A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

Chapter 523

Several other people who were also named came over. At this moment, Gray and Lucy were standing behind Natsu, peeking and actively reading aloud to Yang Lei, Erza, and the short Wendy.

"The client is Warold Sinken? That name sounds familiar, but I can't quite place where I've heard it before."

Lucy was torn between the two.

"He is one of the Ten Wizard Saints, and also one of the Four Heavenly Kings because he is ranked third."

Just then, before Yang Lei, who was also one of the Four Heavenly Kings, could speak, Makarov revealed Sinken's identity.

With Serena, the first-ranked god, defecting, the rankings behind him naturally moved up one place. Sinken, who was originally ranked fourth, became third, and Yang Lei became one of the Four Heavenly Kings because of this.

In fact, if Yang Lei wanted to, he could have reached the top spot at any time, but he was too lazy to compete for these empty titles.

He wouldn't have actively sought the titles of the Ten Holy Ones and the Four Heavenly Kings if the council hadn't bestowed them upon him.

It wasn't just him; all the mages in the guild thought the same way, like Makarov and Gildarts. They couldn't possibly lose to Kyura.

However, one of them was merely maintaining his title of one of the Ten Holy Ones, without making any move even after Kumarajiva became one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

The other one isn't even one of the Ten Holy Ones.

In reality, these empty titles are useless. When it comes to fighting, what matters is each other's strength, and it has nothing to do with who you are.

If your identity prevents you from taking action, it only shows that your enemy is too weak.

Take Yang Lei for example. No matter if the enemy is the entire dragon race or an ordinary person, he will never show mercy once he makes a move.

Once someone becomes an enemy, he'd dare to kill even the King of Heaven himself.

So, what's the use of these empty titles? They're just for showing off, aren't they?

As for Fairy Tail right now, whether it's Laxus, Erza, Natsu, Gajeel, Gray, or the others, they all already possess the strength of the Ten Wizard Saints.

They simply never intended to obtain that title.

All this is to tell everyone that all titles are useless and empty names; only strong personal strength can be relied upon.

"Since it was him who issued the mission, I'd like to see what it is."

Yang Lei chuckled lightly, feigning ignorance. After thinking for a moment, he glanced at Freya but said nothing.

Don't blame him for being selfish; after more than seven years of getting along, he has long regarded Freya and Yukino as his own daughters.

So, although he already knew that this mission would be related to Sun Village, which was Freya's hometown, he didn't say anything more in order not to lose his obedient daughter.

Just like how he never took the initiative to mention Sora to Yukino.

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For most people, the Four Heavenly Kings are quite famous, especially since Shinken is one of the founders of Fairy Tail. In the end, even the First Generation appeared and urged Shinken to go and ask him what had happened.

And so, Yang Lei and his group quickly set off, and rushed to Sinken's location at the theoretically fastest speed of 620.

Sinken's home is on a mountain in a range of mountains. Because it is far from human habitation, it is very secluded and is indeed a good place to retire and live in seclusion.

At the mountaintop, nestled among a few small trees, stands an ordinary-looking little wooden cabin—this is the home of Warlord Sinken, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.

It's hard for outsiders to believe that such a powerful figure would live in such a remote, ordinary, and dilapidated mountain village.

But Yang Lei could understand this sentiment.

If one day he can settle down, I believe he will take his wives to live in seclusion in a remote mountain village.

It's not for showing off, it's just to avoid being disturbed by others and worldly affairs.

Another point is that living in the city is indeed more noisy, especially for people with greater strength who have more sensitive senses.

"Come on in."

The group reached the top of the mountain and, without stopping, Yang Lei led the way to the door of the cabin.

"Bang bang."

Yang Lei raised his hand and knocked on the door twice. After waiting for a moment and receiving no response from inside, he gently pushed the door open on his own.

The group entered the house and saw that it was filled with all kinds of flowers and plants.

And not far away, by the window, a person was standing there watering a pot of flowers with a small pot.

“Mr. Sinken?”

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As a dead old man over a hundred years old, Warlord Sinken gave everyone a full experience of what it means to be unserious, ahem.

I won't go into the details of the process, but apart from Yang Lei, Erza and the others were exhausted as if they had gone through a major battle.

It's not anything else, but mainly because Sinken always speaks in half-finished sentences and always makes jokes, which makes them feel mentally exhausted.

Thankfully, Sinken wasn't joking the whole time; he did explain the mission in detail and then sent him off to the pine tree.

Upon arriving at Sun Village, Erza and her companions were taken aback by the sheer size of the giants there; it was the first time they had ever seen such enormous beings.

Compared to the giants, Yang Lei, the tallest member of the team, only reached their insteps, about the size of a finger. This shows how terrifying the giants' size was.

The Sun Village arc is just a small chapter; the events that happen here are merely paving the way for the Gates of the Underworld, so we won't go into too much detail.

The story goes something like this: Yang Lei sensed the aura of a demon, left behind the treasure hunter who was after the Eternal Flame, and set off alone, accurately finding several mages from the Dark Guild.

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It turns out that the so-called demonic aura was emanating from these mages. They had been transformed into non-human beings, but they were not powerful demons at all; they were just minor characters.

There's not much to say. Yang Lei's attacks are all instant kills. Not to mention that he learned the evil-slaying magic through the ice of Frozen Sun Village, the god-slaying magic he has already mastered can easily destroy demons.

He certainly knows dragon-slaying magic, but it has a weakness: he's afraid he might turn into a dragon, so he doesn't use it often.

Actually, you don't need so-called lost magic; ordinary magic is enough to kill demons and dragons.

However, adding the prefixes "destroy gods" or "destroy evil" can increase the power of the magic.

This is like Sage Technique versus regular Ninjutsu. For the same Fire Release technique, Sage Technique is definitely more powerful than regular Fire Release.

After Yang Lei dealt with the mages from those dark guilds, Natsu and Gray had already melted the Eternal Flame together. As for the treasure hunters, they were no match for Erza and her companions, who were far stronger than in the original story.

The following plot is similar to the original story; the Eternal Flame is still the same fire dragon that emerged from the Eclipse Gate.

With Wendy's magical assistance, the fire dragon regained some of its senses. Unfortunately, after being frozen, it was finally going to die, as it was already just a remnant of its soul.

Before dying, the fire dragon released its last bit of heat to thaw the frozen Sun Village, thus concluding the Sun Village arc.

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Meanwhile, in a city not far from Crocus, the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore, the prosperity of the city was no less than that of Crocus, thanks to the presence of the Council headquarters.

But this morning, something happened in the council.

A guy claiming to be the Gates of Hell broke into the Council headquarters and caused chaos, killing all the council members except for the Speaker and Ajma.

Yajima was the high-ranking councilor who frequently defended Fairy Tail at council meetings. He narrowly escaped death because he was out on an inspection tour.

The once magnificent headquarters of the Council was now a ruin, and countless troops inside had been killed or wounded.

This is a major event. In the Kingdom of Fiore, the Council is the second most important institution after the state.

But today they were all wiped out, leaving countless civilians heartbroken and devastated.

However, the news has not yet spread, and only local residents know about it. By the time newspapers learn of the news and urgently publish additional articles to spread it far and wide, it will be the next day.

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As for Yang Lei, they returned to Xin Ken's place that afternoon. Although the giants were very enthusiastic and wanted to hold a banquet for them, they declined.

The main reason was that Yang Lei didn't want to stay, because he felt a little embarrassed that he had taken the giants' daughter away.

But he also treated Freya as his own daughter, and he would never give her up, absolutely not.

After returning to Sinken and explaining the mission, Sinken left behind some food and chatted with the young fairies.

When the fishy smell of the fishy smell suddenly became apparent, it startled the fish.

But after they heard Shinken's understanding of the guild and his recognition of Mavis's beliefs, they were convinced that this was the way Fairy Tail mages lived.

I forgot to mention that the Sink's hot spring was originally a mixed-gender bathing area, but Yang Lei certainly didn't want his girlfriend to be seen by others, so he placed two huge wooden planks across the hot spring to divide it into three small areas.

Sinken, Naz, Gray, and Habi were in one area.

Lucy, Wendy, Charlotte, and Gilly are in one area.

Then Yang Lei and Erza were alone in one area.

These wooden planks can only block out the fishy smell and prevent those stinky old men from seeing things they shouldn't see, but they can still talk and communicate.

After talking with the old devil, Master Sinken, and soaking in the hot springs for a while, B set off on his journey that night. Sinken used a tree to send him back to Magnolia Town at an extremely fast speed.

He had used this method to send Yang Lei and the others to Sun Village before. As for how they returned from Sun Village, don't forget that Yang Lei was there too.

Upon returning, since all the guild members had gone home, Yang Lei and his group disbanded on the spot. Ignoring everyone else, the two of them held hands, with Erza carrying Gilly in one arm, and walked home.

For Erza now, she no longer lives in the guild's dormitory. Yang Lei's house is her house now, and she even controls the finances of Yang Lei's house, acting like the mistress of the house.

Nothing was said that night, and they got up early the next morning.

Yang Lei and Erza first went to the gym (Wang Ma's) that Yang Lei had converted on the second floor for a morning workout, then went to wash up, and then had breakfast.

Don't get me wrong, their so-called morning exercise was real morning exercise, it was just the two of them fighting with knives or something, don't get the wrong idea.

Some things that can't be described were done last night, why wait until morning?

Of course, if you sometimes have the need in the morning, there's no need to go to the gym. Can't you do it in the bedroom? Ahem.

While we were having breakfast, Yukino and Freya, whom we hadn't seen the night before, got up, along with Gilly.

Now Geely lives alone. There's no way around it; when Yang Lei and Erza lived together, it wasn't very convenient to have her sleep with them.

After having breakfast together, the whole family headed to the guild together.

When they arrived at the guild, they suddenly noticed that something was wrong. The usually bustling guild was unusually quiet today. What was going on?

"The Council has been destroyed!"

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This morning, news of the destruction of the council finally spread.

"The council has been wiped out?"

At this moment, all the mages in the Fairy Tail guild were startled.

That's the Council, an institution second only to the royal family, and for each guild, it's the highest command center.

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Without the Magic Council, there would be no distinction between legitimate and dark guilds, and the magical world would have descended into chaos long ago.

It is precisely because of the guidance and supervision of the council that the guilds of the Kingdom of Fiore are so law-abiding.

But today, the Council was destroyed by Tartaros. Not only Fairy Tail, but all the other guilds that belong to the official guild faction were shocked when they received this news.

"The Gates of the Underworld, the Nine Ghost Gates?"

Makarov gripped the intelligence report tightly in his hand and shouted angrily, "What exactly do they want? Do they want to start a war?"

"It seems so."

Yang Lei had already arrived and taken the intelligence letter from Makarov's hand. When he saw the news that a single person had taken down the council, he couldn't help but snort.

He had known this principle for a long time: so-called empty fame is of no use whatsoever. Without real strength, you can't do anything, and you don't even have the right to live.

However...

Yang Lei sneered inwardly: "Since you 873 are taking other people's lives, don't blame others for taking yours in return."

"A demon? How laughable!"

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Besides Fairy Tail, other guilds also received the news. After being shocked by the destruction of the guild council, the guild leaders of each guild contacted each other.

The main guilds involved are Fairy Tail, Mermaid Heel, Boa Hancock, Four-Headed Hound, and Blue Pegasus. The other guilds were terrified, as they were too weak to be of any help.

Swordbite Tiger suffered the same fate. With Jeman leading three top fighters to join Fairy Tail, this once-prosperous guild completely declined and became a second-rate guild that drifted with the tide.

Because of the urgency of the situation, the execution efficiency of the team was still very high. They gathered in Fairy Tail around 1 p.m., accompanied by elites from various guilds.

"The Gates of the Underworld are courting death. Since they dare to start a war, let's join forces and wipe them out."