Chapter 292: Hidden Undercurrent
A month ago, Gerard's understanding and application of "boss's promises" were still in the preliminary stage.
At that time, he thought he had done well enough in the Tower of Paradise, but after reading Kira's masterpiece, he realized how ridiculous his previous behavior was.
Is it enough just to ensure that your employees are well fed, well clothed and get enough sleep?
No!
This way you won’t be able to train strong enough subordinates!
If an employee does not have ambitious goals and does not taste the sweetness, he cannot improve his work enthusiasm and efficiency!
Although he taught magic to Axiang, Simon, Millianna, Wally and others, it was difficult for them to deal with the low-level soldiers with just their two crude skills, let alone a real magician.
It’s hard to achieve great things!
If they weren't so weak, I wouldn't have had to hire the Three Crows!
In comparison, let’s take a look at ‘Devil’s Heart’, what are the high-level combat forces under his command like?
Each of them is a capable wizard! They use lost magic! Otherwise, how could they support the dark magic world for half a century?
It’s because of this generosity!
Hades is a wealthy and powerful family, and the treatment he provides to his employees is incomparable to what he offers himself. Even the pie in the sky... oh, no, even the blueprint for the goals he plans for his subordinates is much more ambitious than his own!
My goal: Use the Tower of Paradise to sacrifice Erza and revive Zeref;
Hades' goal: awaken Zeref's soul, glimpse into the abyss of magic, the world enters a new era, the great magic world comes, and eliminates those who do not have magic power...
One by one, none of these are something I can do!
Of course, there were some limitations due to his knowledge, experience, and age, but after joining the Devil's Heart for nearly a month, Jellal had to admit that Hades was indeed a man of great talent! His talent was beyond his reach!
It’s a pity that he, like me, is on the wrong path!
"hehe……"
The harsh sarcasm made Hades feel a little unhappy. He frowned and looked at Jellal majestically: "You seem to be very disdainful of what I said?"
"I just feel that your current situation is very similar to mine! We are both believers , we both want to change the world, and we both have our eyes on Fairy Tail!"
Jellal's voice came out slowly from under his hood, "I failed in the end and lost to Fairy Tail. What will be your result? I am looking forward to it!"
Urrutia once again challenged and taunted, "A person who has been deceived for eight years, who can't even tell the difference between truth and falsehood, and who has never even approached the Devil's Abyss, dares to compare himself to President Hades?"
After separating from Kira, Ultear brought Jellal back to the guild and introduced him to Hades to round out the "Seven Servants", but he couldn't make it appear too smooth, so he found an excuse.
While escaping from the pursuit of Demisol Academy, Urrutia ran into Jellal who was being hunted by the Council for the "Nirvana" incident. The two had no choice but to join forces to fight the enemy and open up a way out. Because Jellal had nowhere to go and didn't want to give up his pursuit of Zeref, Urrutia led him into the "Devil's Heart".
This is the story the two told, and then began to perform in front of everyone: Due to the eight years of exploitation, the two were not on good terms with each other, and Jellal held a lot of resentment towards Urrutia, so the two often quarreled with each other.
Gerard is indeed a rare genius. Even if he may not be as good as Brunotte, he is at least a "Holy Ten"!
So even though he joined halfway, had never learned the Lost Magic, and even had a previous record of "the other side was wiped out after he joined the Six Demons", Hades still took him under his wing.
However, after agreeing, the first thing Hades did was to use his fist to hit the rebelliousness in Jellal's bones.
This is one of the "lessons learned" that Urrutia mentioned before.
"I just doubt the feasibility of that plan. After all, the last person who claimed to be dealing with 'Jeref's soul' was standing right in front of you!"
In order to put on a good show and lower Hades's vigilance, Jellal tried his best and kept talking about his own experience of being cheated.
"I am different from you. You are just blindly following a ghost who doesn't know the truth! But I have seen the abyss of the devil with my own eyes!"
Hades said in a calm voice, "I used this eye to witness with my own eyes that Zeref is still alive and can't even defeat Urrutia!"
"Then there is no other possibility except that 'Jeff is sleeping'!"
"It seems that he was deceived badly!" Gerard thought to himself, "As expected, people will believe what they see with their own eyes..."
"How can you be sure that the person you saw was Jeff?"
"I met Jellal once many years ago, and in the future I saw with this eye, his appearance has not changed at all!"
Gerard suddenly realized: "So that's how it is..."
'No wonder I was deceived so badly!'
Hades didn't notice Jellal's expression, he just lowered his eyebrows and sneered: "Isn't it interesting to use a hunting feast of demons and fairies as a prelude to awakening Zeref?"
"Are we going to go to war with Fairy Tail? They can't be underestimated!"
Hades said with disdain: "They don't understand what true darkness is, the absolute darkness buried in the abyss!"
"After saying so much, where is Jellal?" Gerald asked.
"It's in the holy land of 'Fairy Tail', Tenrou Island!"
…
Sirius Island.
This is a small island located in the southern sea. It can be reached in less than half a day by boat from the port of Harugeon.
The most eye-catching thing on the island is undoubtedly the towering tree that has been growing for who knows how long. It is called the Sirius Tree. It has the function of absorbing energy from the earth and condensing magic power. It can be said to be a symbol of the vitality of this island.
And more than a hundred years ago, after the joint research of Mavis and Preshito, the Sirius Tree was found to have another function: magical blessing!
It can protect wizards engraved with the "Fairy Tail" guild emblem and greatly increase the magic power in their bodies. As long as the Sirius Tree does not fall, the guild members will not lose their lives on this island.
But magic has its pros and cons. Once Tenrou Island is destroyed, the magic power of all the Fairy Tail wizards on the island will be quickly lost.
"What a wonderful magic!"
Kira stepped onto the land of Sirius Island and carefully sensed the changes in the magic power in his body.
The magic power in his body is enormous, even more than that of Markrov and Gildarts. Logically, it should be more difficult for him to detect this increase in magic power, but when he actually arrived at Sirius Island, his keen perception slapped him in the face.
Kira can react immediately to any fluctuations in the magic power in his body. This feeling is even more sensitive than getting hit on the toes or having the nerves paralyzed by the elbow.
After a long time, Kira opened his eyes, clenched his fists, and said to himself: "It has increased by about one tenth. I don't know if it is increased according to the percentage of magic power or a fixed increase..."
He turned to look at the other people who were traveling with him and asked, "Do you have any obvious perception?"
Behind Kira, Gildarts, Laxus, Erza, and Mira were standing in the line. The five of them were the examiners of the first stage of this assessment, and they came here first in order to stop the eight examiners.
"No! Who would care about that kind of thing!"
Obviously, except for Kira who has an extraordinary sensitivity to magic, the others do not have this talent. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for them to perceive the changes in their bodies as they already have a lot of magic power.
On the other hand, unless they encounter a life-and-death battle, they are not the kind of people who would care about how much magic power they have. In their hearts, "as long as there is enough magic power to protect their companions, it is enough"!
Kira sighed, "There are still three days before the exam. They asked us to come so early. Do you want us to set up a camp here first? Really..."
After saying that, he suddenly changed his tone and said like a tour guide: "It's a rare opportunity to come here, why don't we all walk around the island first and gather together later?"
