Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

Chapter 94 Undercurrents

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you about the Magic Crystal!"

After feeling the force of Henia's stomping on his face lessen, Dennis quickly shouted loudly.

"You should have done this earlier. It would have saved me the trouble of doing it myself."

Hearing this, Henia's expression softened, and she removed her foot from Dennis's face.

Dennis was now terrified of Henia and dared not utter a single objection to her words.

He quickly scrambled to his feet, not daring to straighten up, and knelt on the ground, recounting all the information he knew about the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal.

"Normally, this kind of news wouldn't be able to reach a low-level guild like ours."

Lady Henia, as you know, magic crystals containing dragon-slaying magic can completely transform an ordinary mage into a powerful dragon-slaying mage.

Although the necessary rituals and preparations are required, the allure of dragon-slaying magic far outweighs the risks and costs involved.

After all, Dragon Slayer Magic represents the power of dragons.

Dragon Slayer Magic is a powerful magic created to hunt dragons. It can bypass the dragon's scales and armor to directly hunt the dragon's soul.

To fight dragons, mages need to possess power equal to that of the dragons.

Admittedly, Dragon Slayer Magic is said to possess power equivalent to that of dragons, but the time and effort required to master Dragon Slayer Magic to the point of being able to fight dragons far exceeds that of mastering ordinary magic.

However, the problem remains: once Dragon Slayer Magic is successfully mastered, the basic boost it provides to a mage is still much stronger than that of other spells of the same difficulty level.

Therefore, the appearance of each magic crystal containing dragon-slaying magic can cause quite a stir in the magic world.

And this time, the same applies to the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal that Henia inquired about.

"No one knows how this Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal appeared in the Dark Magic Realm, or how it ended up in our area."

However, this Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal soon sparked more than ten battles of varying sizes.

Moreover, it's not just our local dark guilds vying for it; other forces have also joined in, such as the Fiore royal family.

"The royal family?" Henia frowned slightly upon hearing this, but her expression quickly returned to normal.

The appearance of the royal family was probably related to research on the Dragon King Festival, so it wasn't too unexpected.

Dennis cautiously glanced up at Henia, and seeing that she had no further instructions, he continued to recount what he knew.

"The source of the news about the royal family's involvement is no longer known, but it seems that the royal family stopped after their identities were accidentally exposed."

Those who intervene more are the formal mage guilds that have been approved by the council.

However, these forces dared not interfere too much, since the location where the magic crystal appeared had always been under the control of our Dark Guild.

However, due to internal divisions within the Dark Guild, they failed, thus allowing the old man who luckily obtained the magic crystal to survive for the time being.

"An old man?"

"That's right, the one who got that Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal was an old man who was about to die. I don't know what that old guy was waiting for, because he wasn't satisfied with the prices offered by those adults."

If it weren't for this, we probably wouldn't have known about the Magic Crystal.

I don't know what use an old man who's about to die could possibly have for a magic crystal. Surely he doesn't want to become a Dragon Slayer Mage on his deathbed, does he?

Doesn't he think about whether he can survive the ceremony?

Wouldn't it be better to receive some benefits and enjoy a peaceful old age?

Dennis started complaining as he spoke, clearly dissatisfied with the old man who kept asking for the highest bidder.

At the same time, Henia could also sense from Dennis's tone that he longed for the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal.

"Alright, tell me more about that old man now."

Henia interrupted Dennis's complaints, urging him to continue recounting the information he had gathered, while also asking questions to try and uncover the truth of the matter.

There's no doubt that the old man is suspicious.

In Henia's view, those dark guild mages who let the old man keep waiting for the best price also had a big problem.

Given the Dark Guild's modus operandi, if they wanted something, they would simply kill and plunder it; why bother with all the pretense and feigning politeness with that old man?

However, since they still did it, it means that the Dark Guild's target was not just the magic crystal containing dragon-slaying magic, or rather, it was not just that one magic crystal.

There was something about that old man that they cared about more.

Henia sensed a conspiracy.

The Dark Guild Alliance in the Fairy Tail world is mainly led by the three most powerful dark guilds, with most of the others being vassals of these three guilds.

These three major dark guilds are Tartaros, Heart of the Devil, and Oración Seis.

The most unique of them all is the Gate of Tartaros, an entire dark guild composed of demons from the Book of Zeref, while the other two dark guilds are dominated by human mages.

These dark guilds basically only have one thing in common: the dark mage Zeref.

Based on the plot information Henia knows, the old man must possess some dark magic items related to Zeref.

"Things seem to be getting interesting."

Henia stroked his chin, thinking to himself that he hadn't expected that he would already be involved in events related to the later main storyline, even though there was still some time before the official start of Fairy Tail's main story.

If he's lucky, he might be able to obtain a lot of research materials related to black magic?

With that thought in mind, Henia decided not to linger any longer. After all, Dennis's value had been exhausted, and there was no need to waste any more time here.

After quickly dealing with the mage of the Decaying Dark Raven, Henia set off on her journey once more.

After the underling in charge of the reconnaissance informed Dennis that Henia had completely left, the guild leader of the Decaying Raven Guild finally relaxed, let out a long breath, and slumped into the guild's only remaining chair.

"Guild Master, what about the guild's reconstruction?"

Seeing that Dennis's mood had improved, the second-in-command of the Decaying Ravens cautiously approached Dennis and asked.

"Guild rebuilding?"

Dennis reluctantly opened his eyes upon hearing this, and looking at his guild building, which was now in a terrible state, his relaxed mood turned gloomy again.

"Rebuild my ass! The guild's disbanded. Everyone's on their own!"

Dennis shouted in despair.

However, he did not hear the familiar echoes of his underlings. He hurriedly opened his eyes and found that all his underlings had fallen to the ground at some point.

"Damn it! What happened?! Has Henia come back again?!"

"Oh, so it seems you do know about Henia."

It's truly heartbreaking.

A sorrowful yet murderous voice suddenly rang out from behind Dennis, startling him so much that he turned around to look, only to see a burly, blindfolded man weeping.

The next instant, Dennis completely lost consciousness.