Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

And right now, the people of the entire nation were all waiting for the result of the meeting. They were holding back a breath, waiting for Magic King August to lead them in a counterattack against the dragons, to counterattack the continent of Ishgar!

At this moment inside the meeting room, Jacob Lessio, Wahl Icht, Invel Yura, and Bloodman, the four defeated members of the Spriggan 12, were all wrapped in bandages from head to toe, as if there was not a single piece of good flesh on their bodies.

The Spriggan 12, who were always full of confidence in the past, now had pain and despair in each of their eyes. Their hearts were unwilling, yet they were powerless.

”My modifications still werenʼt thorough enough...”

Wahl sighed helplessly. He still had too many weaknesses. Mechanical creations were completely unable to defeat the dragons. He had to think of a way to create an entirely new mode to deal with dragons.

”Relying on my strength alone, I absolutely cannot fight against the dragons! Should we gather all the demons from the Books of Zeref scattered across the world? Only by uniting every force that can be united can we fight against that level of mighty power!”

Bloodmanʼs brows were tightly furrowed. Having been defeated in battle against the dragons, he thought of his demon companions.

”From the very beginning, we should have listened to Lord August! This battle should not have happened in the first place...”

”As warriors of His Majesty Zeref, everything should be done according to His Majesty Zerefʼs instructions!”

Jacob Lessioʼs brows were tightly furrowed. He regretted accompanying Larcade in attacking the continent of Ishgar. At that time, he should have directly stepped forward and firmly stood on Augustʼs side.

”We lost. The Alvarez Empire no longer has any chance of victory. This place can no longer continue to extend my talents. However, although the Alvarez Empire can no longer display my talents, there is one place that can...”

Invel Yura lowered his head. His gaze was gloomy, and his brain kept thinking about something.

After the invincible Alvarez Empire was defeated and the Spriggan 12 lost two members, Invel Yura even developed the thought of defecting from the empire and changing the person he served like Neinhart.

In any case, what he wanted was only to prove his own talent. Since the Alvarez Empire no longer had the ability to attack the continent of Ishgar, he might as well join the continent of Ishgar and then help the continent of Ishgar capture the Western Continent...

He could even rely on the power of those dragons from the continent of Ishgar after capturing the Western Continent to sweep across the Northern Continent, Guiltina, and finally complete the grand unification of the world!

”Tsk~”

Thinking up to this point, Invel Yura raised his brows. At this moment, two words slowly appeared in his mind: ”Feasible.”

”Cough cough...”

”Lord August has arrived!”

Just as the Spriggan 12 each had their own thoughts and schemes, along with the opening of the meeting room door, and amid the shout of the guard, an old man with a grizzled beard walked steadily toward the members of the Spriggan 12 inside the meeting room.

”Lord August!”

The moment the old man with grizzled hair and beard entered the meeting room, the four defeated members of the Spriggan 12 all stood up together and bowed to greet the old man.

”Mm...”

That old man was naturally Magic King August. He looked at these four members of the Spriggan 12 before him, whose faces showed respect and who had put away their former pride and madness, and gently nodded.

This was more like it~ Shields should have the appearance of shields~

The purpose of a shield was to protect, not to attack! The Spriggan 12 led by Larcade before had clearly walked the wrong path. The current Spriggan 12 were the shields that could better protect Zerefʼs safety!

”Lord August, Neinhart has defected, and Larcadeʼs whereabouts are unknown. The empire now needs you to preside over it incomparably! Only you can help the empire walk out of its current gloom!”

Jacob Lessio stated his attitude as soon as he came up. From now on, he was firmly in Augustʼs faction. No matter who came, it would be useless. Uh, unless His Majesty Zeref returned from his travels. Of course, that situation would be discussed separately~

”Mm.”

August gently nodded. Of course, he knew about Neinhartʼs defection.