He moved his gaze away from the crystal ball that was playing Rayn's image. His gray eyes, which had no emotional fluctuations, were still cold even under the scorching firelight.
"Was Lyle also killed by him?"
His gaze fell on the member who had said Rayn's name. Although it was a question, Marion's tone was already certain.
"Yes!"
The cold gaze, which was as emotionless as a doll's, made the person break out in a cold sweat. After thinking for a while, he quickly said. In his heart, he began to feel sorry for Rayn and the other. The leader of the Rat Catchers, Lyle, had always sold the children he caught to them. Besides the high reward they gave, he vaguely remembered hearing that Lyle seemed to be one of their leader's few friends. The two of them seemed to get along unexpectedly well in some ways.
A few months ago, after hearing the news of Lyle's death, he still remembered that Marion's unchanging face had become even gloomier. The strong magic power on his body almost made him feel suffocated. If it weren't for the mission of finding a certain book here at that time, he felt that their leader would have gone directly to the south to help him take revenge.
Now that the culprit was right in front of them, he could almost imagine what Marion would do.
"Since the little girl is with him, let him watch the little girl and the dog's fur being sewn together," Marion said. His voice was still as emotionless as ever, but the content was chilling.
"Then I'll help fix his eyes. I will definitely not let him miss a single moment!"
"Oh no... the thought of him begging with a pained expression makes me can't help but get a boner!" a member said, covering his face with his open palm, not caring about the ring on his finger. A fanatical look could be vaguely seen through the gaps between his fingers.
"The girl crying 'brother' in pain is the most beautiful sound," another person said, not to be outdone, his eyes clearly dazed.
"You two guys' hobbies are as disgusting as ever."
"Hahaha!"
They were a dark guild. At first, they might have been wary of Fairy Tail. But with Marion's words, the idea of restraining themselves was also let go. They showed their truest side.
In the flickering firelight, shadows were reflected on the cave wall. The twisted cave wall also made the shadows twisted and猙獰, like demons.
In a corner of the cave, several children were curled up. Their eyes were terrified as they looked at the people who were saying horrible things in a fanatical tone.
Following Kanna's guidance, Rayn passed through the mountain forest and soon came to a cave. Because he knew he had been discovered, he walked out without any cover. In front of the cave, twenty or thirty people were already standing. The faint magic fluctuations showed that they were all mages who had mastered magic.
Those people either had their arms crossed or their hands on their hips, all showing a relaxed posture. They looked at Rayn and Kanna with playful smiles on their lips, as if some fun had been delivered to their door during a boring time.
"No wonder those mages are no match for them," Rayn said softly, scanning the many mages oppossite him.
Last night, he knew that the mages who had taken the mission were a normal five-person team. In the end, only two of them came back seriously injured, and they were still in a coma. At first, he was thinking about how strong the opponent was. Now, it was even more surprising that the two of them could escape from these people.
Then his gaze fell on the thin man in the dark coat who was in the lead. Compared to the other mages, this person had no magic fluctuations on his body, which showed that his magic control was not weak. A pair of gray eyes, like stagnant water, met Rayn's. A strong killing intent was transmitted along with his gaze.
"..."
Rayn's brow furrowed slightly, not because of the killing intent. It was just that for some reason, he felt that this guy in front of him was a bit out of place. But when he looked closely, he couldn't tell what it was.
"Brat, this guy's spirit seems to have been twisted by magic," Ddraig's slightly amused voice came from his mind.
"No wonder I feel strange."
This statement immediately made Rayn realize that the abnormality he had noticed was the spiritual fluctuation that did not match the other party's killing intent. The killing intent on his body was extremely strong, to a degree that Rayn had rarely encountered. But Rayn did not feel any angry emotions from the other party. This extreme contrast made him notice the abnormality.
"How did you kill Lyle?" Marion's hoarse voice, like metal scraping, came from his mouth. His gray eyes fell on Rayn.
"Lyle? Who's that?" Rayn was stunned for a moment, then directly asked back. He had been on too many missions during this period, so he naturally wouldn't remember some unimportant things, such as the enemies he had killed.
"Lyle of the Rat Catchers."
"Oh, you mean that guy. He was eaten by the rat swarm he summoned," Rayn said with a smile, remembering the person who had been bitten by the rats after hearing Marion's words.
"The Rat Catchers are actually related to the Toymaker's Workshop?"
"The Rat Catchers catch children, and so do these guys. It doesn't seem strange, does it?"
"Then will their downstream buyers also be related?"
Rayn thought silently in his heart, and at the same time looked at Kanna next to him.
"Someone is inside," a barely audible voice came from Kanna's mouth.
"By the way, his bounty is really useful. It helped me pay off a debt," Rayn said, looking away. He tilted his head and looked at Marion, his mouth full of words. The provocative words made the faces of the members of the dark guild change. A look of fear appeared in their eyes as they looked at their leader, afraid that he would attack them first in the next second.
"I will return what you did to him, doubled!"
The strong killing intent could no longer be suppressed, and Marion's tone also changed.
"Catch them!"
"Brat... try your best to wail and please me!"
The moment his voice fell, a purple-haired mage was the first to rush out, a perverted, twisted smile on his face. He pointed his palm at Rayn, and the ring on his finger flashed with light.
"Boom!"
A rumbling sound came from his ear. The purple-haired mage found that Rayn's figure had turned into a black shadow and was rushing towards him.
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