However, nothing in life, will go as planned. Especially when that chance is very slim, like this one.
One thing Zack underestimate is the adaptabilities of the Assassin Spider.
Among Monsters, they are known as one of the deadest, and even hard to deal with, even among B-Class Monsters.
Even their venom is so intense that even Monsters of S-Class and above are wary when dealing with them.
But another thing about Assassin Spiders, there is a reason why Assassin Spiders are called Assassin Spiders.
It wasn't for their deadly venom. Nor their blade like legs. But it was their adaptability.
Their ability to adapt themselves in any situation. Like if an upfront assault doesn't work. They will attack from behind.
If that doesn't work, they will use the cover of something else, to attack.
And if that doesn't want, they will use their venom. And if that doesn't work, they will either think of something else, or flee knowing when they have no chance.
In the end, they are adaptable, and smart by nature. Even if they are B-Class Monsters, they also feared for a reason.
That is why, even in the state of the ground violently shaken, they were the first to stabilized themselves, and even adapting to the shakiness of the quaking earth.
This is the reason why, even if Zack ran with Gray on his back. His eyes widen, not expecting, noticed the two only Assassin Spiders not only regained themselves, but also able to move faster than himself, in this sea of quakes.
Zack managed to dodged the first Assassin Spider, that leap itself at him and Gray. However, due to his limits reaching an end. He failed to avoid the second Assassin Spider, that sent both Gray and him in the air, before they both rolled onto the ground.
It will be a lie to say, that the pain Zack felt throughout his aching body, does not hurt. After all, he has been overusing and abusing his physical limits, even going pass them, with sheer willpower at that.
And yet, while being slammed onto the ground. Not once the willingness within those green eyes of his. And tried to get up, even if his body aching in pain, and his muscles felt numbed, he still tried to get up from the ground, forcing his overused muscles to move.
However, when he tried to get up, something prevented him to do so, and that something is Lovely who stomped onto his back, causing the reason why Zack cannot get up from the ground.
"Who would reckon you have so much juice left, wild boy. But this is the end, I am done playing around." Lovely went, in a serious manner.
Of course, Zack didn't say a word, while he tried to recover as much Haki as possible.
"Even so… who could guess, the wild boy to have such Magic…" Lovely went, looking at the corpses of most of his Monsters, that unable to flee from the force of the Sky Shatter, that even those two tank like Stone Spiders, were no match to withstand such a force.
"But like I said, do you think you still can win? Of course, I almost lost by chance… but let me give you a piece of advice, wild boy. A true Wizard, is one who shows their aces, when they are needed the most, just like this."
When Lovely said that, he took out something that looked like a playing card.
It may looked like a normal playing card, but Magic Power can be felt from it, showing this was no normal playing card, but a Magic Item.
It is a shame, even if Zack has study a lot at the Guild Library, he still has no clue the Magic Item in Lovely's hands, is a Calling Card.
Calling Card, it is a Magic Item that has the ability to summon Monsters that has been tamed, from their own nests.
This card is created for Wizards who follow down on the path of Monster Taming, it is a Magic Item that is created for Monsters to be called to the tamer, especially when many cities or towns will not let Monsters in them.
Not to mention, some cities and towns within this world, may let Monsters in, with the responsibility of the Monster Tamer for their actions. But that doesn't mean any kind or rank of Monsters are freely allowed to enter such cities.
That is why Calling Cards were created, allowing Wizards who are Monster Tamers to have a way to access their Monsters, as long they have Magic Power to call and summon them.
This is the reason why, from the moment Lovely tosses the Calling Card onto the ground. A massive summoning circle is formed onto the ground.
From the summoning circle, as it shines brightly for several seconds, a bright light flashes, and when the flash of light faded, something appeared from that brightens of light.
And that something; is another Spider Monster, a single house sized Spider Monster appeared from the summoning circle, that faded like a like
It is a Monster known as Giant Spider, a high end A-Class Monster, that knew being no different to an oversized spider.
Meaning they have no special abilities or traits besides one, their monstrous strength, speed, and harder then steel flesh, that slightly weaker compared to the B-Class Stone Spider, and yet, they are stronger, bigger, and more dangerous then both the Assassin Spiders, and the dead Stone Spiders.
Another thing to knew about Gianr Spiders, they also known to be a tameable type of Monster, which explains why there is a hue of pinkness within their many eyes, showing it also being controlled by Charm Magic as well.
Zack looked at the house sized Monster with shock in his green eyes, especially when his Haki enough to use the passive ability from the colour of Observation Haki. He can sense the aura of the Monster is way higher than himself, or anyone else here.
"I told you boys many times… to surrender, you two were never meant to win, not when I have this baby here… my old friend." Lovely went, as the massive head of the Giant Spider, turned their crimson red eyes towards Zack, who felt the pressure of being looked by an A-Class Monster like this.
And yet, even if he could feel the intensity behind those red eyes, that carried an overwhelming pressure, due to their distance between their strength.
Even if Zack felt his spine going cold and numb, his green eyes filled with determination, which of course, didn't go unnoticed by Lovely, who sighed, and added more strength to his boot, that stood onto Zack's back!
"What a bad boy, even all of this warning, you not taking me seriously? You boys have no clue how much these cuties cost me. That is why a punishment is waiting for you boys, oh don't blame me, if it anyone's fault, it is your own." Lovely went feeling mad, with most of his Spider Monsters were dealt with, by a pair of young Wizards at that.
The cost of these Spider Monsters is no joke.
Prices of Monsters on the black market, ranges from their rank, the location they are found in, and their rarity.
The Monsters that has been stayed by Zack and Gray rounded near 13 million Jewels, with Stone Spiders being the most expensive, when they are 2.5 million for each egg.
After all, those Spiders cannot be found anywhere like Hopper and Rocky Spiders, and even if Assassin Spiders might not be rare, but their prices also very high due to the nests that hosts Assassin Spiders, often has their evolved version of them.
Grey Murderer Spiders, or Grand Assassin Spider that are A-Class or SS-Class in terms of strength and danger.
While the price might hurt Lovely, but the real reason why Lovely so mad at the deaths of his Monsters, is the amount of effort he has put into them. Made Lovely feel so annoyed losing so many of them at once.
And yet, it does not like he cannot get more of them. Especially when these two slave he just got.
Slavery in the continent of Ishgar is a lot harder compared to other continents, especially when most nations within Ishgar bans slavery, like Fiore, or has many restrictions when it comes to slavery in nations that still allowed slavery.
That is why the prices of slaves in Ishgar underworld is very high, even those that can sell around 10,000 Jewels can sell over 50,000 here in Ishgar, as those from the darkness are willing to pay many times the value of other continents in Ishgar.
Not to mention, slaves who are Wizards, their prices are different.
Of course, there are factors when it comes to the price of any slave, and especially true even among Wizard slaves as well.
These factors are their age, their gender, their ability of Magic abilities. And also if they are a virgin or not.
For B-Class Wizards, their prices are normally 5 million outside Ishgar, but 20 million within Ishgar. But since the two wizards are clearly under 18 years old, their 5 million initial price, will be raised to 15 million, or 60 million in this continent.
That is one fact, if they were female and virgins their 15 to 60 million will raise to 30 to 120 million Jewels.
But they are not, however, they another factor when it comes to their price, that is who they are.
They are Wizards from Fiore's most famous and strongest guild, Fairy Tail, a guild that even known throughout Ishgar.
But they are still nobodies beyond Ishgar. Then again, within the continent their 60 million price tag will be 100 million, due to Fairy Tail having many enemies that will be willing to pay around that much or more, to get their hands on them.
While Lovely thought of this, based on his personal experience. His thoughts soon became to a halt, when the wild boy, Zack himself began to bitterly laugh, causing the Dark Wizard to look at him.
"You right… All of this is my fault… I am the one, who wanted to do this Mission, and even picked it… I am the one who forced his friend to come along, seeing he is not busy with anything. Even if he didn't blame me for this, this guilt wouldn't be wash away by simple forgiveness… after all, it is my foolishness that got us into this situation to begin with."
Zack went with a bitter smile, as his green eyes looked at the ground. But this bitter, self-blaming expression soon faded, as the same determination expression returned, as Zack lift his gaze from the ground, and right towards Lovely.
"Even so! While is it true my cluelessness and foolishness caused this! Surrendering, back ing down is the last thing I will do! Especially if someone were to dare to harm my family! Dare to mock Fairy Tail, who not only took me in, but taught me everything I know!"
When Zack roared this, something surged within him. It wasn't the phenomenon of being magical strengthen, that Gray was before.
But something different, something besides Magic Power surged, and whatever that caused a hint of redness to glow within those green eyes, that looked at Lovely, who took blink his eyes, feeling something seriously wrong with those green eyes, that now has a hue of redness to them.
"That is why! Even if it to my last breath, to my last stand, I will never back down, when someone dared to harm my family!! I WILL NEVER BACK DOWN, WHEN SOMEONE HURT THEM!!"
From the very moment Zack roared with all of his willpower. Something unexpected and unbelievable happened.
An unseen force of nature, blasted from Zack, along with the hint of redness in his green eyes, shined more intensely, like whatever this power is, is link with why Zack's eyes are almost crimson red.
When Lovely, who still has one foot on Zack's back, felt this surge of unseeable force of power. His mind became completely blank, while his body physically frozen in place, like as if chains, that cannot be seen by the naked eye, has sealed him in place.
Confusion, fear, and willingness to surrender, were the emotions Lovely only could feel, when he met those crimson red eyes, that infused with a power, that wanting him to submit to.
Almost as if the surge of power that came from the wild boy, is both the manifestation of will itself, as well domination, that making Lovely feel heavily pressured under this dominating power.
If it wasn't for Lovely biting his lips hard at that. He might be willingly to kneel before this unknown and strange suppressing power of determination itself.
However, as the saying goes, nothing last forever, as this surge of dominating power, only lasted few seconds. Causing Lovely to regain control of both his mind and body. And the first thing he did, out of complete fear, was to run away from this monstrous boy!
Of course, as Lovely removed his boot from suppressing Zack. The wild boy, not promoted to monstrous boy, looked in confusion what just happened.
This power felt familiar, and yet different to what he knew. However, Zack knew this not the situation to look what that was. Instead, as he no longer being pressed onto the ground.
Zack got up, and about to push his body beyond the limits, even seriously harming himself. However, Zack halted that plan, when he felt something off, especially with these Spider Monsters.
Before, with their eyes that this hue of pinkness, no longer there, made them seems if they are linked with something.
But now, these Monsters, not just very wary of him for some reason. Looked as confused as himself, like they broken away from something, they had no clue they were under with. With the pinkness within their countless eyes no longer present.
Not to mention… it felt odd for an A-Class Monster to be wary of him as well. No, in truth, some of the weaker ones, actually has emotions of fear, when Zack sensed their emotion, that only made Zack puzzled if anything, as he saw no reason, why these Monsters should fear him.
No, it wasn't himself, but that strange surge of power that blasted out, that caused these Monsters to become like this.
While both Zack and the Spider Monsters has the same expression, about what just happened. Lovely is the only one who hasn't noticed any of this. Because in his blindness of fear, he is no longer like himself.
That is why… he acted out of character, and pointed at Zack, with no intentions to capture, but to kill.
"T-T-This! Kill him!!"
As Lovely roared with rage and fear, still remembering that dominating power, that caused him unable to move his own body for some unknown reason. Drowning Lovely in the darkness known as fear, making him unclear the current situation at his surroundings.
still heavy on his mind. Fearing that feeling of unable to control his body yet again, drowned Lovely in complete darkness known as fear, blinding him of the current situation.
That is why, even if he shouted that, Lovely blink his eyes, also wearing a mask of confusion, when none of the Monsters did what he commended. That is why, in fit of both fear and wariness, he turned to his Monsters, shouting at them in panic.
"W-What my babies doing?? Get him! Kill that boy!!" Lovely once again, in his chaotic state of mind, ordered the Spider Monsters, who only blink their eyes at the Human, until the Giant Spider, the A-Class Monster made its move.
But the attack made by the Giant Spider, wasn't towards Zack nor Gray. But to Lovely himself, who stared blankly, watches it opened its many fangs, trying to devour him!?
Confusion and fear washes over Lovely, not understanding why his trump card, the Giant Spider is attacking him for.
Isn't his baby under controlled with his Charm Magic!? Is what Lovely thought off, having no choice but to use Earth Wall, a spell he has been using a lot today, to create a wall of earth before this A-Class Monster.
Of course, the thick wall of earth was nothing, but a wall made of cardboard towards the massive Monster, that smashes through the Earth Wall, if it was nothing to it.
It that moment, when those countless crimson red eyes looking at Lovely, he realised, for some reason the Giant Spider is no longer under control of his Magic.
That is why Lovely tried to recast Charm Magic on the incoming house sized spider.
But it wasn't just the A-Class Monster, that no longer under his control. In the moment trying to recast Charm Magic, the two Assassin Spiders came behind Lovely, using their blade like legs, only to slash them at Lovely Back!
Lovely cried in anguish, when those blade like legs slashes at his back, only leaving a both numbing and painful heat stinging his back.
It is to the point, Lovely's mind also clouded into chaos, as none of this made any sense to the Dark Wizard!
Not just the Giant Spider, but even the Assassin Spiders just assaulted him? It is as if his Charm Magic no longer affecting them… not affecting them?
Along with cough blood out his mouth. It is only now, Lovely realised, all of his remaining Monsters are no longer has a hue of pinkness within their countless eyes.
Telling the Charm user, they no longer under control of his Magic.
As it is said before, only way to undo Charm Magic, is to either knew you being hit by Charm Magic, or to realise your affection towards the caster is fake.
The reason why Charm Magic is so good at taming Monsters, because most Monsters do not have the capability to understand they are being controlled by Charm Magic, their affection is just fake.
That is why, Charm users uses this Magic to forcedly get the Monsters they taming to like them.
Of course, most who uses of Charm Magic to tame Monsters that way, also show affection towards their controlled Monsters. This is because the proper way to use Charm Magic, is to control the affection, and build true affection overtime, before undoing Charm Magic.
However, even if that is how Monster Tamers use Charm Magic.
Like it is said before, not all Monsters can be tamed. And the Giant Spider, the two Assassin Spiders, and even the D-Class Hopper Spiders, are actually known as Untameable Monsters.
And the reason, from the very moment when the Charm Magic is undo. Like the predators they are, they instinctively attacked Lovely.
It be a lie, to say the Dark Wizard didn't feel heart broken, being attacked by the very Monsters he treated like family.
And his heart only broken further, when he saw the Rocky Spiders, even if they no longer under control of Charm Magic, still tried to defend their former master.
But they became mincemeat under the monstrous strength of the A-Class Monster, Giant Spider, that rammed into them, rushing towards Lovely, with all intent to finish him off.
And that was the last thing Lovely saw, was the thick spider legs of the Giant Spider about to stab into his face.
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Yeah, it was not in your head, this chapter was longer than normal.
I did not realised it until now, how long it is, over 3000 words. Which is not really a lot, but is for thsi fanfic.