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Fairy Tail had now become the most powerful wizard guild on the continent of Ishgar.
They had also gathered a large number of capable wizards and maintained an excellent relationship with the Alvarez Empire on the western continent.
Because of that, even the Magic Council no longer dared to lecture the guild.
At most, they would issue written complaints.
If George chose to ignore them, the Magic Council wouldn't send any enforcement troops like before to punish Fairy Tail by force.
Still, mistakes committed by guild wizards were, after all, their responsibility. George wasn't an unreasonable person—he would usually have the guild's magic repair specialists handle the aftermath as quickly as possible.
Originally, his plan was to bring Fairy Tail to the top, become the strongest guild in the world, and then, as guild master, he could sit comfortably and collect all kinds of magic tomes.
But the current situation was far different. After discussing magic with Zeref and Mavis, and gathering magic from the entire western continent…
He had basically acquired ninety percent of the world's magic.
The spells his guild members brought back that he hadn't yet mastered were so few they could be counted on one hand.
In contrast, guild affairs—messy, endless, and trivial—were plentiful.
With examples like Natsu, Gray, and Erza—the classic troublemakers of Fairy Tail—the newer members who joined were no less talented than them.
They grew stronger quickly, and caused just as much chaos.
George was already considering passing the guild master position back to the old master, Makarov, after he devoured the Black Dragon.
"Restore to original!"
Teleporting to Acalypha (Agaleifa) City, George cast a restoration spell in one move, returning the half-destroyed city to its previous state.
However, instead of returning to the guild immediately, he used a tracking spell.
"Reveal Direction — Ultear!"
If he was going to hand the master's seat back to the old man, he needed to find someone who could handle logistics for him.
Otherwise, whenever trouble arose, the old master would definitely run straight to him.
And knowing that old man, he'd do it without the slightest sense of embarrassment.
As for the guild members currently studying restoration spells, they could handle small-scale fixes, but anything bigger would overwhelm them.
George, however, had just the right candidate in mind—Ultear, former member of Grimoire Heart, born with immense magic power and heir to the Lost Magic Arc of Time.
Even though Ultear didn't use restoration magic specifically, time magic belonged to the same category, and she could achieve similar effects.
If she learned his repair spells, she might not reach his level, but it would be more than enough.
No matter how much havoc Natsu and the others caused, they weren't going to blow up the entire continent, right?
"Found you!"
Following the golden-arrow trail and scanning with his spiritual sense, George soon located Ultear at the southernmost part of the eastern continent.
At that moment, Ultear and her adopted daughter Meredy were attacking a not-so-famous dark guild.
Ever since the Tenrou Island war, Ultear and Meredy had untangled their inner knots, left Grimoire Heart, and began traveling the world to punish evil and atone for their past sins.
"Radiance of the Gods!"
Ultear materialized various crystal spheres from the future, unleashing countless rays of light that instantly knocked down the dozens of dark wizards ahead.
"Sinful Ray!"
Meredy cast her emotion-based punishment spell and dealt with the remaining dark wizards.
Just then, George descended from the sky.
"There's actually someone else!"
Mistaking George for another dark wizard, both Ultear and Meredy immediately attacked him again.
But this time, their spells had no effect.
With a wave of his hand, George used the power of Qi Source Flow to nullify their magic entirely.
"No need to panic. I'm not from this dark guild—I'm George, the guild master of Fairy Tail."
Seeing their expressions change and their magic about to escalate, he directly revealed his identity and shifted back into his cat form.
"It really is you."
Ultear recognized him immediately. She had gone undercover in the Magic Council and had seen him while he was repairing Clover Town.
But she couldn't understand why George—the first wizard of the continent and current guild master of the strongest guild—would come all the way here.
George didn't waste words and stated his purpose outright.
"I came here specifically to find you both. I want to invite you to join Fairy Tail."
"Invite us?"
Ultear and Meredy were stunned for a moment, then quickly shook their heads.
"Honored Master, Gray has probably spoken to you about us. We do want to join a legitimate guild and atone openly.
But for now, the Magic Council is still hunting us. If we join Fairy Tail, it will only bring the guild trouble.
Thank you, but…"
"You don't need to worry about the Magic Council. I'll handle it.
As long as you're willing, you can join Fairy Tail officially, take on proper jobs, and go after those dark guilds in the open."
George waved his paw casually to reassure them.
Ultear and Meredy did indeed have criminal records with the Council, but nothing unforgivable.
Besides, the original Council no longer existed.
With his current influence, one word from him would be enough for the new Council members to show him respect.
Under his persuasion, Ultear and Meredy finally accepted his invitation and returned to Fairy Tail with him.
Once everything was settled, George quietly slipped away from the guild without telling anyone and set off on the road to face the Black Dragon.
The main reason he didn't inform the others was that in this battle, they wouldn't be able to help at all.
The Black Dragon's devouring magic would nullify everyone else's spells—including Zeref's.
Bringing others along would just get in the way. It was better for him to handle it alone.
Of course, the biggest reason was that he had absolute confidence in his current strength.
If he were to fight the god of death, Ankhseram, now—that would be another story.
From the ancient magical texts he'd collected, it was recorded that this so-called death god Ankhseram was likely far more than a mere reaper. He might actually be the creator of this world.
He only appeared occasionally to strip mortals of life and lay curses on them, leading people to mistake him for a god of death.
Fairy Tail existed across multiple parallel worlds, with complete laws, countless mages and magical creatures, and even realms like the Celestial Spirit World.
Theoretically, that death god might already be at a multiversal level. Even at the lowest level of such beings, he would still surpass the peak of a single-universe entity.
As for the Black Dragon, at best it was at the peak of a Heavenly Father-tier individual—and that was only because of its devouring magic as a trump card.
So for George, it was not a big problem.
(End of Chapter)