"Hibernate for a hundred years …?"
Mavis blinked her eyes.
She naturally believed Maples' words without a doubt, but what surprised her was how powerful Maples' prophecy magic was. It was as if he could see ten or even ten years into the future. This was unprecedented.
During the war, she had also met people who could use precognition magic, but those magic could only see bits and pieces of the future. It was like peering into a leopard through a tube, only seeing a spot.
"What, do you want to continue adventuring in this era?"
Maples smiled, his gaze deep. "All the clues in the past few hundred years point to the most interesting era a hundred years later."
Mavis's eyes showed some hope, but she was conflicted because she still had friends like Yuri and Prechto in this era. She still hadn't bid them farewell.
Maples seemed to see through her thoughts and smiled. "Apart from Yuri, who only has a short lifespan due to the corrosion of the Sirius Jade, your friends Prechto and Volod are still alive a hundred years later."
Mavis thought about it carefully.
Now that Prechto was in charge of the guild, she didn't need to be so busy anymore. And even if she didn't hibernate and continued adventuring in this era, Yuri, Prechto and the others wouldn't continue to follow her, because they all had their own things to do. She could only continue adventuring by herself.
In that case, it didn't matter whether she continued adventuring or hibernating. Then as Maples said, if the world a hundred years later was more interesting than it was now, then it would be better.
"Then I'll go with Teacher to a hundred years later."
Mavis smiled sweetly and made her decision. "But before that, I have to write a letter to Volod and the others."
"Okay."
Maples smiled and nodded.
Mavis used about an afternoon to write a letter and used magic to send it all the way to the Fairy's Tail Guild.
After sending the letter, she used the Phoenix's Hibernation Magic with Eclaire and fell into a deep sleep amidst the flames.
Floating above the palace was a ball of flame. Inside the flame were Mavis and Ike Claire's figures. The two of them were facing each other, their clothes gradually melting and disappearing in the flames. Their consciousnesses also slowly entered a deep slumber.
Maples didn't sleep with the two of them.
He only stood quietly in the palace, watching Mavis and Eclaire enter hibernation. Then he shifted his gaze, swept across the entire palace, and lightly waved his hand.
A portion of his power landed on the palace, perfectly merging with Eclaire's Phoenix Magic and reinforcing the magic formation.
Eclaire's Phoenix Magic protected the palace. Although it was safe enough, an existence like Akunologia could still break through the palace's defenses.
With Maples's power.
Even Akunologia the Black Dragon King couldn't break through the palace.
Because Maples had the ability to jump through time, he didn't need to sleep with Mavis and Eclaire and could directly go a hundred years into the future. But he wouldn't exist in the hundred years he would be gone, and it would be hard to see what would happen. So in order to prevent unexpected situations, it was best to reinforce the palace.
"Next, I'll go a hundred years into the future."
After Maples reinforced the palace's defenses, he looked up at the floating ball of light surrounded by faint golden flames. Then with a thought, the gears of time were turned by him.
His figure was covered by the golden light and became blurry without a sound. The entire palace became blurry as well. He began to jump on the scale of time.
In an instant.
Time around him returned to normal.
Everything in the palace was undamaged. Eclaire and Mavis also seemed to have just fallen into a deep sleep, facing each other and quietly floating in the air.
"This is … the year x775, a bit early."
Maples's eyes glowed with a faint golden light. His gaze penetrated the palace and scanned the outside world. After determining the current time, he retracted his gaze.
It wasn't even a hundred years from when Mavis had fallen into a deep sleep.
Maples looked up at the still sleeping Mavis in the air and rubbed his chin, revealing a pondering expression. Then he smiled amiably and said, "Forget it, let's not wake her up for now."
He retracted his gaze and walked forward, step by step, to the palace's entrance. His entire person silently passed through the palace's main entrance and disappeared outside.
… …
The year x776.
Magnolia town, Fairy's Tail guild.
A short old man walked in from the entrance.
"Yo! You're back, president! "
"Good afternoon, president!"
Seeing the short old man walk in, many of the Magic Shooters in the guild hall smiled and greeted him together.
The short old man was the third president of Fairy's Tail, Makarov Doria, the son of one of the founders of Fairy's Tail, Yuri.
"Yo."
Makarov greeted the members of the guild with a kind expression.
As he walked into the guild hall, a short figure of about ten years old followed behind him. For some reason, he was bare-chested.
"Eh, president, he is …"
Seeing the youth behind Makarov, several magicians were surprised and couldn't help but ask Makarov.
Makarov leisurely walked forward to the counter, jumped onto a chair, and sat down. He took a cup of tea from a nearby person and said, "He is a magician I met outside. He will be your companion from now on. Oh, right, his name is Gray."
"It is indeed as you said, a very large guild."
Gray sized up the situation in the hall and followed Makarov to the counter.
Makarov laughed and said, "How is it, isn't it? You can settle down here from now on! Hey, Makarov, introduce him to your companions in the guild. "
"Of course, president!"
Makarov walked in front of Gray and extended his hand in a friendly manner. But seeing that Gray was just a child, he changed his hand into a friendly wave and said with a smile, "I am Makarov, you are Gray right? Let me introduce you to the guild."
Gray politely replied, "Sorry to trouble you."
Makarov rubbed the back of his head and laughed. Then he brought Gray to a simple introduction of the guild. He introduced the numerous magicians on the first floor one by one, although Gray couldn't remember so many names at once.
After introducing the members of the guild, Makao pointed at the notice board on the first floor and said, "That's where we usually accept missions. But you're still too young, so it's best if you stay in the guild and practice more magic."
Gray's mouth twitched, "Don't look at me as a weakling. I am a magician of ice magic, I am very strong."
"Yes, yes, I know."
Macao laughed heartily and continued to walk forward. When he passed by the stairs leading to the second floor, he stopped and revealed a serious expression. He looked at Gray and said, "Oh right, you can go anywhere in the guild except for the second floor."
Gray also stopped. Seeing Makarov's serious expression, he couldn't help but be startled. He looked up at the second floor and doubtfully asked, "Why?"
"Because the second floor has a completely different notice board from the first floor."
Makarov sat by the bar and leisurely drank a mouthful of wine. He said, "The missions on the second floor are not on the same level as the missions on the first floor. They are all S rank missions, so only S rank magicians in the guild can go up to the second floor."
Slightly surprised, Gray asked, "S-rank Archmage?"
Makarov took over the topic and explained, "They are magicians who have passed the S rank exam. No matter if it is strength or other aspects, they are far above the average magicians. They are the strongest magicians in our guild. Currently, there are only two people who have reached S rank."
"Is it them?"
Gray pointed to the second floor.
From Gray's position, he could see two people sitting on chairs near the edge of the corridor. One was holding a newspaper while the other was leisurely drinking tea.
"Yes."
"The one holding the newspaper is Kildas, and the one drinking tea is Maple Night. You can challenge anyone in the guild, but don't try to challenge them. A normal Magic Shooter won't be able to win against them, hahahaha." Makao smiled and introduced the two of them.
Hearing Makarov's words, Gray looked at the two figures on the second floor and couldn't help but reveal a contemplative expression.
At this time.
Kildas who was holding the newspaper suddenly threw it to Makarov and said, "Guild leader, take a look at this."
"Hm?"
Makarov caught the newspaper and squinted his eyes, "Hmm … … The Black Magic Order is active in the southern part of the Kingdom of Fiore. A few villages have already been destroyed … … I remember that these guys were wiped out a few years ago. Why are they here again?"
Kildas shrugged and said, "Who knows. This time their goal seems to be to capture children. The newspaper said that they have already captured a lot of children."
"A group of despicable bastards."
Makarov tossed the newspaper onto the counter.
Gray looked at Makarov's action and couldn't help but say, "Don't you plan to take care of these guys? These people have done some despicable things. "
"Ah ah … …"
Makarov looked at Gray and interrupted him, "I know what you mean, but we didn't receive any orders from the magic council. Although it's not that we can't take care of them, it's too troublesome. Not everyone has the time to take care of them."
Gray couldn't help but tense up and clenched his fist, "But we can't just sit here and do nothing."
Makarov showed a helpless expression.
The Black Magic Order wasn't something that could be taken care of by one or two sorcerers. At the very least, they needed a group of people. Many of the sorcerers in the guild had families to feed. Without orders or orders, they didn't have the energy to take care of these things.
Makarov also closed his eyes and sipped the wine in his cup.
Just as Gray was filled with righteous indignation and clenched his fists, not knowing what to do, a voice suddenly came from the second floor.
"Gray is right."
"Since the Order of the Black Magic has done something so outrageous and is active in a city not too far away from us, it's not right to just sit here and do nothing."
This voice caused many in the guild to stop what they were doing. Even Makarov raised his head and looked at the second floor.
Kildas also turned his head to look at the person who spoke.
"Maples … …"
He joined the guild earlier than this person and became an S-rank sorcerer before this person, but if someone asked him who was the strongest in the guild, he definitely wouldn't dare to say that he was the strongest.
This was because he had sparred with the young man sitting there before, and the young man's strength was far above his!
Slurp!
Under everyone's gazes, they saw the handsome young man sitting on a chair by the corridor on the second floor holding a teacup. After taking a sip of tea, he put down the teacup and stood up.
"If that's the case, then I'll take care of it."
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