Chapter 588: A monster beyond cognition!

【Simon struggles to stand up from the ground, swaying.】

【His gaze sweeps over Sho, Millianna, and Wally, who are locked by the sword formation, bound by ropes, and knocked unconscious.】

【He takes a deep breath: "Although I did think we would fail, but... I never thought we would fail so thoroughly."】

【"Huh? What do you mean?" Lucy looks at Simon in confusion.】

【Simon raises a smile upon hearing this: "Do you know? After learning that you were so strong, I was actually very happy."】

【Black Natsu frowns slightly: "What... what is your purpose?"】

【"The matter... is like this..."】

【Next, Simon begins his narration.】

【All this dates back many years, to the rebellion at the Tower of Heaven.】

【At that time, whether it was Simon, Sho, or Millianna, they were all slaves captured to that tower.】

【Under extreme oppression.】

【Simon and the others, led by Jellal, began to plot a rebellion.】

【In the end, the rebellion failed, and Jellal was captured.】

【But, things started to get weird from here.】

【Just when everyone was on the verge of despair, curling up in the corner, waiting for the dark fate to descend.】

【The door to the cell was opened.】

【The one who opened the door was Jellal!】

【Through Jellal's description, everyone learned the ins and outs of the matter.】

【It turned out that Jellal had received the favor of a god in the interrogation room.】

【He awakened legendary magic.】

【And with this, he overthrew the Dark Guild that once controlled the Tower of Heaven.】

【And now, he came to save Simon and the others because he was instructed by that god.】

【And, according to Jellal's words.】

【Under the guidance of the god, he saw true freedom.】

【And the medium for this freedom was the Tower of Heaven.】

【Jellal began to call on everyone to build true freedom together.】

【And, to show his magnanimous appearance.】

【He even proposed that everyone could decide their own fate.】

【Those who didn't want to stay could take a boat and leave.】

【Those who wanted to stay could work with him.】

【When the paradise was built, everyone would welcome happiness and freedom.】

【What a beautiful expectation.】

【These words were like a dream that couldn't be refused to those slaves who had been oppressed to the extreme!】

【Over eighty percent of the people were willing to stay and follow Jellal to that ethereal, happy future.】

【This included Simon and the others.】

【But, there were still over twenty percent who decided they wanted to leave.】

【To see the real world.】

【As expected, Jellal agreed.】

【He even personally found boats for these people and watched them leave.】

【By this point, almost everyone who remained believed in Jellal.】

【Believed in this new leader who gave them humanitarianism.】

【Thus, the construction of the Tower of Heaven proceeded smoothly.】

【This time, they were no longer forced to build it, but were building it voluntarily, even putting in twelve times the effort to reach that beautiful, happy world sooner.】

【Simon was the same back then, until...】

【One day, Simon found a pile of dry bones drifting in with the current along the coast of the island!】

【These dry bones were still wearing the clothes of slaves from back then.】

【The clothes were covered in the charred black of an explosion.】

【Although it was messy, Simon recognized their identities.】

【These were definitely among the twenty percent who had left the Tower of Heaven.】

【At that moment, Simon began to doubt the tower.】

【But Simon was clever.】

【He didn't panic when he noticed this, but quickly disposed of the bones.】 ===== CHAPTER 589 =====