The night was cool as water.
A full moon hung high in the sky, its clear, bright moonlight spilling over the earth.
An endless forest on the ground appeared exceptionally quiet under the illumination of the moonlight.
"I hear it... the sound of light crumbling and falling!"
At that moment, a man entwined with a python walked to the edge of a cliff overlooking the forest, looked at the expanse of trees before him, and spoke with a grin.
"The legendary magic, Nirvana, is right inside this forest!"
"Soon, this magic will be ours!"
A man holding a skull-topped staff came over, his face full of fervor.
"Where did Racer go? Why hasn't he gathered with us yet?"
Next to the man with the skull staff, a tall man holding a book in his arms spoke up.
"Probably went to the subordinate guild. He should be back soon," A woman said in a lazy tone, one hand on her hip.
Behind the woman, a man was sitting cross-legged on a flying carpet, sleeping with his head bowed.
If Kenichi were here now, he would definitely recognize these five people.
They were none other than the other five members of the Oracion Seis.
Not long after the woman finished speaking, the man holding the skull staff suddenly changed his expression.
"Brain, what's wrong?"
The man entwined with the snake seemed to hear something and immediately turned to look at the man with the skull staff.
"Racer... has been defeated."
The man named Brain spoke.
Brain's face had a series of line-like patterns.
These patterns weren't tattoos, but a living connection seal magic.
It sealed Brain's second personality.
When the Oracion Seis were defeated, the lines on Brain's face would disappear.
Just moments ago, the line on Brain's face connected to Racer suddenly vanished.
And this meant that Racer had been defeated by someone.
"Eh? Racer was actually defeated? The one who defeated him must be quite strong!"
Hearing Brain's words, the man codenamed Cobra stroked the snake coiled around him, then asked Brain, "What do we do now, Brain?"
"Find Racer and bring him back."
Brain turned and said.
…
Sometime after Kenichi, Erza, and the others left the Dark Unicorn Guild, the newly formed Magic Council's squad leader, Lahar, arrived at the Dark Unicorn Guild with a group of Council soldiers.
"This is..."
Lahar's expression changed immediately upon seeing the frozen building before him.
"What exactly happened here?"
"The entire building has been frozen solid!"
Lahar looked up at the building in front of him, his face full of astonishment.
Just then, a soldier in knight's attire came over and reported to Lahar.
"Captain, the members of the dark guild, Dark Unicorn are all inside the main hall. Additionally, Erigor, the master of the Eisenwald Guild, and Racer, one of the Oracion Seis, are also inside!"
"It seems the intelligence provided by Fairy Tail is true. Arrest everyone!" Lahar adjusted his glasses and commanded.
"Yes!"
Under Captain Lahar's orders, the Council soldiers swarmed into the main hall.
Although the dark guild members were frozen, a problem arose.
The ice freezing Racer and the others couldn't be broken.
"Captain, this ice won't melt!"
"Let me try!"
Lahar walked up to the ice sculpture of Racer and directly activated a magic spell.
In the next second, a cluster of flames engulfed Racer's ice sculpture.
But after burning for over ten seconds, the ice showed no signs of melting.
'Ice that isn't afraid of fire? What on earth is this...'
Lahar dispelled his magic, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.
He then ordered, "Take both the ice and the people inside back with us!"
"Better to just take the ice and leave the people behind!"
Just then, a sudden, unexpected voice came from outside the hall.
Hearing the voice, Lahar's face changed dramatically, and he immediately turned to look.
He saw Brain, Cobra, and the others walking in.
"You are... the Oracion Seis?!"
Lahar looked at Brain and immediately recognized their identities.
"Arrest them all!"
With Lahar's command, the Council soldiers in the hall rushed towards Brain and his group.
As the Council soldiers charged, Brain swung his skull staff through the air.
"Dark Capriccio!"
In the next second, a large amount of green energy, as if alive, surged out from the skull staff and swept towards the Council soldiers.
Bzzzt-
One second later, all the Council members in the hall lay fallen on the ground.
"Is this the power of the Oracion Seis?"
Lahar, severely injured and lying on the ground, looked at Brain and the others with a face full of fear and shock.
After dealing with the Council members, Brain and the others walked up to Racer's ice sculpture.
"To be able to freeze an entire building... what kind of monster did Racer run into?"
…
A few minutes later, Brain freed Racer from the ice.
"Racer, who exactly froze you?"
"A mage from Fairy Tail!"
Hearing Brain's question, Racer replied with a face full of killing intent.
"Fairy Tail, huh?"
"I'll remember this guild!"