r18novel Chapter 201: cursed sword
Chapter 201: cursed sword
Chapter 201 The Cursed Sword
"Anyway, the key to the mission is to find a sword and recover or destroy it."
"To be exact, it's a cursed sword, and the four-headed hound will also send an S-class mage and an assistant to compete with us.
If they get the better of us, our trip will be in vain and the president will be embarrassed. "
Erza and Rhodes discussed the details of the mission on the train.
Because the two presidents were fighting each other at the regular meeting and showing off their young wizards, they came up with the idea of a competition.
Goldman proposed to compare with a younger S-class, and Makarov very foolishly proposed to add an assistant below S-class to compare the teamwork ability.
The content of the competition is the task that Rhodes drew this time. If you lose, you will run away. The winner takes all, and you also have to bet on the honor of the guild and the face of the president.
Whichever of the two of them pours wine for whom at the next regular meeting will depend on the outcome this time.
Because there were two S-level magicians working on a task that did not reach S-level, the two presidents were not too worried about safety issues.
They know their magicians well, and even if they are competing, they will not do anything that disregards the safety of the other party.
"There is an ancient battlefield where we are going. It is the place where **** battles took place between the three countries before the Kingdom of Fiore became a permanent neutral country.
The cursed sword may have been born during the war, or it may have been forged for the war. " Rhodes told Erza about the information he had.
Erza has a little bit of historical knowledge: "The Kingdom of Fiore has declared neutrality for more than 160 years, right?"
"Well, it has been 162 years since it was recognized by various countries, and the announcement may be even earlier."
As usual, wars between kingdoms in this world usually start with ordinary soldiers fighting each other.
If it continues for a period of time without a winner, the magician may accept the kingdom's commission to intervene.
The war situation will naturally escalate by then.
If an outstanding magician or a powerful magic item appears, the situation may change drastically by oneself.
The cursed sword we are looking for this time may be this kind of item.
It is said that whoever gets this sword will gain enough strength to withstand thousands of troops by one person. The souls of those killed by this sword will not be freed. Those who are stabbed by this sword will be tortured by pain.
Recently, hunters stabbed by swords have appeared in several villages near the ancient battlefield.
Their wounds took a long time to heal, and they had to find a magician who knew how to lift the curse before they could be saved.
The hunters said that it was the resurrection of the undead on the battlefield. They thought they had invaded its territory, so they attacked it. It was a luck to survive.
If he left it alone, he would have to be wary when going out in the future, so several villages had no choice but to unite and seek help from the magicians.
Poison Ghost Fang once sent a team of three to investigate, but all of them were injured.
According to their reports, after entering the battlefield atmosphere, they only saw a burst of fog rising, and attacks came from all directions.
They couldn't even tell who the enemy was or how many there were.
"According to the information we have now, I guess someone may have found the sword for reasons such as power, and are still looking for other things.
Because I don’t want others to disturb or rob me, I pretend to be attacked by the undead to scare people away. "
Rhodes habitually made inferences based on common sense, but Erza gave another idea:
"It's also possible that the dead are really resurrected and don't want others to disturb them."
The resurrection of the dead, Rhodes has always... considered it possible for these feudal superstitions.
Because this world really has things like ghosts and souls, and even corresponding magic.
Just like the 'urban legend' magic used by Kiko in the guild, he can collect spirits wandering around Magnolia and drive them to fight.
It is not surprising at all that several powerful undead appear on the ruins of ancient battlefields, especially those visited by magicians. There is no need to panic when encountering the undead, just attack normally.
If it is a special undead that ordinary attacks do not work, then there will usually be a 'support object' to maintain its existence, and it can be solved by destroying the support object.
This is common knowledge in the wizarding world.
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There was no trouble on the way. Erza prepared quite enough food this time. Rhodes ate and drank along, which was very worry-free.
By the time the two arrived at the client's village, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon.
Rhodes and Erza made some inquiries and easily found the village chief's house.
"Hello, we are the magicians of Fairy Tail, and we are here to handle your request."
"A magician?" the village chief asked doubtfully, "But someone has already come here this morning, saying he is a magician with four hounds..."
Rhodes and Erza looked at each other.
They moved fast enough, and the four hounds themselves were closer than Fairy Tail.
Facing the client's doubts, Rhodes patiently explained: "Your request is quite special, so our two guilds sent magicians at the same time.
This time we are here with the determination to solve your problem. So could you please tell us more about the situation? "
"Of course." The village chief couldn't ask for this kind of thing. Anyway, they only need to pay a reward, and the more magicians come, the better.
Moreover, the two people in front of me are very serious and look much more reliable than the previous two.
"It started half a month ago. Nothing so strange had ever happened before, but half a month ago anyone who came close to that area would be attacked.
Five people have been injured in our village alone, and there are more in neighboring villages.
When I was a child, I heard my grandfather say that his grandfather told him about the great war that happened there.
At that time, there was a cruel general in the Severn Kingdom. He killed many innocent civilians in order to raise military supplies, causing panic among the people nearby.
But because he was good at fighting and could boost his morale by defeating one against a hundred on the battlefield, the king never blamed him.
However, some people heard that his power was borrowed from a sword, and his personality became increasingly violent due to the influence of the sword.
Later, not only civilians, but also his subordinates would be killed by him because they did not listen to their opinions. So many people in the army became dissatisfied and finally attacked him on the battlefield.
Some people also say that those subordinates attacked secretly in order to gain the power of the general.
But since then, the sword has been stained with more resentment and has become an ominous cursed sword. No matter who gets it, it will become a monster that only knows **** innocent people. If the undead gets it, it will be even more terrifying. "
Erza asked: "Has anyone seen the appearance of the undead with their own eyes?"
The village chief said: "Everyone will see a fog when they are attacked. It can only be the undead."
Rhodes asked about the locations of several attacks and the injuries sustained by the hunters.
Finally, he asked who the four hounds were.
"One of the two was drunk, and the other's dress and demeanor... didn't look very mature."
The village chief said it more euphemistically. In fact, he wanted to say that he looked like a little gangster, but that was not a good word for the wizard.
Erza thought for a while and said, "The drunk one should be the S-class magician with four hounds, Drunken Eagle, and Bugs."
(End of chapter)