Midnight activated his magic, condensing a giant magical hand to bring back the unconscious Racer.
Seeing Solence about to continue his attack, Midnight stepped forward: "Stop! You don't look like people from the Guild of Justice. What exactly are you trying to do?"
Solence said coldly: "I'll give you two choices. First, join our guild. Second, die!"
"As for what we want to do..."
He suddenly paused, turned back to look at Osta, and asked: "What were we going to do again?"
Osta was speechless. They were here to see what powerful weapons the human race had, find out what Acnologia was up to, and most importantly, gather magic power to open the Eclipse Gate.
He could see that these four weren't good people; they had just mentioned wanting to destroy the world. So he said directly: "We want to rule the world. What do you think?"
Midnight and the others were startled. Erik even mocked: "What kind of ability do you have to rule the world? You should know that ruling the world is harder than destroying it!"
Angel gave a pathological smile: "Why don't you two join us in destroying the world and ascend to heaven together!"
With these two powerhouses joining, seizing the infinite clock would definitely be easier, and her dream would surely come true.
Looking at these guys' serious expressions, Solence couldn't help but curse: "Are you lunatics? If you destroy the world, you'll die too. What's wrong with you?"
He felt it was better to just kill these guys. Back then, the Dragon Race only wanted to exterminate humans, not destroy the world. Only someone truly insane would have such an idea.
Osta, however, showed a look of appreciation. These guys were talents; to be able to say they'd destroy the world meant they must have some skill.
He smiled and said: "Our goals don't conflict. As long as we rule the world, you can do whatever you want. Even bringing silence to this era is possible."
Hearing his words, Midnight and the others felt there was some sense to it, so they asked: "What is the name of your guild?"
"Guild name?"
Osta and Solence stared at each other; they hadn't even thought about it yet.
"You guys don't even have a guild yet? Then why are you inviting us?"
Midnight and the others could see how unreliable these two were, wondering which deep mountain or old forest they had crawled out of to not even know these basic common sense things.
After some explanation, the two finally realized that such things existed.
Solence excitedly proposed: "How about calling it the Twin Dragon Society?"
Osta immediately slapped him on the head and cursed in a low voice: "The word 'Dragon' is not allowed!"
Solence clutched his head with a look of resentment: "Then think of one yourself!"
This bastard only knows how to bully him. If he's so capable, why doesn't he go trade blows with Acnologia?
Osta felt like his brain cells were being burned out. Finally, he decided that the two of them would join the Oración Seis. It would make exactly six people, and he would be the Guild Master from now on.
He suddenly asked: "You mentioned destroying the world earlier. How do you plan to do it?"
Midnight gave a brief explanation and then said: "The infinite clock is said to be a massive magical device capable of activating the Real Nightmare and manipulating time."
"Manipulating time?"
Solence was shocked. In a mere four hundred years, humans had actually created so many terrifying things. That Eclipse Gate was the same; it was simply incredible.
This infinite creativity gave him a sense of inexplicable fear. No wonder Osta wanted to learn about the human race. If things went wrong, humans might have already created a weapon to eliminate the Dragon King.
The six of them decided to act immediately and set off for Zentopia. A weapon involving time was a steal if they could grab it... Time flew by, and the Kingdom's army had turned the continent of Ishgar upside down, but they hadn't found a single hair. Everyone's enthusiasm began to wear thin, with some speculating that the group had already left for another continent.
If that were the case, the Kingdom couldn't search other continents. That would be equivalent to trespassing on other kingdoms' territories and might lead to war.
While the kings were having headaches, Irene returned with news that the Eclipse Gate had been temporarily dealt with. Thus, the storm of the continental search gradually subsided, leaving only a few search squads to continue the investigation.
Fairy Tail Guild
At this time, everyone was excitedly playing around, and the atmosphere was filled with joy. Although this operation had been in vain, it was essentially like a vacation.
Natsu and Gray were fighting again. Ice and fire blasted a hole directly into the wall, and then they were both pummeled by Erza.
Meanwhile, Lucy was happily explaining what they had experienced while out, from defeating various magical beasts to helping villagers with their troubles.
Irene lazily filed her nails. Seeing how happy she was, she reminded her: "Little Lucy, have you saved enough for rent?"
As soon as those words were spoken, Lucy's smile instantly froze and turned into a bitter face: "Can you not say something so disappointing?"
She hadn't taken a mission for over a month. Where would she get the money for rent? She might get kicked out.
Lucy lay powerlessly on the sofa and asked: "I heard from Acnologia that you went to the Western Continent. How was it there?"
When she was a child, she had heard Aunt Grammi talk about the beauty of the Western Continent, but she had never seen it with her own eyes and was still very curious.
"There's an Alvarez Empire ruling the continent there. Their strength is formidable, far above Ishgar's. And then there's the Spriggan 12; they are all at the level of the Four Gods of Ishgar. Even the weakest is at Laxus's level."
Irene explained the situation over there, drawing gasps of amazement from everyone. Natsu and Gray both crowded around, listening intently.
Erza was also full of fighting spirit. Such top-tier experts... she really hoped to fight one of them.
Fried was full of disbelief: "Even the weakest can rival Laxus? That's too much!"
In the eyes of the Thunder God Tribe, Laxus was the strongest. He felt Irene was exaggerating a bit too much.
Laxus didn't believe it either, his face full of arrogance. Who was stronger or weaker would only be known after a fight.
Irene didn't bother to argue. These guys were all lawless sorts; they wouldn't know the heights of heaven and depths of the earth until they were beaten.
She remembered that little green-haired girl who stole her dessert and said: "There's someone named Brandish over there. I heard she's the child of your family's servant."
"Brandish?"
Lucy looked pleasantly surprised: "You saw her? She was my childhood playmate."
"I saw her!"
Irene gave her a look of disdain and said flatly: "How are you doing as a young lady? That little green-haired girl is already one of the Spriggan 12 of the Alvarez Empire. The one whose strength rivals Laxus is her."
Lucy was greatly surprised. Had Brandish become that strong? What had she experienced in the Western Continent?
She puffed out her cheeks: "Dammit, she actually got so much stronger behind my back."
Soon she was beaming again. If her best friend was that strong, wouldn't she be able to walk tall if she went to the Western Continent? Just thinking about it felt pretty good.
Beside her, Natsu was excited: "If Brandish can rival Laxus, then if I defeat her, doesn't that mean I'm stronger than Laxus?"
Gajeel became interested and cracked his knuckles: "After such a long time of bitter cultivation, I also want to test the power that rivals Laxus!"
Lucy punched them both flying and shouted angrily: "No fighting with Brandish!"
Brandish hadn't given her any feeling of being particularly powerful; she felt Brandish wouldn't be able to beat thick-skinned guys like Natsu and Gajeel.
Laxus had already walked over with a cold sneer, grabbed the two by their collars, and lifted them out of the guild: "Since you're so confident, why look for Brandish? Am I not right here?"
A good show was about to start!
Everyone immediately rushed out like a swarm of bees, only to see the three of them in a triangular standoff, looking aggressive, like a final battle at the Forbidden City.
Natsu and Gajeel charged forward with full fighting spirit.
Natsu and Gajeel are down!
"So fast!"
"Even though Natsu and Gajeel were so confident, they couldn't even last one move!"
"As expected! Truly Laxus!!"
Such a clean and swift defeat was laughable; these two guys were still too weak!
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