Castlevania of the Pigeons from Fairy Tail

Chapter 21 The Wizard and the Devil's Gate
The members of Demon Heart were all shocked and suspicious, but only Preshito was still sitting upright in his chair. He stretched out his hand and waved it with an unchanged expression. The screen in front of the airship unfolded and played the scene in front.

When they saw this, their faces turned pale with horror.

Right in front of the airship, a huge, churning black vortex appeared at some point, sucking in all the surrounding dark clouds and lightning.

The airship was affected by the black vortex and was quickly pulled in.

Preshito frowned and quickly pulled the joystick. The airship did show signs of turning, but the black vortex was too close, and it was almost impossible for the airship to turn around before being sucked in.

"Open the ship's hatch and let me handle it!" As the situation was urgent, Brunotte immediately ran to the hatch.

“It’s too late.” Urrutia raised his hands, closed his eyes, and concentrated. “Let me do it!”

She drove the time arc, trying to make everything around her go back a few minutes. If she could dissolve the black vortex, that would be the best.

However, for some reason, the black vortex just showed signs of disintegrating, but it immediately recovered.

Urrutia opened his eyes and saw this scene. His face turned pale. "How is this possible? My time arc is not working?"

Preshito, who was sitting upright, pondered for a moment before revealing the truth:

"This is extremely powerful spatial magic... Time and space, time and space, are one and the same. Moreover, the caster is far more powerful than you and seems quite familiar with time magic."

Brunotte walked back from the hatch, his face grim. "Are we just going to sit here and wait for death?"

Preshito waved his hand and said:

"All magic has a bias. Space magic sacrifices lethality for its powerful control and shaping abilities. Otherwise, the airship would be destroyed immediately."

"In spatial magic, rules are everything. I seem to have guessed why the gate to Hades disappeared... Let's go in and see who's behind this and what's going on."

While Preshito was speaking, the airship was completely shrouded in the shadow of the black vortex. The entire airship began to spin towards the center of the black vortex and gradually entered it.

After a long time, with a loud bang of forced landing, the Trident airship of the Demon Heart crashed into the black soil of the cemetery room, and stopped after making a squeaking friction sound.

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The hatch outside the airship opened, and the people from Demon Heart walked out, observing the dark space, and soon noticed a standing stone tablet in front and two large doors behind.

"Interesting." Preshito stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "Let's go and take a look."

Urrutia was a little absent-minded. After the time arc stopped working, she suddenly thought of a key point: how did the owner of this black vortex lock the position of the Demon Heart airship?
It seems the only answer is that Urrutia's return to the Demon Heart exposed his whereabouts.

This is indeed very likely. Although Ultear pretended to be the main person in charge of the Magical Spirit Power in the Magic Council, someone might have already set their sights on her.

"Urrutia?" Melty came over and took her hand, asking with concern, "What's wrong with you? Why are you daydreaming?"

“No, nothing.” Urrutia had no intention of revealing this possibility.

Precito glanced at Urrutia with his unblinded eye, then led the group to the stone tablet. It took several minutes for everyone to read the tablet's contents, and many felt a surge of anger at having been fooled.

"Who does this so-called 'Demon King' think he is?" Brunotte punched the stone tablet, and the stone tablet cracked, but then quickly recovered.

Bruno was shocked. Although he didn't use his full strength just now, the wind from his punch was enough to shatter the stone tablet. How come the stone tablet in front of him not only did not break, but only had a small crack and then recovered?

It was the knowledgeable Preshito who saw the clue: "No need to waste magic power. This 'Demon King' is probably a master of space magic. The entire Demon Castle is his masterpiece."

"When our magic strikes stone tablets, walls, or other objects that could damage the castle, most of the power will be transferred through space, leaving only a small amount."

"How could someone do such a thing?" Bruno was surprised.

"If the disappearance of the Gate of Hell is related to the 'Demon King' and his Castle of Demons, then it's not surprising that he could do such a thing," said Preshito.

At this moment, a large amount of magic power suddenly gathered above the dark cemetery room, so that when the Demon Heart members reacted, it was already too late.

A black arm reached down, and its sharp nails suddenly pierced into the Demon Heart Airship. With a click, it lifted the iron cover.

Preshito couldn't hide his shock and shouted, "Oh no! It's targeting my heart!"

Sure enough, there was another click, and the giant hand took out a huge device with sparks still flashing from the airship and quickly stretched it back.

The members of Demon Heart each cast their own magic, but were completely unable to catch up with the giant hand. They could only watch as the giant hand, carrying the "heart", disappeared into the cemetery room.

Brunote and the Seven Followers of Purgatory were unable to stop it, and could not help but look at Preshito in fear. Sure enough, they saw that Preshito had a hideous face.

That "heart device" is the key to his longevity and strength. Now that it has fallen into the hands of the "Demon King" and Demon Castle, there are many things he cannot decide.

"Alright, alright!" Preshito laughed in anger. "He wants to play Castlevania, so we'll play Castlevania with him and see if he can live up to the title of 'Demon King'!"

Since Preshito said this, it means that the Demon Heart Guild's next move has been decided.

Urrutia calmed down, pointed to the two gates ahead, and asked, "Lord Hades, there are two gates here. Which one should we choose?"

The two closed doors are engraved with "Mage's Gate" and "Devil's Gate" respectively.

Preshito tried to hide his anger, but his face already showed the fatigue of losing his "heart". He said:
"If the stone tablets had no tricks, then they would symbolize two paths. One path would allow you to gain increasingly powerful magician abilities, and the other path would allow you to gain increasingly powerful demonic abilities."

"As far as I know, demons use cursed energy, which is completely different from the magic we use. Is this really possible?" Urrutia asked in confusion.

"Have you forgotten what we seek?" said Preshito.

Urrutia and the others were stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "'The Only Magic'!"

(End of this chapter)