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Magic Council ERA
Bang!
"What?! The r system is still intact! How is this possible?!"
Orga angrily slammed his fist on the conference table. He had just been called to a meeting, and he didn't expect it to be such a major event.
"Eight years ago, a cult believing in Black Magic invested a huge amount of money to rebuild the r system."
"Are those the seven towers? Weren't they already destroyed by the Council? They should be gone now."
"There's also an eighth tower near the coast of Caracole."
"It can't be... it's already completed, right?"
Eight years was indeed too long. Such a long time was enough to build a tower.
"Unfortunately, the on-site investigation team wouldn't joke about this."
Ultear said, "It's already completed."
"Ugh..."
Orga immediately felt a headache. Fairy Tail was already troublesome enough, and now an r system had appeared.
At this moment, Siegrain said, "The Tower of Paradise is not the r system; it is the Tower of Paradise."
"Shut up, Sieg! I don't care what it's called. It will seriously affect people's lives and lead to great chaos! It's urgent to send the army immediately and suppress them at once!"
"However, this time it seems not to be the former Black Magic Cult but a man named Jellal. If we don't know the opponent's situation..."
Although the Magic Council had the Ancient Knight Order, sending them out might not be enough to suppress the opponent. If the opponent was powerful, rashly deploying the Ancient Knight Order would only cause more severe losses. They had once sent out the Ancient Knight Order to eradicate an organization, resulting in heavy casualties.
"The r system is a magic that disregards human life and death and easily breeds dangerous thoughts! Whoever occupies it is an enemy. Send out the army immediately!"
Everyone argued incessantly about whether to send out the army immediately.
"Incompetent fools!"
Siegrain whispered, immediately drawing everyone's attention.
"What?!"
"Sieg, you..."
Many Council members were very displeased. Siegrain was just a kid, yet he dared to call them incompetent fools.
"Sending the army is a countermeasure for you incompetent fools. That thing is dangerous, very dangerous. You haven't figured out the situation yet! There is only one way to completely destroy the Tower of Paradise now, and that is to fire Anima/Etherion using the satellite magic circle!"
Upon hearing Siegrain's words, almost all the Council members' expressions changed dramatically, looking at Siegrain in disbelief.
"What?!"
"You said to use super-dimensional destructive magic! Are you crazy?!"
"The destructive range of this magic is unpredictable. An entire country could be razed to the ground because of it!"
"Anima/Etherion is our ultimate trump card! That is a magic even more dangerous than the r system!"
Almost all the Council members rejected Siegrain's proposal immediately.
Siegrain continued to argue, "But only Anima/Etherion can destroy that giant structure."
"I approve."
Ultear raised her hand and said.
"Ultear! Even you..."
"There are nine Council members in total. If three more vote in favor, we can fire Anima/Etherion! There's no time to waste. We absolutely cannot let the r system activate!"
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Tower of Paradise
"Lord Jellal, we just received news that Erza has been successfully captured and is on her way here. However, with your powerful magic, wouldn't it be easy to deal with her? Why do you still want to bring that traitor back?"
A long-haired man came before Jellal to report.
"Hahahaha... That won't do. This world is too boring."
"Ha..."
The long-haired man felt that his boss seemed to be going crazy again.
"Now that the Tower of Paradise has been built, the time is ripe. As for Erza? She's just bait, nothing more than bait."
"Bait?"
"Exactly! Bait for the sacrifice to resurrect Zeref."
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While the Magic Council was in session, Qi Yan and the others were traveling by boat to the Tower of Paradise.
Mira, feeling she couldn't help, stayed at the hotel, waiting for everyone to return.
"Little Erza, I'm sorry."
"Sorry, Erza..."
Millianna and Wuli apologized to Erza. They had believed Jellal's slanders and had deeply misunderstood Erza all these years.
Erza smiled and stroked Millianna's head, saying, "It's okay. As long as you are all safe and sound, that's the best."
"Ugh~~~ Blech~~~!"
Natsu swayed unsteadily.
When Gray saw Natsu approaching, he quickly drove him away with a disgusted look, "Don't come closer! You're making me sick! If you get seasick, why didn't you just stay at the hotel?"
"But speaking of which, why are the Four Elements coming along too?!"
Lucy looked at Juvia across from her. This matter had nothing to do with the Four Elements, and why were they at the resort hotel?
Gray explained, "Phantom Lord disbanded, didn't it? Juvia is now a free Mage and wants to join Fairy Tail."
"Join Fairy Tail?!"
Erza and the others were a bit surprised to hear this, but Qi Yan was not surprised at all. Juvia was also one of the future main forces of the Fairy Tail Guild.
"Yes! Juvia wants to join Fairy Tail."
Erza thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... Although Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord had conflicts in the past, there are no grudges with Juvia. Now that Phantom Lord has disbanded, it's reasonable for Juvia to want to join Fairy Tail. I will talk to the Master."
Juvia was one of Phantom Lord's Four Elements, and her strength was S-Class. Having such a powerful Mage join would be a good thing for Fairy Tail.
"Really! Thank you! Thank you very much! Juvia will definitely work hard!"
Hearing Erza's words, Juvia was very Happy. With the recommendation of Erza, an S-Class Mage, her chances of joining the Fairy Tail Guild greatly increased.
At this moment, Happy, who had been keeping watch at the bow of the ship, suddenly pointed forward and shouted:
"Ah! There's a tower!"
Everyone else also looked forward and saw a towering structure, larger than an island, standing on an island.
"It's so big!"
Even from a great distance, they could feel the grandeur of that tall tower.
"Is it... really completed...?"
Erza looked at the distant tower. She had once lived a hellish life there. At that time, the Black Magic Cult's goal was to build this tower.
Shô clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth, "Yes, we built this tower... It took us eight years..."
Simon said, "We have already reported to Jellal that Erza has been captured. Next, as long as you all enter Shô's cards, we will take you to Jellal's location, and then we can all attack him together..."
Simon's words were interrupted by Qi Yan before he could finish, "No need. Doing things stealthily is not my style. We'll just crush them directly."