As Mira spoke, Makarov's arrogant and smug expression had long vanished, replaced by a trembling body and profuse cold sweat. After Mira finished speaking...
Bang!
Makarov directly toppled from the table to the floor, which startled all the surrounding Guild Masters. They all gathered around him, worried, as Makarov was almost ninety years old, and it would be disastrous if something happened to him there.
"Makarov!!"
"What's wrong with you?! Are you alright!!"
Makarov lay on the ground, his heart in a panic:
"It's over! What kind of situation is this! How did those two end up together again? They could really destroy a city!"
"The meeting will end today, and I can go back tomorrow. Please, don't let anything go wrong during this time!! I beg of you!!"
Blue Pegasus's Bob blinked: "Makarov, Qi Yan, that must be the legendary child, right."
Quadruple Hounds' Guild Master Goldmine was also stunned for a moment, then remembered something and said in surprise: "Is it him?!"
Makarov nodded: "It's that brat!"
Goldmine and Bob were both Makarov's friends. The regional meeting, besides being a conference, was also a place for these old geezers to brag and show off their children.
Makarov, with his big mouth, had long since boasted about the things Qi Yan had done.
Or rather, there was no need to boast; Qi Yan had done several major things that had shaken the entire continent, but fewer people knew Qi Yan's name and his identity as a Fairy Tail Guild member.
"That's great! I wish my Guild also had such capable children!"
"I don't know how Makarov got so lucky to encounter such a little monster."
Bob and Goldmine were both a bit envious and jealous. Although Makarov's children were all troublemakers, there were truly too many talented individuals.
There were as many as six S-Class Mages, each one very capable.
Especially Qi Yan, the things this young man did made even these old geezers feel their hearts pound.
Just then, someone ran in.
"Everyone! New news!! New news!!"
"What new news?"
All the Guild Masters were eager for news and quickly went forward to ask.
"The train heading our way has been hijacked by the Dark Guild Iron Forest."
"Iron Forest? Those guys are still active!"
"Hijacked a train? What do these guys want to do?!"
The Iron Forest Guild was once a member of the local Guild Alliance, but those guys chose to accept assassination-type requests, which was not allowed for legitimate Guilds, so they were expelled from the local Guild Alliance.
"What happened next? How's the situation? Were they caught?"
The messenger nodded: "That's right! They were caught."
"Did the Ancient Knight Order mobilize?"
It was impossible to rely on those armies; no matter how bad the Iron Forest Guild was, it was still a Mage Guild, not comparable to an army composed of ordinary people.
Especially their current Guild Master, Death God Erigor, whose own strength was even greater than that of many Guild Masters present.
The messenger shook his head: "No, they were eliminated by one person."
"One person?!"
"One person eliminated an entire Guild?!"
"Who is so powerful!" ... Many Guild Masters couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. Makarov, hearing that it was one person, breathed a slight sigh of relief, as Erza and Qi Yan were two people.
"I heard the scene was very brutal. The members of Iron Forest were either injured or crippled, and even the entire train was shattered. The locomotive was hundreds of meters away from the incident site, as if it had been thrown by someone."
"Speak quickly! Who was it?! Stop building suspense!"
"The person who did all this was not caught, but according to the captured Iron Forest members, it was 'Tyrant' who did it."
"Tyrant?!!"
Tyrant was one of the most prominent Mages in Ishgar recently, widely known for his feat of fighting the Rocus Bandit Group, one against ten thousand.
Bang!!
Makarov, who had just gotten up, heard this name and fell to the ground again.
"Makarov!!"
"What's wrong with you?! Quick! Call a doctor!!"
Makarov lay on the ground, looking utterly despondent:
"It's over! It's completely over!!"
****
Magic Council ERA Meeting Hall
Bang!
"It's Fairy Tail again! Destroying half the port of Hargeon last time wasn't enough, and now, so soon after, they've destroyed another train!! Lawless!! Absolutely lawless!!"
Councilor Org looked at the intelligence, furious. Could Fairy Tail not settle down for a bit? They kept causing trouble for the Magic Councilors, who were already fed up with cleaning up Fairy Tail's messes.
Councilor Yajima, a good friend of Makarov, tried his best to speak well of Fairy Tail: "This time, after all, it was to eliminate Iron Forest..."
Before he could finish, Michello immediately retorted: "Even eliminating one Iron Forest won't solve the fundamental problem. Dark Guilds are countless. They went too far this time. Does every Dark Guild eliminated have to cause such great destruction?"
Trains are extremely important means of transportation and are very valuable.
"Isn't the main reason Lullaby?"
Iron Forest was a minor problem. Dark Guilds were countless, and eliminating one or two was insignificant. The Magic Council had tried to eliminate Dark Guilds before.
However, the Dark Guilds' retaliation was severe, even targeting innocent people, which led the Magic Council to turn a blind eye to the existence of Dark Guilds.
Otherwise, with the Magic Council's intelligence capabilities, they would be perfectly clear about the locations of Dark Guilds like Iron Forest.
"Yes, if anyone uses Zeref's magic again in the future, we won't be able to handle it."
At this moment, Lullaby had transformed back into a flute and was sealed away.
"It's strange, how did such powerful magic easily fall into someone's hands?"
"Responsibility seems to lie with the management."
Lullaby was originally sealed by the Magic Council, which was also responsible for managing these forbidden items. The loss of a forbidden item was naturally their responsibility.
Siegrain said: "This time, we owe a great deal to Fairy Tail, which usually makes people avoid them, for their assistance."
Ultear lightly chuckled, covering her mouth with her sleeve: "To defeat an entire Guild with the power of just one person, truly worthy of the legendary 'Tyrant', it's truly remarkable."
"Hmm..."
As some of the most powerful individuals in Ishgar's magic world, they naturally knew the identity of 'Tyrant'.
"Although you don't want to admit it, it's a fact. If Lullaby had succeeded this time and all the Guild Masters had been killed, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Everyone, let's put aside our prejudices and praise them, shall we?"
"..."
Everyone remained silent. Praising Fairy Tail, which caused them trouble every day, felt as unpleasant as swallowing a fly.