"It's over."
After finishing off Brain, Id shook the fresh red blood off his rapier, sheathed it at his waist, and turned around without even glancing at the 'corpse' behind him.
"Boom!"
Just as Id turned around, an incredibly frenzied and evil magic power suddenly erupted from Brain's 'dead remains'.
"Hahaha!"
"I'm finally liberated."
"Since I'm liberated, that means that idiot Brain is dead, right?"
Accompanying a burst of wild laughter from the 'dead' Brain's mouth, his body slowly floated up from the ground. With a wave of his hand, he healed the injuries on his body and changed into a dark green coat.
Not only that, the current Brain had disheveled hair and crimson eyes. His skin was unusually pale. Whether it was his style of conduct or the nature of his magic power, it was as if he had become a different person.
"You are?"
Id turned around, looking at the 'resurrected' Brain with a frown.
At the same time, Id gained a new understanding of 'magic'. It turned out that there was actually magic in this world that could resurrect people.
"You can call me Zero."
Brain, or more accurately, Brain's inner personality 'Zero', stood with his hands behind his back, adopting the posture of an expert. He looked at Id with incomparable arrogance and introduced himself in a deep voice.
"Call yourself whatever you want; I'm not interested at all."
Id shook his head. The only reason he exchanged a few words with the person in front of him was that the other party's magic was very peculiar, something he had never seen before. As for anything more, there was absolutely no need to chat.
There was no need to waste words with trash.
"Divine Departure!"
With that, the moment Id turned around to face 'Zero', he drew the rapier at his waist and slashed.
"Boom!"
In the next second, a pitch-black slash shaped like a crescent moon, wrapped in Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, rushed towards 'Zero' like a gale.
"What is this?"
'Zero' seemed completely unprepared for Id to not follow martial ethics and launch a sneak attack on an expert like him right off the bat. As a result, he was hit by Id's slash before he could prepare at all.
"Pfft!!"
For a moment, the newly resurrected 'Zero', before he could even display his powerful strength comparable to the Ten Wizard Saints, was sent flying by the pitch-black crescent moon swung by Id.
Facing this Haki-filled slash, 'Zero' had almost no ability to resist. Within just a single encounter, all the bones in his body were crushed by the slash. He was pushed by this 'crescent moon' across the ground for a kilometer before stopping.
When Id's slash slowly dissipated and 'Zero' could finally lie on the ground, only one thought remained in his mind: "Brain, you bastard! Where on earth did you provoke such a powerful monster for me?"
"Ur, I've found a way to solve our daughter's 'Magic Deficiency Syndrome' from Brain's mouth."
"As long as we can let our daughter learn 'Dragon Slayer Magic' and improve her physical fitness from the inside out, this 'Magic Deficiency Syndrome' will resolve itself."
After instantly killing Brain twice, Id immediately turned around, returned to Ur's side, and spoke softly to her.
"Dragon Slayer Magic?"
"That is one of the Lost Magics from ancient times."
"As far as I know, no one on this continent can use it anymore. Where on earth should we go to find a Dragon Slayer Magic teacher who can teach our daughter?"
After learning from Id how to help Ultear solve her illness, Ur did not feel the slightest relief deep in her heart; instead, she became increasingly anxious.
Simply because Dragon Slayer Magic had long been lost on this continent.
This was magic used by humans in ancient times to 'hunt' and 'intercept' dragons. It is one of the Lost Magics. Nowadays, no one can use it, let alone learn it.
"So at this time, we need a Dragon Lacrima."
Id smiled and comforted her.
"Dragon Lacrima?"
Ur was confused about this so-called 'Dragon Lacrima'. She had never heard of such a thing.
"It is said to be a powerful item that allows people to learn Dragon Slayer Magic. Senior Makarov of the Kingdom of Fiore used a Dragon Lacrima to solve the Magic Deficiency Syndrome his grandson suffered from."
Id explained.
"Makarov?"
"Is it that Makarov, one of the 'Ten Wizard Saints'?"
Ur was stunned for a moment and said in surprise.
"That should be correct."
Id nodded forcefully. He had indeed read the information that Makarov was ranked among the 'Ten Wizard Saints' from Brain's memories.
"That's great."
"I happen to know the town where Senior Makarov lives."
"That town is called Magnolia. It is a small town located in the 'Perpetual Neutral Country', the Kingdom of Fiore, to the west of the Kingdom of Isvan."
"Id, we shouldn't delay!"
"Let's head towards the Kingdom of Fiore right now!"
After learning that Makarov, one of the 'Ten Wizard Saints', had a way to help her treat Ultear, Ur didn't plan to delay any longer at the 'Bureau of Magical Development'.
As for why Id attacked the Chief of the 'Bureau of Magical Development'?!
Ur didn't ask Id directly. She knew clearly in her heart that if Id did this, there must be a reason.
Besides, she would always trust Id unconditionally, no matter what Id did?!
"Okay."
"But before that, we have one more important thing to do."
Id gently pinched Ur's small face, then looked down at Ultear in Ur's arms and smiled, "Ultear, Father is going to do something big next, so I have to apologize to you first. I hope you can understand."
"Mhm~"
Ultear seemed to understand Id's words. She nodded forcefully, looking at Id with determined eyes, seemingly conveying to Id to do his best.
"Haha."
"As expected of my daughter."
"Truly a strong child."
In response, Id first praised Ultear. Then he slowly turned around, looked grimly at the surrounding 'Bureau of Magical Development' staff who were already scared silly, and roared, "You trash, all of you prick up your ears and listen well."
"Immediately bring out all the children you captured from various cities safe and sound."
"If you harm even a single hair on their heads during this time, I absolutely will not let you off! Your boss Brain is your future fate."
Yes, when Id used Observation Haki to probe Brain's heart, he learned an astonishing secret.
For all these years, Brain had been operating under the title of Chief of the 'Bureau of Magical Development', but was actually engaged in the dirty business of human experimentation, especially on children. This was simply unpardonable.