It was time for the monthly meeting of the guild masters and Zeldaris, Aversia and Makarov were currently sitting on the train toward Clover Town.

Normally the three of them would be in a relaxed mood, the meetings were always enjoyable occasions and a good chance to socialize with the other guilds.

Well except that one time with Eisenwald and Lullaby, but that wasn´t their fault.

However, currently, they were in a tensed and restless mood, mostly because of an interesting message that had arrived at the guild this morning.

It came from Bob, the guild master of Blue Pegasus.

In it, he had asked that every guild master should attend this meeting because one of the members of the Baram Alliance, Oración Seis, was making its move and it seemed that it was something grand because they were making their move openly.

This was indeed unsettling news, every time that a dark guild of a caliber such as Oración Seis makes a move openly, it leaves only death and destruction.

The news of Grimoire Heart slaughtering whole villages and cities was the first thing that came to Makarov´s mind, no doubt that it was the same for the other guild masters as well.

Trying to use their time until they would arrive at Clover Town as well as they could, they tried to guess what possible goals Oración Seis could want to achieve.

However, they quickly realized, that they simply had not enough information about them to make any feasible assumptions, which was not strange at all.

Information about any of the three members of the alliance was scarce and hard to come by.

Oración Seis was the member that the council and the country had the most information about and even that was not much.

They only knew that the guild was made out of only six people, which in itself was already stunning enough, the code names under which the members were called and a bit of information about some of the members, that´s it.

Nobody knew what kind of magic they were using, nor their real strength, there was only a rumor that any of their members were as strong as an entire guild!

 

Luckily for the three the train soon arrived at Clover Town.

Zeldaris, Aversia, and Makarov quickly made their way toward the mansion where the meeting would be held, and as they arrived at the mansion, they saw that everyone there was in turmoil.

Many of the guild masters were panicking and or scared, their escorts were not much better, and honestly, no one could blame them, that was just how scary the situation was.

“Oh my~ Looks like my message made them quite panicky~ Maybe I shouldn´t have sent it?” asked Bob as he and his two escorts arrived.

“Hey there Bob, I think what you did was just right. Gives them the chance to let their emotions out and makes them calmer in the actual meeting. But tell me, how did you find out about it?” Makarov greeted his old friend and asked him the question that he had on his mind.

Bob held his right hand before his mouth as he chuckled.

“This is mostly thanks to the guild master of the guild that had just recently been acknowledged by the council, seems that they live in the area that Oración Seis is currently acting in.” Bob explains.

Makarov raised an eyebrow in surprise.

“Then I am curious what you and that new guild master will tell us…” Makarov said and looked back at the hectic movement of the other guild masters, while also taking out a bottle of alcohol from who knows where and started to drink from it.

Zeldaris and Aversia could only roll their eyes when they saw this, even in such a serious situation, their master still took any chance he got to drink some alcohol.

And to make things worse, Bob joined in it too.

“Men, what a beautiful perfume of friendship that our two masters are sharing.” said one of Bob´s escorts, his name was Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki.

(AN: I am not making this up, that is his full name…)

He was a short and rather stout man with a distinctively big, somewhat rectangular face, coupled with a somehow always shining flat nose and distinctive cheekbones, he was someone you would never forget.

And just like almost every member of Blue Pegasus, Ichiya was always wearing a tailor-made suit.

In all honesty, Ichiya was one of the most important and most popular members of Blue Pegasus guild.

He acted as a teacher for many of the new members and was currently teaching three young men that were called the Trimen.

However, there was one big problem with him and that was his personality which was kind of intense.

He was an adamant fan of perfumes and would often smell the scent of other people, which brought him often into trouble, especially the first time that he tried it with Aversia.

Zeldaris had to hold Aversia back with everything he had, otherwise she would have ripped Ichiya´s head right off.

Luckily, they were able to calm Aversia down and over the next couple of guild masters, they managed to keep her from ripping Ichiya into pieces and Ichiya from trying something like that with Aversia again.

 

“I mean, they are old friends that go way back, so it isn´t really surprising.” Zeldaris said while trying to keep an eye on Aversia, who in turn ignored Ichiya and the other escort.

They continued to wait multiple hours before the tumult finally quiet down and they could cheek in peace, although the atmosphere in the mansion was tense.

This meeting would be the first official meeting since the destruction of the magic council.

However, just like the Rune Knights had kept acting after the destruction of the council, the guild masters had kept their regular meetings, to check on each other and coordinate with each other.

Which helped many of the smaller guilds through the rise of dark guild activity.

However, not everyone was able to come to these meetings, because the situations at their guilds or the activities around them were simply too important.

And now every guild master was sitting at a long table, a representant of the magic council was also present, and the frog person seemed rather happy that things were going back to normal.

But there was something different, a new guild had been acknowledged by the magic council and its guild master was now also joining the meeting for the first time.

His name was Roubal, and he was the master of the Cait Shelter Guild.

Roubal was a small, slim elderly man with a long white beard.

His clothes were reminiscent of that of native Americans.

“Although it is quite unusual for us to start on the first day, I am afraid that the circumstances won´t allow us to do so otherwise.” Bob said while looking at the other guild masters.

The other masters nodded with their heads in agreement.

“Then let us start. Hibiki my dear if you would.”

“As you wish.” said Hibiki, the second escort of Bob and one of the Trimen.

“Thanks to master Roubal, we were able to know about Oración Seis´s movement much earlier than we would have otherwise. They had created their camp in the Waa Forest, and as far as we can tell, almost every single dark guild under them is currently traveling toward there as well.”

These were shocking news for every master and escort, but they tried to keep as quiet as they could because Hibiki wasn´t finished.

“Many have already gathered there, but it is only a matter of time until the others arrive there. Luckily for us, the local Rune Knights are currently fighting against multiple dark guilds and have already defeated multiple. Other regiments of Rune Knights are trying to rush near the Waa Forest and try to defeat and arrest as many as they can. Nonetheless, that still leaves the main threat, Oración Seis, and if we want to stop them before they can succeed with what they are trying. Then it has to be us that has to take them down. So, we from Blue Pegasus suggest a joint coalition of multiple guilds, consistent with some of the strongest members of each participating guild, to take down Oración Seis with the help of our magic bomber Christina. The remaining guilds will help the Rune Knights in dealing with the dark guilds that have yet to arrive at the forest. We of Blue Pegasus will join the coalition and are ready to provide one of the mansions of our master as the headquarters of that operation.”

As Hibiki finished with his speech, the room fell silent, the masters had to let his words sink in.

A coalition of guilds? Against one of the most powerful dark guilds and a good part of the dark guilds under them? Had this even any chance to succeed?

Those were the questions that were going through their heads.

Makarov was taking a sip, he had already made his decision, there was not even a need to think about it, but he wanted to see who would volunteer before saying his answer.

“Although my guild is the newest in this round, my guild is still the one that is the most affected by it. And I and my guild will not stand by it, CAIT SHELTER WILL JOIN THE COALITION!!!” declared Roubal.

Zeldaris and Aversia were surprised by this, they didn´t think that the newest guild would be the one that first declared to join this dangerous undertaking, they had to admit they were impressed and felt a bit of respect for him.

Sadly, there was no way to measure how strong the members of his guild would be because he hadn´t any escorts with him, which was rather strange.

“Can´t let the newest one has all of the fun… LAMIA SCALE WILL ALSO JOIN!!!” declared an old lady, who was the guild master of Lamia Scale, a rather well-known guild that even had one of the ten saints as a member.

The saint in question was a man called Jura, although he was the lowest-ranked one, which was still impressive.

“JURA! SHOW THEM THAT LAMIA SCALE DOESN`T FEAR ANY DARK GUILD!” the old hag yelled toward her only escort, Jura.

A tall man with broad shoulders, a bald head, and a facial expression that was as unmoving as a rock.

“As you wish, master.” answered Jura, while bowing.

The other guild masters became a bit more relaxed when they heard that Jura would take part in it.

Some of them started to stare at Makarov, they were hoping that Fairy Tail would also take part in it.

“What about you, Makarov? Is Fairy Tail going to take part in it or not?” asked the master of Lamia Scale.

Makarov downed the remaining alcohol in the bottle before looking at every guild master in the round.

“Is there even a need to ask such a thing? Fairy Tail has never shied away from a fight, not against Phantom Lord nor any foe in the past. But I am just an old man, a parent that looks after his children. Zeldaris… Aversia… What do you two say… Is Fairy Tail going to join, or not?”

Without any hesitation, both Zeldaris and Aversia summoned their weapons and rammed them into the ground.

As the lance and the odachi rammed into the ground, the ground beneath cracked open to the shock of many of the guild masters and their escorts.

Makarov raised an eyebrow and grinned.

“There you have it, FAIRY TAIL WILL JOIN AS WELL!!!” Makarov declared.

Before everyone could react to his declaration, Makarov looked at Goldmine.

“Goldmine, can you and your guild take charge of the other guilds and hold back the dark guilds that have yet to arrive at the forest?”

At first, Goldmine was surprised by this question, but quickly a smile appeared on his face.

“No problem, old friend, you, and Bob take care of Oración Seis, while I and my guild take care of them. My boys have been waiting for something wild.” Goldmine answered.

“Leave this to us.” added one of Goldmine´s escorts.

The masters of Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Cait Shelter nodded in agreement.

And so, the coalition against Oración Seis was formed, and without wasting any time they began to plan on how to take on Oración Seis, while the others tried to create a plan for the dark guilds that are heading toward Waa Forest.

And while everyone was working hard, the representative of the magic council had only one thought in their mind.

‘Is that even legal?’