Ben's eyes widened after he spotted the teenagers around Wendy's age after they suddenly enter the guild hall. He is surprised and so is Wendy who had a smile on her face.

"Ron and everyone else from E-Class!" Wendy happily exclaimed.

The teenagers that entered the building were Ben's ex-students that he taught while on a job at the magic school in Clover Town. All 11 were here and Ben was surprised because he hasn't seen them in a few years. He had been busy ever since he became a S-Class mage, so he didn't have time to reunite with them.

"Long time no see Ben-nii, Wendy, Bella, Carla." Yorki said.

"Yeah, it's been a while. I think it's been 2 or 3 years since we last encountered each other." Ben noted happily as he approached them.

"We heard about what happened to your guild." Gea sadly stated.

Ben just smiled.

"Don't worry about it. Everyone will eventually part ways, it just happened a lot faster for us." He said.

"Are they your acquaintances, Ben?" Makarov asked from the counter.

"Yeah, sorry for the disturbance master. I will escort them out." Ben replied.

"Wait, Ben-nii! We aren't just here to see you, we also have business with Fairy Tail." Dan told his former teacher.

"What business?" Ben asked with a raised eyebrow.

The 11 of them smirk.

"We want to join Fairy Tail." Ron said.

"What?" Ben was surprised that they wanted to join Fairy Tail.

"You want to join the guild? Why? I must know your reason before accepting you." Makarov said.

"Well, we don't have a fancy reason. We just want to be in the same guild as Ben nii-san and Wendy." Olive explained.

"That's right. We tried to join their late guild, but the master wouldn't let us join. So now that we know they joined another guild, we want to try again." Cya added.

"All 11 of you want to join? Wasn't it only 5 before?" Wendy asked.

"He he, 6 of us have joined organizations like the Council. But we didn't like it because they were too strict. We joined a guild before, but we resigned once we found out you were here." Mina giggled.

"What guild?" Makarov asked.

"Scarmiglione." Hans answered.

"Wait! Aren't you the 11 Claws of Scarmiglione?" Mira asked as she seemed to recognize them.

"Ugh, please don't address with that name, it's embarrassing." Mina groaned.

"11 Claws?" Wendy was confused.

Mira then revealed that over the last 2 years, 11 members of the Scarmiglione guild have made names for themselves. They joined the guild 3 years ago but immediately surpassed most of the veteran's in a year.

Eventually, they became the top-ranked mages in Scarmiglione. The only ones stronger than them were the guild's ace and guild master. Their young age made them even more famous and people called them the 11 Claws of Scarmiglione.

Scarmiglione is still a small guild, but these 11 teenagers made sure the guild had a big prospect for the future. However, they left the guild at the same time. They left even though the guild master begged for them to stay.

"We will leave any guild even if they give us the best treatment. No privilege is better than being in the same guild as the person who saved us." Ron said.

"Hmm, it seems you had a encounter with Ben that changed your lives, huh? But it won't convince me to accept you easier. There are 11 of you, so I need to know about all of you first. Follow me to my office for an interview." Makarov instructed.

The 11 teens nod and follow Makarov to his office. After they left, the mages start to ask Ben and Wendy about them. So Ben and Wendy briefly explained that those 11 were their students in the past.

Sometime later, the 11 teens left the office with Makarov. They were all accepted and now officially became Fairy Tail mages. Then the guild held a party to celebrate like usual.

While partying, the 11 teens tell Ben and Wendy what they have been doing over the last 3 years. They always did what Ben taught them and have grown stronger. Although they weren't as strong as Ben, they were rather strong for their age.

The oldest, Yorki, is now 15 years old and he is their leader. The 11 always did jobs in 2 groups with mixed members to maintain the quality of their teamwork. Sometimes they took jobs together if they were too difficult.

Ben and Wendy also share what they've been up to over the last 3 years. They have a lot to talk about after not seeing them for a while. They were talking and having fun at the party. But then loud bells stop their celebration.

"What's going on?" Ben asked.

"It's Gildarts! Gildarts has returned." Natsu said excitedly.

The mages were ecstatic and Ben was intrigued. Wendy and Lucy didn't know who Gildarts was, so Mira briefly explained it to them. Then Erza told everyone to look outside because something big will happen.

The new members go outside including Ben who was very curious about what will happen next. What happened next was shocking, the entire town shifted. The buildings were raised up creating a straight path from the town gate to the guild.

"This is the Gildarts Shift. It occurs every time he comes back to prevent him from accidentally destroying things with his Crush Magic." Mira explained.

"Can't he just not use his magic or not touch things?" Ben asked.

"Would you rather him destroy a wall or a door." Ryu inquired.

Ben sweat dropped after hearing that.

"This guild really is full of idiots. I hope Wendy isn't affected by this." He said.

Sometime later, a shadow became visible and entered the guild. Gildarts had finally entered the guild and Ben can sense his immense magic power. He has the most magic power out of anyone Ben has met before.

'This guy has more magic power than the master, he is basically a Wizard Saint minus the title. A.I Chip, how much magic power does he have?' Ben asked.

[Approximately around 600 thousand. Master Makarov has around 500 thousand.]

'100 thousand points higher than master, huh? Well, master is old already, so he must not be in his prime. But that explains how he's able to crush things unintentionally with his magic. It must be difficult to control that much magic power.' Ben thought as he looked at his stats.

[Name: Ben Cooper

Epithet: Karna (The Sun's Child)

Real Age: 17

Body Age: 16

Status: Alive

MP: 427,719/427,719

STR: 323

AGI: 334

STA: 354

INT: 728]

'Hmm, his magic power is about 180 thousand points higher than mine. But with my current progress, I can reach his magic power in a year at most. I need to learn from him though and not raise my magic power too fast or I won't be able to control it perfectly like him. Although maybe he is just an idiot who doesn't pay attention to his surroundings.' Ben thought.

While Ben thought about all of this, Gildarts was looking around with uncertainty before asking Mira about the Fairy Tail guild hall even though he is there already. Ben was positive he was a idiot like the others.

Mira explained that this is Fairy Tail and introduced herself. Gildarts was excited about the changes to the guild as he looked around. Then Natsu appeared out of nowhere and challenged him to a fight, only be knocked out quickly.

"Gildarts, you're back." Makarov said.

"Master, long time no see." Gildarts greeted him.

"How was the job?" Makarov asked.

"The job, huh? Ha ha ha ha, not good. It was impossible for me to complete." Gildarts laughed.

Ben's eyes widened in surprise. If Gildarts couldn't complete a job, how difficult was it?