"So fast—!!"
Feeling the strong wind directly on her face, Lucy was a little stunned.
Fast! Too fast!
It was like teleportation; in just three seconds, Lucy could only see Qi Yan's tiny back on the railway tracks.
"Wh-What is this?!"
Lucy was bewildered, staring blankly at Erza and Happy: "Is this speed magic? Or teleportation magic?"
Erza shook her head: "Neither. This is just Qi Yan's normal running speed in this form."
"N-Normal running speed? How is this normal?! It's not normal at all!!"
Lucy complained, dumbfounded. What normal person would run to chase a train, especially one that had already departed an hour ago?
Erza said: "We should chase after him too!"
Although she believed Qi Yan could handle it, it would be bad if his magic power ran out.
On the train.
Kageyama handed a three-eyed skull flute to Erigor: "This is it."
"Oh… so this is that forbidden magic, Lullaby…"
"It is said that this flute was originally just an ordinary curse-killing tool, but the great Dark Mage Zeref evolved it into a higher-level magic flute."
"He really… created such a terrifying thing."
"Anyone who hears the sound of this flute will be cursed to death. This is the 'Mass Curse-Killing Magic'—Lullaby!!"
"Oh oh!!"
"As expected of little Kaga!!"
"Now the plan is perfect!!"
Erigor rallied: "It's time to make those old geezers pay the price, revenge for the harm they caused us in the past!! I will make them return it a thousandfold!!"
"Oh oh oh oh oh!!"
Everyone in Iron Forest was very excited. They were about to get rid of those old fogeys. If they accomplished this earth-shattering feat, their Iron Forest would become completely famous. Perhaps they could even become leaders of the Dark Guild in one fell swoop, and then they would gain wealth, status, and reputation.
Soon, everyone casually sat in the train carriages, eating, drinking, and playing, with some near the windows looking at the scenery outside.
Suddenly!
Whoosh——!
A figure suddenly rushed past, causing those who saw it to rub their eyes. When they looked again and saw no one ahead, they confirmed they had just seen wrong.
After all, how could a human possibly run faster than a train?
Whoosh!
Qi Yan stopped in front of the train. Looking at the speeding train, the corners of Qi Yan's mouth curved slightly, revealing a wild and slightly wicked smile.
Qi Yan squatted down, his hands gripping the railway tracks.
"Take off!!"
Qi Yan let out a soft shout.
Immediately after, his body quickly stood up, and the two railway tracks were pulled up by Qi Yan like ropes, carrying the tracks in front of him all continuously lifting from the ground and rushing towards the train.
At this moment, everyone in Iron Forest inside the train was still leisurely eating, drinking, and playing.
Suddenly!!
Everyone felt a terrifying impact.
"Ugh ah ah ah ah!"
"Wah ah ah ah ah!"… Everyone in the train car was thrown into disarray, feeling themselves rushing into the sky.
Outside, the train engine was first flung up by the tracks, followed by the connected carriages behind. Carriage after carriage was lifted, soaring into the sky.
Soon, the ascending speed of the train carriages began to slow, and then they all began to free-fall.
"Ya ah ah ah ah ah!!" … Everyone in the train carriages experienced a feeling of weightlessness again, screaming in terror.
Boom boom boom boom!!!
All the train carriages fell to the ground one by one, stirring up a large amount of dust.
A short while later.
Swish swish!!
Accompanied by two wind blades, a carriage broke open, and Erigor stumbled out of the carriage, leaning on it.
"Damn it! What in the world happened?"
Erigor's face was extremely grim; the recent experience made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Ugh! So painful!"
"What happened? Did the train derail?"
"Damn it! How could something like this suddenly happen?"… Everyone from Iron Forest also emerged from the carriages one after another.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from above: "Yo! Trash of Iron Forest! How are you doing!"
"What?!"
Hearing someone call them trash, everyone immediately glared in the direction of the voice.
Then, they saw a man in a black T-shirt squatting on top of the train engine, which was standing inverted, embedded in the ground.
Erigor's face darkened: "Who are you? Was all of this your doing?!"
The terrain here was flat, so the train couldn't have derailed for no reason. The fact that the other party appeared here and could call out their identity certainly meant this guy was behind it.
"Yes!"
The members of Iron Forest didn't expect Qi Yan to admit it so straightforwardly.
"Kill him!!"
Erigor gave the order. No matter who the opponent was, if he dared to provoke their Iron Forest, he had to die.
One person immediately rushed towards Qi Yan, wielding a magic sword.
"Die for me!"
This person swung his magic sword down towards Qi Yan's head.
Just as everyone thought Qi Yan was about to be split in half.
"So slow!"
Qi Yan suddenly extended two fingers, firmly clamping the blade.
"What?!"
Everyone was greatly astonished to see this.
Then, as Qi Yan clamped the blade, the opponent's body was also easily lifted.
Qi Yan gave a slight flick.
"Ugh ah ah ah ah ah!"
This person was sent flying directly.
"This isn't how you use a sword!"
Pfft!
Before this person's body even landed, Qi Yan's body had already appeared behind him, and the sword in his hand directly pierced through the guy's body from behind.
"Wah ah ah ah ah ah!!"
This person let out a painful scream.
Qi Yan forcefully swung the sword in his hand.
Bang!
This person's body was flung to the ground, and at the same time, the bloodstains on the sword in Qi Yan's hand were also flung off.
For such a guy who wanted to harm the old men, Qi Yan had no intention of holding back. Furthermore, he had inherited the 'Heavenly Restriction' of Fushiguro Toji, and holding back was not his strong suit; killing was his true calling.
"…"
This decisive and cruel scene frightened everyone in Iron Forest, who were members of a Dark Guild. They hadn't even clearly seen how Qi Yan had acted.
Everyone felt an incredibly terrifying killing intent and oppressive aura from Qi Yan. Their bodies couldn't stop trembling. Facing him was like facing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. How many people must he have killed to create such terrifying killing intent?
Qi Yan's gaze was wildly arrogant and aggressive as he looked at everyone in Iron Forest: "Hmm? What's wrong? Weren't you going to make a move and kill me? If you don't make a move, then I will, you know, because my time is quite precious."