Ishgar Magic Council.
A special organization that maintains order in the magic world of Ishgar. It is equipped with an investigation team and a violent action force that carries out arrest missions. Its branches are spread across various countries and are not subject to supervision by local governments.
This behemoth, whose power spans the entire continent, is governed by a decision-making group consisting of a chief speaker and nine councillors. It controls the "super-destructive magical strategic weapon" – "Magic Spirit Power" that can destroy a country in an instant.
Hundreds of years have passed since the Council last activated the "Magic Spirit Power". Due to its excessive destructiveness, the Council's top leaders decided not to activate it easily, but to use it as a trump card for deterrence.
As the upper echelons of power, the parliamentarians only need to deal with some important decisions, while the execution and minor incidents will be handled by the middle-level council members themselves.
Rahal is such a busy mid-level leader.
As the captain of the violent action force that "punishes illegal guilds" and "hunts down dark guilds", Lahar only sleeps four hours a day and spends the rest of his time in busy work.
Just today, the exhausted Lahar received a report uploaded by the Rubinas branch:
Joel, the director of the "Black Bird Consortium", surrendered to the Council because he was coerced by the black magic priest "Puppeteer Kula" and was forced to provide a large amount of funds to the black magic cult and commit major commercial frauds many times.
One consortium is nothing, but since it involves a black priest with a lot of blood on his hands and the notorious black magic cult behind him, this information is worthy of attention.
Lahar had no choice but to give up his already pitiful rest time, so he forced himself to stay awake, travel under the cover of night, and go to Rubinas in person to deal with the matter.
The action force was well-equipped, and when the team led by Rahal arrived at the southern suburbs of Rubinas, it was only 11 o'clock in the evening.
The head of the Council branch and the local mayor were already waiting outside the Black Bird headquarters.
"Captain, I didn't expect you to go out in person."
The branch head looked at his boss with some surprise, but then he was relieved. Lahar has always had a good reputation among the lower and middle levels of the Council. He is dedicated and hardworking, and he also cares about his subordinates.
There are only eight current members, and people inside and outside the Council believe that Rahal has a great chance of filling the last vacant seat this year.
Lahar was in no mood to exchange pleasantries with his subordinates. Instead, he was focused on his work. "Where is the puppeteer?"
Upon hearing this, the mayor recalled a horrible scene and ran away, retching in nausea.
The branch manager's face didn't look very good either.
This made Lahar have a bad guess. Whenever the Black Priest showed up, there would be a massacre as a blood sacrifice for their belief in the "Black Magician".
Thinking about the surrender information, the director of the consortium would not…
The branch chief could tell at a glance that Lahar had misjudged his thoughts, because he had the same idea when he received Joel's call to surrender.
"Captain, don't get me wrong. Puppet Master Kula did cause us a lot of trouble, but it's not what you think."
With an indescribable expression on his face, the branch manager invited Lahar to come in and take a look.
The action team quickly moved along the road between the black houses and stopped in front of the oval-shaped tall building.
Broken pieces of flesh mixed with a large amount of blood were seen splattered everywhere on the ground and on the surfaces of nearby buildings.
Even the action team that had been hunting down the dark guild for a long time had never seen such a bloody scene. Some team members who were less able to endure the scene strode out of this hell-like scene and vomited towards the corner of the wall.
The branch manager was not surprised by this. If his stomach had not been empty from vomiting, he would have vomited along with others.
"Captain, this thing on the ground… is the puppeteer Kula, one of the black magic priests."
"According to the wizard who defeated him, Kula was hit by his magic when he turned into a thread to escape. The 'Puppet Control String' failed, and Kula's body, which had turned into a thread, was shattered on the spot."
Lahar nodded, and after a brief mental analysis, he agreed with this statement.
The Council naturally launched a wanted warrant for a dangerous evil wizard like Kula. During one encirclement and suppression operation, Kula transformed himself into a silk thread and easily escaped from the tight encirclement, causing the operation that had the best chance of successfully capturing him to fail.
Unexpectedly, Kula would die in the end because of his own life-saving skills.
It's a pity that he died like this, and there is no way to find out from him where the headquarters of the Black Magic Cult is.
But it's a good thing there are no more casualties.
"Take me to see the wizard who defeated Kula."
The branch head looked a little strange when he heard Lahar's words, but he did as he was told and took him to the luxurious office on the top floor of the oval building.
There were only two people in the office, one was a wretched middle-aged man who was busy flipping through documents, and the other was a handsome young man who was reading a book.
"Lord Lahar, I want to surrender! Please arrest me quickly!" Before Lahar could say anything, Joel, who was organizing the evidence of his years of financial fraud, hugged Lahar's thighs and cried, as if he had seen his savior.
Knowing that Lahar was in no mood to pay attention, the branch manager immediately dragged Joel out of the office and closed the door behind him.
"What a noise! You are such a grown-up and still have no shame, right? Mr. Lahar from the Council." Noah put down the shocking photo album he had found in the office and smiled as he faced Lahar, whose name he had just learned.
There were only two people left in the office, so Lahar said straight to the point: "Joel's so-called 'coercion' is false. The black bird was originally a tool for the Black Magic Cult to transfer funds."
"You are the one who made him say that, why did you do that?"
Because of his position, Rahal's experience can be said to be quite rich.
From the first moment he saw Joel, experience and intuition told Lahar that it was not "coercion" and that Joel was absolutely "willing" to make money for the Black Magic Cult.
Noah did not deny it, but instead asked Joel how long he would spend in prison for the crime he confessed to, and what would happen to the new fraudulent money.
Transmitting funds to dark forces is a felony. Laharl's answer was that Joel would go to jail for 20 years. If it was later discovered that he was a member of a black magic cult, the 20 years would be commuted to life imprisonment.
However, the Council is not responsible for sentencing crimes related to financial fraud. However, Laharl said that he would urge the Kingdom of Fiore. King Doma is a fair king, and the Council is concerned about face, so no one will be so blind as to reach out to the victim's funds.
Looking at Noah, Lahar said, "I still don't know your name?"
"Okay, today my name is Nexus."
Of course Noah would not give his real name. Who knows how tight-lipped the Council is. It would be bad if he brought trouble back to the guild.
"Today…"
Lahar smiled meaningfully and did not ask any further questions.
"Then on behalf of the Magic Council, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Nexus for his contribution to the fight against the dark forces."
Noah waved his hand and solved the problem of President Reina directly at the source. The 2 million that Reina originally used to help Noah infiltrate Black Bird naturally belonged to him.
After returning and completing the mission, he will be able to get another 3 million. The president of the Commercial Guild is also an invisible rich man.
Noah threw the explosive photo album on the table and said goodbye to Lahar.
Looking at the door that opened and closed again, Lahar muttered to himself, "Nexus… you look a bit like someone, what is your relationship?"
Turning to look at the evidence of his crimes compiled by Joel, Laharl's eyes were attracted by the photo album thrown away by Noah.
Looking around and seeing that there was no one around, Lahar rolled it up and put it in his arms at extremely fast speed.