Soon, Kyoka and the other members of the Nine Demon Gates all ran over quickly.
Kyoka hurriedly asked, "Franmalth, what's the situation? An intruder? Where is Crawford?"
Crawford was the key figure related to whether they could successfully activate Face.
Franmalth said, "Just now, Crawford transferred the key from Jellal to himself. Then, a yellow-haired man suddenly appeared. That guy was extremely fast and knocked me away in an instant. By the time I stood up, that bastard and Crawford had both disappeared."
"What?!"
Kyoka's face changed. "You said Crawford found the key, then why didn't you kill him immediately?!"
"This... he had just finished telling me, and before I could act, that guy appeared." Franmalth said, feeling wronged.
"Search! Turn on the detection system immediately! At the same time, send out all soldiers to conduct a search of the entire island!" Kyoka immediately gave the order.
Franmalth began using the system to search, but there was no magic reaction on the island. A large number of soldiers also began searching, but in the end, they found nothing.
"What's going on? Why is there an intruder? Who exactly is the opponent?" Kyoka's expression was very ugly.
An intruder had suddenly appeared on the island, and they didn't even know their identity. Moreover, the key figure for Face, Crawford, had been taken away. This was an absolutely humiliating disgrace for the Nine Demon Gates.
"Franmalth, what did he look like?"
"He, well... he's a bit handsome, has yellow hair, is wearing blue clothes with a white coat over them, and has the words 'Fourth Hokage' on his back."
Kyoka frowned as she listened. This information was indeed very clear, but she had no information about this man in her memory.
"Wait... I seem to have some impression of this man."
As Franmalth spoke, he felt the man looked somewhat familiar. He was sure he had never met him, so it must be that someone among the souls he had absorbed had seen him.
Franmalth began to frown and reminisce.
Then he suddenly shouted, "I've got it!"
"Who is it?!" Kyoka hurriedly asked.
After all, if they didn't know who took Crawford, searching for them on the Ishgar continent would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"It's Fairy Tail! That guy is from Fairy Tail! I've seen him in the memories of Hades, the guild master of Grimoire Heart whom I absorbed. That guy's name is... is... Takeshi."
Franmalth remembered seeing Takeshi in the memories of the Grimoire Heart guild master, Hades, whom he had absorbed.
"Takeshi?!" Seilah gave a small cry of surprise.
She and Kyoka had just been discussing this man not long ago, she hadn't expected to hear his name now.
Seilah looked toward Kyoka.
Kyoka's expression was somewhat unsightly. To be honest, after seeing Takeshi's performance during the Grand Magic Games, she didn't want to have a direct conflict with Fairy Tail. She had thought that once Face was activated, those people would naturally die.
She hadn't expected Takeshi to take the initiative to come to their doorstep and even take away the key figure for activating Face, Crawford. This was now very troublesome.
"Fairy Tail? A mere human Mage Guild dares to provoke Tartaros? Kill, kill, kill!!" Ezel said angrily.
Torafuzar also said, "Although I don't like your reckless personality, this time we indeed need to make those humans understand the price of provoking Tartaros."
"Curses, death... To humans, death is the only permanent slumber."
Keyes also expressed his intention to declare war on Fairy Tail.
"Bastard! That bastard! He hit me so hard! How many souls is this worth! How many souls! I must swallow his soul!" Franmalth jumped up and down in rage.
"Kyoka-sama?" Seilah looked at Kyoka, who was currently frowning deeply.
The others also felt something was off with Kyoka.
"Kyoka, what's wrong? Fairy Tail has already bullied us at our doorstep, yet you still haven't spoken up! We must mince them all into meat paste to vent our anger!" Ezel shouted.
Seilah said, "Ezel, Kyoka-sama has her concerns. Moreover, you are underestimating Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail is currently the strongest Mage Guild on the continent of Ishgar. Tempester was forced to blow himself up because he encountered a Mage from Fairy Tail."
Just then, a girl with rabbit ears on her head ran in quickly.
"Kyoka-sama! Kyoka-sama!"
"Lamy, what is it?" Kyoka asked the girl running towards her.
She was a member of Kyoka's squad, primarily responsible for the task of regenerating and modifying demons in Hell's Core.
"Jackal-sama is back! He's currently in the process of rebirth. He has something to say to Kyoka-sama."
Kyoka frowned.
Although now wasn't the best time, Jackal returning from death should mean he had important information.
Several people walked quickly to Hell's Core.
Half of Jackal's head had already been repaired, allowing him to speak.
"Kyoka."
Kyoka asked, "Jackal, who did you encounter? How were you taken down?"
Jackal's expression turned ugly upon hearing this. "It was... a guy from Fairy Tail. His name is Takeshi."
"Takeshi?!"
Several people didn't expect to hear Takeshi's name again so soon.
"Yes, he appeared suddenly while I was assassinating a Council Member. He transformed into a white-haired fellow. None of my attacks worked on him at all."
"According to him, he can infinitely subdivide distance, making it impossible for my attacks to touch him. Later, I planned to use a self-explosion to take him down with me, but he used a strange technique that paralyzed my brain. After that, I completely lost consciousness and only reappeared here."
"Fairy Tail..."
The other demons fell silent.
Ezel was impulsive, but not a fool. Tempester was taken down by someone from Fairy Tail, and Jackal was also taken down by someone from Fairy Tail.
This meant that Fairy Tail had at least two combatants with power above that of the demons from the Books of Zeref.
Perhaps even more.