"Is that there? The island that President Choppley said! ”

Holding a telescope on a sailboat, a man with a hood on his head asked his companion after seeing a small island with a giant tree.

"Ahh That's the island. The red lizards must still be immersed in the atmosphere of the banquet now, after all, they have won several battles. ”

The man who tattooed the skull pattern on his face and looked like the leader of the man let out a wicked smile from his mouth.

"Those guys couldn't have imagined that we would sneak in here so easily with the current, thanks to the Chairman's information!"

Expressing their admiration for someone with emotion, the closer they get to that island, the more they can feel the powerful magic that lies on that land.

Without guidance, this place is indeed a dangerous place, difficult to be discovered by the outside world.

No wonder Giself has always had nothing to fear.

But today, their good days are just coming to an end.

Soon, just before anchoring on the outskirts of a secluded forest, the man in the lead raised his wand in his hand and stirred up momentum.

"Give me a good listen! Boys! ”

"This time, the battle leader, Lord Chopri, will also participate, so let's get motivated!"

"I've endured it for so long, I must get rid of those annoying lizards today, and I won't even keep my tail!!"

In response, everyone excitedly raised their weapons and shouted loudly.

"Oooh oh ——!!!"

……

It wasn't long before the shadows rose among the trees on the outskirts of the town, and the bright red night began.

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"Whew...... Is it finally here......"

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, the little girl panting slightly looked at her front.

In the center of the mysterious ancient stone wall, a blue-black orb is quietly inlaid there.

(No one has ever been here...... Delusion? ）

After slowly approaching the periphery of the orb, Zela surveyed everything around her with a solemn expression.

Although this is a treasure of the island, there is no one to take care of it.

Because as the times go by, basically only the older generation of people know about the existence of the 'Sirius Jade', and if they want to say that they want to protect it, in fact, it is more just an ordinary stone with symbolic significance, plus the characteristics of this island that are not easy to find, and over time, it will not be a waste of manpower here.

This would be a blessing in disguise, and if a guard touched it out of curiosity, everything would be over.

So when Zela first inquired here, she set up a tile not far away.

- [If you don't want to be cursed by dark magic, don't touch it.] 】

The reason why I write this is because there may be many people in this era who don't understand magic, but even those who don't understand magic are taboo about black magic. If it weren't for the overzealous idiot, anyone who strayed here would have avoided it after seeing this sentence.

It is said that this plaque also caused a small commotion, and because it was not known who was standing there, people who knew about the existence of the "Heavenly Wolf Jade" were surprised by it.

Although there are a few people who feel a little disrespectful, they don't dare to act rashly because it involves 'black magic', and it will be over after a long time.

For everyone, there is nothing wrong with this, after all, it also plays a certain protective role.

……

(Sure enough, there was nothing unusual, but what was the sound before that...... ）

After checking around again and again, and finding that no one had come, Zela looked at the stone in front of her with a strange expression.

She was sure she had just heard something.

You know, although she doesn't have much magic now, the particularity of her soul has brought her a perception that is far beyond the reach of ordinary people, so it is not surprising that she can feel something that ordinary people can't feel.

(Forget it, since there's nothing to do, I'll go back to ......!) ）

- Ding.

Just as she was about to leave, that strange fluctuation came out again.

Like temptation, like a call.

“……”

(Hah, that's what happened...... ）

With a cold sweat on her forehead, the little girl who took two steps back tried her best to expel some kind of impulse that had grown in her heart.

Before, because she was far away, she could only feel fluctuations like a 'call', but now that she was so close, she could clearly understand the meaning contained in the strange feeling.

——【…… Want power? 】

It spreads constantly with fluctuations that can disturb people's hearts, like a demon whispering in the ear.

That's the horror of black magic.

If it is a person who is not strong-willed, I am afraid that he has become its puppet now.

“…… Hmph, didn't you expect that even a stone would 'see the stitches'? I don't know why you're only active now, but one thing I know for sure. ”

With a cold snort, Zela said categorically.

"You can't give me the 'power' I want!"

After 'listening' to this sentence, the stone seemed to be really conscious, and began to make an unwilling sound of 'ding'.

And it was greeted by the back of the little girl who turned away without hesitation.

She had already decided that if she had the chance, she would destroy this harmful stone.

However, the sudden activation of this stone that had always been 'honest' also made Zela very concerned.

Maybe something had happened quietly before she knew it.

……

Walking out of the forest with some ominous questions, night has already fallen.

The coming and going just now wasted a lot of the little girl's time.

It's not good to scream, it's probably past dinner now, and if it's not surprising, her cheap daddy should send someone to find her.

Picking up her pace, Zela began to worry about how to explain it when she got back to the trail.

It's just that on the way back, what she didn't expect was that at this point, she would meet people who were just as 'leisurely' as her, wandering around the edge of the forest.

It was a man with a smirk on his face, and the whole person gave people a very gloomy feeling.

Lowered his body and ran past the man, who didn't seem to care about a small child, and the figure quickly disappeared into the woods.

（…… Faces I've never seen before...... ）

- Phew!

Just as Zela speculated about the man's identity, a light that looked like fireworks rose into the sky.

(Flares?) Oops! ）

The expression on her face changed again and again, and Zela, realizing that something might really be happening, hurried in the direction of the guild.

(Could that man be ——! just now? ）

Thinking of a certain possibility, the little girl's bad premonition became stronger and stronger.

Running down the forest path, as she got closer and closer to the town, the scene she didn't want to see finally appeared in front of her.

The chaotic firelight is 'dancing' under the moonlight.