Seeing the proposal pass, the small-guild Guild Master responsible for hosting the meeting was extremely excited.
His gaze turned toward Marco.
"Next, let us ask Guild Master Marco to explain the details."
Without any hesitation, the small-guild Guild Master hosting the meeting directly invited Marco up.
After all, this proposal had been created around Fairy Tail. Naturally, Marco had to be invited to speak.
"Let's go."
Marco stood and brought his "left and right guardians" onto the stage with him.
The "left and right guardians" were naturally Mirajane and Erza, one civil and one martial.
One handled the guild's administrative work.
The guild's documents, business registrations, daily maintenance, management, and financial expenses were basically all handled by Mirajane.
Her responsibilities were very heavy.
The other was mainly responsible for discipline, inspections, and leading teams outside.
Guild discipline, performance, and important missions were all shouldered by Erza, who was also an incredibly hardworking model member.
With this "civil and martial" pair by his side, Marco truly found guild management very easy.
He only needed to make major decisions and expand special businesses, such as this Special Operations Unit.
Of course, Marco was also the face of the guild's external publicity, the true calling card of Fairy Tail.
Standing on the host platform, Marco looked relaxed.
The Fiore Kingdom Mage Guild Alliance was actually the expanded version of the old regular Guild Master meetings.
At first, it had only been composed of nearby Mage Guilds and guilds that were already familiar with one another. It had not been nearly this large.
But under Marco's influence, that regular Guild Master meeting eventually developed into the current Fiore Kingdom Mage Guild Alliance.
It had not only changed from a private organization into an organization backed by the kingdom's official authority, but had also expanded from a regional group into a nationwide one.
One could say that the influence of the Fiore Mage Alliance in the Kingdom of Fiore was now something the Magic Council could not compare to at all.
And now, the establishment of this Fiore Mage Alliance Special Operations Unit fully reflected everyone's recognition of Fairy Tail's own Special Operations Unit.
The smaller guilds were afraid Fairy Tail might stop doing this in the future, so they wanted to directly turn it into an official institution.
After all, everyone knew that this Special Operations Unit had originally been created by Marco to search for information about some "Black Dragon."
Setting aside whether the Black Dragon matter was reliable or not, what if Marco no longer wanted to search for information about the Black Dragon one day?
Or what if he had already eliminated the Black Dragon?
Would the Special Operations Unit be dissolved then?
For the smaller guilds that had grown used to the existence of the Special Operations Unit, that would undoubtedly be a huge blow, something they would find very difficult to adapt to.
After all, once one had experienced the feeling of having an extremely reliable and efficient behemoth supporting them from behind, it became very difficult to give up.
That was not something the Magic Council could provide.
At least, that was how things were for the Mage Guilds of the Kingdom of Fiore.
"Since everyone recognizes the results of our work so much, Fairy Tail naturally will not back down. We will directly turn the Special Operations Unit into an official organization of the Alliance, making it a permanent institution of our Alliance."
Under everyone's expectant gazes, Marco did not keep them in suspense and directly gave the answer they were hoping for.
The Special Operations Unit was being converted from private to official.
Of course, it would still be led by Fairy Tail. Even if other Mage Guilds wanted to lead it, they did not have the ability.
"That's wonderful!"
"Praise Guild Master Marco!"
"Fairy Tail is truly righteous!"
The moment Marco finished speaking, cheers immediately erupted.
Everyone praised him passionately, and this praise truly came from the heart.
Fairy Tail's support for the small Mage Guilds across the entire Kingdom of Fiore could be called dedicated and thorough.
They provided both manpower and resources, deeply influencing the smaller guilds.
Although some people said this was Fairy Tail's conspiracy to subtly unify Fiore's mage world, no matter what outsiders said, the small Mage Guilds of Fiore knew that they were truly benefiting from it.
Following Fairy Tail allowed them to eat well and drink well. Their lives were genuinely much better than before.
Of course, to be fair, they had indeed become somewhat like Fairy Tail's branch offices in various regions of Fiore, like feelers extended by Fairy Tail.
But what was wrong with that?
Being able to be Fairy Tail's dog was the greatest honor!
The dog food was genuinely delicious!
By contrast, any guild that opposed Fairy Tail everywhere within the Kingdom of Fiore and refused to join the Fiore Mage Alliance would find it difficult to move even an inch.
After all, the Fiore Mage Alliance was a mage management organization officially recognized by the kingdom.
If one did not join, then within the Kingdom of Fiore, there was basically no difference between them and a Dark Guild.
After Marco explained the main responsibilities of the Fiore Mage Alliance Special Operations Unit, the meeting continued.
In truth, Marco did not have much to explain. Aside from being wrapped in an official layer, nothing had really changed.
They would still operate according to the old principles.
"The passing of this proposal represents a major step forward for our Fiore Mage Alliance. In the past, we were far too loose. We were basically just a platform for communication. The establishment of the Special Operations Unit as a permanent force is progress for the guild system."
Looking at the Guild Masters and future Guild Masters below the stage, the small-guild Guild Master hosting the meeting sighed with emotion.
The Fiore Mage Alliance of the past had been like a forum for exchanges.
Although it had promoted quite a bit of cooperation, it had indeed never given people the same sense of security it did now.
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At present, the Fiore Mage Alliance was still the same as before, with the Guild Masters taking turns hosting meetings. It did not have a particularly strict organizational structure.
This time, fixing the Fiore Mage Alliance Special Operations Unit as a permanent force was indeed a very major change. It was gradually transforming this forum-like alliance into a proper, tightly structured organization.
"I propose that we also elect a true Alliance Leader and truly unite the Mage Guilds of the Kingdom of Fiore."
One Guild Master stood up and offered a new suggestion.
For a moment, everyone fell silent. No one immediately responded.
In truth, there was a reason the predecessor of the Fiore Mage Alliance—the old regular Guild Master meetings—had always maintained such a loose format.
They had to leave the Magic Council some face.
If they truly created a tightly organized local guild alliance, would that not be equivalent to establishing a Fiore Kingdom version of the Magic Council?
The Magic Council managed magical affairs across the entire continent of Ishgar, making it effectively the government of the magic world. In that case, its branch in the Kingdom of Fiore was equivalent to a provincial governor's office.
Even though the current Fiore Mage Alliance had the backing of the Kingdom of Fiore and had become an officially recognized Mage Guild management organization, it still had not drawn the Magic Council's vigilance.
That was because the Fiore Mage Alliance's organizational structure was not strict. It still looked more like a magical forum.
Because of that, when local incidents occurred, the local Mage Guilds still connected with the Magic Council.
When major events happened in a certain country or region, the Magic Council would generally cooperate with local Mage Guilds to take action.
This method had always been how the Magic Council operated. There was no helping it. The continent of Ishgar was far too vast.
Without doing things this way, there was no way they could manage everything.
But if the nature of the Fiore Mage Alliance changed now, it would absolutely stimulate the Magic Council.
Because from then on, the Mage Guilds of the Kingdom of Fiore would no longer go to them to resolve problems. Instead, they would go to the Fiore Mage Alliance.
That would be cutting out their roots directly.
The Magic Council's branch in the Kingdom of Fiore would be reduced to nothing more than decoration.
In fact, Fairy Tail's Special Operations Unit had already drawn the Magic Council's attention before this.
But because Marco's actions had a proper cause, and because the matter involved the Black Dragon, they had endured it and had not come out to assert their presence.
Besides, if Marco and Fairy Tail did not cause trouble for them, that would be like the sun rising in the west.
For example, Fairy Tail had long since taken back magical law enforcement authority in Magnolia.
Now, the people of the Magic Council could no longer interfere with Magnolia's affairs.
One city was still acceptable. After all, that place was Marco's fief, and it only had one Mage Guild: Fairy Tail.
The Magic Council had swallowed that thorn and had not confronted Fairy Tail head-on.
But now, once the Fiore Mage Alliance was formally established in full, that would mean the entire Kingdom of Fiore was no longer under the Magic Council's control. Obviously, this was no small matter.
Within the entire magic world, the Kingdom of Fiore absolutely occupied an important position. Its magical atmosphere was rich, it had numerous Mage Guilds, and it had produced a great number of outstanding and famous mages.
Even its king was obsessed with magical adventure stories.
For the Magic Council, the Kingdom of Fiore was undoubtedly a crucial territory that could not be lost.
A Fiore Mage Alliance trying to seize authority would absolutely be treated with hostility by the Magic Council. In a sense, this was not that different from raising a banner of rebellion.
"We've already done it."
Goldmine pushed up his glasses and broke the quiet atmosphere.
He only said one very short sentence, but it fully expressed his meaning.
Just now, the Fiore Mage Alliance had already formalized Marco's Special Operations Unit, which supported guilds everywhere, turning it into a permanent force and allowing everyone to free themselves from reliance on the Magic Council.
This was clearly something the Magic Council would not allow, because it had already touched the Magic Council's core interests.
And since they had already offended the Magic Council, they might as well step on the accelerator and go all the way, directly building the entire structure of the Fiore Mage Alliance and truly reclaiming authority for themselves.