The Guild Masters annual meeting is held in Clover Town. Almost every Guild Masters of Legal Guilds in Fiore participates in this meeting. Even small Guilds' Guild Masters will come to participate.
But just because they are Small Guilds, doesn't mean that they are weak Guilds. They are just called Small Guilds because they have few members. There are many small-sized Guilds that are strong enough to compete with big Guilds.
One such Guild is Heaven's Runners. It's the Guild that escapes from the Tower of Heaven's made. So it's the Guild that Erza's old comrades made and its Guild Master is Jellal. They decided to make their own Guild after being freed by Makarov and co.
Only Erza joined an already developed Guild. The others who want to be Mages are gathered in Heaven's Runners while others who don't want to pursue magic return home to be normal people who do normal jobs.
Alex has met Jellal a few times and all those times are during the Guild Masters annual meeting. Jellal is really a smart guy just as he was shown in the series and he is strong. Not as strong as him, but strong enough to be an S-Class in Fairy Tail.
Both Earthland Jellal and Edolas Jellal are smart guys. It makes Alex wonder if he has an Edolas version of himself, will that guy be smart or not. He hopes his other version will be smart, so at least not all of his versions are stupid.
Besides, Edolas doesn't have much magic power and it will disappear soon. So the best weapon that people can have in that world is their brains. It will be more like modern Earth, so they will need to discover many new techs to develop their world later when the magic power disappears.
Anyway, the Guild Masters annual meeting will start in a few days. Makarov and Alex arrive very early because they want to meet some people first. They won't have time to relax once the meeting starts, so they need to come early.
Makarov wants to meet with his friends like Master Bob, Master Goldmine, etc. He wants to brief them about Phantom Lord's attack on Alex and gets their support about this issue later in the meeting.
Master Bob and Master Goldmine were Fairy Tail members before making their own Guilds. So they also have some problems with Phantom Lord. They are happy to help bring the Phantom Lord down.
As for Alex, he is meeting Ultear and Ur. They only have some casual talks to catch up with each other. He met them last year, so there's not really much things they can talk about.
"Ah, Lucy is in our Guild now."
"Oh, she finally leaves her home?" Ur immediately remembers Lucy.
"Sigh, I wanted her to join our Guild because it's a women-only Guild, but she has always wanted to join Fairy Tail because you kept influencing her when you stay in Heartfilia family's house." Ultear seems dejected.
"Well, it only worked because of my charm. She won't even consider it if I don't look great enough." Alex smirks smugly, making Ultear click her tongue in annoyance.
"By the way, why did you come here so early with Master Makarov?" Ur asks curiously because they come here very early.
Alex then explains about Phantom Lord's attack when he returned from the 10 Years Quest. It obviously makes Ur and Ultear furious. How can they not? Alex is their family member and it's unforgivable for a big Legal Guild to attack a Legal Mage with an intention to kill him.
"That asshole! I'll rip him apart even though he is my senior. The Magic Council can punish me all they want, but I'll make sure to kill him." Ur is really furious.
She is a Wizard Saint now, replacing an old Wizard Saint. It might be Jellal's position in the series, but he isn't a Wizard Saint now because Ultear isn't a Dark Mage who pulled some strings at the back with Hades and Grimoire Heart.
His supposed position in the series is now filled by Ur. As for his and Ultear's positions in the Magic Council, well, other people that Alex doesn't know fill them. They might be people that Hades sent, but he doesn't really care.
After a few days, the meeting finally starts. Jose still hasn't come and maybe won't come to this meeting at all. The Guild Masters who don't know about what Phantom Lord did are confused because Jose has never skipped the meeting before.
So Makarov quickly brings up the issue and tells the Guild Masters what Jose and Phantom Lord did sometime ago. Of course, they are surprised and now understand why Jose doesn't come to this meeting.
What he did is a violation, after all. Even if the Magic Council won't punish Phantom Lord severely, the other Guilds will still look at them badly. After all, if Phantom Lord can do that to Fairy Tail, they can do that to other Guilds too.
That's why the Guild Masters agreed to bring this issue up to the Magic Council. They will ask the Magic Council to disband Phantom Lord. If all of them ask it, then the Magic Council will really consider it.
Even if the Magic Council doesn't approve it, Phantom Lord will still not have a place in Fiore. Such a violent Guild that tried to kill another Guild's member just out of jealousy is surely not a Guild this Kingdom wants.
If it was just a fight between Guilds' members, then the Guild Master won't be this mad. But Jose as a Guild Master and a Wizard Saint actually moved his Guild members to kill another Guild's member.
Conflicts between Guilds is normal, but what Phantom Lord did is surely too much. If they don't punish Phantom Lord, then other Guilds will do the same in the future without any worry, so they need to set an example now.
The matter regarding Phantom Lord is discussed thoroughly. But the Guild Masters also have many things to talk about. It takes some days for them to talk about so many things since there will always be many issues to be discussed every year.
Alex's job is to guard the meeting place, so the Guild Masters can talk without any worry. This job was usually done by normal-ranked Mages or even newbies of each Guild for them to gain experience because it is just like a formality.
After all, the Guild Masters are powerful, so it's stupid to attack them when they are together. Alex also thinks that even if Eisenwald successfully uses Lullaby to attack the Guild Masters, that demon will get killed easily by them even without team Natsu's help.
Well, if team Natsu can defeat Lullaby, then surely some Guild Masters with power rivalling Wizard Saints will be able to do the same. There are even some real Wizard Saints among them too, so Lullaby will get destroyed by them.
Most enemies will face the same thing, that's why they usually bring newbies with them to guard the meeting place, just as formalities. But Makarov brings Alex and Ur brings Ultear who are powerful S-Class Mages.
The reason is just because Alex wants to meet Ur and Ultear. After all, there aren't many chances for them to meet. Also, Alex always wants to check his power compared to the Guild Masters, and for this year, he is also waiting for Lullaby.
However, even until the last day of the meeting, Eisenwald Guild doesn't show up with Lullaby. Alex has thought that maybe they won't show up now because of the changes he made. But he is still disappointed too because he really wants to absorb Lullaby's magic power.
"Eisenwald? Yeah, I know them. Why do you ask?" Makarov answers Alex's question about Eisenwald.
"Oh, I'm just wondering about them because they were a Legal Guild once. But I heard they are still active as a Guild."
"Yeah, they were an active Dark Guild until they were destroyed." Makarov says nonchalantly.
"What?! Destroyed?" Alex is surprised to hear this news.
"That's right, someone destroyed them. I think it was 2 years ago." Makarov tries to remember the correct time.
"Who's that person?" Alex asks curiously.
Makarov just gives him a side-eye before pointing his finger at Alex who tilts his head confusedly. Then Alex finally realizes what Makarov means and points at himself while blinking his widened eyes.
"Yeah, it was you who destroyed them."
"H-huh? W-when? I don't remember it."
"Obviously. You won't ask if you remember. Well, I guess they weren't that important for you to remember anyway."
Makarov then explains that Alex destroyed them when he took an escort job. It was an S-Class job, very unusual for escort jobs that usually are A-Class at most. The reason was because the client was Fiore King's nephew that was sent to another Kingdom as a messenger for a very important business.
It was a very important business that the King sent his trustworthy nephew for the job. So they expect there would be people targeting him and requested for an S-Class Mage to escort him. Surprisingly, the Royal Family requested for Alex personally because he has dealt with nobles many times and he has good manners for a Mage.
He was recommended by the nobles he ever worked with. Alex couldn't refuse because it was a personal request from the King. So he took it and they really got attacked quite a lot of times since they left the Royal Capital.
The Knights and Court Mages could handle most of the attackers. But when troublesome enemies appeared, Alex needed to move. One such troublesome opponents were Eisenwald Guild's Mages because they were skillful and specialized in assassination.
Alex disposed of them without much problems though. But he didn't realize they were Eisenwald Guild Mages. After all, he couldn't recognize their real appearances after only looking at their drawing many years ago.
Well, it's good that Eisenwald, a Dark Guild has been destroyed. But now Alex can't find Lullaby to absorb that demon's magic power to raise his. Alex has changed the plot even without his realization and it troubles him now.
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Ch. 159. Alex's Death