With Gildart's punch, the ground within a radius of 10 shattered instantly. Even Wakaba and Akira, who took Gildart's advice to heart, were also affected.
"Damn it, Gildarts, I seriously suspect you are here to kill me. "After the rumbling stopped, Akira stood up and scolded Gildarts angrily.
"Hahah, sorry, I might have put a bit too much magic power into my punch. " Gildarts scratched his head in embarrassment. Well, he was a bit excited after rushing here with all his speed that he forgot to hold back.
Hearing Gildart's lame excuse, Akira had a million complaints to say; he ultimately sighed and did not speak.
'Sigh, I should have known better, ' Akira thought in his heart as he walked towards the now big pit where Deliora's corpse remained. Unlike the last time, when his only injury was a hole in the chest, now Deliora's whole body is filled with various injuries.
After inspecting the corpse for a while, Akira nodded in satisfaction. Although Gildart's punch was terrible, it thankfully didn't fully destroy the corpse. If that really happened, Akira wouldn't know where to cry.
He turned to Gildarts and Wakaba and said, " Okay, guys, now for the next phase of our plan. When the council comes to check the situation, you must claim that Deliora was defeated by Gildarts alone. Okay, don't even mention my name. No, tell them that, Wakaba, I was busy helping the refugees escape. "
Gildarts and Wakaba nodded at this. Although they didn't get the deep animosity the council has for Fairy Tail, they still knew that Akira being too famous is not a good thing for him. Especially when he is still this young.
Seeing that his two companions had been fooled by him successfully, Akira smirked inwardly. Like always, Akira didn't tell these two the whole plan.
Akira's plan is simple. He would let Gildarts take the credit for defeating Deliora. For this, he even erased his magic power and let Gildarts throw that blow just to make it more authentic. But since the council already knew of Gildart's level, they would not be too suspicious.
After the council finishes reviewing the whole situation and they will take Deliora's body. And Akira is 99% sure that this body would then be taken away by some dark guild. After some dark guild takes this away, Akira's clone, who is hiding in the corpse, would take action and rob the entire place and place everything in the dimensional space and teleport away. And even if some dark guild didn't want this body and let the council keep researching the corpse, it didn't matter. He would still use his clone that is hidden inside the corpse to rob them and teleport away.
No, maybe he would even let his clone become an informant in the council and collect as many black materials as possible for a future rainy day. With his Kiyoka Suigetsu, aside from a few rare exceptions, his clone can stay undercover even if it is under the nose of a holy ten.
This is something he found out after Akira used it on Master Makarov. As long as it is not aimed at him directly and his presence concealment is good enough, even someone like Makarov didn't manage to see through his illusion.
And besides, as far as Akira knows, none of the holy ten even come to council if they don't have any important business to do.
So without the bigwits, Akira can confidently say that he can make the magic council his back garden. After all, if a demon like Jakal can destroy the magic council, it stands to reason why he can't sneak in and borrow some stuff.
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After sorting out some finer details and contacting Master Makarov about Deliora's death, telling him briefly about their plan Akira, wakaba and Gildarts all walked towards the town to check on the residents who had previously fled the town for their safety.
Now what they need to do is wait for the council troops while searching for anyone who can pass on the message of Deliora's death. Hopefully, none of the townsmen would be hurt by the monster nearby while they were fleeing.
Wait, speaking of monsters… .
Suddenly remembering the Black Dragon that always smells the scent of a dragon even from thousands of miles away, Akira shuddered. He quickly took out a few clothes that have presence concealment magic on them and wore them. After that, he took out the now fully repaired mask and wore it.
After that the draconic smell on Akira's body was concealed once again.
'No, this isn't enough. If that guy really comes and doesn't find anything, he may blast a dragon roar at the village,' Akira thought as he made another slime clone of him. And this time he enchanted the slime to let out a faint draconic smell similar to him.
After that, he commanded the slime to head towards the direction opposite to them at a slow and steady pace. If the black dragon really smelled the scent of dragon slayer magic here, then he would definitely go after this clone.
And just to be safe, Akira covered them with his Kyoka Suigetsu on the off chance that guy Acnologia would see them up from the sky.
You can't be too careful when dealing with a guy like that, especially after going through such a tough battle.
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It didn't take long for the council troops to arrive at the now half-destroyed town of Brago. Although the council is very useless, they never disappoint when arriving late and trying to snatch all the credit.
They quickly surrounded the town and began to help the injured, while some went to look for the battleground. If one didn't know any better, they would think it was them who battled Deliora.
'Tsk, it seems I need to speed up my plan. ' Akira thought as a cold glint flashed through his eyes.
When he was reading the fanfiction, he didn't think much about this behavior of always arriving late and thought it was just part of the plot. But now, after reading the thoughts of these soldiers, Akira began to see the bigger picture.
These guys have been stationed near a base that was built not long ago. In addition, some of the soldiers were stationed here for at least a month. Furthermore, Akira realized that these guys had been expecting to wait in that base for at least another year.
So what does that mean?
It means these guys have been staying near this place and knew everything Deliora had done. And instead of warning villagers to evacuate or helping them, they have been staying in that base waiting for orders.
According to what Akira heard from these soldiers, every time they go on such a mission, they would do the same operation and wait until an order came from above to rush forward. And more often than not, when they arrive, either their target has been defeated or their timing was the crucial time that was needed for reinforcements.
Although normal soldiers didn't think much of this, Akira could see a big conspiracy in this. With Akira's knowledge in reading many conspiracy novels, he guessed the council must have planted a spy in the enemy camp and would be monitoring the enemy at all times. Then, when the enemy is about to be defeated, the spy informs the council and lets the council steal the credit.
In fact, now that he thought about it, this is definitely something the council would do. They let mages from legitimate guilds fight the dark guild mages and came in as the light guild's actions were something they ordered.
And the common people, knowing nothing, believe that everything is because of the council and respect the Magic Council even more. And since this must have been going on over the last few hundred years, everyone is used to this and has been brainwashed to believe that the council should exist to protect the balance in the magic world.
And this concept has begun to take root in people's minds, making them believe this is common sense. And this is also why other guilds didn't actually confront the council for credit.
After all, mages from wizard guilds are rarely politicians who know how to protect their credits. And maybe the council also just keeps the reports about the engagement with guilds very brief.
'Damn, it turned out the true darkness of this world is the Magic Council,' Akira thought, clicking his tongue.
This trip truly broadened his horizons. No wonder dark guilds were able to infiltrate the council to become speakers; it turned out they are from the same family and would naturally be able to thrive.
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