#607 - Gate of Hades (1st update)

"Isn't this direction the Magic Council?"

According to the guidance of the Locate Person Magic, George discovered that the Black Dragon's current location is actually in the city where the Magic Council headquarters is located.

Previously, when he located the Black Dragon, its position was basically on a deserted island in the sea, which was where the Black Dragon slept.

The Black Dragon has lived for so many years, and except for occasionally appearing because it sensed the Dragon Force, it spends most of its time sleeping.

Now that the Black Dragon is not in that position, it means that it has started moving again.

"Could it be because of Natsu and the others?"

George's heart stirred, and he suddenly remembered that when he had just left the guild, Mirajane said that Natsu, Erza, and the others had accepted an S-class mission issued by a Magic Council member.

The mission objective seemed to be to defeat the demons hiding in the Council.

He didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

Most of the demons in this world were created by Zeref, and their strength is indeed terrifying for ordinary mages.

But for the current Natsu and the others, it's really not too difficult to deal with.

In addition to the fact that they have taken on many missions during this period, their strength has improved a lot, and there are also various magical props he provided to assist them.

But now it seems that the demons that appeared this time should be quite strong, and there may be more than one. The battle was too intense, and it woke up the sleeping Black Dragon.

Half an hour ago, at the Magic Council headquarters.

A violent explosion resounded through the sky, and the entire Magic Council headquarters was almost completely destroyed.

The residents of the town quickly fled the town as soon as they discovered that the Council had been bombed, and the troops guarding the Magic Council were now all lying on the ground.

"Fairy Tail, hmph, that's all there is to it!"

Mard Geer Tartaros, looking at Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Wendy, who were panting in the ruins, his face was full of disdain.

And around him stood nine mages with extremely terrifying magic power, or more precisely, demons.

That's right, they are the last of the Balam Alliance, and also the most mysterious and powerful dark guild—Tartaros.

Among the ten members of Tartaros, except for Silver, who was controlled by Necromancy, the remaining nine were all demons created by Zeref.

The purpose of this planned attack on the Magic Council was to obtain the key to activate the magical pulse bomb, Face.

The magical pulse bomb, Face, is an ancient "White Legacy" that is spread all over the Eastern Continent, and is one of the strongest weapons held by the Council, just like Magical Barrier Particles.

Once activated, it can forcibly dispel the magic power above the Eastern Continent.

The purpose of doing this is to revive END, the most powerful Flame Demon in Zeref's Book of Demons, in order to kill Zeref.

Because the purpose for which they were created by Zeref was to kill Zeref.

It's a pity that the plan was halfway through when Fairy Tail mages invited by one of the councilors intervened, forcing them to act from the shadows and turn into a forceful robbery.

Fortunately, they finally got the key to activate Face.

As long as these Fairy Tail mages are dealt with, Face can be successfully activated to complete the plan.

"You're so shameless, meow. If you have the guts, don't destroy our teleportation magic device, meow!"

Happy, standing on top of Natsu's head, waved his weapon, the fish, and shouted at Mard Geer.

Lucy also followed suit and complained:

"Aren't you afraid that we would use the teleportation magic device to call our guildmates to help? Now you still have the nerve to say that. What kind of King of the Underworld are you? You're just a coward!"

If the gate key hadn't been secretly destroyed by the demons of Tartaros, they would have already activated the teleportation and called all their guildmates over to help.

They wouldn't have been beaten like this now.

They only have five people, but there are ten people on the other side. Even if the other side only sent five people to fight them one-on-one, it was still very difficult.

If the ten people on the other side attacked together, they would probably have been defeated already.

"The game is almost over, it's time to end it!"

Mard Geer raised an eyebrow when he heard this, but he didn't say much. He just ordered his nine subordinates:

"Franmalth, go and activate Face. The rest of you, attack together and kill them all for me."

He was a little afraid of the original Fairy Tail Guild, but not to the point of being scared.

But the current Fairy Tail Guild is different.

It has gathered a large number of the top mages in the Eastern Continent, and the guild leader, George, has unfathomable strength. Even he is not sure that he can defeat him.

So in order to avoid the failure of the plan, he destroyed the guild's unique teleportation magic item as soon as he discovered that Fairy Tail Guild had intervened.

He has been paying attention to the growth of Fairy Tail Guild over the years, and has also collected relevant information about it.

"Yes!"

Hearing their boss's order, these arrogant demons immediately joined forces and launched a siege against Erza, Natsu, and the others.

After these years of growth, Erza, Natsu, and the others have made great progress in their strength. Even Lucy has collected all twelve Zodiac Keys and entered the ranks of S-class mages.

In addition, they brought some magical props specially made by George for them, enhanced magical armor and weapons, and their strength is already considered top-notch in the Eastern Continent.

Unfortunately, they are not facing one demon, but a siege of eight demons.

In addition to their strong bodies, these demons also use unique demon curses, which are generally very strange and powerful.

Just like the demon Kyôka of the Nine Demon Gates, she can deprive the enemy of their five senses, strengthen their pain, and infinitely strengthen her own body.

The demon Torafuzar of the Underworld, can release poisonous black water to cover the enemy, and his body is indestructible.

The demon Seilah of the Nine Demon Gates, can use Command Curse to command all humans, causing their bodies to lose their ability to take care of themselves, and their bodies involuntarily listen to her commands.

Each of the eight demons was created by Zeref in order to kill himself.

After a hard battle, the Fairy Tail five were quickly severely injured. Seeing that Face was about to be activated and the five were about to be killed, a ray of lightning suddenly fell, and four people made a shining appearance.

It turned out that Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe, who were doing a mission nearby, had arrived.

In fact, when the battle first broke out, it wouldn't have blown up the entire Magic Council. Natsu did it on purpose during the battle.

The purpose was to attract guildmates who were doing missions nearby to help through the powerful explosion and the spread of magic power.

Because he remembered that there were many companions doing missions in the nearby town.

Not only Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe, but soon Gajeel, Juvia, and others also arrived one after another and joined the battle.

The balance of victory tilted again, until Mard Geer personally took action to suppress it again.

Just as the battle between the two sides entered a white-hot stage, and the Face bomb was less than five minutes away from being activated, the terrifying Black Dragon Acnologia descended.