Chapter 589

【He returned to the tower as if nothing had happened.】

【However, from that day on, Simon began to be more cautious.】

【During the construction, he began to investigate the true purpose of the tower.】

【And the whereabouts of those who had left.】

【Every once in a while, Simon would notice new bones drifting in from the sea.】

【This made him increasingly suspicious of Jellal.】

【Could it be that those who were let go... had all died?】

【Could it be... that Jellal really did it?】

【These questions vanished into thin air after Simon figured out the purpose of the Tower of Heaven.】

【It was almost certain that Jellal had done it.】

【The Tower of Heaven is taboo magic, so Jellal would never allow anyone who knew about it to leave and tell the outside world.】

【Those people... were probably secretly destroyed by Jellal shortly after they left, right?】

【Simon, who learned this truth, even began to doubt the perfect world Jellal had depicted.】

【Until he found out that the person Jellal really wanted to resurrect was not some god who could bring happiness to people.】

【But the legendary Black Wizard Zeref!】

【From that moment on, Simon realized that Jellal had changed.】

【He had become a stranger, become... evil!】

【This tower could not be allowed to continue developing, but...】

【Simon's strength was too small.】

【Although in the eyes of Sho and the others who hadn't seen the world, Simon was the strongest.】

【But for Simon, who had won Jellal's trust and could often go out to perform missions.】

【He knew clearly how small his strength was.】

【Let alone overthrowing the Tower of Heaven, if he showed any sign of being wrong, Jellal could crush him with one finger.】

【Thus, he went into hiding.】

【Waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity... to borrow a knife to kill someone.】

【And that opportunity only appeared recently.】

【The Tower of Heaven was completed, and Jellal ordered them to find bodies suitable as sacrifices.】

【Who it was didn't matter, and the quantity didn't matter.】

【Even, whether their strength was strong or not didn't matter.】

【As long as the talent was enough! Even a child would do.】

【Therefore, Simon and the others boarded a ship to the continent.】

【At this moment, Simon knew his opportunity had come.】

【An opportunity to lead a powerful mage to the Tower of Heaven, then provoke hatred between the two sides, and thereby destroy the Tower of Heaven.】

【Simon immediately set his sights on Fairy Tail.】

【Over the years, he also knew that Fairy Tail had long become one of the strongest guilds on the continent.】

【Especially Black Natsu, Erza, and others, whose fame had spread across the entire continent.】

【This attack, to put it bluntly, was actually just a test of Black Natsu and the others' strength advocated by Simon.】

【If they were strong, it proved Simon hadn't misjudged them.】

【If they were weak, he would look for others.】

【After the attack ended, he would retreat directly, and then find a way to kidnap the cat beside Black Natsu, Happy.】

【Bring Happy to the Tower of Heaven, thereby attracting Fairy Tail's powerhouses to this tower.】

【This was Simon's entire purpose.】

【After hearing all this, Black Natsu couldn't help but laugh out loud.】

【"I really... should I say you're smart? Or stupid?"】

【"Smart... you could think of so much, the plan was methodical, and the success rate was even very high."】

【"But to say stupid..."】

【Black Natsu paused, his gaze looking at Simon: "Perhaps you never thought that you would be finished off by me in an instant, right?"】

【"Do you know? If I hadn't been a little curious about you."】

【"In that instant just now, you would have been dead!"】

【Simon nodded bitterly: "Indeed, I overlooked that point."】

【"At the same time, I also underestimated the powerhouses in the world."】

【"Setting my sights on a powerhouse was indeed me being overconfident."】

【Speaking of this, Simon's eyes narrowed slightly.】

【That instant kept flashing in his mind.】

【An instant! It really was only an instant.】

【The moment the darkness descended, his body suffered an unimaginable heavy blow simultaneously.】

【He didn't even see clearly how the other party made the move.】

【His consciousness really fell into darkness.】

【He couldn't help but shake his head: "It really is... a monster beyond cognition..."】 ===== CHAPTER 590 =====