"I'll send you there first. If anything happens, I'll contact you at any time."
"Everyone, stand firm."
As soon as August finished speaking, he tapped his magic staff against the ground, and a red magic circle instantly appeared beneath the guild members' feet.
Natsu blinked, feeling that it looked strangely familiar.
"This is...?"
After riding through teleportation magic circles so many times, Lucy had gained some understanding of them.
"It looks like the same kind of teleportation magic circle Raizel uses..."
...
Vistarion, eastern outskirts—
After they arrived at August's manor, Laxus could not help but ask, "This teleportation Magic is the same as yours, right?"
Just as people's physical constitutions could not be judged by the same standard, teleportation Magic also differed greatly from one spell to another.
The teleportation Magic learned by Mest from the guild was already among the best in Fairy Tail, but there was still a huge gap between it and the Magic August had taught Raizel.
Mest's teleportation could only cover short to medium distances, and he could not construct teleportation magic circles.
The version August taught, however, could cross continents as long as the user had enough Magic Power.
It could even be used to construct two-way magic circles and entire teleportation networks.
Raizel nodded.
"My teleportation Magic and Super Archive Magic were both taught to me by August."
A hint of nostalgia appeared in Erza's eyes.
"We met Mr. August in X776, didn't we? Back when we went out for that teaching job."
The members gained a new understanding of what Raizel had meant when he said they did not need to worry about August.
Judging from how long Raizel had been able to use teleportation Magic, these two had known each other for ten years, hadn't they?
And August had even taught Raizel Magic.
The group walked and chatted along the way, and they had enough time to talk for quite a while before even reaching the villa, because this manor was enormous.
This manor had been bestowed upon August by Zeref.
Because it was in the outskirts, and the location could already be considered remote, with forests and mountains all around, the manor had likely been specially renovated from the beginning.
It covered an area roughly 1.332 million square meters, around 1,300 meters long and 1,000 meters wide.
It was just that August had never truly lived here.
When he stayed in the Alvarez Empire, he was always used to living within the capital.
Raizel's group passed through a straight, tree-lined avenue and arrived at a three-story L-shaped building.
This was a particularly typical formal manor, displaying a kind of orderly, open, symmetrical artificial beauty.
Everything was arranged with precision, balanced and symmetrical.
Carpet-like flowerbeds and lawns, straight tree-lined roads, neat pools, ornate fountains and statues, rows of trees, and hedges trimmed into various shapes.
By comparison, the luxurious castle Irene had taken from some official had become an old, cramped little place.
It could only be said that comparisons should not be made. Otherwise, Raizel's house would become a thatched hut.
Of course, jokes aside, Raizel was still quite satisfied with his own house.
"Enchant: Dust Removal!"
Wendy spread both hands, and red Magic Power covered her body, blowing up the twin tails she had tied her hair into.
As for her skirt, that was an anti-gravity skirt.
Brooms, feather dusters, rags, mops, and other cleaning tools were all enchanted with Magic and began cleaning automatically.
Raizel nodded with the expression Ash always had when seeing one of Clemont's inventions.
"As expected, Enchantment changes lives!"
Of course, Raizel and the others had not come here for sightseeing.
Raizel directly used a portable communication lacrima to contact Jellal, Makarov, and the others.
Reporting that the negotiations had temporarily broken down was secondary.
The main point was to notify them to begin organizing and preparing for war recently, in case the Alvarez Empire's army suddenly launched an attack.
After all, the islands between the two continents had already been occupied by the Alvarez Empire.
Jellal froze for a moment before quickly coming back to himself.
"He said something like humanity needs to be destroyed once? In that case, communicating with him really does seem difficult."
"I also revealed part of our hand. In any case, it should have shaken him somewhat."
What Raizel meant was Irene.
After all, she was one of the two pillars, Irene the Scarlet Despair.
Her situation was similar to God Serena defecting and joining the western continent, and perhaps even more shocking.
Although Irene was only staying out of the conflict, it was still a blow to Zeref.
Hadn't Zeref remained inactive precisely because Irene had not been found?
"What about the guild? Any movements?"
He had not seen Jacob the assassin or Wahl the Judge today, so he did not know whether Zeref had already sent them out.
Precht answered, "I have constructed an Amaterasu defensive magic circle over the entire town of Magnolia. If there is any movement, I can discover it immediately. Makarov and I are also temporarily living inside the guild. So far, there is no situation."
Of course, Precht did not need to interfere with Selene and Irene's territory in the eastern forest.
He did not dare provoke them either.
The new guild built by the mayor for Fairy Tail had an entire floor specifically prepared as rest rooms, and Precht and Makarov were temporarily staying there.
Makarov put on a proud expression.
"Hmph, I haven't even been drinking recently!"
Laxus immediately shot back irritably, "It hasn't even been that many days!"
After reporting the results to Makarov and the others, Raizel's group could only wait.
First, they had to wait for the result of August's conversation with Zeref.
August had said that whether it succeeded or failed, he would contact Raizel again.
Aside from that, they had basically confirmed an unsurprising fact.
Other than August and Brandish, all the Spriggan 12 they had seen were hostile toward Ishgar and very eager for battle.
As for their strength, everyone had different opinions.
Ultear, Erza, and the others believed they were very strong, and if they truly had to face them, they needed to be careful.
The arrogant representatives were Kurnugi, Natsu, and Gajeel.
Kurnugi crossed one leg over the other with a thoroughly arrogant look and said,
"Their strength seems pretty ordinary. They were all trembling in fear when they saw Lord Kurnugi!"
Gajeel refused to let him show off and immediately retorted.
"I don't think they were trembling, though."
When Kurnugi roared, Ajeel and Invel had been fully on guard, but they truly had not reached the point of trembling in fear.
Kurnugi snorted disdainfully.
"Tch. Anyway, they are no match for Lord Kurnugi."
Raizel irritably slapped the back of Kurnugi's head.
"I'm telling you, being strong is one thing, but don't get careless."
After this guy came to the guild, his arrogant problem had not improved at all.
On the contrary, after being led astray by Macao and Wakaba, he had become even more arrogant.
"Oh."
Kurnugi rubbed the back of his head and nodded.
Raizel added, "If you really end up fighting people from the western continent, transform into dragon form immediately."
Kurnugi's strength dropped sharply when he was not in dragon form.
It would be hilarious if he accidentally overturned in a ditch.
As for whether that would attract the Black Dragon, Raizel was not worried.
If Acnologia truly showed up, then they would adapt to the worst-case scenario and call for reinforcements, surrounding the Black Dragon directly.
Raizel could contact Selene and Irene at any time.
Selene could also use spatial Magic to bring people over at any moment.
After the group spent one peaceful day at August's manor, August arrived.
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