Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

The demon "Lalabai" cried out loudly and unpleasantly, causing headaches to throb. The flowers, plants, and trees within a radius of several miles gradually withered and turned yellow, as if their life force had been robbed...

A single punch shattered "Lalabai's" skull, the grating sound abruptly ceasing. Then, a flurry of blows followed, and "Lalabai" was reduced to pieces...

The next second, the remains of "Lalabai" disintegrated, turning into purple mist that shrank back and reverted to the shape of a flute, with dense cracks covering its surface.

A few seconds later, the flute shattered into a pile of fragments.

Makarov, having deflated, returned to his normal size and muttered something under his breath.

"While you were very capable, and I'm very grateful to you for defeating the demon, but you..."

Goldman sighed, and the other presidents exclaimed in unison, "That's gone too far!"

"Haha..." Makarov laughed awkwardly, "I got a little too excited..."

South of the meeting venue, several mountain peaks have been leveled, and the once lush forests are now reduced to just a few trees, large and small, with the land now riddled with potholes.

"What are you going to do about this, Makarov?!"

The guild leader grabbed Makarov by the shoulder to prevent him from escaping.

"Speaking of which, the meeting room was also in complete chaos."

Goldman turned to look at the venue. The building walls were covered with broken pieces of wood and stones, all the windows were shattered, and the whole building looked like it was about to collapse.

"Hey~ what are you going to do, Makarov?!"

Another guild leader grabbed Makarov by the shoulder, his left eye saying "compensate" and his right eye saying "repay".

“Uh…” Makarov’s face was covered in cold sweat.

"Let it go for the sake of me taking care of the demon," Makarov tried to bluff his way out.

"What do you think?" the president asked with a "kind" smile.

“I think it’s great,” Makarov replied immediately.

"You pay half of the repair cost!" someone demanded, too lazy to argue any further.

"At most a third." Makarov knew he had caused quite a bit of damage.

"Why bother repairing? Wouldn't it be better to build a new one?"

Fang Rui suddenly interrupted the conversation, and after attracting the attention of many association leaders, he pointed to the crater that Makarov and Lalabai had dug and said, "Let's dig a lake there, so we can fish at future gatherings."

Then, he pointed to the dilapidated venue: "Apart from being a bit bigger, there's nothing special about it. Just demolish it, build a hot spring area, and add some entertainment facilities..."

Listening to Fang Rui's description, some of the association presidents seemed to have already seen the scene he depicted, their faces showing longing.

Turning a casual gathering of eating, drinking, and chatting into a relaxing vacation is indeed a great idea...

The presidents gathered together to discuss:

What do you think of his suggestion?

"I think it's great. Every gathering is just about eating, which is really boring."

"How about adding a sauna?"

How much will it cost?

"Makarov will contribute more than half!"

Upon hearing this, Makarov crossed his arms, indicating, "Don't joke around! I can't afford such a large-scale renovation."

"No rush, there's still a long time until the next gathering, you can raise the money slowly."

“Hey!” Makarov protested.

"Chairman Makarov is such a useful laborer, why don't you just leave him sitting there and let him pay off his debts with manual labor!"

Fang Rui, who had somehow appeared, once again betrayed Chairman Makarov, or rather, offered a suggestion.

After looking Makarov over for a while, everyone thought that his gigantification magic was very suitable for carrying bricks.

Someone said, "You're allowed to work to pay off your debt."

The others nodded slightly in agreement.

Fang Rui turned to look at Makarov, his lips moving as if to say silently: You're welcome!

Then he blinked.

Makarov: "…………"

Due to the damage to the venue, the gathering of the presidents came to an end, and the presidents bid farewell and left.

On the way back to the guild, Erza said apologetically, "Guild Master, I'm so sorry, it's because we couldn't stop Erigor..."

“No, no, it has nothing to do with you.” Makarov waved his hand. “It was probably because I was drunk. I was a little out of control at the time, otherwise I wouldn’t have hit you…”

At this point, Makarov's expression became somewhat strange: "I'm usually a very good drinker, so why did I suddenly start acting crazy?"

"Perhaps the alcohol has a strong aftereffect?" Fang Rui guessed.

“No, I drink alcohol regularly, I know it well,” Makarov said.

"Is it because of the Magic Flute?" Fang Rui continued to speculate.

“Possibly, after all, it was Jelf’s creation,” Makarov agreed.

As the conversation progressed, the topic gradually veered off course, and Makarov stopped dwelling on the issue of losing control of his emotions.

After a while, Fang Rui finished his chat with Makarov and then invited Erza: "Want to join us? Let's go monster hunting!"

"Let me think about it." Erza didn't agree immediately.

"I can make you armor," Fang Rui offered as another reward.

“I agree.” Erza nodded immediately without the slightest hesitation.

"Hey!" Gray raised his right hand, slapped it to the right, and looked speechless.

The change of heart happened too fast!

Then, he looked at Gray and said, "How about Gray come along too? The team will be more complete with you."

Everyone who needs to be there must be there.

“Okay.” Gray agreed after thinking for a moment.

Anyway, this mission can be paused midway, and if something else suddenly comes up that needs to be dealt with, he will have time.

"Very good. Now that the team has become stronger, let's choose a more powerful monster as our next target."

"I've heard there's an island where demons live. I'm a little interested. What do you think?"

“It’s the devil again…” Lucy’s face was full of resistance.

Having just met one demon, Lucy has no interest in meeting any more.

"It's not like 'Lalabai,' how should I put it~" After a moment of thought, Fang Rui explained, "Simply put, it looks like a demon, but in reality..."

"To be honest, the reason I went to find them was because I was curious about their relationship with demons..."

"Uh..." Lucy wanted to complain, "You've said so much, it's practically the same as not saying anything at all."

This reveals that the demons on that island are not ordinary.

"If you decide to go, why not take care of the other mission on the island while you're at it!"

Upon hearing Fang Rui's description, the well-informed Makarov knew where the island was. Thinking of a certain mission on the second floor, he casually mentioned it.

"Another mission?" Natsu and the others looked curious.

"The island you're talking about is Karna Island, right?"

Makarov first asked Fang Rui, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he began to explain: "An S-rank mission, Erza, what do you think?"

"Won't there be any problems, Chairman?"

After all, it's an S-class mission, an extremely dangerous mission.

"If there's danger, just run!"

Makarov sat in the carriage of the magic four-wheeled vehicle, patting the soft sofa, and said, "With it here, I believe you can escape."

Makarov has a good eye; he can tell that this magical four-wheeled vehicle is outrageous.

"Don't worry! I'm well prepared. Even if the Balam Alliance tries to hunt me down, I'm confident I can escape..."

"No need to worry at all!" Fang Rui gave everyone a thumbs up.

Are those really reassuring words?

"Is that so..." Erza still didn't agree immediately, and said after a while, "Let's see how things go. If it's not too difficult, we'll deal with it while we're at it; if it's dangerous..."

He then led the group to retreat!

Upon hearing this, Natsu smiled excitedly.

"An S-rank mission! What kind of enemies will we encounter?! This is so exciting!"

"Ah! That's really exciting!" Gray exclaimed, his face beaming with excitement.

These two had long wanted to go up to the second floor to see the S-rank mission, but they had been stopped and had no chance.

The opportunity to participate in an S-rank mission ignited their passion!

"Wow~ I'm fired up~"

Natsu opened his mouth and spat out a wisp of flame, but before more flames could float out, Fang Rui struck him on the head with a chop.

"Don't breathe fire randomly! We're inside the car!"

"Speaking of which, why don't you get carsick anymore?"

"Ugh... Ugh..." Natsu's expression changed upon being reminded, and he went limp, collapsing onto the sofa.

Lucy blinked.

So, does she, a newcomer who has only been in the guild for a few days, have to participate in an S-rank mission?

"Could an S-rank mission on an island inhabited by demons be related to demons?"

Makarov: "I don't know."

Information on S-class missions is generally scarce.