Fairy Tail: I want to summon Baron Nash

Since it was afternoon when they set off and their destination was far away, Rod and Elfman had to spend the night halfway.

Seeing Rhodes using his disguise magic to take out tents, cooking utensils, and ingredients, Elfman thought that if this person could always be so thoughtful, he might be able to take good care of his sister.

It's just...

"My cooking skills are terrible! How can a man not know how to cook!"

Elfman squeezed Rhodes away and occupied the temporarily set up chopping board.

Rhodes looked at the tall and tall Elfman handling various ingredients skillfully, and always felt that the style was wrong.

Half an hour later, Rod tasted the first bite of Elfman's cooking: "No, buddy, you are really good at it!"

To evaluate it fairly and objectively, this skill has almost caught up with Erza.

Erza's craftsmanship is almost catching up with Mira's.

Mira is almost catching up with Mr. Cook.

No one can catch up with Rhodes anyway, and only Worm likes to eat the food he makes.

The problem is, Rhodes hasn't found any food that Worm doesn't like to eat, and the child is not afraid of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, raw or cold food.

He suspected that Worm's requirement for food might be that he could eat it until he died.

It's April, already the depth of spring, and the weather has become much warmer.

After finishing the meal and putting away the cooking utensils, there is no need to rush into the tent. You can just watch the stars outside for a while.

But Rhodes looked at Elfman beside him.

Forget it, let's go back to the tent, meditate for a while and rest early, we have to go on the road tomorrow morning.

Elfman was confused. Does Rod go to bed so early every day?

…

Early the next morning, the two of them and the coachman had breakfast and set off again.

Although the target you are looking for has certain self-protection capabilities, you should arrive as early as possible for this kind of task.

The carriage followed the road through the wilderness and passed a town. It didn't stop except for the driver who bought some food.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Rhodes suddenly shouted hurriedly: "Stop, stop!"

The carriage stopped quickly, and Elfman asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Something happened." Rhodes connected the vision of He Xia who was responsible for exploring the path and had already seen the village where the client was located.

As far as the eye can see, there are ruins and ruins.

Rhodes looked heavy: "Get out of the car."

It was no longer safe ahead, and we could no longer let the driver continue to follow us.

This situation was not suitable for calling the river crab back, so Rhodes summoned two shadow wolves, and Elfman rode one each, and flew towards the village.

Rhodes did not stop observing halfway, and only dared to move forward quickly after confirming that there was no ambush.

When the two of them climbed up a hill, they finally saw the client's village with their own eyes.

No, the current situation can no longer be called a village, but rather a ruin.

Looking around, there is almost no intact building within the village. There are incomplete walls, broken stone pillars, and chaotic rubble everywhere.

Smoke was still rising in many places, and there was even a pile of black flames burning at the entrance of the village.

"Black flame?" When Rhodes saw the black flame, he could only think of Amaterasu from the Ninja Studio next door, or the strange fire from a certain continent.

He asked Elfman, "Have you ever heard of this kind of fire?"

Elfman shook his head: "Not at all, but it's definitely not an ordinary fire."

That's for sure. The appearance of this strange flame can basically confirm that what happened here was done by the magician.

And he's not an ordinary magician.

As Rhodes and Elfman cautiously approached the ruins ahead, their moods became heavier and heavier.

——They couldn't hear any cries, groans, or calls for help.

This means that everyone in the village either fled or there was no one left alive.

The black flame was very strong. Although only a small pile remained, its amazing heat could be felt from a few meters away.

When the two shadow wolves approached it, they lowered their bodies subconsciously.

Rhodes compared it with Natsu's flame, which he was most familiar with.

He was surprised to find that except for the time when he used the red buff to burst out the dragon-slaying secret, Natsu might not be able to compare to the black flame in front of him. "Who left it behind?" Rhodes tried hard to recall the fire magic he had seen in the magic encyclopedia, but he had no clue.

He could only speculate that this thing was either a newly created magic after the encyclopedia, or a very rare magic like lost magic.

"Rhode..." Elfman's voice revealed a sense of powerlessness, and he seemed a little lost.

Rhodes looked in the direction of his gaze. The ruins were scattered with spears, swords, shields and other weapons and armor, which seemed to indicate that the people here had fought hard.

What made Elfman lose his mind was that there was a corpse next to each weapon.

is the worst case scenario.

Everyone in the village may have died in the battle or been killed.

Rhodes summoned all the shadow wolves and patted one of them with a heavy heart:

"Go and find out if there are any survivors, and search for any strange people or suspicious things nearby."

The shadow wolves spread out and lowered their heads to sniff the surrounding scent.

Rhodes and Elfman were also searching with the last hope.

"Woo~woo~"

Not long after, a shadow wolf whimpered with a piece of tattered clothing in its mouth to remind its owner that it had discovered something.

Rhodes unfolded this black rag, with a dark red pattern painted on it.

Although it is somewhat damaged, it can be vaguely seen that it has a heart shape, spikes, and a shape like a bat wing...

Rhodes' eyes widened: "Devil's heart!"

"What?" Elfman hadn't reacted yet.

"It's the symbol of the devil's heart!" Rhodes felt the hairs all over his body stand up. "One of the Balam Alliance, the strongest dark guild, the devil's heart!"

He didn't know how strong the devil's heart was, but since the other party was one of the three major dark guilds that could control more than 90% of the dark guilds, it would definitely not be too weak.

When he accompanied the president to a regular meeting before, Rhodes heard President Goldman mention the Balam Alliance.

When he talked about the devil's heart, he even noticed that some members were breaking into cold sweats.

At that time, Rhodes' guess for these three major guilds was that they might be equivalent to the major guilds such as Fairy Tail, Specter, and Pegasus in the Dark World.

Things are getting serious, and this mission may not be something he and Elfman can resolve.

Elfman also realized the seriousness of the matter: "What should we do now?"

"Ask for help first." Rhodes used his disguise magic, and a pen and notebook appeared in his hand.

Elfman opened his mouth, but could not express his objection.

Generally speaking, magicians should deal with various emergencies independently during missions. Asking for help is a sign of not being able to act alone, and it is also a somewhat shameful behavior.

But the current situation obviously cannot be calculated according to common sense.

Rhodes tore off two pieces of paper and quickly wrote down the situation here, and then summoned River Crab and Worm, asking them to deliver the letter to the town he met on the road.

There is usually a communication magic crystal for communication in the town. Rhodes wrote a letter as a Fairy Tail wizard, requesting the mayor to contact the guild and council.

We sent Worm along because it is the most intelligent among all wild monsters and has the most friendly appearance.

After doing this, Rhodes began to arrange the next step.

In fact, the safest option is to run away immediately with Worm.

But there may be survivors buried in the village, and even if not, the brother and sister the client asked them to find should still be alive.

Their sense of responsibility as magicians did not allow them to leave just like that.

Rhodes quickly sorted out his thoughts and speculated based on the mission content that the devil's heart was most likely directed at the 'Tears of Chris'.

The tattered clothes just now should have been left by the members of Devil's Heart. They may have lost their numbers in the battle, but they have collected the bodies of their own people.

The village has become like this, and they have done things like collecting corpses, which shows that they have plenty of time and can evacuate very calmly.

In other words, the things should have been taken away by them.

In this way, there is a high probability that he will not come back.

Rhodes judged that he and Elfman were safe for the time being, unless the other party suddenly felt that the destruction of corpses and traces was not thorough enough and turned back.

"Try to find survivors as much as possible. We can't stay too long."

Rhodes sighed. He always felt that conscience would drag down his sense of security.