Yes! Yes, sir…"
Jose's forehead was covered in cold sweat; he didn't have the courage to resist Precht.
This old man was truly too powerful.
"Alright, get out!"
Precht seemed a bit tired; he gently waved his hand towards Jose and Crawford Shem, indicating that these two idiots could get out of his magic tower.
"Yes, sir."
Jose was seething with anger inside!
But there was nothing he could do; who told him he was a coward?!
And so, Jose and Crawford Shem, with their heads bowed, left miserably the Dark Magic Guild founded by Precht, which read as Grimoire Heart but was written as a Fairy Tail branch, and was reputed to be the strongest in Ishgar.
"Goodbye."
This time, the one seeing off Jose and the others…
Was not the blue-haired youth Jellal they had seen before, but another black-haired youth who also possessed immense potential, only slightly weaker than Jellal's talent, and whom Jose believed also had a chance to enter the 'Ten Wizard Saints' realm.
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