Chapter 621: We Still Don’t Know the Name of the Stone Statue We Saw That Day
The night was as cold as water, and dark clouds covered the moon, making the entire Kurokas much darker than usual.
Suddenly, several figures rushed out of the inn and moved towards the west of Kulokas under the moonlight. It wasn't long before they reached the foot of the mountain.
To the west of Kurokas, the mountain used to hold the Great Demon Fighting Games in the original work was over a thousand feet high. It was connected to the royal capital by a suspension bridge at the mountainside. The distance between the two places was about one-fifth of the diameter of the royal capital.
The most eye-catching thing on the mountain is the four huge rock statues on the top.
With these four statues as the four corners, the Fiore royal family built a huge square arena on the top of the mountain. The area is about one-third of the size of the Royal Palace of Marculias. The auditorium alone is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of spectators.
“It’s so huge!!”
“It’s so high!!”
Under the moonlight, Natsu and the others looked up at the tall and majestic mountains and were all shocked.
"Where is this place?"
"Legend has it that this is a gladiatorial sanctuary built by the Fiore royal family based on an ancient battlefield. Countless corpses of people who died on the battlefield are buried underneath it. Even now, there are still undead ghosts haunting this place!"
"Ghost?!" Lucy's face turned pale with fright when she heard it.
Erza looked at Lucy in confusion: "What are you afraid of? Isn't it just a ghost? Have you never seen one?"
"Please!! How could a normal person have ever seen something like that?!"
"But there are many ghosts in Magnolia."
"That's right... There are wizards in the guild who can control and communicate with ghosts."
Natsu and Happy were equally fearless and chatted animatedly about the topic.
"Eh?! Really?!" Lucy was shocked. "What kind of place did I live in before?!"
"I remember that Bigusro's puppets seem to be of this type, right? And Qi Ke, her magic is to control ghosts..."
Gray also chimed in, and his words and actions showed his familiarity with his guild mates.
"What?! Is there such a thing?!"
"Didn't the Magic Tournament held before have a place called 'Ghost Cemetery'? The ghost in there is Magnolia's ghost making a friendly appearance!"
Seeing that several people were talking about the topic of "ghosts", Kira couldn't help but continue to delve deeper.
"Ah!! Could he be the one who caused Cana and I to switch bodies?!"
Kira nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes! When I invited them, they all scrambled for the spot. Let me tell you a secret. A ghost uncle secretly told me where he buried his treasure in order to go in and move around..."
"Treasure?!!!"
Everyone exclaimed excitedly, their eyes lit up and sparkled.
"…Finally I dug them out and found a bunch of love letters he hadn't sent out in his early years."
"I am bored!!"
“That’s boring!!”
“How disgusting!!”
"Why did that ghost uncle have to die again?"
Kira looked down at Wendy and asked, "Little girl, how do you know so much?"
"Wendy, aren't you afraid?"
Lucy looked at Wendy curiously. In her opinion, Wendy was the youngest one here and a girl, so she should be very afraid of ghosts.
Wendy chuckled and shook her head. "Not at all! The Dragon Slayer Secret Technique I learned, Galaxy, is a magic that can communicate with the dead, so I tried to talk to ghosts a long time ago."
“Huh?! Really?!!”
"Is it one of the two dragon-slaying secrets you got from Senior Pelusica?"
“That’s right!”
When Wendy mentioned Peleusica, her mood became excited, and her face was full of happiness. "Although she is only Grandine's counterpart, the time I studied there was like returning to the time when I lived with Grandine."
Hey, hey, hey...the people here are all without mothers—but they have cats!
Really, people are not as good as cats series!
Oh, no! One of them already has a mother.
Fortunately, they did not feel embarrassed as Kira thought. Instead, they smiled at Wendy with relief.
"By the way, do you know who those four statues above are?"
Lucy suddenly asked after observing the mountain above her for a moment.
The four statues are a bald strong man in a vest, a woman with a long ponytail, a middle-aged man in a cloak, and a general in a cape and helmet.
Hearing Lucy's question, everyone shook their heads.
"have no idea."
“Never heard of it.”
"Maybe some famous person?"
"Could it be a former king or something like that?"
“But they don’t seem to be wearing crowns!”
"As for the identities of these four statues... I have heard a little about them!"
"Eh?! Have you heard of Kira?"
Everyone was stunned, and then they smiled knowingly: "As expected, he is the person in charge of the guild's intelligence!"
“Oh, oh, oh… I also learned about this from a book sold at a street bookstall after I first came to Kurokas!”
"It is said that they were four followers of the first king of the Kingdom of Fiore. They made countless contributions to the king's founding of the country. So after the king established the Kingdom of Fiore, he carved stone statues of the four of them to commend their great achievements to the people."
"Also, the statue was deliberately built on the peak west of the capital, implying that 'we hope their remaining power will forever protect the Kingdom of Fiore'."
Several people looked surprised at Kira's extensive knowledge: "Huh?? So there is such a story?"
"This is the first time I've heard of such a thing!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"Hehehe... It's a miracle that a semi-illiterate person who doesn't read books or newspapers knows these things."
"What did you say?! Who doesn't read books?"
After hearing Kira's words, Natsu and Happy were the first ones who couldn't help themselves and rushed over. They felt that Kira was just mocking them.
Then he was knocked to the ground by Kira's two punches.
Gray didn't jump up to get beaten, but stood there and laughed at Natsu's impulsiveness: "Idiot Natsu, if you get angry, isn't that just admitting that you are illiterate?"
Natsu and Happy suddenly woke up from their dream: "Ah!! That's right!!!"
"What two idiots!"
Lucy complained that although she was the one who asked the question just now, she was not the kind of person who didn't read books or newspapers.
"That's right!" Erza crossed her arms, closed her eyes and nodded, but her body felt indescribably stiff.
Lucy complained again: "You don't know either..."
The harpy raised his paw and flew up and said, "No, we also read books and newspapers!"
Xia Lulu drooped her eyes and said bluntly: "Those things you are looking at are all about fish! And you are basically just looking at pictures!"
After the truth was revealed, Habib looked a little embarrassed, but he still said stubbornly: "That... that also counts as something!"
"Ah, the sound is getting quieter."
"Followers of the first King of Fiore? What kind of people are they?"
Wendy looked up at the stone statue above her head and asked curiously.
"If you ask me that, I won't be sleepy anymore!"
Kira's eyes lit up, and he immediately showed off his knowledge and started talking: "Speaking of them, we have to mention the first king of the Kingdom of Fiore. The life of that king is also legendary!"
"It is said that he was originally a lord of a certain place. Later, because he could not stand the tyranny of the king, he formed an army and led a group of people to fight against the tyrant. His ideas of benevolence, justice and peace attracted many Among them, four forces were the largest. The leaders of these four forces followed him in his battles and were the most loyal supporters of the first king."
Erza pointed above her head: "Are these four followers?"
"That's right! These four people are: a general who has been through hundreds of battles; a famous treasure hunter; the president of a magic guild; and a loyal and unparalleled warrior."
"With their help, the first king slowly conquered the surrounding territories and eventually established the current kingdom."
When they heard this, they felt something was wrong and counted on their fingers: "General, treasure hunter, president of the Chamber of Commerce, warrior..."
When I counted to the end, I suddenly found that the most important profession was missing!
" There are no wizards?!"
Erza and the others all looked shocked.
Logically speaking, magic is the most powerful training system in the world, and Fiore is a magic kingdom, so there should be no lack of wizards when it was established!
"No!"
Kira shook his head and explained, "The magic world in that era was not as standardized as it is now. There was neither a magic guild nor a council, so people with strong strength basically knew magic and were considered wizards!"
"The first king was a wizard whose strength far surpassed those of his four followers!"
