The first-floor hall was quiet as everyone gathered around the Trimens and Ichiya, who had finally composed himself after his restroom emergency.
"First, the location of Oración Seis lies to the north of here—the vast Worthy Woodsea," Ichiya explained, striking a pose.
"It's said that ancient people once sealed a powerful ancient Magic there!"
"That Magic is called 'Nirvana'!"
Lyon propped his chin thoughtfully. "I've never heard of that Magic. Is it dangerous?"
Hibiki, with his extensive knowledge, explained gravely, "We've researched it. It's a forbidden Super Magic that the ancients had no choice but to seal. It possesses the unique ability to reverse a person's good and evil nature."
"Based on current intelligence, Oración Seis is likely after this Magic to plunge the world into chaos."
Hibiki raised his hand.
Hummmm.
A golden screen materialized in mid-air, complete with a virtual keyboard made of glowing golden blocks—strikingly similar to a holographic computer from Earth.
"Archive Magic?" Jura, equally knowledgeable, expressed surprise. "That's a very rare form of Magic. Impressive."
Ankh nodded thoughtfully, murmuring to himself, "It's like a super-brain that can organize and transmit any information and data instantly. This Magic... seems quite useful for managing a company..."
Hibiki didn't hear Ankh's capitalistic muttering.
After pressing a few keys on the golden keyboard, several images with portraits appeared in the air on the other side for everyone to see.
"These are some visuals I recently found regarding Oración Seis."
Hibiki pointed to each one.
"Cobra, the Mage who uses poison and hears everything."
"Racer, the Mage who uses speed-based Magic."
"Hoteye, the Mage who can single-handedly destroy entire armies if paid enough, using his Heavenly Eye Earth Magic."
"There's very little information about this sleeping man, but everyone calls him Midnight."
"And a female member with unknown abilities, codenamed Angel."
"Then, there's their overall commander, Brain."
"And finally."
Hibiki pressed another key.
The golden light flashed again, revealing a familiar handsome face in the air.
"Jellal?!"
Several members of Fairy Tail's 'Strongest Team' immediately recognized him.
Erza frowned deeply and asked Hibiki, "Did he break out of prison?"
"Not long ago," Hibiki confirmed. "Oración Seis secretly infiltrated the Council custody and discreetly broke Jellal out. It's expected that he's heavily involved in this plan to unseal Nirvana, which is a major reason why the Council has firmly decided to eliminate Oración Seis."
Erza couldn't help but glance at Ankh, wondering about this matter internally.
Jellal's previous imprisonment had been arranged by Ankh through Anselion.
Erza believed her brother would never intend to release a tiger back to the mountains to seek revenge on the guild or hurt her again—he must be planning something...
Meanwhile, Wendy stared at the handsome man on the screen.
Her small hands nervously twisted the hem of her clothes, her heart in turmoil.
'Jellal...'
Why was Jellal, the person who saved her in her childhood, imprisoned? And why had he been taken by Oración Seis now?
The young girl's mind was a tangled mess of confusion and fear.
Carla worriedly grasped her hand. "Wendy..."
Hibiki continued summarizing the threat:
"In short, every member of Oración Seis possesses terrifying Magic Power capable of destroying a guild alone. Jellal was even a Ten Wizard Saints-level Mage who once rivaled Ankh-san. However! There are only seven of them!"
"And we have thirteen people here (including Wendy and the cats), so we should fully utilize our numerical advantage. Aside from Ankh-san and Jura-san, if anyone unfortunately faces one of Oración Seis or Jellal directly, try to maintain a formation of two or more people when engaging the enemy. Do not fight alone."
Everyone nodded in agreement, though what certain reckless individuals (Natsu) were thinking remained unknown...
"But there's no need to worry too much, as we might not necessarily have to confront Oración Seis directly."
Eve confidently pointed to the sky and said, "Our guild's Magic Bomber Airship, Christina, is in the air above us right now. As long as we find Oración Seis's base in the Worthy Woodsea, we can directly execute a massive Magic Power firepower strike to wipe them out."
Ankh looked at the confident members of Blue Pegasus, then shifted his gaze to Cobra on the light screen.
'Truth be told,' Ankh thought, 'even in the original scenario without Ichiya being ambushed and taken down by Angel, relying on Christina would have been difficult.'
Cobra could easily detect the surrounding movements with his hearing.
Forget flying over the base, they'd likely be discovered by this guy before even getting close to it.
The trio of male entertainers danced and sang around the dazzling Ichiya, showing no signs of worry at all.
The others also breathed a sigh of relief, clearly placing some trust in this plan.
Natsu crossed his arms, tilting his head with a frown. "Is this mission really that simple? Just blow them up?"
Lucy patted Natsu's back and laughed with lingering fear. "Isn't that good? Without Christina, we'd have to face those terrifying guys directly! I don't want to fight monsters."
Jura didn't comment, instead turning to Ankh who had remained silent. "Ankh-san, what do you think of this strategy?"
Ankh smirked. "The plan is good on paper. But if we want to succeed, we'd better hurry. We are already being watched."
"What?"
Ankh stretched his arms out.
"Gravity."
A purple magic circle suddenly appeared in his palm as immense magic power erupted violently.
Vwoom!
In that instant, the members of Blue Pegasus standing before Ankh felt a terrifying pulling force tearing at them, though fortunately, the main force clearly wasn't directed at them.
"BOOM!"
The powerful gravitational force was like an invisible iron hand.
It easily tore through the wall opposite Ankh, shattering the masonry.
It pulled out a seductive, alluring figure who had been hiding within the shadows of the corridor.
"Eek!"
The woman's face turned pale with rage and shock.
As she was pulled helplessly through the air toward Ankh, she immediately reacted, pulling out a golden key with one hand and using her magic.
"Open, Gate of the Scorpio! Scorpio!"
"YEAHHH BABY!"
Golden light of celestial spirit summoning appeared.
A spirit with a large mechanical scorpion tail appeared, protecting the woman.
"Sand Buster!"
He sprayed a torrent of scorching yellow sand toward Ankh to break the pull.
Ankh slightly extended his hand.
Crash.
The raging sand rushing toward him seemed to hit an invisible wall.
It was forced to split and flow to both sides under gravitational pressure, missing him entirely.
Though it didn't harm Ankh, the obscured vision broke the gravitational lock on the woman.
She used the moment to land, rolling awkwardly on the ground several times before standing up to face her enemy.
She panted, looking at Ankh as if confronting a monster.
Everyone in the hall was startled by the rapid exchange of moves.
Natsu clenched his flaming fist, excitedly standing beside Ankh.
"Is she an enemy, Ankh?!"
Hibiki looked at the voluptuous woman dressed in a pure white yet seductive feather dress before him.
His expression was no longer lovesick but calm as if in "sage mode."
"You must be the only female member of Oración Seis," Hibiki identified. "Angel, right?"
Jura stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Ankh, frowning at the breach. "Was she here from the beginning?"
Ankh nodded casually, dusting off his hand.
"Probably. Saw her earlier."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?!" Lucy shrieked. "She could have killed us!"
"Well, this is Guild Master Bob's private residence after all," Ankh shrugged. "Didn't feel appropriate to comment on his 'guests' initially."
"..."
'Ankh was making this up', everyone realized.
The real reason was simply that it was fun to mess with her.
His main purposes for coming here were to collect Nirvana and recruit staff.
Originally, he wanted to observe how his future employee would respond when Ichiya is not replaced by her gemini spirits.
But she seemed somewhat rigid, refraining from action because of their numbers.
So, a disappointed Ankh simply pulled the kid out to make her confront the alliance head-on.
Angel glared at him, clutching her keys.
"You..."
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