### Chapter 46: Eisenwald
Lucy was speechless. She felt her brain couldn't keep up with the thought process of these two.
No, everyone in Fairy Tail was too chaotic, including Natsu.
"By the way, if the Dark Guild Eisenwald accepts assassination missions, why doesn't the Magic Council intervene? Doesn't the Magic Council manage mage organizations?"
Lucy asked the doubt in her heart. The Magic Council specialized in managing mage crimes, like the human trafficker Bora they met before, and the noble Natsu encountered a while ago. Even though the noble had high status and power, mages were under the jurisdiction of the Magic Council.
Erza nodded: "You're right. This matter is indeed under the jurisdiction of the Magic Council. But there are too many Dark Guilds, and there are alliances among them. The Magic Council once organized a purge of Dark Guilds, but it faced significant backlash. Several Council branches stationed in various countries were destroyed. After that, the Magic Council dared not act rashly."
"Eh——?! Then wouldn't it be dangerous for us to go like this?!"
Lucy became a bit scared again. Since there were alliances among Dark Guilds, if they annihilated Eisenwald, wouldn't they face retaliation from the Dark Guild Alliance?
"Indeed. But just as Dark Guilds have a Dark Guild Alliance, regular guilds like ours also have an alliance."
"The regular meeting!!!"
Lucy suddenly thought of the regional guild alliance regular meeting the Master went to attend recently.
"Yes! Dark Guilds commit many evils. If the Magic Council doesn't act, we can't just sit by. Usually, if there is no conflict, we ignore them. After all, the alliance also wants to avoid full-scale war as much as possible. But once a conflict arises, we annihilate them without hesitation! If the Dark Alliance dares to retaliate, our Regular Guild Alliance is not to be trifled with either!"
As she spoke, a sharp killing intent flashed in Erza's eyes.
Seeing this, Lucy's little heart thumped.
Lucy finally understood that mage guilds didn't just do missions to make money and support themselves; they also bore the responsibility and obligation to protect people.
Perhaps it was precisely because of regular guilds that they could live peacefully without feeling the intrusion and threat of Dark Guilds.
"Then the Magic Council is too useless!"
She originally thought the Magic Council was powerful, but now it seemed completely useless.
"You can't say that. The Magic Council exists to maintain the balance and order of the Magic world. Unless they have the ability to wipe out all Dark Guilds at once, it's better not to intervene. This way, it's just a confrontation between the Dark Guild Alliance and the Regular Guild Alliance. Once they intervene, it might lead to greater chaos. The Magic Council's main use is deterrence."
Lucy was very smart and quickly understood what Erza meant, but she still felt the Magic Council was useless.
Riku knew about the Magic Council. The biggest problem with this organization was its lack of high-end combat power, yet it loved to posture.
He remembered that in the mid-to-late stages of the plot, a single person from Tartaros wiped out all the Councilors of the Magic Council, turning it into a headless fly.
The Magic Council gave people the feeling that even a random dog on the street could slap it twice.
It wasn't until later, when the Ten Wizard Saints formed the Council, that the situation improved.
Anyway, he had neither good nor bad feelings towards the Magic Council at this moment. As long as the Magic Council didn't provoke him or Fairy Tail, he wouldn't look for trouble with them.
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Eisenwald Guild
A Magic four-wheeler stopped here. After getting off at the Onibus train station, the group easily found out the location of the Eisenwald guild at a mage bar.
"Is this the Eisenwald guild? It looks so gloomy and terrifying!"
Lucy looked at the bare branches around and the black crows on the branches, feeling a terrifying atmosphere at first glance.
The guild building in front was somewhat dilapidated, with many broken parts unrepaired, but one could vaguely see that this guild was once glorious.
At this time, Riku frowned.
"Hmm, what's wrong, Riku?"
Erza noticed Riku's changing expression and couldn't help asking.
Riku said: "It's empty inside. No one is there."
He just expanded his Mantra (Observation Haki) perception range to encompass the Eisenwald guild and didn't find any figures.
"?!"
Erza ran in quickly. Sure enough, it was empty inside, not a single person.
Happy also flew around the guild and found no one.
Lucy asked curiously: "What's going on? Not a single person? Did this guild disband long ago?"
"No, there are obvious signs of life here. Food residues, not fully cooled warm water. They should have left not long ago." Riku gave his conclusion after careful observation.
Erza said: "Let's go to the city and check. With so many people moving, someone must have seen them."
The group immediately got on the Magic four-wheeler and headed for the city. As soon as they entered the city, they heard many people discussing animatedly. The army had also moved out. The commotion came from the train station, where many people had gathered. The group rushed there immediately.
Erza grabbed a train station staff member and asked: "What happened here?!"
"Someone... someone hijacked the train!"
"A man carrying a huge scythe led a group of people into the train station and hijacked the train."
"I know those people! They are members of the nearby Dark Guild Eisenwald!"
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