"In short, 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 ahead of us, our trip will be in vain and the president will be embarrassed."

Erza and Rhodes were discussing the details of the mission on the train.

Because the two presidents were fighting each other at the regular meeting, showing off their young mage, they started arguing and 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 for nothing. The winner takes all. 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 bloody battles took place between the three countries before the Kingdom of Fiore became a permanent neutral country.

That 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 and there is still no 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 you are looking for this time may be this kind of item.

It is said that the person who gets this sword will gain enough power to withstand thousands of troops alone. The souls of people killed by this sword will not be freed. People 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, and they thought they had invaded its territory, so they attacked it. It was a fluke that they survived.

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.

Poisonous 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 didn’t want others to disturb or rob me, I pretended 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... thought it was possible for these feudal superstitions.

Because there really are ghosts and souls in this world, and there are even corresponding magics.

Just like the "urban legend" magic used by Kiko in the guild, he can collect the spirits wandering around Magnolia and drive them to fight.

It is not surprising at all that several powerful undead appear on ancient battlefield sites, especially those visited by magicians. There is no need to panic when encountering undead, just attack normally.

If it is a special undead that ordinary attacks are ineffective, 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 sense in the wizarding world.

…

We didn't encounter any trouble on the way. Erza had prepared quite a lot of food this time. Rhodes ate and drank along with him, which was very worry-free.

By the time the two arrived at the village where the client was located, 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 in the 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 can you please tell us about the situation in detail?"

"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.

"The thing 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.

In our village alone, five people have been injured, 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 supplies for the army, 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 were killed by him because they did not listen to their opinions. As a result, many people in the army became dissatisfied and finally attacked him on the battlefield.

Some people also say that those subordinates made sneak attacks in order to gain the general's power.

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 how to kill innocent people. If it is obtained by the undead, it will be even worse.

It’s terrible.”

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-headed hound was.

"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 four-headed S-class magician, Drunken Eagle, and Bugs."
Chapter completed!