End of year X773.
White snowflakes fell from the sky, completely covering the continuous mountain range, creating a winter scene of silver.
"Whoo."
The magic train heading to the northern border of the Kingdom of Fiore was like a black iron dragon, piercing through this white world. The falling snowflakes were disturbed by the rapidly surging air and retreated before they could fall.
In the rear carriage, a small face was pressed against the window, her sky-blue eyes silently watching the white scene. Her long, thin tail swayed back and forth behind her, clearly her inner emotions were not as emotionless as her face.
Rayn's leg was tickled by the swaying tail, and he directly reached out and pressed down on the swaying tail.
"If you like it so much, how about we play here for a while after we finish the mission?" Rayn asked, leaning back against the chair.
"I want to build a snowman! Have a snowball fight!"
Pulling her small face away from the window, Kanna turned around and said. Although her tone was calm and her face was expressionless, the anticipation in her eyes could not be concealed.
"A snowball fight... I've seen people build snow houses before. Are you interested?"
Recalling the scene of Kanna and the others playing with a ball in the original story, Rayn chose to avoid it. The battle with Laxus had been four months ago. Under the continuous strengthening, although Rayn's physique and magic power had improved by a large margin, he still wouldn't feel good playing a snowball fight with a pure-blood dragon, even if he wouldn't vomit blood.
"I want to sleep in it!"
Kanna, who was already looking forward to it, naturally would not refuse. She raised her little hands and replied, her eyes already sparkling like stars.
"As long as you like," Rayn did not refuse. After all, Kanna looked like a child, but her main body was a dragon. This temperature was not enough to make her feel uncomfortable.
"Mission... finish it as soon as possible!" Kanna said with a look of full of momentum.
If the mission target was in front of her, Rayn had no doubt that she would directly spit a breath at it to solve it.
"I know, I know. The mission slip provides their information. We can just go directly," Rayn replied, taking out this time's mission slip from his pocket.
Urgent Mission: Exterminate the Dark Guild, Toymaker's Workshop
Mission Rank: B
Client: The mayor of North Peak Town and the surrounding villages
Reward: 180,000 J
Mission Content:
For the past month, children have been disappearing from North Peak Town and several surrounding villages. The children have disappeared from their homes in the dead of night without a sound, and no signs of struggle or forced entry have been left behind. After a preliminary investigation, we have reason to believe that this matter is related to the dark guild 'Toymaker's Workshop,' which is based in the Brago area. It is rumored that this guild is secretive and cruel. We implore a powerful mage to completely exterminate this evil guild, rescue the possibly imprisoned children (if there are any survivors), and eliminate this threat to restore peace to our homes.
Special Warning:
The members of the target guild may possess strange puppet magic or mind control abilities. Mages who accept this mission must be fully prepared and not underestimate the enemy.
In these four months, as Rayn's strength gradually increased and he continued to complete missions, Makarov finally agreed that Rayn could take on B-rank missions just a short while ago. According to the Magic Council's setting, a B-rank mission was already at a level that was harmful to a town. And that dark guild could actually reach this level, so it could be imagined that its strength was definitely not weak.
"Brago area..."
Rayn did not care about that at this time. Instead, his gaze was locked on one of the words, and his eyes flickered slightly. The northern continent here, if he remembered correctly, Gray from the original story seemed to be in this direction. But he didn't know which town specifically.
So, even if Rayn wanted to inform Makarov that Zeref's demon would be resurrected and destroy a town, with the master's personality, Rayn knew that he would believe his words. But what could he do then? He didn't know the name of the town where Gray was, nor did he know the specific time. Could he go from town to town looking for it?
"How did Deliora suddenly revive?"
Putting away the mission slip, Rayn leaned back, crossing his arms and leaning against the back of the chair, his fingertips tapping his arm. As a demon from a book, to say that it happened to appear before the seal was broken and happened to break the seal, although it was not impossible, the probability was too low. But if it was not a coincidence, then it was obvious that someone had done it on purpose.
As for why they wanted to destroy the town, with the inhumane nature of those dark guilds, Rayn really couldn't find a reason why they wouldn't do this. But where they would do it, or when they would do it, without any clues, he really couldn't guess.
In a flash, Rayn thought of another matter that seemed to be happening on the northern continent.
"Brain of the Oración Seis seems to be the director of the magic research institute here?
From its name, one could tell that the Oración Seis was a top dark guild in the future. As the master of a dark guild, Brain would naturally not be working diligently in this research institute. Instead, he was constantly conducting experiments to achieve his own goals. And the materials for the experiments were... children.
"With my current strength, it's obviously not enough to fight Brain."
He was stronger than he was four months ago, but facing Brain, who might be an A-rank or even S-rank mage, was still unlikely.
"Right! Ul seems to be in the northern area too, and Ultear is also a victim!"
Under his lowered eyelids, his bright eyes flickered slightly, and Rayn's mind raced.
Ul, a mage who was skilled in using Ice-Make magic. Her strength and character were already qualified to become one of the Ten Wizard Saints. But because her daughter was born with powerful magic, she could only search everywhere for a cure. In the end, she had no choice but to hand her daughter over to the magic research institute, but the news she received was that her daughter had died.
Of course, this was information used to deceive Ul. Not only did Ultear not die, but on the contrary, her naturally powerful magic was gradually able to be controlled. But Brain was not willing to let such an excellent material just leave like this. Although it did not meet his own requirements, it was a good tool to exchange with other guilds. So, there was the lie to Ul.
"But how can I get her to agree? If I just say it, will she believe me?" Rayn guessed Ul's personality. With her love for her daughter, as long as he gave her a glimmer of hope, she should be willing to give it a try. But that was after accepting the news of Ultear's death. At this point in time, Rayn couldn't be sure if Ul had been deceived yet. After all, if she hadn't been deceived yet, Ultear could only rely on the magic research institute for help, and Ul might not believe his words.
"After completing the mission, I'll find Ul first and explain the situation. If that doesn't work, I'll have Kanna do it," Rayn shook his head and began to plan his next trip.
Regardless of whether Ul would act or not, the matter of the magic research institute had to be resolved. When he didn't have the strength, Rayn could choose to be a bystander. But with the strength to turn things around, he couldn't just stand by and watch the actions of the magic research institute.
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