Makarov was taken aback and asked, "Do you have a good plan?"
Gaal smirked slightly and said, "Since they're playing dirty, let's match their ruthlessness with our own. You don't have to worry about it. Just wait for the Magic Council's newspaper."
Makarov was puzzled but cautioned Gaal to be careful before ending the communication.
Gaal put down the communicator and took out a few pieces of paper from his backpack. With a thought, a pen floated up from the table and began to write on the paper.
[Grimoire Heart Guild Master: Hades]
[Age: Unknown.]
[Magic: Dark Magic, Thought Projection Magic, Lost Magic.]
[Magic One: Chain Magic: Releases magic chains from the hand to attack enemies, capable of penetrating a target's body at high speed, and can explode after binding the target, shooting at the speed of a bullet.]
[Magic Two: Amaterasu-100: Surrounds an enemy with a seven-layer seal formation and causes a massive explosion.]
[...]
[...]
[Forbidden Magic: Heaven's Executioner—Divine Punishment: Can continuously create Demons of Despair, which possess infinite roaring Magic Power and a self-detonation effect, details referenced from the Rock Mountain Range ruins.]
[Note: Suspected to have a Second Magic Origin that provides continuous Magic Power. If encountered, locate and destroy the Second Magic Origin first.]
[Note: Frequently searching for the Black Mage, Zeref.]
In addition, there was a sketch of Hades from behind, mainly to avoid recognition.
As for everyone else, Gaal didn't hold back and displayed their front-facing sketches.
[Grimoire Heart, Seven Kin of Purgatory: Azuma]
[Age: Unknown.]
[Magic: Lost Magic "Great Tree Arc."]
[Great Tree Arc: Compresses the earth's Magic Power into fruits and creates explosions, allowing the user to link with the earth, control the stored Magic Power within, and meld into the trees.]
[Magic One: Bleve: Branches extend toward the enemy, causing fiery explosions at the ends.]
[...]
[...]
[Magic Seven: Terra Clamare: Binds the target with trees, fully unleashing the Magic Power hidden within the earth, causing a supermassive explosion.]
[Note: In battle, force him away from the ground and trees.]
Once done with this, Gaal moved to the next sheet.
[Grimoire Heart, Seven Kin of Purgatory: Kain Hikaru]
[Age: Unknown.]
[Magic: Lost Magic "Ushi no Koku Mairi"]
[Ushi no Koku Mairi: A curse magic that allows control of an opponent by inserting their hair into a doll, or augment one's own body by inserting one's own hair.]
[Note: Do not let him obtain a hair medium.]
Then followed a large list of Kain Hikaru's self-taught magic.
Gaal had not only the memories from the original work but also the knowledge extracted from Rustyrose's soul, filling in the gaps.
Quickly, the inner workings of Grimoire's Heart, excluding some extremely secret information, were laid bare by Gaal.
Gaal stamped all the documents with his seal, wrote a letter, placed them together in a backpack, and called out to Dragonite:
"Dragonite, take these items to the nearest Magic Council branch, make sure they start printing them by tomorrow."
Dragonite gave a cry, nodded, accepted the black messenger bag from Gaal's hand, slung it over its shoulder, then opened the window and soared into the sky.
Gaal's lips curved up slightly: "Hmm... The strongest Dark Guild on the Ishgar Continent, now it's going to become the most exposed Magic Guild in Ishgar."
Gaal had not only listed all their magic but also annotated how to guard against them.
Thanks to his own memory and Rustyrose's soul memory, he knew too much, especially given how long Rustyrose had been a colleague of theirs.
Gaal found himself eagerly anticipating the events of the next day.
The following day.
Fiore Kingdom, Magnolia Town.
Fairy Tail Guild Headquarters.
Makarov was woken by the noise in the guild, got up from the second floor, wearing an orange robe and a yellow-blue striped nightcap, yawning: "What's going on down there? Why is it so noisy this early in the morning?"
Laxus's voice below was full of shock and excitement: "Grandpa! You have to come down and see today's newspaper!"
"The Magic Council's!"
"Wow!!!"
"These are all published by Gaal!"
The group of children around was also visibly thrilled, unable to contain their astonishment.
Makarov suddenly became alert.
Recalling what Gaal had said about playing ruthlessly last night, Makarov instantly lost all traces of sleepiness, leaping down from the second floor: "What did Gaal do? Let me see the newspaper... What on earth happened?"
With a rustle, as soon as he grabbed the newspaper, Makarov's eyes widened, inhaling sharply: "Whoa—!!!"
Because the wanted notices were so blatantly displayed across the entire newspaper page. Not only did it have sketches of several Grimoire Heart members, but it also included their magic and countermeasures.
Makarov couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation on his scalp: "Gaal's move...is too ruthless, those guys from Grimoire Heart must want nothing more than to kill him now. This is just..."
Makarov didn't even know how to describe it.
Magic is a mage's trump card.
No one knows how many trump cards a mage holds, much like outsiders only know that Makarov practices Light Magic.
Unaware of what techniques Makarov possesses, nor the effects of those techniques.
Let alone knowing what Fairy Tail's Three Great Magics look like.
But now, those in Grimoire Heart...
Not just the trump cards...even their innermost secrets were exposed by Gaal.
Kain Hikaru's curse-killing magic has its greatest advantage in that others don't know of it, so they don't mind when hair falls during battle.
He could easily obtain enemy hair for curse magic.
But now, the conditions for his spells were all revealed.
Anyone who reads this issue would instinctively protect their hair or run away on sight, offering Kain Hikaru no chance to collect hair and perform his curse.
Then there's Azuma.
Everyone on the continent now knows that by standing on the ground, he can draw endless Magic Power.
Who would engage him on the ground?
This was true ruthlessness...
When Gaal mentioned playing a ruthless game last night, Makarov wondered how Gaal was planning to retaliate to achieve such a ruthless effect. Today, he was thoroughly amazed.
One can only imagine what expressions those members of Grimoire Heart would have when they saw this newspaper.