Oak Town is located in the northeastern part of the Kingdom of Fiore.
It has an extremely long history and a very vintage architectural style, with an area several times larger than Magnolia Town.
In this city, the most luxurious and dazzling building is the Phantom Lord guild headquarters located in the center.
Compared to the low profile of the Fairy Tail Guild, the Phantom Lord guild is quite flamboyant.
In terms of both area and height, the entire guild building is incomparable to that of the Fairy Tail Guild.
In the guild's first-floor hall, the Mages of Phantom Lord were doing their best to praise a Mage with long black hair and a face full of piercings who ate iron blocks as snacks.
He is Gajeel Redfox, the Iron Dragon Slayer known as "Phantom's Strongest Man."
It was he who had attacked the Fairy Tail Guild over the past two days.
Meanwhile, in the guild master's office on the top floor, Jose's thought projection was communicating with someone via a magic crystal.
"Well? Has the target appeared?"
A middle-aged Mage wearing a monocle laughed in the crystal, "Everything is as you expected, Master. The target has appeared. The Rain Woman and I will bring her to you shortly."
"Good. Now I'll let that fellow Makarov know whose guild is truly the strongest!"
Jose laughed heartily; everything was going according to his plan.
Some time ago, Jude Heartfilia, the chairman of the Heartfilia Conglomerate, had issued a request to Phantom Lord.
The mission was to find his daughter, Lucy Heartfilia, who had run away from an arranged marriage.
Through their investigation, they found that Lucy Heartfilia had joined their rival guild, Fairy Tail, as an ordinary Mage.
Thus, he devised a plan in his mind that would achieve several goals at once.
First, through provocation, he would lure Makarov and the main members of Fairy Tail to attack their headquarters.
Then, while Fairy Tail's headquarters was vulnerable, he would send two S-Class Mages to kidnap Lucy Heartfilia directly.
His main body would temporarily leave the guild, using a thought projection to lure Makarov into action, and then have Aria, the leader of the Element 4, launch a sneak attack to dissipate Makarov's magic power.
This way, he would get revenge on Fairy Tail while also being able to annex the vast wealth of the Heartfilia Conglomerate using the kidnapped Lucy Heartfilia.
As for the trouble with the Council afterward, once he obtained the wealth of the Heartfilia Conglomerate, he could just spend some money to grease a few palms.
That fool Makarov is so naive despite his age.
The magic world isn't just about fighting and killing; it's also about social connections. As long as the money is right, the Council has plenty of councilors who will defend him.
In Oak Town, Goku's figure appeared instantly, and he immediately opened the box to release Natsu and all the other guild Mages.
No one delayed; they charged aggressively toward the Phantom Lord guild building in the center of town.
"Boom!"
Goku punched the main gate of the Phantom Lord guild building, and under the immense force, the gate instantly exploded into a pile of fragments.
"Fairy Tail is here! All of you, drop dead!"
Natsu let out a roar and was the first to charge into the guild. A red magic circle lit up, and he fiercely spat out a blast of intense Dragon fire.
"Dragon Slayer Magic: Dragon's Roar!"
Gray followed immediately: "Ice-Make: Ice Cannon!"
A massive ice cannon appeared at his shoulder, gushing out a frigid air current that froze all enemies into ice sculptures.
"Partial Take Over: Beast Soul - Black Bear!"
Mirajane's younger brother, Elfman, used Take Over magic, his arm transforming into a thick black bear's arm, swinging a massive bear paw to knock enemies to the ground.
"Card Magic: Shuffling Fate!"
Cana, who drank by the barrel, threw out several magic cards, summoning multiple bolts of lightning to strike down enemies.
"Guns Magic: Mad Shot!"
"Guns Magic: Homing Shot!"
Bisca and Alzack from the Western Continent—one using a pistol and the other a sniper rifle—quickly harvested the enemies.
"Purple Flare: Purple Net!"
"Smoke Magic: Smoke Iron Fist!"
Macao and Wakaba, the two veteran Mages who were the oldest in the guild besides the Master, performed a coordinated magic attack with perfect timing.
Pict Magic, Dancer Magic, Wood-Make Magic, Possession Magic, Sand Magic—the furious Mages of Fairy Tail gave it their all.
Even the cat Happy took a large salted fish out of his small backpack and took the opportunity to knock several Mages unconscious.
The Phantom Lord Mages didn't react at first and were caught off guard, but they soon began to organize a counterattack.
In terms of individual Mage strength, Phantom Lord was far inferior to Fairy Tail.
But their numbers were too great; the number of Mages at the headquarters alone was more than ten times that of Fairy Tail.
Furthermore, Phantom Lord had branches in many towns.
When it came to Mages, Phantom Lord never turned anyone away; as long as they were willing to join, they were accepted regardless of strength or character.
"Hmph!"
Goku casually swatted away several Phantom Lord Mages who approached. Seeing everyone surrounded, he took a deep breath, his body moving as swiftly as flowing water.
Wherever he went, Mages were sent flying with severe injuries, coughing up blood; not a single one could withstand a single blow.
He was using Breath of Air - First Form: Flowing Flash.
"What? Who is this guy? How is he so strong?"
Taking out a third of the Mages with a single move also scared the remaining Phantom Lord Mages half to death on the spot.
"He's so strong he's like a monster!"
As Fairy Tail's rivals, Phantom Lord naturally knew very well who the powerful Mages in Fairy Tail were.
They knew about Laxus, they knew about Mystogan, and they knew about Erza the Titania, but they had never heard of a boy like the one before them.
The strength this boy displayed was even greater than the experts of Fairy Tail they had heard about.
This was no surprise; after Goku joined Fairy Tail, he spent most of his time training in the East Forest.
He had only participated in two missions in total. Although the first mission to destroy Lullaby had made the front page of magic magazines...
But everyone's focus had been on Erza the Titania, Dragon Natsu, and Ice Mage Gray.
Goku hadn't received much attention.
The second time at Galuna Island, because they were worried about being wanted by the Council for destroying the moon, it was kept strictly confidential.
Thus, this attack on the Phantom Lord headquarters was truly the first time Goku showcased his real strength as a Fairy Tail Mage before the public.
"Dragon Slayer Magic: Iron Dragon's Roar!"
Seeing the morale of the Phantom Lord Mages plummet, Gajeel, the Iron Dragon Slayer known as "Phantom's Strongest Man," took action.
A silver magic whirlwind accompanied by sharp iron shards swept toward Goku from the air like a meat grinder.
"Dragon Slayer Magic: Dragon's Roar!"
Facing that terrifying silver whirlwind, Goku raised his right hand, intending to use "All Things Return to One" to split the whirlwind and, while he was at it, split the guy who had attacked Levy's trio.
However, Natsu intercepted him first.
"Goku, you go to the top floor. Leave this guy to me!"