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Chapter 63: If I Hear the Truth in the Morning, I Can Die in the Evening
Unlike the beautiful scenery seen from the train, when you really stepped into the snow-covered mountain peak, you would understand one thing, and that is that 'beauty' is something that is better appreciated from a distance.
In the continuous snowy days, the mountain range had long been covered by snow. Even though the weather was relatively clear now and it was no longer snowing, the snow that was almost knee-deep was not so easy to dissipate.
Kanna, who had initially been happily rolling in the snow, now had a look of disgust. The thick snow was half her body high, and as she walked, the snow fell on her body and turned into water droplets under her body temperature. With her physical fitness, she wouldn't catch a cold, but the constant wet feeling made her very annoyed. She even had the idea of using her breath to destroy the entire mountain range in front of her.
Rayn naturally wouldn't let her do such a thing. It wasn't because he was afraid of destroying nature. He had also lost his excitement for the snow. Unlike Kanna's clothes, which were transformed from dragon scales, Rayn's clothes could not be dried so easily. Now, being all wet and with the cold wind blowing, it was really unpleasant.
But to destroy these mountain peaks, Rayn couldn't provide the magic power needed. In the end, he directly picked up Kanna and put her on his shoulders, walking forward. With Rayn's current physical fitness, let alone just a greatsword and Kanna, he could even pick up a few more beautiful girls.
And after putting Kanna on his shoulders, Rayn could also walk forward freely. The thick snow was directly trampled into a deep depression. When he lifted his feet, he directly kicked the snow in front of him into pieces, turning it into a flurry of snowflakes. The scene of the snowflakes flying had a bit of a feeling of a monster running.
Not long after, Rayn and Kanna came to a snow-covered mountain forest. Although many traces were still covered by the snow, the irregularly fallen trees still vaguely indicated that a battle had indeed taken place at that time.
After a simple glance, a scene of the battle at that time faintly appeared in Rayn's mind. However, because the traces on the trees and the ground were covered by the snow, he could only simulate their battle positions, but could not determine the magic they used. Even clues were extremely difficult. Unless he cleared all the snow in this mountain forest.
But Rayn wasn't that idle. Instead of spending time here, it was better to just ask the 'omnipotent' Kanna-chan.
His head just moved slightly, and a warm and delicate feeling came from his left cheek. The small, fat legs in white silk did not become cold at all because of the weather.
"Kanna, do you feel any bad smell?"
Tilting his head slightly to the side, he asked Kanna above him.
"To the left, there's a disgusting smell two kilometers away."
Kanna, who had already been carefully feeling the smell, directly stretched out her hand and pointed to the left. In this period of time, she had also gradually gotten used to cooperating with Rayn, not in terms of battle, but in this kind of situation of acting as 'eyes and ears.'
"Two kilometers... what a bunch of bold guys."
The distance was so close that Rayn was stunned for a moment, then he grinned. Not to mention for a mage, even for an ordinary person in this world, this distance was not too far. It was in the range of being found if you were not careful. After defeating the first batch of mages, they actually dared to stay here. Rayn couldn't be sure whether they were thinking that the most dangerous place was the safest place, or if they were so confident in their own strength.
But either way, it was a good thing for Rayn. At least he didn't have to search around in this mountain range.
"Sit tight, Kanna."
After Kanna was seated, the snowflakes under Rayn's feet suddenly flew up. Only a straight road was left, as if there was nothing that could stop him.
Confucius said: If you hear the truth in the morning, you can die in the evening. This means that if you know the opponent's position, you must kill him before night! Not to mention that the opponent had let him blow in the cold wind in this mountain range for so long, while the opponent might be warming himself by the fire. Thinking of this, Rayn's forward speed increased by a few points.
"Rayn, someone is watching us."
As he moved forward, Kanna's reminder came from his ear. The whistling sound of the gallop could not block her voice. He didn't have this feeling before, but as he gradually approached the disgusting smell, he felt that he was being watched.
"I feel it," almost as soon as Kanna finished speaking, Rayn also noticed that something was watching him. It was not a gaze, but watching from a distance through magic. It was obvious that they had been paying attention to the mountain forest.
If the person who accepted the mission was a famous mage, they would run away directly. If it was just an ordinary mage, then they would strike hard.
"Tsk, I really thought they were so arrogant. It seems they are not completely unafraid," Rayn said with a sneer, realizing their thoughts.
Although he knew that his whereabouts had been discovered, his forward speed did not slow down at all. Instead, he gave a thumbs up to the direction he was being watched from, then turned it down, a flamboyant smile on his face.
This was not a simple provocation. Just seeing that there were only himself and Kanna, plus his behavior just now, with the irritable and easily angered personality of a dark guild, even if they had the idea of retreating before, they would definitely not retreat in advance now.
In a cave illuminated by a fire, "Boss! That guy is too arrogant!"
"I'll lose if I don't skin him!"
"Just two brats! How dare they provoke us!"
Rayn's active provocation made the members of the dark guild in the cave immediately show angry expressions, and their words were also full of chilling content.
"That guy seems to be a rising star of Fairy Tail. I think he's also called something like the Red-Armed War Ghost?"
Someone seemed to have read Sorcerer Weekly and recognized Rayn.
Hearing the name of this guild, the originally noisy voices immediately fell silent. They, who were mixed in the dark world, knew more about the official guilds than others. And Fairy Tail, as a leader among the official guilds, was not an object they were willing to provoke. If they provoked the Ten Wizard Saints' Makarov, or that monster-like Gildarts, they could easily destroy them.
Their gazes immediately gathered on the expressionless, thin man in the depths of the cave. Even with the illumination of the fire, his pale face was still visible. He was wearing a dark gray long coat. The style of the coat was old, and the edges were a little worn, but it was exceptionally clean without any stains. There were pockets of different sizes sewn on the surface, which were bulging, as if they were full of various tools.
His thin figure and neatly combed hairstyle made him look not like a mage at all, but more like a craftsman. But the members of the dark guild around him were all gathered around him at this time. It was obvious that he was the leader of the 'Toymaker's Workshop,' Marion.