Ye Yang and Makarov stopped arguing immediately, looking at Erigor who had fainted on the ground.
"Huh? Why did this guy faint?"
"I don't know. Did you, you Stinky Brat, hit him too hard?"
"How could that be? I held back my strength, otherwise he would have died long ago."
"He wouldn't be trying to extort us, would he? How about you, old man, lie down too? That way it'll be easier to explain."
"Bang! This old man isn't as shameless as you!"
Just then, Erza's voice came from a distance.
"Master! Master!"
"Grandpa! Grandpa!"
"Boss! Boss!"
The two turned around and saw Erza and her group.
Seeing that the Master was fine, Erza immediately pulled Makarov into her chest.
"Ouch!"
Natsu looked at the unconscious Erigor, a displeased expression on his face.
"Damn it! I'm still too late! Ye Yang beat him again!"
Ye Yang spread his hands: "He wasn't knocked out by me; he fainted on his own. It's not my business!"
"Useless! Useless! What a useless thing, this old man has to do it himself!"
The sudden voice instantly silenced the chattering group.
Lucy said with a scared expression, "Who... who's talking? Is this place haunted?"
Erza and the others looked around with serious expressions but found no one.
Just then, the flute floated directly into the air.
"It's this old man talking."
Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ "The flute came to life?!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise.
Suddenly, a large cloud of black smoke erupted from the flute, and a giant tree monster appeared outside the meeting hall.
Lucy: "The flute turned into a monster!!"
Happy: "Lucy, you're drooling a lot again."
"I told you, it's sweat—!!"
Lullaby looked at the group below and cackled, "I'm so hungry. Let this old man taste your souls!"
Natsu looked at Lucy with excitement and asked, "Do souls taste good?"
ヽ(｀д´)ノ "How would I know? Can you stop looking at me when you say that?!"
Erza quickly shielded Makarov behind her.
"Master, hurry and go. Leave this place to us."
Just then, a magic circle unfolded from Lullaby's mouth, aimed at the meeting place.
Makarov quickly said, "Stinky Brat, what are you still looking at? Go stop it!"
"Yes, yes."
With a flash of golden light, Ye Yang appeared directly in front of the Masters. All the Masters looked at Ye Yang with excitement; although they had heard of Ye Yang's reputation, they had never seen him in action.
At this moment, the magic power fluctuations from Lullaby's mouth grew stronger and stronger, and all the surrounding plants were drained of energy and withered away.
Lucy couldn't help but worry as she looked at such powerful magic power fluctuations.
"Can Ye Yang really stop it?"
Gray looked at Lucy with a puzzled expression.
"Huh? Isn't this normal? He's Ye Yang."
Natsu was even more displeased: "Ah, ah, ah, I want to fight this monster too!!"
Erza explained, "Don't worry, Lucy."
"Aye~ Boss is the strongest."
Lucy saw that everyone was not flustered at all, but she still looked ahead with some worry.
Suddenly, a powerful beam of light was released from Lullaby's mouth.
Ye Yang raised his index finger, condensing golden light, and a larger cross-shaped golden light shone brightly.
"Cero!"
Just as the energy wave was about to approach, an even larger energy burst forth from Ye Yang's fingertip.
Lullaby's energy wave was instantly pushed back, and the energy directly engulfed Lullaby.
When the golden light slowly dissipated, all that remained of the once giant monster were two legs standing in front, and even more exaggerated, there was a huge crater in the mountain ahead.
Lucy's jaw almost dropped in surprise. She never would have thought that this seemingly harmless person's strength could be so powerful.
Erza looked at Ye Yang with a fighting spirit.
"This guy's strength has grown quite a bit again."
Natsu said excitedly, "One day, I'll also destroy a mountain in one hit like that!"
Lucy retorted, "Is that what you're focusing on?"
Makarov was completely petrified; he had already imagined what he was about to face.
The Masters of the other guilds were also so shocked that they couldn't speak. Such strength was simply too unfair.
Suddenly, a large group of soldiers walked towards the meeting place. The members of Fairy Tail, seeing the Council's army, immediately took off running. Erza directly carried the petrified Makarov away.
Only the bewildered Lucy was left standing in the wind, confused.
"Eh?"
Inside the Magic Council.
The news that Eisenwald had hijacked the station and intended to use Lullaby to kill the Masters of various guilds spread overnight.
Org angrily said, "These guys are truly becoming more and more lawless!"
"If they had succeeded in this, our entire world of light magic would have been thrown into turmoil!"
Crawford: "Everyone, let's discuss how to resolve this matter. If we handle it poorly, the prestige we've established among the public will be lost again."
Org: "Should we launch another encirclement campaign against the Dark Guilds?"
"The specific implementation still needs to be discussed."
Siegrain spoke up, "Everyone, regarding this matter, I think we can put it aside for now. The fact that Dark Guild members can so easily obtain Zeref's magic—don't you all find that suspicious?"
"If we were to pursue this, all of you present would be held accountable, wouldn't you?"
Siegrain's words instantly silenced the Council members. If this were to be embellished by someone with ulterior motives, all of them would be pushed into the limelight.
"Therefore, I propose here to commend Fairy Tail."
Everyone listened and seemed to be deep in thought. Indeed, rather than finding someone to take the blame, it would be better to blame everything on the Dark Guilds. Commending Fairy Tail would not result in any loss for the Council.
However, when they thought about commending the guild they usually despised, they hesitated.
Org: "I think Siegrain's suggestion is very good. However, we can't just commend them. There have also been many complaints about them this time, especially that Stinky Brat who directly destroyed a mountain. Although it didn't cause any casualties, the villagers in the mountain village suffered great losses."
"That Stinky Brat, couldn't he be a little lighter-handed? Every time we have to clean up his mess!"
Yajima: "Oh ho ho, little Ye Yang already held back. Otherwise, with his strength, that entire mountain range would have disappeared."
Everyone did not object to Yajima's words, because he had indeed done it before. The news of that incident was directly sealed off, and the only people who knew the full story were these old guys and the soldiers who participated in that cleanup.
Outsiders only knew that a village was massacred and that the Council was negligent.
Councilman Reiji, hearing that Fairy Tail was to be commended, immediately roared, "Commend what?! I think we should just disband Fairy Tail!"
Councilman Reiji was like this because his beloved granddaughter had been seduced by someone from the Fairy Tail Guild, which he deeply resented.
Everyone looked at Reiji as if he were an idiot.
Crawford tapped on the table, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
"Alright, as Siegrain said, commend Fairy Tail and arrest the culprit of this incident, Ye Yang."
When they heard about arresting Ye Yang, everyone looked at the Council Master in surprise.
"Alright everyone, meeting adjourned."