"Do we really have to keep this up?"
Seeing Jellal's wretched state, Lucy couldn't help but ask.
If they hadn't rented out a whole train car just for the members of "Fairy Tail," this would probably cause a riot.
It looked a bit too miserable.
Although no one had any good feelings towards Jellal, kind-hearted people found it hard to accept this kind of situation.
Even killing him outright would be better than this.
"Don't worry."
Marco raised his hand and waved it, looking confident, signaling everyone to calm down.
He was staring intently at Jellal's condition.
'Something's not right.'
Looking at Jellal, who had stopped moving on the floor, Marco frowned.
Why did he look a little... dead?
"Buzz!"
Without further hesitation, Marco increased the intensity directly, continuing to output magic power.
Stopping now would be meaningless; he had to see if brute force could work a miracle.
It was an all-or-nothing gamble.
"Ahhh!"
After Marco increased the intensity, Jellal finally moved again, regaining signs of life.
Under the impact of Marco's magic power, that other force was completely suppressed.
"Done!" Marco snapped his fingers.
Jellal on the ground had calmed down and was now under his control.
"Jellal? Are you okay?"
Looking at Jellal, Erza asked. She hadn't quite reacted, thinking Jellal had completely broken free from control.
Jellal didn't respond to Erza; he just stared blankly at Marco.
Marco hadn't given him any commands yet.
"Erza, he hasn't turned back into a normal person. He's being controlled by me right now and will only act on my orders." Marco reminded Erza.
He needed to ask Jellal some questions first before seeing if he could restore him to normal completely.
"Okay."
Erza nodded without saying much more. She knew what was important and urgent, so she naturally wouldn't demand Marco do anything else.
"Before I finish asking the questions I want to ask, I won't release my control over him. We need to know all the intelligence he possesses and cannot give him any chance to hide his own thoughts."
Marco stated his thoughts and explained his reasons for doing so.
Regarding Jellal's own mental state, Marco held a very pessimistic attitude.
After all, having his mind manipulated by magic since the age of twelve, it was hard to say if Jellal's ego still remained, or if his mental state could be normal after breaking free from control.
Marco put himself in Jellal's shoes and felt he wouldn't be able to withstand it; his mental state would definitely be terrible.
"Then... let's hurry up and start asking questions." Makarov spoke up, thinking they should finish asking what needed to be asked sooner rather than later, and then try to help the child return to normal.
Marco nodded and immediately asked the question he was most concerned about:
"Jellal, who was the guy who came to the Tower of Heaven to pick people from it?"
As soon as this question was asked, everyone looked at Jellal seriously, waiting for his answer.
This was definitely one of the questions bothering everyone the most.
"It was Brain." Jellal gave the answer, the name of that man.
"Brain..."
Hearing this name, Makarov looked thoughtful, as if recalling something.
Having lived for so many years and mixed in the magic world for so long, he naturally knew a great many mages.
He knew at least a little about anyone with a bit of fame.
"What is his background and origin?"
Marco didn't wait for Makarov to recall who it was and asked Jellal directly.
He felt Jellal's knowledge of that guy definitely wouldn't be as simple as just a name.
"Brain is the leader of the Oración Seis and also my teacher. He selected five children to leave with him, who are now part of the Oración Seis."
Jellal directly revealed the man's identity, silencing the scene.
For a moment, no one could speak.
"Aye? What is the Oración Seis?"
Happy scratched his head and asked curiously.
If Natsu weren't lying on the side, this question would more likely have been asked by Natsu.
The knowledge level of the human and his cat was about the same.
"Brain! So it was him!" Makarov slapped his thigh, finally matching the person to the name.
The leader of the "Oración Seis," the former "Director of the Bureau of Magic Development"!
"Oración Seis... it's actually the Oración Seis..." Erza looked shocked.
She hadn't expected the "Oración Seis" to be behind the "Tower of Heaven."
This was something she had never imagined.
"Oración Seis is one of the three major guilds led by the Dark Guild Alliance, the Balam Alliance. It is a very powerful Dark Guild."
Levy explain with a shocked expression.
As the literary girl in the guild, she naturally paid attention to such written information.
This "Oración Seis" was a Dark Guild that had only risen abruptly in recent years, but it had made a name for itself very quickly.
Its strength was formidable, having conquered many Dark Guilds.
"And what is the Balam Alliance?" Happy looked confused.
Natsu never paid attention to these things, and naturally, neither did Happy.
These were all new terms to him.
Actually, many guild members only had a partial understanding or no understanding at all.
It was just that Happy was quick to ask.
So everyone naturally waited to listen.
"The Balam Alliance can be simply understood as the Magic Council of the Dark Guilds. It is composed of the three strongest Dark Guilds, managing the numerous Dark Guilds below them. However, their management is much looser than the Magic Council's; often, they are just a loose canon, doing whatever they want."
Makarov explained for Levy.
He clearly understood these matters very well. Although the "Oración Seis" was relatively young, the other two weren't recent upstarts.
"So the Dark Guilds we eliminate before likely belonged to one of these three major guilds."
Erza understood Master Makarov's meaning.
Actually, whether these small Dark Guilds belonged to the "Balam Alliance" or which major Dark Guild they were affiliated with didn't matter, because these major Dark Guilds wouldn't seek revenge for them.
The rules of the Dark Guild world were much harsher—true survival of the fittest.
Whoever was eliminated by a legitimate guild proved they were weaklings unworthy of survival.
"Truly... ruthless." Gray commented.
Although the "Magic Council" was troublesome, compared to this, it was definitely much more formal and reliable.
Of course, this was Gray's impression of the "Magic Council" before.
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