Fairy Tail: I don't want to be the president

Chapter 184 Beast
The place where the mountains and the sea meet on the northern coast of the Kingdom of Fiore should have been a great tourist attraction.

But because of the cold weather and heavy snow in winter, almost no one goes near it for several months.

If you walk southeast from the most suitable sightseeing location, you will enter a fairly large mountain area.

In a remote valley not far from the entrance of the mountain, a simple dwelling was built by someone unknown.

In the outer hall of the residence, four men in black robes were sitting around a small stove, with steam rising from a kettle on the stove.

"I say, Raven and the others will be back soon, right?"

"The three of them are always so slow in doing anything. It actually took them so long to catch a little devil."

"It's better than you killing someone in the street. If it attracts the attention of the Council, we'll be in trouble."

"Those bastards won't be able to find us in ten years, and tonight..."

A few people were chatting idly, and when they mentioned what was going to happen tonight, they all looked expectant.

The plan that has been planned for so long has finally officially begun.

It took a year just to find the place where Kanib was sleeping, and it took several more months to find a way to summon the devil.

In addition, setting up the altar and capturing the sacrifices...

Today their wish is finally going to come true!
By then, no matter whether it is the Council or anything else, don't even think about stopping them.

The world will belong to them!

The sounds of children talking and crying could be heard from the room inside, but the few people turned a deaf ear to it. It should be said that they were used to it.

Just check on him every once in a while and make sure no one dies.

In the room, a dozen children huddled in the corner.

Some children cried quietly because they were afraid. They didn't dare cry loudly because if they cried loudly, they would be whipped by the people outside.

Some children have been caught for a long time and have long been tired of crying. They either lean against the wall in a daze or have fallen asleep. When they wake up, they may continue to cry or look dazed.

The man in black robe just wanted them to stay alive, so he naturally didn't take good care of them, so that the house was filled with an indescribable stench.

Among so many children, there were rarely two who neither cried nor became numb.

"Brother, I'm cold."

"Come closer, squeeze in and you won't be cold anymore."

"Yeah." The little girl squeezed closer to her brother, "Brother, I'm hungry."

The gray-haired boy hugged her and said, "Go to sleep. You won't be hungry when you sleep."

"Yeah." The little girl closed her eyes obediently.

But after a moment, he opened his eyes again: "Brother, why hasn't Liz come back yet?"

"She has gone home. She is the first one to pass the test. Go to sleep quickly. Maybe when she wakes up, we will enter the next level."

"Ah."

The little boy was lying. He had been lying to his sister for a day and a night, saying that this was a test arranged by his parents and the uncles outside.

As long as they pass, they will both be powerful adults, and they will have a cake as big as a wheel to eat when they go back.

As for those children who were beaten with whips and cried, they were just too scared and the uncles were just acting.

He knew it was dangerous here, and Liz...

I'm afraid I'll never come back.

The little boy looked at the dim room. There was no window and the walls were so solid that if he wanted to escape, he could only wait for the bad guys outside to fall asleep.

But last night it was another group of people guarding here and they didn't sleep at all.

Then they will only have a chance when they are taken out like Liz.

I hope I can be taken out with my sister by then.

crunch~
The wooden door was pushed open, and several sleeping children were awakened. Some of them had tears in their eyes, but they dared not cry out loud because the man was holding a whip.

Snapped!
The whip still fell and hit a child who was not awakened.

"stand up!"

"Ah! Wow..."

The child started crying after being hit, but was immediately hit twice more. The pain in his arms and back made him want to cry again, but he didn't dare to cry out loud.

The man in black robes took a quick look to make sure no one was sleeping, and shouted, "Everyone, come out!"

The children, fearing the whip, staggered to their feet.

The gray-haired boy from before carefully pulled his sister into the queue.

Is the opportunity coming?

But when he reached the outer hall, he felt a chill in his heart.

There are at least twenty men in black robes outside, and it would be more than enough for each of them to watch over one person.

The possibility of escape is too low.

The black-robed people drove the children out of their homes and onto the path leading to the altar.

Some children managed to hold on by wearing cotton-padded clothes, but some wore thinner clothes and their lips turned purple from the cold while walking on the road.

The people in black robes didn't care, as long as they didn't freeze to death on such a short journey.

The person who was originally in charge of staying here asked, "It's not even dark yet, why is it suddenly going to be early?"

"The raven hasn't come back yet, and hasn't sent the signal as agreed. It may have been killed. If we delay any further, something might go wrong."

"That idiot... But if we hold the ceremony in advance, what if there are not enough sacrifices? And the time has not come yet."

"The Ghost Boss will find a way to deal with that. At most, he will make Lord Caniber a little weaker when he is summoned, and then he can add a few more high-quality sacrifices."

"So that's how it is... Hey! Those two little brats! Catch them!"

……

"This damn place is really hard to find."

Rhodes used several pieces of clothing he collected from Poppy Town as scent sources for the Shadow Wolves to find.

He himself also took over the Shadow Wolf search for a while.

Unfortunately, I don’t know if it’s because it’s been too long, or the Black Magic Cult has done something to the children, so I can’t smell the children at all.

In the end, I found the altar by trying to smell the blood.

Rhodes and Erza hid on the hillside not far from the altar, using two stone beetles disguised as stones as their cover.

There is less snow on the sunny side of the mountain, so no one notices the two extra rocks.

From their perspective, they saw a high platform built with stones and wood in the valley, with a dark red magic circle painted on it.

With Erza's keen eyesight, she could tell at a glance that it was drawn with blood, but as for whose blood it was...

Erza wished she could go down and chop those bastards up right now.

"It's useless to kill them now. We have to check the situation of the other children first." Rhodes held her shoulders. You can't be impulsive at this time.

"I know." Erza whispered, "Do you have any clues? Why not..."

If Rhode had no other options, she would be more inclined to knock down the people below and interrogate them one by one about their nest.

The river crabs were too conspicuous in this environment, which greatly affected the efficiency of the investigation, but he finally saw the person he was looking for.

"Got it. Someone is heading this way and will be here in a few minutes. The children..." Rhodes gritted his teeth, "They are here too."

What on earth did these beasts do to the children?
(End of this chapter)