Chapter 35

"Indeed, so you'll be joining my guild now, Ultear?"

Natsu smiled as he stared directly at Ultear's eyes. He doesn't know why, but these mystical eyes of hers just seem to suck his soul out of his body.

They are beautiful, clearer and purer than the most polished diamond he had seen, if he did saw any.

"WHAT!? Ultear!? The ex-councilor and one of the member of the Grimoire Hearth!?" Gran Doma exclaimed as he pointed his finger at Ultear.

"That's right, it is me, Ultear Milkovich." She smiled and proudly declare her name, as if she was not afraid of being captured or worse, killed with all the saints present in the room.

"You-! Are you not putting the council in your eyes at all?! Saints! Capture her!"

However, only the 8th saint, previous 7th, made a move, and the rest stayed still. They heard the conversation of the two, and knew that this woman is someone that Natsu wanted to recruit.

"Metal Make: Knights!"

Then, dozens of knights appeared and prepared to attack the time mage, who just stayed still without moving an inch, with a smile still present on her face.

Julius sneered, thinking that the woman was too arrogant and doesn't even try to dodge or even move.

However, before the metal-knights could even attack Ultear, Natsu, with his body covered in flames stood up and burned the knights until they became liquid.

Julius stopped his movements as he fiercely glared at Natsu, "What, do you, think, you're doing, Dragneel?"

Natsu smiled and pulled Ultear closer to him before pointing at the pink-haired girl at the corner who alsk came along with Ultear.

"Ultear Milkovich, and that girl over there, is someone who I wanted to recruit, as long as I'm here, no will get to touch even a single strand of their hair."

Ultear just smiled as she gave the councilors a provocative glance, she even gaze disdainfully at Julius.

"Do you know what you're doing, master Dragneel! These two women are wanted criminals! They need to be captured!" Gran Doma angrily roared.

"Yes, I know what I'm doing, but they're already soon-to-be members of my guild, even if you don't want to, you need to compromise. Besides, she said it earlier, she knows why the Smiling Reaper."

"How do you even know that she's not lying!?"

"I don't, but there's no harm on listening to her right?"

Gran Doma was speechless, he didn't even know how to retort as he realized that Natsu was right, there's really no harm on listening.

If its true, then they'll gain valuable information, and if its false, then they wouldn't lose a thing.

He gritted his teeth but still agreed, "Fine! We will hear what she has to say, and if by chance that her information is valuable, then we can pardon her sins!"

Natsu nodded as he sat down once again. Julius was staring at Natsu with eyes full of resentment but in the end, he sighed, Natsu is strong, and Julius Mackers respected strength than anything else.

Ultear smiled and called Meredy to come over as she took out a lacrima that shows the figure of Liem riding on a titan's head.

"You know this man right? Liem Zerald, the guild master of Smiling Reaper." The rest nodded their head and focused, "see that crown on his head? It's called the Titan's Crown, its an ancient artifact that if activated, can control every titans in existence."

The rest were stunned, they couldn't utter a word, they didn't expect that an artifact that could possibly be use to destroy an entire continent is in the hands of the dark guild.

"But that still doesn't explain why they tried to invade my kingdom!" King Toma exclaimed.

"Calm down, I'm getting into there," said Ultear as she sighed, "I was curious about those ancient artifacts so I decided to research about them."

Unexpectedly, Meredy was the one who continue as she showed a lacrima with an image of a green trident.

"This is the Leviathan's Trident, an artifact almost similar to the Titans Crown but instead of controlling titans, the trident controls the Leviathans."

"Leviathans?" Some people were confused, they haven't heard the word leviathan their whole life.

Meredy sighed and explained, "If dragons are the overlord of the sky, and the titans are the overlord of the earth, then the leviathans are the overlord of the sea."

"Anyway, the reason why they are trying to invade Fiore is precisely because of this trident. The trident is located at the western sea of Fiore, I don't know the exact location but its there."

"And, the Smiling Reaper wanted to have this trident to control, and awaken the slumbering leviathans in the sea." Ultear said, continuing the words of Meredy.

The entire hall was silent, they finally understand just how dangerous this is. If the leviathans are as strong as the titans then...

They didn't dare to think about what will happen, it could possibly lead to destruction of the whole Ishgar.

"How long will they take to arrive at Fiore?" Natsu asks. This is a fight that will decide the fate of the continent, they needed to prepare.

"It should 2-3 day." Ultear replied as Natsu nodded.

"So we have at least 2 days to prepare, that's too short. We need to call all the mages in Fiore here in Crocus, it doesn't matter whether they belong to a guild or some rogue mages, we need all the help we can get."

The rest nodded as Fiana raised her hand before proceeding to speak, "The Jupiter Cannon, we need to have as much as possible, and any other city-buster level spells."

"We should also ask some low level mages to evacuate the civilians,"

"That's good! Then everyone do your works!" Gran Doma declared as he claps his hands.

However, Hisui suddenly raised her hand, drawing the attention of everyone present.

"U-Um, I know a spell that is as strong, perhaps even stronger than the Jupiter Cannon."

Everyone glance at her, making her a bit nervous, but still decided to speak.

"It is a spell, I learned from an ancient book, though I needed the help of at least two other celestial mages to cast this spell."

Gran Doma glance at Hisui for awhile before nodding his head, "Very well, we have one celestial mage in our custody, we will temporarily release her to help us. Though you need to find other celestial mage yourself."

"Now everyone, do your works."

Natsu stood up and walk towards Mest, Fiana followed behind him as she doesn't have anything to do.

She doesn't have a guild after all, just a rogue mage that was pretty strong that the council themselves recruited her.

"Let me follow you Natsu."

Natsu just shrugged as he grabbed Mest's shoulder while Fiana held Natsu's hand.

Then, the three of them disappeared.