"To seal the Five Dragon Gods of the continent of Guiltina: the Water Dragon God, the Fire Dragon God, the Wood Dragon God, the Moon Dragon God, and the Gold Dragon God."
Once Gildarts opened his mouth, the complaints came spilling out nonstop.
"And that quest is really... how do I put it? Never mind not telling you how to seal them—he doesn't even know where all five Dragon Gods are! You have to find them yourself! Oh, wait, no, that old man does know where one of them is. But since you're not taking the quest, I won't say it for now. If you decide to take it, that old man will tell you anyway."
"I stayed in Guiltina for three years and couldn't complete the sealing of even a single dragon. I knew there was no way I could finish that request alone, so I chose to leave. Then, when I returned to Ishgar and reached the northern mountain range of Fiore, I ran into Acnologia..."
That was how he had lost his arm.
In truth, Gildarts had not been injured while carrying out the quest itself.
He had only been hurt after returning to Ishgar and encountering Acnologia.
Only now did Raizel learn about the Five Dragon Gods, and he knew absolutely nothing about them.
But since they had all hidden away in Guiltina and never dared return to Ishgar, Raizel guessed that their individual strength probably did not surpass Acnologia's.
What he cared more about was the guild master Gildarts had mentioned.
"You said the master of Magia Dragon is a Dragon Slayer?"
Gildarts froze for a moment, then scratched his hair and laughed awkwardly.
"That's just my own guess! He didn't say it himself. The guy can transform from a dragon into a human, and he wants to seal dragons, so he's probably a Dragon Slayer, right?"
Raizel followed up, "What is he like? His personality, that kind of thing."
Gildarts rubbed his chin and said, "I didn't spend much time with him, but how should I say it... He's a very arrogant old man. The reward he offered me was anything in the world I wanted."
Raizel raised an eyebrow.
Anything.
He had to admit, that was a rather bold claim.
A Dragon Slayer who had undergone dragonification, or perhaps a true dragon—either way, his strength definitely would not be weak.
That meant the chance of him simply bragging was low.
Raizel still did not know what purpose Elefseria had in wanting to seal the Five Dragon Gods.
But the most important part was that reward.
Anything.
Raizel was starting to feel interested.
It might be worth meeting this master of Magia Dragon.
The previous Ishgar Magic Council had far too many people sitting in positions without doing real work, so they had very little contact with Guiltina.
In truth, Guiltina also had its own Magic Council: MNP, which meant "peace."
Maybe it was because there were too many wars over there.
The two councils did not communicate often, but there was still some contact between them.
After all, the Hundred Years Quest had been commissioned from Guiltina.
Raizel planned to ask whether there were any requests sent over by Guiltina's Magic Council MNP.
A cross-continent request like that would start at S-Class at minimum, and it was very likely SS-Class.
If he was going to Guiltina anyway, he might as well accept one at the same time.
...
Raizel mentioned to Ultear and the others that he planned to take a trip to Guiltina.
As expected, they also intended to go with him.
Even Mira, who usually preferred staying in the guild and not moving around, wanted to come along.
Her reason was that since the Spriggan 12 were so powerful, she should also work harder to find ways to grow stronger.
Besides, after obtaining the powers of every member of Tartaros, Mira's strength had skyrocketed.
Her current strongest form was a fusion of Satan Soul and Mard Geer's Etherious Form.
In that form, Mira could be called the strongest female Mage currently in the guild.
But there was one problem.
Stamina.
Stamina.
And still stamina!
Etherious transformation consumed far too much Magic Power.
If Erza and Ultear wanted to avoid fighting directly, they could completely drag things out until Mira's Magic Power ran dry.
But that problem would probably be solved soon.
Ultear had already made some progress in developing the Second Origin through Arc of Time.
Of course, that was just Ultear being modest.
When she said "some progress," it was actually a major breakthrough.
The difficult part of developing the Second Origin was that first step from nothing to something.
Once that step was taken, the remaining problems would become much easier.
In the end, the group was confirmed: Raizel, Ultear, Erza, Mira, Kagura, Wendy, and Lucy.
Guiltina was unknown territory to Raizel.
Originally, he had not wanted to bring Lucy.
Wendy had at least awakened Dragon Force.
But Lucy was a Celestial Spirit Mage, and before obtaining Star Dress, she was purely fragile.
It would be a little dangerous.
But Lucy, having been left behind by Natsu and Happy, shamelessly insisted on coming along.
If she did not go, there would be no one left in the guild!
Cana had originally wanted to go too, but then she suddenly thought of a better goal.
She decided to go train under Mavis for a while!
Even if she did not learn new Magic, the knowledgeable Mavis would definitely be able to give her better advice on how to use her current Magic.
Just as Mira was about to contact the Magic Council through the long-distance communication lacrima, by sheer coincidence, the Council sent a message first.
It was Jellal.
Jellal went straight to the point.
"The Magic Council MNP of the northern continent, Guiltina, has sent a request to Ishgar. They hope Ishgar's number-one guild can lend them aid."
This request could probably be handled by the Four Gods of Ishgar or the Wizard Saints as well.
But people in their positions could not casually leave Ishgar.
Besides, when someone came asking for help, directly sending out one of the Four Gods would make them look far too eager.
More importantly, if even the Four Gods could not complete the request, that would be extremely embarrassing.
Ishgar and Guiltina were still equal parties. There was no need to go that far.
Raizel's group was just right.
They had fame, strength, and no overly special political status.
"What a coincidence." Raizel raised an eyebrow. "I was already planning to go to Guiltina."
Joy appeared on Jellal's face.
"That would be perfect. If it's convenient, please come to the Magic Council headquarters. You can use the teleportation circle at the Magnolia branch to arrive directly."
"Is it urgent? If not, we'll pack our things first and then head over."
"It isn't urgent. You can prepare before coming, I'll leave it at that for now. I'll go reply to the people from Guiltina first."
After Precht and Warrod took office, the first thing they did was establish Magic Council branches in cities where powerful Magic Guilds were located, such as Fairy Tail, Sabertooth, and Lamia Scale.
These branches did not have many functions.
Their only purpose was to host teleportation circles capable of two-way transport.
The authority to use those teleportation circles was set by Raizel through Super Archive Magic.
To activate them, users had to pass facial recognition, voice recognition, pupil recognition, and fingerprint recognition.
This was to prevent traitors within the Council from using the teleportation circles in reverse to launch surprise attacks.
Raizel had not included God Serena in the authorized list.
First, because the man had not shown up.
Second, because he was a traitor.
"You agreed without even asking what the request is?" Makarov frowned at Raizel.
Guiltina was unknown to the guild members.
They should not take such risks so casually.
"I trust Jellal," Raizel replied. "There was no hidden warning in his words. Besides, Precht and Warrod-senpai are there too."
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