The operation of the Gates of Hades has always been the focus of the Senate's surveillance. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info And Woz is arguably the only person who has returned alive from those demons in all these years, so his testimony and report are crucial. In addition, it seems that Worz also knows about Gerald's situation - at least Woz always calls Gerral's real name in the Senate, but everyone else is fooled by Gerald's lies, thinking that Woz is unilaterally mistaken.

If it were the same time, the Supreme Council would probably be willing to leave Woz in the Senate for a few days, and would not stop until it was properly restored to the bottom of the matter!

However, now that the Senate is in chaos, the magical power of the strategic Grand Magic Elves has been destructively stimulated, and the vast amount of magic that has been stored for half a century has been absorbed by Gerald's R system.

To make matters worse, even the ground activation system of the Elven Magic Force and the Senate itself were destroyed by the woman who was Gerald's attendant, Urrutia, who was also one of the Councillors.

The only thing to be thankful for is that there are no serious casualties, right?

At least as far as Warts knew, in the original plot, the later attack on the Gates of Hades directly killed all the old and new councilors. This attack was considered very "mild".

The Senate is now busy rebuilding and reasserting its prestige in the hearts of the people. I really didn't have the time to pay attention to Wads's affairs for a while.

Woz and President Makarov stayed for less than a day before they let them go.

The next morning, the guild hall was as lively as ever. Wolds came to his old place.

"Good morning, senpai!" Rebi looked up to greet him, the large desk occupied by her books and notes, and she looked like she was studying something.

"Early. Waz nodded, and habitually glanced at the books on the table—all of them had already been read.

As time went on, the guild grew more and more populated, and the noise filled the space.

"It's been really lively in the guild lately. Woz sighed. Both he and Lebby were immune to this level of noise, and looked at the book in their hands completely unaffected. But this did not affect the simple communication between them, "It feels like everyone in the guild is coming back in a swarm." Even though the ghost war is over, they haven't continued to get to work......"

Lebi put down the pen in her hand and looked at him strangely: "Because the fairy festival is about to start, everyone is going to come back at this time!" Seeing Woz's sudden realization, Lebi was surprised, "No, didn't the seniors even forget about the celebration?"

"Hey, is it because you worked so hard before?" Kana sat down next to her with a drunken look and grinned as she tossed Reby's book aside and placed her barrel on the table, "Woz, you need to get some rest!"

As she spoke, she pushed the huge barrel toward Woz.

Wads: "First of all, I don't think drinking is a form of rest. ”

"It's very effective. Kana looked sorry for her and withdrew the keg.

"And, in terms of time, my annual leave has also ended. Wadsz shrugged helplessly.

Mira Jenny came over with a drink, "Woz, you really need a good rest." You've been working too hard lately. It's time to take advantage of the guild's celebration to relax. ”

"Fairy Celebration?" Hearing the word again in a short time, Woz turned his head to look at the people in the hall, and suddenly understood, "I see, it's the guild's birthday celebration again." ”

"Who made Woz, you have never been to the celebration, and you still look strange. Kana grumbled.

Woz's vacations usually skip the annual leprechaun celebration. It's not that he doesn't know about the celebration, it's just that Woz doesn't feel like he's used to the lively atmosphere, so he didn't change his rest time for this purpose.

Originally, the festival was supposed to be held two weeks ago, but it was postponed due to the Ghost War and the rebuilding of the guild.

At this time, it may be the reason why she saw Lebby at this table, and Lucy also came over. She had just selected a long time in front of the task board, and finally found a suitable task, but was forcibly cut off by Gajiru, and the girl who wanted to cry without tears could only come to Rebi for comfort.

Mira Jenny also sat down and looked at the direction of the task board: "It seems that the competition in the guild is fierce now!"

"Is it because everyone is back, there are too many people in the guild?" Lucy analyzed.

Kana shook her head: "No, those guys who rarely come back are either far away, or hired for a long time, and they don't have a lot of demand for the tasks issued by the task board in the guild." Many of them have contracts with guilds in other regions and can get suitable jobs in many places.

And now that we're the First Guild of the Kingdom, theoretically we'll only have more tasks. ”

Lebby teased, "It's Lucy......, you're too demanding, aren't you? Of course, that kind of task has long been targeted by everyone, and it is difficult for it to fall into your hands. ”

Lucy complained, "I don't want to do that, either! Those strange tasks on the task board have all kinds of tricky and strange jobs, and they are simply beyond my ability!"

Mira Jenny is the person in charge of issuing tasks in the guild, so she can naturally learn more about the inside story: "Actually, the number of tasks we receive has indeed decreased. ”

The girls around looked at her in surprise, puzzled.

"Earlier, due to the war with the Ghost, the guild suspended its business for a while. Mira Jeanne began to explain in earnest, "That's why Magnolia and several surrounding cities have also suspended the mission to us. Originally, the task list in these urban areas took up half of our daily tasks. The rest of the parts are issued by the Senate after collecting the task lists from all over the country, but ......" The girl spread her hands.

The Senate is now largely semi-paralyzed, and simply has no energy to deal with these tedious day-to-day affairs. So the combination of the two makes Fairy Tail have not received as many quests as in the same period as before.

Hearing the seemingly plausible "official" explanation, Lucy was even more desperate: "No, is it possible? Could it be that in the coming days, the shortage of tasks will continue? Then what should I do? I will have to pay the rent soon!"

The blonde girl looked horrified: "It's over, the landlady will eat me!"

Wads listened for a long time, and suddenly said: "You can participate in the competition, there is a prize money." ”

"Huh?" Lucy only then noticed that Wox was also here, "Senior...... What kind of competition were you talking about?"

She asked expectantly, this is also an "insider", maybe there will be some inside information. The word bonus instantly touched this girl who was about to fall into an economic crisis.

However, except for Lucy, the other girls all looked aware, and seemed to remember this under Woz's reminder.

"On the way back yesterday, the president mentioned to me that there seemed to be a beauty contest called 'Miss Goblin', which was held during the day of the festival, and wanted me to be a judge. But I don't know the details, Mila Jenny should know, right?" Woz looked at Mila Jenny.

"By the way, the prize money is quite high, one million gold. Woz thought for a moment and made up for the final blow.

I want to participate! I want to participate! I want to participate! The blonde girl's eyes instantly turned into a blonde as brilliant as her hair, a year's rent!

Kana was surprised: "One million? The price has gone up? Didn't it all use it to be 500,000 before!"

"It's been held before?" Wads, too, was surprised, he had always thought that this event was a special event this year!

"Because I recently made a war profit. Mira Jeanne said with a smile.

"The competition is fierce!" Reiby recalls yesterday's sword exchange meeting, there seemed to be a lot of girls in the guild, and if you count the trainees, it would be even more amazing - to be honest, Rebi felt that she was no more competitive than those little girls......

It's a sad story.

Beauty pageant? Isn't it a test of combat effectiveness? Lucy's eyes lit up, and she had a chance! With a perfect beautiful girl like herself, she would definitely be able to win it easily!

Lucy, who was quite confident in her appearance, couldn't help but snicker, since it wasn't a competition for combat ability, she didn't have to worry about a "monster" like Elusa.

Woz asked again, "Isn't this Miss Fairy contest a sorcerer from the guild who can also participate?"

"Of course not!" Kana shook her head decisively, "What's the matter?

"No, I just saw why Jin Wenyue is still in the guild?

Elusa walked over: "It was she who heard about the celebration and offered to stay for the time being. ”

"Elusa is also participating?"

"Of course, as long as it's a competition, I won't admit defeat!"

Woz looked at Elusa again, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen you wear anything other than armor...... Elusa, you're not really going to race in armor, are you?"

Mira Jenny smiled, "Who told Woz that you've never participated in a group event? ”

Both Woz and Lucy looked at Elusa in amazement, Woz's vague memory was no longer enough for him to remember what Elusa looked like when she wore a dress or skirt, and Lucy said that she couldn't imagine what it was like - after all, the image of Elusa the fairy queen was bound to the "armor" and was deeply rooted!

So for the beauty pageant after that, both of them began to have new expectations.

"By the way, what about Laxus and his Thor?" Waz asked Elusa, "Didn't you say they were back a long time ago?"

At the mention of Laxus, people's faces are a little ugly. His domineering and unruly personality is not popular in the guild.

"They're basically a small semi-independent group, they don't usually stay with all of us, they should be at home in Laxus now, right?" Elusa replied simply, "It seems that they will be attending this celebration as well." It's really rare, after all, he hasn't been to a celebration in a long time, right?"

Kana nodded: "It's basically the same as Woz, and I've been absent for almost ten years." In this way, except for the guy Gildas who ran too far, this year's celebration turned out to be full of everyone!"

"Micster Heights will be coming back, too?" Woz asked rhetorically.

“…… No, I almost forgot that there was such a person in the guild. ”

Mila Jenny sensed that Woz's message about Laxus actually had another purpose: "What's the matter?

"I think he'll probably take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble. ”

"Laxus's philosophy and intentions are basically known to the members of the guild, and it is no secret that he is dissatisfied with the elder man's governance philosophy, and wants to take his place. Lebby analyzed, tapping the tip of her pen on the table, "If he really wants to launch a 'revolution' to ascend to power, this celebration is really the ideal stage - this is the time when the guild members are most gathered!"

Elusa frowned, "It seems really possible!

Woz just wanted to remind them that now that the plot was starting to mess up, he wasn't sure if the events in the original plot would continue to develop the way they were.

"Okay, don't be cranky, you better hurry up and prepare for the competition, the prize money is equivalent to a high-level quest guild reward. Woz clapped his hands, "As for the Laxus side, if something really happens, I'll take care of it." ”

"Woz, where are you now...... Is that okay?" Kana looked at the man's still pale face, very suspicious.

"Ahem!" was directly questioned, Woz was a little embarrassed, "You don't have to worry about this, I'm really not in the best shape right now, I can't beat Laxus, but I won't lose either." So you can rest assured!"