Chapter 142: The Storm of the Parliament (Ch 142)

At this time, the Council of Advisers had received a piece of news from the outside world that made them terrified.

All the members of parliament gathered in the meeting room. Ten of them stood on the blue circular magic circle with serious expressions.

“According to the intelligence, that thing is still left. How is that possible?!”

A tall, thin old man stared with his eyes wide open and shouted in disbelief.

The old woman with yellow hair, Belluno, crossed her arms and said in a deep voice with a dark face, “About ten years ago, an evil magic cult that believed in black magic attempted to build the R system.”

“But weren’t we able to clear out those seven towers ourselves?”

The current Speaker of the House, Crawford, had a rather grim look on his face. He waved his hand and summoned an image in the center of the circle of ten people.

What was shown on the image was exactly the appearance of the Tower of Paradise!

“An eighth tower has appeared, just off the coast of Kaerum.”

Ou Ge, who has a hot temper, couldn’t help but grit his teeth and said, “Looking at this situation, has it been built?!”

“Damn it! Why would they create something like this right under our noses?”

Urrutia on the side smiled but said nothing.

Gerard narrowed his eyes, and Anselion also looked away with a distracted look.

The three of them had no intention of paying any attention to him and just watched these old men make a fool of themselves.

Beluno said anxiously, “All members of the investigation team disappeared after transmitting this video.”

Urrutia returned to the Council, changed into her white priestess robe, and said softly with a cold expression: “It seems that the thing has been completed.”

At this time, Zikre finally interrupted and said in a deep voice: “The Tower of Paradise, it is more appropriate to call it that.”

Ou Ge grabbed his big white beard tightly and said anxiously: “It doesn’t matter what it’s called! Just letting people know its existence is enough to cause chaos!”

Beruno put her hands on her hips and suggested, “Send out the army and suppress it as soon as possible.”

Anselion still did not intervene in the conversation, but just listened quietly to the opinions of these old men.

The Black Magic Cult is a cult-type criminal group that is comparable to the White Devil Cult of the past.

However, the heydays of the two were not in the same era, so Anke did not have the opportunity to fight against the Black Magic Cult.

And Anke understood that this cult clearly had no role in this incident.

After a while, Councillor Lei Zhi, who was wearing a hood and looked like a monkey, reminded:

“The one occupying the R system this time is not the Black Magic Cult as before. According to the intelligence from Arkane Beach, the rescued people said that the man called himself Gerald.”

“Jellal?”

The congressman turned his gaze towards Zikrein and said in surprise, “That’s your twin brother!”

Anselion sneered in his heart. What twin brother? Isn’t he just a thought body…

Why do these guys in the Council believe in Ziklein’s words so much?

At least let Zikrein investigate before he enters the Council.

In order to get Anselion into the Council, he had to start from scratch, and Anke and Makarov had to work hard to avoid arousing suspicion.

But how come two identical people were not discovered even though they were so active…

Anselion’s resentment +1.

The few of them discussed for a while, but as usual, they adopted a weak dovish approach and were not ready to deploy troops.

At this point, Urrutia decided to add fuel to the fire and interrupted:

“According to the intelligence, in addition to Jellal’s forces in the Tower of Paradise, there is another faction there as well.”

Speaker Crow moved his fat body and asked in confusion, “Who is there?”

Urrutia smiled and said softly, “The biggest worry of all of you is the people of Fairy Tail…”

“And the leader is the one everyone wants to get rid of as soon as possible, the youngest of the Ten Holy Magicians – Anke.”

After Urrutia said this, everyone present suddenly stopped talking and the atmosphere became strangely quiet.

After a long while, Michele coughed awkwardly twice and retorted seriously:

“Mr. Urrutia, please watch your words. It’s not that we hate Fairy Tail and Anker, but they… don’t follow the rules!”

Upon hearing this, Anselion and Urrutia tacitly spit in their hearts and sneered at Michele’s words.

Fairy Tail doesn’t follow the rules?

They are indeed unruly, and the image that Fairy Tail has given to the outside world is that they make small mistakes all the time but never make big ones, but these small mistakes are often overshadowed by their achievements.

“They are annoying on weekdays, but at critical moments, they are the most reliable guys.” This is the reputation of the Fairy Tail members among the people.

Therefore, the public’s acceptance of the guild is actually very high, but the main concern is the daily behavior of Fairy Tail members.

These are also the things that Makarov has decided to leave for the next president, that big villain Anke, to change.

The voice of the people is the voice of the people, but social opinion is often not the most authentic voice of the people.

Under the manipulation of the Council’s high-level officials, the guild’s shortcomings were deliberately magnified infinitely, and its advantages were minimized as much as possible, because… in their hearts, Fairy Tail was a cancer that threatened their power.

It’s like a general in ancient times who was more accomplished than his emperor. No matter how capable you are, you can never overshadow the emperor, right?

Otherwise, if the general made the slightest mistake, he would be killed by the unhappy king…

This is the case with the Council and Fairy Tail. Almost everyone in the magical world knows Fairy Tail, but when it comes to the Council, ordinary people have no impression of it.

After all, the achievements of the Council troops are very hidden, and they are indeed not as numerous as the guilds with many experts and flamboyant behavior…

The only reason the Council can command the magic world is that it has many forbidden magics that can destroy a country or even the world.

As far as Anselion knew, there was a weapon called Fez, which was a typical world-destroying magic weapon that could change or even destroy the world…

Unfortunately, these trump cards of the Council are not enough for Anselion, who already has considerable background in the Council, to reach out and control.

After hearing that Fairy Tail members were also at the Tower of Paradise, the attitudes of the council members present changed slightly, and Anselion naturally understood why.

Mr. Yajima’s face remained expressionless, but he was actually extremely anxious.

He and Makarov had been friends through life and death together since they were young. The children of Anke’s generation in the guild were also raised by Yajima.

So when he sensed the councillor’s subtle attitude, he quickly said, “Although the matter of the Paradise Tower is urgent, since Anke is there, I believe he can handle it!”

“We can’t entrust the safety of the magic world to a stranger.” Belluno looked at Yajima and said indifferently.

Yajima’s cloudy eyes suddenly widened and he said excitedly: “He is not an outsider, he is also one of the Holy Ten selected by the Council!”

“But he is also a wizard from the guild, and he is not someone the Council can control!”

Speaker Crow, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke:

“The Holy Ten was originally intended to select powerful wizards to be used by our Council to protect the magic world, but over the years, this title has become a springboard for the guild members to become famous!”

“Anke, Makarov, Jura, Joseph who just stepped down, and… that person…”

“In short, the people in the guild of the Holy Ten have long been untrustworthy. We must promote people like Zikrein in the future.”

Zikrein, who was praised for no apparent reason, smiled calmly, exchanged glances with Urrutia, and spoke as planned:

“Since everyone doesn’t trust Anke, we can only rely on ourselves.”

“Because of the terrifying power of the R system, I suggest that we must use it directly to put an end to it once and for all!”

“Use the power of magic spirits to destroy the tower of paradise in one fell swoop!”