Castlevania of the Pigeons from Fairy Tail

Chapter 73 The Changing Bonfire

The blazing bonfire brought warmth and comfort to Erza. She knew that she couldn't relax in the "Castle Castle" surrounded by wolves, but she couldn't help but feel a little happy at this time.

However, the smoke and fire still irritated her eyes a little. She blinked and adjusted her position uncomfortably.

While working as a slave in the Tower of Paradise, she lost her right eye. Although she later had a magical prosthetic eye installed by a doctor from the Fairy Tail Guild, she could no longer shed tears.

This situation did not change until the "Tower of Paradise" was destroyed. When she finally felt relieved and embraced the freedom in her heart, her right eye could shed tears like a normal eye.

It should be a good thing that the eyes can shed tears normally, right?

Erza reached out, wanting to use the power of the bonfire to heal her wounds.

She was only slightly injured, but since there was a bonfire nearby, why not use it?

However, just as her fingers placed on the leaping flames, a strong intuition made her quickly retract her hand and look in a certain direction.

A spot of light appeared on the stone wall in the corner of the campfire camp. Immediately, it quickly spread into a halo, as if it wanted to cover the entire campfire camp, and flew towards the center.

what is that? !

Erza heard exclamations from the crowd on the other side. She turned around and found that such a halo had appeared on that side as well.

The two halos finally merged between the campfire beside Erza and the stone wall above. Looking from the side, it looked like they were going to cut the entire campfire camp in half.

They were still for a moment, then suddenly shrank into a tiny speck of light in the air, falling down and landing in the bonfire.

call--

Flames surged, smoke and dust spread, and sparks danced brilliantly.

Erza coughed a few times and waved the dust in the air with her hands. When her vision became clearer, she looked at the bonfire whose flames had dwindled again, but she didn't notice anything different.

What's going on? What just happened?
She couldn't see anything unusual about the campfire, and looked around the entire campfire camp. Except that the people in the camp were more panicked, there was no difference from before.

However, her intuition told her that something must have changed.

Erza once again tentatively reached her hand over the bonfire, and at this moment, words like "ancient book magic" appeared before her eyes.

「Rest: Restore some vitality」

"Forging: Slightly enhance combat power"

"Memory: Obtaining the Ruby Key"

Erza opened her eyes wide. Since she was captured and taken to Castlevania, she had used the bonfire more than once or twice, and this kind of change had never happened before.

In other words, the halo just now changed the bonfire, so it is obvious who the halo belongs to.

But why did the "Demon King" Endymion change the bonfire and give us two functions besides "resting"?

Erza's injuries were not serious, so she didn't have to rush to "rest". She planned to try her other two abilities first.

This is because she doesn't know whether she can choose only one of the three options or all three, so she has to act with caution.

The effect of "Forging" was simple and clear, but it was "Memories" that made Erza feel unclear.

"Ruby Key"? What's the use of it? Is it to open a door? Speaking of "door", Erza couldn't help but think of the "Sealed Gate", the gate that the "Fairy Tail Tenrou Group" must open.

Could it be that the "Ruby Key" is related to the "Sealed Door"?
Erza finally chose "Memories", and soon, the "Ruby Key" was in her hand. It was a key that looked like a red arrow.

Soon, another line of text appeared.

"Relic Ruby Key: One of the three keys required to open a certain door"

Erza gave a look that said, "As expected." But where were the other two keys?
When she raised her head again, "Rest" and "Forge" had disappeared.

It really is just a choice of three.

Erza stroked the Ruby Key in her hand, hoping it would be useful in the future, and then put it away.

The people around who were secretly observing Erza were looking at her evasively. She felt a little uncomfortable, so she stood up from the campfire. This action scared everyone back and made them hide behind cover.

It seems that I should leave here as soon as possible. They are always afraid of me... No, perhaps they are afraid of being killed by my sword, and then being forced to fall into the cemetery and start over.

What they are actually afraid of is the mechanism of "Castlevania".

This also triggered some thoughts in Erza.

She knew that the "Fairy Tail Tenrou Group" was in "Castlevania".

Among them, Gildarts, President Makarov, Mirajane, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Gajeel, Felide and others certainly don't need to worry.

These people are the elite of "Fairy Tail". Even if they are alone in "Castlevania", they can take care of themselves.

But not everyone is as powerful as them, such as Lisanna, Levy, Charlu, Happy and other members.

This was not the first time Erza had climbed to the second floor. Even she couldn't easily break through the two "bosses" of the second floor - Preshito and Brunoth, let alone them.

If Erza wants to defeat them and enter the third level, she currently has two ideas.

The first is to become strong enough to defeat Preshito and Brunoth through training, practicing, and collecting "relics".

The second way is to wait for your partner in front of the gate of the "Boss's Palace", because the "Boss's Palace" allows up to three people to enter at the same time. Three against one is always more likely to win than one against one.

However, the disadvantage of the second method is that Erza doesn't know how long she has to wait for the "challenger" to arrive, nor does she know which "challenger" will arrive. Everything is unknown.

In addition, the "elites" on the second floor also caused Erza considerable trouble.

Even if it was the "Seven Families of Purgatory", she would have to pay some price to win. For example, Zudir just now was quite tired for some reason and was easy to deal with.

Fighting alone is never sustainable... She quickly thought of some rules of "Castlevania".

Perhaps Fairy Tail should try to establish a stable foothold in every campfire camp, just like the people here.

Then, some members continued to climb, collecting various information about "Castlevania" and finding a way to rescue everyone.

Another group of members stayed at each campfire stronghold to ensure all logistical supplies. Even if the members who continued to climb died in battle and were reborn, they would be able to obtain the necessary supplies as quickly as possible...

Erza seriously thought about these future plans, and planned to spread and implement them after meeting more members of the "Tenrou Group".

(End of this chapter)