It turned out that for Goku, no matter how well one hid, as long as they didn't know how to restrain the Ki in their body, they were as conspicuous as a lantern in the dark in his eyes.
So, the moment he stepped into the office, he knew that besides Jose, there was another person hidden in the room.
Naturally, it was impossible for him to be ambushed.
Seeing the Ki blade he swung out being blocked, Goku immediately raised his hand and swung another one.
Except for the final form, Dragon Descent, which consumed a lot of Ki, the other Moves of the Ki Breathing Technique consumed very little Ki, so he could use them at will.
Since the opponent could block one, he would release two, three, or four.
So after swinging the second time, he immediately followed up with a third and fourth.
Four massive Ki blades flew toward Aria, causing his expression to change drastically.
Blocking one had already taken all his strength; how could he withstand three more?
Thus, he used his strongest ultimate Move: "Death Void: Zero!"
The powerful repulsive force vanished, and a vortex resembling a black hole suddenly appeared in front of Aria, beginning to devour everything before it.
Under the vortex's devouring power, the four Ki blades actually decomposed and vanished instantly.
"Child, you are about to die within this vortex of mine that can devour all things. How tragic!"
The vortex not only swallowed the Ki blades but also swept toward Goku, seemingly intending to devour him as well.
Facing this powerful devouring force, a hint of interest finally appeared on Goku's face.
Originally, he was only interested in Jose, the guild master, but now this leader of the Element 4 also piqued his interest.
And this meant he was about to get a little bit serious.
Therefore, he directly fired a Kamehameha, wanting to see if the opponent could devour it.
With his feet planted firmly on the ground, he forcibly stopped his body from being sucked forward and pushed his hands out, blasting a powerful Kamehameha directly into the vortex.
"It's useless, stop making futile struggles!"
Seeing the Kamehameha coming, Aria was not afraid.
His ultimate Move was best at devouring this type of energy-based magic attack; it could swallow as much as was thrown at it, making the attack completely ineffective.
To break this Move, one had to attack his physical body at close range.
However, the vortex was right beside him; once someone got close, they would be swallowed and ground into mincemeat by the vortex before they could even hit his body.
Until now, besides the guild master, no one had been able to break this Move.
However, just as his words fell, he discovered that the vortex in front of him was beginning to become unstable under the impact of the Kamehameha.
"How is this possible, I..."
Before he could react from his surprise and take measures to stabilize it, the vortex shattered with a bang.
The Kamehameha hit his chest directly, slamming his body through the office wall and sending him flying far away, to who knows where.
"It seems the devouring power also has its limits."
Withdrawing his hands, Goku looked at Aria disappearing into the distance and thought to himself.
After dealing with Aria, he turned to look at Jose, preparing for a good fight after the warm-up, only to see Jose dissipate on the spot.
This left him stunned for a moment; he hadn't expected that as one of the Ten Wizard Saints and the master of Phantom Lord, the other party would flee without a fight.
But after thinking about it carefully, he vaguely understood that the one just now might not have been the real body, but a magic similar to a Clone.
Otherwise, the Ki inside the body wouldn't have been so meager.
Left with no choice, he could only go down to help Natsu and the others continue dealing with the other Mages at the headquarters.
"Damn it, I didn't expect that brute Makarov wouldn't fall for it this time and even sent such an expert to break the situation.
Next, I just hope nothing goes wrong on Juvia and Thor's side."
Inside a certain Magic War Fortress built by Phantom Lord with a huge investment, Jose's true body slammed his palm onto the table in anger.
That Thought Projection of his only had a tenth of his power, making it even weaker than Aria.
Since Aria couldn't beat that boy, his Thought Projection naturally couldn't either; it was better to dissipate early and recover the power into his true body.
In fact, he hadn't completely failed to consider this situation.
It was just that he had originally considered what to do if Aria's sneak attack on Makarov failed, or if Fairy Tail deployed all their S-Class Mages.
In that case, he could only abandon the headquarters, just like now.
After all, the ultimate goal of his plan this time was to capture Lucy Heartfilia and use her to seize the wealth of the Heartfilia Conglomerate.
Seeking revenge on the Fairy Tail Guild was merely incidental.
So compared to the battle at the headquarters, he was more concerned about the situation in Magnolia Town.
After waiting for a full half-hour, the magic crystal ball finally lit up, and Thor, one of the Element 4, appeared in the crystal ball.
However, at this moment, he was covered in ice shards and shivering uncontrollably from the cold.
"Is the target in hand?"
Jose asked in a tense tone.
Thor adjusted his monocle and shook his head with a miserable expression: "Master, the mission failed. The Rain Woman and I were almost captured, and we barely managed to escape from Magnolia Town."
"What happened? Did Makarov step in?"
Jose felt that Makarov must have seen through his plan, which was why he didn't come but stayed there to protect Lucy in Magnolia Town.
Thor was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then shook his head again: "No, we didn't encounter Makarov. If we had, we would have abandoned the plan and run immediately.
Everything was going smoothly, but just as we were about to succeed, two Mages, a man and a woman, who use Ice-Make Magic suddenly appeared.
The male Mage was manageable, but that female Mage was too strong; we were almost frozen into ice sculptures on the spot."
"Doesn't Fairy Tail only have one Ice-Make Mage named Gray? His strength is only average. How did two more people I don't recognize suddenly pop up?"
Jose's face became very ugly.
Although he looked down on Fairy Tail verbally, in his heart, he had a good idea of Fairy Tail's strength.
Therefore, he hadn't been careless regarding this operation.
He had collected information on most of the Fairy Tail Mages who had some strength.
Moreover, the timing of the plan was specifically chosen for when most of the S-Class Mages were out on missions.
Yet, unexpected events kept occurring.
First, Makarov didn't come, and instead, a boy powerful enough to easily defeat Aria, the leader of the Element 4, showed up.
Then there were two strange Ice-Make Mages who actually sent the Rain Woman and Thor, who have the strength of S-Class Mages, running for their lives.
This is simply too unreasonable!
"Makarov, I wanted to leave you some dignity, but since it's come to this, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Jose gritted his teeth, having made up his mind.
He commanded the magic crystal ball in a cold tone: "Everyone, come back. I'm going to use the Magic Cannon to completely annihilate the entire Fairy Tail Guild!"