Fairy's Chess Game

Chapter 124
In the castle of High Berrien, it has been relatively lively recently.Because in addition to the few residents who were originally there, there were two more people.

In order to recuperate from their injuries, Woz and Mirajane had to live in the castle for a week.

In this encounter with Hades' Gate, both of them were seriously injured.Even with the help of Heiberian's powerful blood magic to heal the wound, Mirajane's four sword wounds have not healed completely for a long time, and her powerful self-healing ability as a demon has not grown new skin. The wound was still a dark red blood scab that would burst if he moved too much.

So she can only try to avoid violent movements recently, but fortunately this does not affect her daily actions.

In the main hall of the castle, Mirajane, with her long silver-white hair hanging behind her, walked in with a tray in her homely manner.

After the previous battle, Mirajane's mood suddenly became much better.Perhaps it was due to the restoration of strength, or in a sense, he and Woz confessed his feelings, although neither of them mentioned their respective thoughts and emotions at that time after that.

After this experience, which can be called the aftermath, Mirajane relaxed her body and mind, and even helped the scarecrow housekeeper prepare tea and cooking with great interest.

After living in the castle for a long time, Mirajane found that there was really no one else here except the cat and the scarecrow butler.The cat is a wayward pet, and usually doesn't care about anything. All the housework and logistics of the entire castle are completely handled by the almighty scarecrow housekeeper.After living here for a few days, Mirajane felt that she was recovering well. She felt ashamed to live here for free like a cat, so she took the initiative to share some of the housework.

Outside the castle at this time, there was a rare rainstorm in the desert, and the sky was overcast for a whole day.But in the living room, the burning fireplace is more warm and cozy.

The cat lay lazily on a cushion by the fireplace, dozing happily.Woz also sank his body into the soft sofa, his face pale.

This time Woz was really hurt.In order to desperately use the incompletely developed Zealot's Curse, he almost emptied his own blood. Afterwards, with the help of Heiberian and his own blood magic, he recovered the blood in his body, but he used it in the same way as the first aid. His universal blood type had a strong rejection reaction, and after tossing for a long time, he still looks listless until now.

"Supper is here." Mirajane called out with a smile, and the cat's ears pricked up in a nap, and it immediately got up.

Woz also raised his body: "Thank you, thank you for your hard work."

"I'm fine, most of the work is done by Mr. Housekeeper. It's so late, why don't you go to rest?"

"Cats are nocturnal." The cat said vaguely with food in its mouth.

Woz looked out the window: "Hey Berrien left suddenly just now. I always felt that something was going to happen, so I wanted to wait."

The girl was surprised: "What else is there? It can't be an attack from the gate of Hades, right?"

To be honest, this guild, which is at the pinnacle of the dark guild, has made her deeply fearful.Even if she is as conceited as a demon, she has to admit the difference in strength between herself and Jiuguimen.

Woz frowned: "It shouldn't be them...but let's wait and see."

Seeing him hesitate to speak, Mirajane knew that he must have known something a long time ago, but she didn't directly point it out.But Mirajane didn't bother to ask, she would always know what she should know.

She also sat on the sofa with a soft pillow and listened to Woz tell stories with the cat.

Ever since she knew about Woz's magic book, the cat suddenly thought that Woz had countless interesting stories, and started pestering him to tell stories whenever he had time.

An empty castle is never fun for a feisty cat.

In this regard, Woz sighed silently for a long time.But when it comes to stories, he really has quite a few.Collecting all the written materials that can be accessed, Woz's magic book is the most comprehensive collection of stories in the world.As long as he was willing, it would be trivial to tell the cat about One Thousand and One Nights.

Anyway, idle is idle, and Mirajane is also very interested.Woz opened the book with dignity.

"Today's story is...huh?" Woz suddenly stopped and turned to look out the window.

Not only him, but both the cat and Mirajane also felt a wave of magic power palpitating at the same time.In other words, all mages who have reached a certain level on the mainland have felt this strange fluctuation of magic power.

Although they don't know the specific reason, after seeing Woz's action, both of them turned their eyes out of the window at the same time.

What can I see outside the window?Isn't it cloudy and rainy?Still in the middle of the night...

But when the two women looked over, a dazzling blue light streaked across the sky, tearing apart the thick dark clouds in the sky.The bright moonlight then cast down, covering the earth with a layer of silver.

But that weird blue light still exists, the main body is a towering blue beam of light in the distance, the dazzling beam of light is like a bridge connecting heaven and earth, and it contains the magic power of Pangbo that moves all magicians.And the terrifying power hidden under that beautiful appearance!
"Elf magic power!" Woz murmured, seeing the launch of this strategic weapon with his own eyes, the shock produced far exceeded his previous assumptions.

"I didn't expect you to know the existence of elf magic power!" Heiberian's voice came from behind.

Woz nodded: "Of course I'm interested in the black technology product of this magical man-made railgun."

"...What?" Heiberian certainly didn't understand what Woz said.

The cat greeted: "Master, are you back?"

"Actually, I didn't go out either. I just held a teleconference with the mind body... The bad thing is that the Senate was destroyed by someone and the magical power of the elves was deliberately activated."

Upon hearing this heavy news, Mirajane asked in surprise, "How could it be? The Senate was destroyed? Did the Barham League attack?"

"No, it's actually a traitor." Heiberian's expression turned ugly, "One of the councilors, one of the Holy Ten, Zikerine, is a dark mage!"

"...uh, Gerald?" Woz asked.

"How do you know his real identity?" Heiberian looked at Woz in surprise.

Woz was even more surprised: "Hasn't he always been Gerald? Doesn't everyone in the Senate know?" He asked back, both true and false.In fact, Woz himself forgot that Gerald, who was undercover in the Senate, had a pseudonym, but he has always called him Gerald directly, so Woz still doesn’t know Gerald to other people. Surprised by his real name.

In this regard, High Berrien can only feel helpless.

After looking at it for a while, Mirajane also lost interest, but found that Woz was still staring at the beam of light that had begun to dissipate, and couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? Does Woz care about that?"

"I don't know what's going on with Erza and the others."

Mirajane: "Huh? No way? Although Erza and the others are very good at getting into trouble, it can't be such a coincidence, right?"

Woz looked down at the book in his hand: "Just before the wizard's magic power was activated. The amulet I gave Erza was destroyed!"

"..." Mirajane was silent for a moment, "Contact the guild immediately to confirm! Woz, can your communication magic work?"

"I only gave Rabby and Mistergang two people."

Mirajane tied her hair up, with a capable look: "Then ask Rebby, is Erza's team in the guild. I want to borrow a communication crystal, and I hope there is someone on duty at the guild's crystal ball."

No need to confirm, Woz knows that Erza's team is there!Originally, in a sense, Woz chose to come here to learn magic just to skip the plot of the Tower of Paradise, and by the way, he chose to take it as a vacation.Who knew that the incident was more dangerous than that, almost he and Mirajane came out vertically and went home lying down.

"We must go home as soon as possible!" After confirming the authenticity of the incident, Mirajane said seriously, but she was very worried about Woz's physical condition.On the one hand, the safety of her guildmates and family members, and on the other hand, Woz's health, put the girl in a dilemma.

"When we contacted the president last time, he told us not to go out casually to prevent us from being attacked by the Dark Guild again." Woz mused, "He said that he would send someone to pick up our two wounded, and he should be waiting for the Erza team. Return... But now it seems that they may not have the time to take us home."

"Then what should I do?" Mirajane was also in trouble. After calming down and thinking about it carefully, she and Woz may not be suitable to return alone at the moment, and the carnival of the dark guild outside has not completely subsided.

"Don't think too much." Woz comforted, "The president will think of a way. If he really needs us to go back, he will always find suitable people to pick us up. After all, Erza and the others are not the only good players in the guild. "

Three days later, the escort team that Woz predicted for Fairy Tail actually arrived.

It is indeed the first-line main force of the guild other than Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy.Led by Kanna, the team includes Elufman, Lebby, and... Iron Dragon Gajeel!

(End of this chapter)