Chapter 451 The Council Comes at the Right Time

All five of the Six Demon Generals except Wu were picked up, and as for Wu… he could only be put in a box.

There was also that strange skeleton staff, which had been burned into ashes at some point and was put in the box together with Wu.

After finishing all these things, it was already very late at night, so everyone went to the Cat Inn to rest.

There are many empty rooms in the Cat’s Inn, so it is no problem to accommodate these dozen people.

President Robin Lu received them warmly and seemed to want to say something, but seeing that everyone looked tired and bruised, he asked them to have a good rest.

Not to mention the coalition forces, even Wendy, who was treating them, was exhausted. If it were six months ago, Wendy would have fainted after such a treatment.

Nothing happened that night, and when I woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky.

Rhodes woke up earlier because it was too noisy to sleep in the same room with Nazgrey.

He quietly climbed up and turned Gray’s head so that his face was facing Natsu’s feet and his feet were facing Natsu’s face.

Gray seemed to sense something in his sleep. He waved his arms unconsciously, turned over, and hugged Natsu’s calf, kicking his feet on Natsu’s face.

Rhodes left the room holding back his laughter, and after washing his face he heard a scream, followed by the sounds of fighting and quarreling in the room.

An innocent harpy was kicked out by someone, and Rod caught him and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Happy was still dazed: “We don’t know either, it seems like Natsu bit Gray’s foot, and then they started fighting.”

“It’s so noisy, males.” Xia Lulu rubbed her eyes and complained dissatisfiedly.

“Good morning, Xia Lulu!” Habib disappeared from Rhodes’ arms in a flash and moved to Xia Lulu’s side.

Xia Lulu pushed Habib’s face with one hand: “Good morning, don’t get so close.”

Habib rushed back and said, “Did you hear that, Rod? Xia Lulu said good morning to me!”

“Yes, yes…” Rhodes said perfunctorily. This child is hopeless.

Banging sounds continued to come from the house. Xia Lulu asked worriedly, “They won’t tear down the house, will they? Miss Mira said she would stop them later. I don’t think this room can last that long.”

“Let me go and persuade them.” Rhodes felt that the room was too eye-catching and there was no need to let Mira in.

A few seconds later, a shout of “sneak attack!” was heard in the room, followed by two loud bangs, and the world suddenly became quiet.

Rhode clapped his hands as he walked out: “I’m done persuading them. They should put on their clothes and come out to fight me later.”

Xia Lulu said: “Your way of trying to stop a fight is really unique.”

“I learned it from Erza, but I have a good personality and my intimidation is not enough, so we have to fight again…” Rhode thought for a moment and said, “It would be great if I could knock them out with one punch and make them forget about this matter.”

“Can you really be considered to have a good character?”

“Of course, I’m very nice to Wendy.”

“…”Xia Lulu couldn’t refute.

By the time everyone gathered together for breakfast, it was almost ten o’clock.

Except for the blue Pegasus, everyone changed into a set of Nilubit clothes.

Let’s not talk about the boys, Jerry, Lucy, Erza and Mira are all very pretty.

Mira gently bumped Rhodes with her shoulder: “How is it, is it a feast for the eyes?”

“Hmm…” Rhode dragged out the word “hmm” for a long time. He stared at Mira for several seconds and finally came up with the words: “I didn’t have it just now, but I have it now.”

“I don’t believe you.”

“MEN~ Actually, I had a dream last night. I dreamed that we were defeated by the six demon generals, and then a fire-breathing dragon fell from the sky and not only defeated the leader, but also destroyed Nirvana.

There was even another dragon that could use earth magic to help put out the fire… What an absurd dream, hahahaha…”

Although he had countless bandages wrapped around his body, he was full of energy and kept changing various “elegant” poses all night, telling everyone about his interesting dreams.

That extremely magnetic voice is very lethal to women, especially when they don’t look at his face.

It was a pity that he was the only one who laughed among the people present.

Rod couldn’t figure out whether this man had blacked out or was just showing off his limited sense of humor.

Hibiki whispered in Yiye’s ear, “Master Yiye, that was not a dream.”

“What…what?” Yiye showed a surprised look, but quickly calmed down, clenched his right fist and put it in front of his mouth, clearing his throat, “Ah, it turns out to be a dragon, what a strong fragrance…”

“You were able to calm down so quickly, you are worthy of being called Mr. One Night!”

Hibiki, Lian, and Ives, the three good supporting actors, immediately began to praise, and for some reason they suddenly twisted their bodies and shouted strange slogans in unison all night:
“One night?”

“One night!”*3
“active?”

“Active!”*3
“What kind of weird dance is that?” Lucy complained, but she was eager to join in.

Although it’s inexplicable, it’s really fun.

“It’s also good to move around like this after the war…” Erza was about to say something when she suddenly looked towards the direction of the village entrance.

“What’s wrong?” The others turned their heads in confusion.

They saw nothing, but when the few funny guys on the Blue Pegasus quieted down, everyone heard noisy and imposing footsteps.

Jura frowned and said, “It sounds like troops marching.”

Leon asked, “Are there any troops stationed nearby?”

Xia Lulu said: “I have never heard of such a thing.”

Wendy shook her head: “I don’t know either.”

It couldn’t be that the Balam Alliance’s revenge had arrived so quickly, right? And they had sent a large force at once.

The two locals didn’t understand, so everyone had to go over to take a look.

A large group of people wearing white robes and holding staffs stood at the entrance of the village.

The logo on the chest of their clothes revealed their identities, and Natsu and Gray looked shocked when they saw them.

“People from the Council!!!”

“Why are you here?”

The two fearless troublemakers now looked around with their hands covering their heads guiltily, trying to find a place to hide.

Lucy was also frightened by their behavior, as if she had really committed a crime.

A man Rhodes knew stepped forward and introduced himself, “I am Lahar, the captain of the Fourth Forced Detention Unit of the Freshman Council.”

The reorganization of the Council mainly affects the top levels, and the numbers and personnel composition of the grassroots units like them are rarely changed. “New Council?”

“Has it started working?”

“I think I heard Mr. Yajima say that before.”

“Now that you mention it, it seems that Rhodes and Mira have also reminded us.”

Everyone was talking about it, some were more or less surprised, but they also knew that it was a matter of time.

“We have been reborn to uphold law and justice, and from now on, no evil will be tolerated.”

Perhaps to express the position on behalf of the Freshman Council, or perhaps to explain the principles of the Freshman Council, Lahar’s opening remarks seemed a bit tough.

He glanced around the crowd. The person he was most familiar with was probably Rhodes, but the one with the highest status was obviously Jola.

So Lahar chose to talk to Jura, and his tone was a little softer than before: “Mr. Jura, the purpose of our trip is to arrest the six demon generals and all members of their subordinate guilds. Please hand them over to us.”

Although it was all supposed to be handled by the Council, his tough attitude still made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Jura probably knew something about the style of the Council and didn’t want to cause any trouble at this critical moment. He frowned slightly and nodded.

“Okay, but this time we are sent by the local guild alliance to carry out the mission of defeating the six demon generals. So I have to contact the local guild alliance first and ask for their opinion before handing the people over to you.”

“Okay, but that’s exactly the second thing I want to say.” Lahar pushed his glasses. He was under a lot of psychological pressure, but thinking that what he did was related to law and justice, he gritted his teeth and said,

“The local guild alliance organized a coalition to fight the six demon generals without the permission of the Council. Strictly speaking, this is illegal, but…”

“What did you say?”

“It’s too much…”

“What do you think of our efforts?”

No one present expected him to say something like this, and Natsu’s temper was almost uncontrollable.

If Natsu was to be arrested for damaging so many buildings or burning so many forests, he would at most run away and would not dare to resist at all.

But no one would be happy if someone casually accused them of being illegal after fighting hard.

“The presidents noticed the dangerous intentions of the six demon generals and immediately decided to form a coalition. At that time, it was not known whether the Council was functioning normally.”

Jola calmly explained the facts before expressing his opinion, “If this is judged as ‘illegal’, I cannot agree with it.”

Others spoke out in agreement with Jura’s statement and denounced the Council for its reckless behavior.

The members of the arrest team clenched their staffs and seemed a little nervous. The magicians glared at each other and looked like they might take action at any time.

Rhode was not a member of the coalition and could not express his opinion. He only asked based on their previous friendship: “Lahar, are you serious?”

“Please listen to me patiently.” Lahar’s forehead was sweating. This mission was the most troublesome. He explained,

“If we strictly follow the legal process, it is indeed the case. However, considering that the presidents of the major guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore are not aware of the resumption of the Council, the Council only hopes that the presidents can give a reasonable explanation for this matter.”

What this means is that we should just go through the process. Now that operations have been restored, we should follow the rules and everyone should give each other some leeway?
Jola roughly understood what the other party meant, but he felt that the other party was a little arrogant, and he shouldn’t be told about this kind of thing. He should contact the presidents of the major guilds before sending out the troops.

What’s going on with them being so tense and then using the communication magic crystal to communicate?
He was silent for a while, unable to figure out the council’s logic.

Rhode also felt something was wrong, but he couldn’t put his finger on it for the time being. The timing was too strange. He decided to give it a try:
“Haha~ You guys came at the perfect time, right after we defeated the enemy and solved all the problems. Why couldn’t you come a day earlier?”

Lahar’s face looked a little unhappy, and his subordinates also showed indignant expressions on their faces.

“Nonsense! We already…” A man who looked like an adjutant was stopped by Lahar as soon as he opened his mouth.

In fact, they did go out yesterday.

The original plan was to set up a spell in the Huaisi Forest to trap all six demon generals and then arrest them.

But he did not expect the guild coalition to progress so quickly, nor did he expect the Six Demon Generals to initiate Nirvana so easily.

Such a big city, with six legs so long, can cross mountains and ridges in just a few steps, but their large army has difficulty marching in the mountains and forests and cannot catch up at all.

By the time they finally reached the place where Nirvana stopped, the fire had almost been put out by Natsu.

To be honest, it is difficult to say which came first, the time when the Freshman Council officially started operating or the time when the local trade union alliance decided to send out the coalition.

Their original plan was to wipe out the six demon generals in one fell swoop, in order to establish the image of the New Council as being determined and capable of eliminating evil.

But they were all disrupted by the actions of the local guild alliance.

According to the headquarters’ instructions, Lahar should have taken his men to control the coalition forces last night and then taken the prisoners away in a tough manner.

Although the effect is not as good as this, good results can be achieved by using some publicity techniques.

The saying “a new official starts with three things” refers to this principle.

However, Lahar did not agree because he saw two giant dragons flying in the night sky one after another.

He thought to himself that he was no match for the dragon, and that even if he had arranged the magic spell in advance, it would still be useless.

The Council can be tough when necessary, but dragons are something that should have been extinct long ago and his army is not capable of contending with.

Long might not reason with him.

He is not afraid of death, but he does not want to die in vain.

So Lahar urgently reported the situation on the scene, which was followed by a heated discussion among several current reviewers.

It was not until this morning that the final negotiation plan was finalized.

——He was asked to try his best to gain the face of the Freshman Council.

But now looking at the attitudes of Jola, Rhodes and others, if we don’t explain things honestly, I’m afraid it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

In addition, the matter of the dragons also needs to be investigated. Although they seem to have helped destroy Nirvana, they are extremely powerful creatures after all, and their purpose must be figured out.

They may be acting on impulse, or they may be on the side of justice, or in the most dangerous case, they just want to attack people.

We need to find a way to find out what the attitudes of these two dragons are towards humans, whether there are other dragons of their kind, where those dragons are hiding, and what their attitudes are.

When necessary, we must also prepare to “slay the dragon”, for example… using the magic spirit power again.

What the Council did was indeed suspected of bullying honest people, for example, right after defeating the six demons, they came to surround the coalition forces and demanded people, and would attack if they did not agree.

However, on Tenrou Island, Demon Heart blew up their ship. There were no casualties, but they immediately wanted to retreat and ask for help. They did not say that they would go to the island to fight with Demon Heart to arrest them, nor did they say that they would go to help Fairy Tail.

It was even more so when the black dragon came. I could only watch from afar and didn’t dare to move at all.

That is to say, the civilians in the magic world still need their protection, otherwise they will be useless and will only cause trouble.

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(End of this chapter)