There, Naz, Gray, Wendy, and Lucy were standing outside the gate at a loss.

They originally planned to eavesdrop, but they had a dispute because of their location.

The result was a brawl that gave away the location.

Looking at the few people, Meister sighed helplessly.

After obtaining Ersha's consent, she continued to tell her story.

That was something about himself, and something about Makarov.

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Many years ago, Makarov noticed the huge and ambitious empire on the western continent.

And because of that time, the Alvarez Empire invaded the Ishgar Continent for the first time.

But it was forced to abort for some reason.

But Makarov cared a lot about why they invaded the continent.

So a decision was made.

That is to send Meester, a member of the guild at the time, secretly infiltrated the council to help investigate all information about the Western Continent.

And in order to be realistic, this guy Meester actually chose to delete his own memory.

And successfully sneaked into the Senate, only Makarov has a way to dispel the magic.

Therefore, many times Makarov would go to the council to meet with Meister alone.

Then remove the magic for it and ask about the progress of the task.

As for the incident of infiltrating Sirius Island that happened halfway, it was purely an oolong incident caused by Meester's memory magic.

And all this continued until the end of the war at Hades Gate.

Combining the information about the Western Continent collected by Meister in the Senate over the years, plus his own investigation results.

Makarov confirms the true purpose of the Alvarez Empire.

【Lumen · Starlight】

They want this magic.

At that time, the Senate was completely paralyzed, and the two ultimate weapons that restricted the Alvarez Empire were completely lost.

Magic spirit power and Fez.

Therefore, the Alvarez Empire, which has lost its restraint, will absolutely not hesitate to attack the Ishgar Continent.

No, it should be said to be an attack on Fairy Tail.

And that's why Makarov wanted to disband the guild.

In his opinion, the strength shown by Albarez is too strong.

Even with Luo Xingchen at that time, two fists were no match for four.

When facing an enemy whose overall strength is several times stronger.

It is difficult for a person's strength to determine the direction of the war.

What Fairy Tail needs to face... is a super military magic empire that rules a whole continent.

So Makarov made a decision.

He intends to go to the Alvarez Empire alone to negotiate.

Trying to dispel their idea of ​​invading this continent.

If they insisted not to listen, then Makarov would also use [Lumen·Starlight] as the last hole card to fight.

It is hoped that in this way, as much time as possible can be bought for the reorganization of the Council of Ishgar Continent.

At least, in this case, it will not be completely incapable of resisting.

And such a consequence was also a gamble that put Makarov's own safety at risk.

If something happens to him, the guild will only keep Fairy Tail members on target.

This is absolutely intolerable to Makarov.

He could not care about his own life or death at all.

But you must never watch your children suffer accidents.

Therefore, he disbanded the guild and went to the Alvarez Empire alone.

until today.

Many aspects of Meister's narration were exactly as Luo Xingchen had guessed before.

After learning all this, Natsu couldn't hold back and immediately wanted to go to the Alvarez Empire to bring Makarov back.

At the same time, Erza also told what Luo Xingchen and Milaj were in the Alvarez Empire at the moment.

Therefore, everyone quickly achieved their goal, which was to go to the Alvarez Empire.

Bring everyone back to Fairy Tail.

And, because of Natsu's urgent mood.

Everyone even set off immediately that night and went to that land.

Just considering the relationship of sneaking into the battle, they didn't bring the rest.

It's just that what they don't know is.

All the conversations in the ground were captured by Laxus above who was also paying attention to Erza's movements.

After pondering for a moment, Laxus made a decision.

Greeting the Thunder Gods and the others, they left the guild overnight and headed towards the guild that had taken them in - the Cyan Pegasus.

The wind at night was abnormally fast, under unknown circumstances.

Two groups of people quietly left Magnonia...

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at the same time.

In the Alvarez Empire, the palace and castle of King Vesdalian.

The castle here is even more magnificent than the palace of lanterns in Kuluokas.

The royal palace, which symbolizes the majesty of the military empire, exudes a solemn atmosphere.

Different from the hustle and bustle during the day, at night, except for the sound of soldiers patrolling around here.

It seemed unusually quiet.

Not far from the palace is the woods, and beyond the woods is the desert.

This time, only Luo Xingchen was alone.

Miraj was left in the hotel, after all, he was only sneaking into the battle.

···Ask for flowers····

If Luo Xingchen was alone, no matter what situation he faced, he would be able to respond well.

The plan to sneak in through the gate was completely rejected by Luo Xingchen almost without thinking.

After all, until Makarov's position is found, such swaggering behavior is best avoided as much as possible.

And the simplest and most effective space shuttle was quickly rejected by Luo Xingchen.

After all, although the magic fluctuations of space shuttle can be suppressed extremely small.

But within the castle surrounded by surveillance machinery, it can be detected even at a small scale.

So, don't do it unless you have to.

Therefore, Luo Xingchen planned to start from the side.

With perception, there are less fluctuations in magic power over there, which means that there are fewer patrolling personnel.

Although he didn't use the Dragon Slayer Badge, he couldn't have that bug-level sense of smell.

But Luo Xingchen's perception of magic power is also a cheat to some extent.

At this time, he could help Luo Xingchen successfully avoid everyone's eyes and sneak into the castle without noticing.

With light steps, Luo Xingchen easily found a hole in this tightly guarded castle.

And successfully sneaked in.

As the emperor's palace and living place, it is doomed that not many people will be able to live here.

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Although the emperor is not there at the moment.

Therefore, the tight defense is limited to the outside world. After entering the castle, the magic power that can be perceived is pitifully small.

Almost all of them are twelve shields guarding the castle, some guards and so on.

And this also gave Luo Xingchen a good search space.

According to speculation, if he was imprisoned, then the dungeon is generally a place where Makarov might exist.

After a short search, Luo Xingchen did find the location of the dungeon.

but…

"No?" Looking at the empty cell in front of him, Luo Xingchen frowned slightly.

Without thinking too much, he rushed to another position again.

at the same time.

At the top of the castle, in the gorgeous room, the middle-aged woman with crimson curly hair who had just finished washing and was about to rest paused slightly.

The nose moved accordingly, and an emotion called doubt surfaced on that delicate face.

"Huh? This strange smell..."

The corners of her mouth slightly raised, she seemed to find it very amused: "I never thought that at such a juncture, would anyone dare to sneak into the castle?"

With a slight movement of the raised arm, the cloak hanging on the coat rack automatically floated over, and then draped over her body.

He picked up the magic wand by the bed with one hand, and picked up the weirdly shaped big-brimmed hat with the other.

"Let me see, who is it?"

Accompanied by soft whispers, the woman's figure gradually disappeared into the room.

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"No?"

"still none?"

"how so?"

Luo Xingchen, who walked through many suspicious places without finding any trace of Makarov, couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

However, this also narrowed the scope of finding Makarov from another aspect.

Shaking his head, he didn't stay here, but left here according to the route he came from.

Soon, the place where Luo Xingchen was standing just now.

The woman holding the magic wand has already appeared here.

The nose moved slightly again, and a smile once again appeared on that face.

"You really are a cunning guy. Although you cover up all traces that can be traced, there is no way to cover up the smell, even if your smell is so slight."

"But it's of no use under the nose of a dragon."

The magic wand touched the ground, and the woman gently closed her eyes.

With her senses fully open, she could clearly sense the faint smell around her that was about to dissipate.

Like a road sign guiding her, it was extremely clear under her sense of smell.