Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

"Dark magic..."

Henia muttered to himself, looking at the underground passage leading into the unknown darkness before him, and a feeling of disgust instinctively arose in his heart.

Clearly, this is the instinctive resistance of living beings to dark magic.

When discussing the term "dark magic" in the Fairy Tail world, one cannot help but mention Zeref.

Zeref once angered the god Ankhseram by researching forbidden magic, and was thus burdened with a terrible curse.

From then on, the more Zeref valued life, the more everything around him would perish, while he himself would live forever due to the curse.

In his agony, Zeref tried to end his own life, but due to the curse of the god Ankhseram, he was unable to do so. So he created a demon, hoping to use the demon's hand to kill himself, but he ultimately failed.

Black magic was born in this process, and because of Zeref's own curse, black magic also acquired this curse-like property on living beings.

However, later generations did not know the reason behind it; they only saw Zeref's power, his immortal life, and the terrifying demons he created.

As a result, black magic became the target of pursuit for many ambitious individuals.

They yearn for the same power and immortality as Zeref.

Clearly, former branch manager Richie was such a person.

"No wonder that old ghost deliberately put on a kind face in public; it turns out he really was hiding a dark secret..."

Combining the discoveries here with Henia's childhood memories, he also figured out the reason for Richie's strange behavior back then.

The other party was secretly researching black magic, and it's highly likely that their purchase of him from slave traders was also related to their research into black magic.

Thinking of this, Henia took a deep breath, slowly gathering her magic power to guard against possible dangers. Then she raised her hand and released a simple illumination spell before stepping into the underground passage.

He wanted to go down and see if he could find any other clues.

Although black magic is dangerous, it is highly likely that this kind of magic has a significant connection with the gods.

Henia showed great interest in anything related to God.

However, when Henia carefully made her way through the underground passage to the secret room that Richie had secretly built, she did not find anything useful.

Only some traces of black magic remained in the secret chamber that could not be cleaned up; the relevant research data and materials had already been moved away by Richie.

Henia was not too disappointed by this.

He wasn't in a hurry to explore the secrets of black magic and the gods of the Fairy Tail world; he had only come down to take a look since he had happened to come across them.

His immediate priority is to sort out his own magic system as soon as possible.

After gaining access to the power of the Black Mist Space, Henia's strength underwent a dramatic transformation.

The ordinary earth magic he had learned from the magic book was no longer applicable to him.

The lightning magic he used to deal with the Phantom Lord's branch was simply something he conjured up on the spot, based on his instincts and the rudimentary magical knowledge he had previously learned.

He can do well in beating noobs, but if he wants to achieve something greater, he can't be satisfied with what he has now.

He needs to learn higher-level magic and related knowledge to perfectly showcase his strength.

The first choice, of course, is still Dragon Slayer Magic.

After all, he has already shared Agumin's power, which can evolve into WarGreymon, and given that he is in the Fairy Tail world, it would be unreasonable not to have some Dragon Slayer magic.

"However, it seems that this Dragon Slayer Magic is not easy to learn on your own."

Henia returned to the ground and stood in the sunlight, muttering to herself.

At this moment, there was no one left around the ruins of the Ghost Division. They had all fled, clearly intimidated by Henia's terrifying strength.

Henia didn't have much attachment to these people, and raised her hand to erase the ghostly emblem from her forearm with magic.

From then on, he had no further connection with the Ghost Guild.

Without lingering, after quickly cleaning up the traces she left behind, Henia swiftly used her powerful physical strength to leave the place.

The main reason for not using magic was to prevent others from tracking down my whereabouts based on any remaining magical traces.

His understanding of magic is too limited right now, making it too difficult to track him back. It's better to just use physical strength directly.

Henia was well aware of the consequences of everything he had done today. First of all, the Ghost Guild would definitely make a big move, and since he had killed many people in public, it was normal for him to be wanted and pursued by the Magic Council.

It's even possible that he could be turned into a dark mage because of the traces of dark magic left in the underground passage.

However, he is not going to focus his main energy on dealing with these trivial matters right now.

His current priority is to quickly master the magic system of the Fairy Tail world.

As for dragon-slaying magic, it can be put on hold for a while.

After all, in this era, learning Dragon Slayer Magic is not easy.

There are generally two ways to learn dragon-slaying magic: one is to be taught by the dragon himself.

Henia rejected this method outright, even though there are still many dragons in the Fairy Tail world, such as the Black Dragon that roams around and the Five Divine Dragons mentioned in the Hundred Years Quest.

However, these dragons often represent huge troubles. Seeking their dragon-slaying magic requires too much thought and effort, and the reward is completely disproportionate to the effort.

The second way to learn Dragon Slayer Magic is through a magic crystal that contains the power of Dragon Slayer Magic.

Henia believes this method is more feasible and cost-effective.

In particular, the original work contains many successful examples from recent years, indicating that there is still a certain amount of magic crystals for dragon slaying magic in circulation.

It's easy to find if you put in a little effort.

"Next, we need to find a large town and buy enough magic books."

As Henia sped along, he thought to himself that he had also collected the grimoires stored in the Ghost branch of Barclay Town when he destroyed it.

Unfortunately, due to Terence's decision, which was driven by a desire for pleasure, most of the magic books in the original branch were sold off, leaving behind mostly common, high-quality ones.

Of these, only one or two were valuable enough to catch Henia's eye.

To acquire more magical knowledge, you'll need to go to larger towns to purchase it.

If he doesn't want to cause trouble later due to wanted notices or other reasons, he needs to speed up his actions.

Shortly after Henia left the branch ruins, the residents of Barclay Town and the surviving branch mages finally realized what was happening.

They quickly reported the news to the higher-ups of the Phantom Guild, but because the surviving mages were guilty, the report did not mention much about Henia, and they did not report it to the council in a timely manner.

Some of the branch members who were not harmed even took the initiative to further bury the underground passage that had exposed traces of dark magic.

Thus, by the time the Phantom Lords Guild learned of this news and sent someone down to investigate the damage, it was already five days later.