Fairy Tail: Collapsing Stars

As the smile on Augustʼs face disappeared and he began to become serious, Jacob Lessio, Wahl Icht, Invel Yura, and Bloodman directly froze in place.

They looked at the Magic King before them, whose joy and anger did not show on his face, as though he wore a poker face, as though he wore a thick mask on his face that made it impossible to tell what he was thinking. Their hearts were incomparably panicked, and they no longer had their former confidence before the Magic King.

Yes, the reason they had not feared Magic King August before, and even dared to go against August, daring to directly challenge August in front of countless people around them, was because they knew clearly in their hearts that August could do nothing to them!

August, who cared about face, would absolutely not attack these so-called companions and personally deal with them.

But now it was different. The Lord Magic King who had originally stood on their side had quietly become their enemy. In other words, the trump card of the four of them was now useless...

At this moment, facing August, they no longer had their previous confidence. No one could say for sure whether August would make a move against them.

”Uh...”

At this moment, whether it was Jacob Lessio, whose relationship with August had originally been fairly good.

Or Wahl Icht, who had always maintained neutrality and only thought about his own research.

Or Invel Yura, who had originally stood on Larcadeʼs side and constantly thought about going to war with Ishgar, or Bloodman, who, because of his own origin, had been automatically regarded by August as standing on Larcadeʼs side, all of them panicked at this moment.

When August had still been their teammate before, they had not noticed Augustʼs terrifying strength.

It was like a ferocious beast inside a zoo. It looked mighty and domineering, but tourists would not be afraid, because they knew that these fierce beasts were locked inside cages and could not hurt them!

But once the cage was opened, when the iron cage that imprisoned the fierce beast could no longer protect the tourists, only then could the tourists understand what fear was...

The current situation was the same. Only when Magic King August became the enemy of the Alvarez Empire, and would truly make a move against them, and would strike hard, did the four of them finally understand just how terrifying it was to confront the man before them...

And the things they had done before, those factions, those acts of exclusion, in the eyes of the man before them, were such foolish things. A group of ants actually thought they could drive away a giant dragon through exclusion? Was that not laughable?

”Do not panic~ What did I say before? I said that as long as you continue to maintain your current state, that will be enough, and I will not do anything to you...”

August sat in his seat. He narrowed his eyes and took in the expressions of the four people before him.

At this moment, August leisurely leaned back in his chair. He had never been this leisurely and relaxed before. Right now was the most relaxed moment he had spent in the empire over these years. As Augustʼs gaze swept over the faces of the four people one by one, the mages who possessed the title of Spriggan 12 all lowered their heads.

They also did not know what August was thinking. They only saw August suddenly reveal a smile, and as the corners of his mouth rose, he softly spoke to the Spriggan 12 before him.

”You mean, we should maintain our current state?!”

Jacob Lessio, Wahl Icht, Invel Yura, and Bloodman were all stunned after hearing this. They subconsciously exchanged glances, discussing with each other the intention behind Augustʼs words. Unfortunately, no one could understand Augustʼs meaning. In the end, helplessly, it was still Jacob Lessio, whose relationship with Magic King August was fairly good, who asked August.

”Yes, continue serving as the Spriggan 12 in the empire. This country still needs the existence of you Spriggan 12.”

”Whether it is me, the people of the empire, or the great His Majesty Zeref, all of us hope you can continue to take protecting His Majesty as your duty, continue cultivating newcomers for the empire, provide talents for the empire, and strengthen the empireʼs power...”

August gently nodded and spoke with a smile.

”This...”

After hearing Augustʼs words, everyone frowned and fell into thought. They secretly repeated Augustʼs words, trying to figure out what Augustʼs words truly meant.