Chapter 213: Conas: These kids did a great job
"You can't say that," Conas also stepped forward and said seriously, "If I don't figure out your purpose, my place might be visited frequently in the future."
Conas took off the black leather glove on her right hand, and the aging magic flowed out of her hand, turning into black mist and dispersing in the air around Azuma: "Tell me, what is your purpose? If you don't tell me, there is no need to keep you!"
The scene before him was terrifying. Kira even felt that the black energy was more terrifying than the dagger against his throat.
If you lose a battle, you have to admit it. Azuma is not the kind of person who values loyalty above all else. In his heart, fighting against the strong is the first priority. It is for this reason that it is easy for him to become "one of our own" after being defeated.
In the original time and space Tenrou Island arc, he destroyed the Tenrou Tree to reduce the magic power of everyone in the guild, but because he had to duel with Erza, he did not take her magic power; after being defeated, he kept his promise and returned the magic power to the people of Fairy Tail, and even told Erza some information about the [Devil's Heart].
Judging from these points of view, even if his actions are not upright, they are more or less ethical.
"Our goal... is to seize the magic book that contains the lost magic [Memory Shape] and [Thunder God Destroyer] hidden in the Demisol Magic Academy."
Azuma's words startled Conas and the other two except Kira. They all looked at Conas, and the meaning was self-evident, asking her whether there was really such a thing in the academy.
Conas nodded solemnly as a reply, then frowned and asked, "These two books are in the most secret library of the academy. Apart from the previous deans of the academy, only students who are allowed to enter and study there may know about them. How do you know that there are these two books in the academy?"
Azuma shook his head, indicating that he didn't know: "I don't know about that. This is the president's order. We are just following orders."
After saying this, Azuma completely relaxed, leaning against a big tree and closing his eyes to rest.
Unlike when he lost to Erza in the original time and space, he was beaten unilaterally when fighting with Conas before, so his body was not overdrawn to use magic, and he would not be backfired by the Arc of the Tree and turned into a tree. It was a blessing in disguise. But now he was seriously injured and captured, and he would probably spend the rest of his life in the prison of the Council.
Haiberian reminded: "Even I don't know much about the magic books in the academy's library. It seems that the president of the [Devil's Heart] is not a simple person!"
Conas understood what you meant and nodded, saying, "I understand what you mean. I will check all possible candidates when I return."
The Devil's Heart has existed for a long time. Before the establishment of the Balam Union this year, they had always been the biggest cancer in the magic world. But now it was discovered that the owner of this cancer was likely from Demisol, the most respected magic school in the Kingdom of Fiore. Conas felt depressed. If this matter was known to the people in the magic world and made public, the reputation accumulated by the school for hundreds of years would be completely destroyed.
Among the people present, only Kira's mind was not here.
Kira knew about Hades: he was a treasure hunter at first, and when he was in his 20s, he met Mavis on Tenrou Island with Yuri, Volodymyr, and others. Together they fought against the magic guild Dusk Oni , learned magic from Zeref, and together they established Fairy Tail, and changed his job to a wizard.
In X736, Hades left the guild to pursue the origin of magic. He was about seventy years old at that time. In the process, he fell into darkness and established the [Devil's Heart] to find and try to "awaken" Zeref. He never studied at Demethor Academy in his life, and he could not be its dean.
Kira speculated that he had been invited here as a guest like himself, so he knew that there was lost magic here, and even the lost magic that he taught the Seven Followers of Purgatory was "obtained" from here.
In fact, he was just idle and wanted to find something to think about to kill time. There was no loss if he couldn't think of anything.
Kira couldn't possibly say to Conas and the others, "Their president is Preshito, the second-generation president of our guild. You can check the academy to see if there are any records of his visits." The new president of the Council, Grundomako, was watching nearby! So he could only wait for her to find out something on her own.
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Dusk had arrived, and the setting sun filled the sky with a blood-red sunset glow.
Kira, Conas, Haiberion and Gulandoma stood high in the valley, looking down at the crowd running in from afar. Each short figure was stretched out into a long shadow, and the closer they got, the shorter the shadows became.
"Look at the number of people, there are only about 20, less than half." Kira held down the magic hat that was blown up by the evening breeze, turned to ask Conas, "There is less than an hour before the sun sets. If there are not enough people at the end, will they be replenished to 50 people?"
Conas answered decisively without any hesitation: "No!"
"I thought so too..." Kira smiled awkwardly, then realized belatedly that this was the academy's admissions test, not a competition within the Fairy Tail Guild. How could there be a reason to use extras if there weren't enough people?
The one running in the front was the boy who called Conas "Oba-san" yesterday. I don't know how many times his stealing magic was successful in the second half of the journey. Judging from the number of people chasing him, there were probably quite a few, and he was discovered by accident.
Kira glanced at Conas beside him out of the corner of his eye and found that she had a gloating sneer on her face.
Noticing Kira's gaze, Conas immediately stopped smiling, her expression returned to normal, and she commented, "These kids did a great job!"
"Are you talking about the good job in the game, or the good job in chasing that boy..."
Kira complained silently but didn't dare to say it out loud, he already knew this woman's character now, on the surface she seemed gentle and kind but in reality she held grudges and was extremely particular about age, Azuma's broken leg was bloody proof of that.
Continuing to look back, there were several familiar looking guys among the people behind the thief boy, including Ika, Akas, Sanmaru, Rufus, and the little girl Xueliya recommended by Gulandoma. Apart from that, there were some familiar extras that had been observed before, and their strength was a little weaker than the previous ones.
The first 20 people were the first wave. Kira looked at them one by one and found that each candidate had a special skill and a promising future. About 300 meters away from them was the second wave of candidates sprinting to their destination.
There are a lot of candidates in this group, nearly 200 people, and they are in a melee at this time. The battlefield has been stretched out by them and is close to a valley. If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last ambush in this game, so all the candidates who are still able to move are fighting the final battle here.
There is no doubt that this is the last chance to snatch the Philosopher's Stone in this assessment. All the candidates tried their best without any relaxation. They would sneak attack when they got the chance and run away when they got the Stone. It was very tense and exciting.
Magic was naturally flying all over the sky, and all kinds of elements such as water, fire, wind and earth were running around, turning the flat ground into a mess. The colorful magic circles bloomed and withered one by one like spring flowers.
Soon, the first batch of candidates entered the corridor in the valley. Usually there were traps here, but today they were removed for the entrance examination. The corridor was much narrower than the flat land outside, and could only accommodate 3 or 4 people in parallel. However, for the anxious candidates, two people were the limit. Their small bodies ran through the rocks and forked roads, and finally reached the finish line in the last 20 minutes.
At this time, Kira and his four companions had already come down the mountain and were waiting for the candidates who were about to pass the test at the finish line. Seeing him, Ika and the others greeted him excitedly , so Kira gave each of them a pat on the head.
Before the sun went down, a total of 24 candidates reached the finish line, and handed in the black, white, or black and white magic stones to the referee, thus obtaining admission.
