Fairy Tail: The Dark Swordsman

32 - The Underworld Meeting

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— Start of Beyond the Horizon Arc—

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[X780, A year later]

— Laxus Dreyar —

"So this is the place?" Laxus asked Freed.

"Yes, Laxus-sama. According to the directions sent by the client, this should be the hideout for the Dark Guild Mummy's Fear." The green-haired mage replied.

"It's quite funny that a guild named after the fearsome desert monster is stuck in the middle of a forest. How ironic." Evergreen commented as she fanned herself.

"Not very creative, I would say." Bickslow agreed as his totems kept chanting the end of his sentence.

The Thunder God Tribe had done a lot of missions in the past few years. Quickly being known as the strongest team in Fairy Tail, and himself regarded as one of its strongest mages.

He had changed much over the years, now much taller and muscular. A far cry from the sickly boy he used to be. The long coat that his best friend gifted him long ago is still draped over his shoulders, along with the headphones lacrima and the distinct lightning-bolt shaped scar on his right eye.

His tribe had also grown from the three stragglers he picked up after the slaver mission. Both in strength and mentality. They are all tried and tested mages, ones he had deemed worthy to be part of the new Fairy Tail he will one day lead.

"Let's just get this over with." Laxus declared as he approached the door of the guild. His arms charged with yellow lightning before he punched it forward, blowing the doors of its hinges.

This action caught the attention of everyone in the building. As the Thunder God Tribe entered, they were met with the members of Mummy's Fear, all stood up and ready.

Laxus announced. "Which one of you is the Guildmaster?"

As he asked the question. Laxus narrowed his eyes. There was something off about this. He realized that there were too many people here. He glanced at everything in the room, mentally counting the number of mages that fill the space.

There were thirty mages, which was the believed number that Mummy's Fear had. Which means that every single wizard they had in their employ was currently present. He wasn't worried about any danger, he knew Freed and the rest could easily clear out a bunch of weaklings like this.

What sent alarm bells in his head was the fact that everyone was here. In a guild, rarely does every member of the guild are present at the same time. The way jobs work would mean that most of the time, people are out and about doing their own things.

Which means something was going on, either they had something planned that required all members present, or someone else told them to do so.

One of the dark mages, who was an older man with a scraggly beard and had dark red hair and had a noticeable wolf motif decorating his clothes, didn't even hesitate and called out. "Fucking kill them!"

The response was instantaneous, numerous magical attacks were sent at the door, but they were all stopped. A blast of lightning was shot forward and easily canceled out the attacks.

"I'll take the master. Handle everything else." Laxus ordered his tribe as he moved. In a flash of lightning, he stood in front of the older man who gave the order. "So you are the Hungry Wolf. Fairy Tail and the Thunder God Tribe send their regards."

His words caused everyone within earshot to pale in fear. They recognized the names, Fairy Tail is famously known to be one of the strongest light guilds after all.