On a rainy night, two people in raincoats walk under the night.

From time to time, one of them glanced at the map to confirm the direction of progress.

When he raised his head, he revealed Esther's handsome face, and next to him, Shanaiduo, who was one meter six tall and tightly wrapped.

This is the day after they accept the mission, which is the content of the mission, investigating the missing children and catching the masterminds.

Truth be told, there's nothing wrong with this task. Not so much about how dangerous he is, but how troublesome he is.

The information given by the mission has very little information, only that there have been hundreds of cases of missing children in a certain place, but no perpetrators have been found.

The Council also sent magicians from other guilds to investigate, and even the magicians disappeared.

This attracted attention and raised the mission level to a level second only to the Centennial Mission.

This level is already quite high, and you must know that all Centennial Quests have evolved from ordinary Quests.

According to the intelligence, this mission has been carried out three times, and the result has ended in failure, from the original simple disappearance case, to the high-level mission that is now close to the S-class mission.

It is estimated that if it can't be completed again, maybe the Senate will formulate an S-class magician to complete the task, and if it can't even be completed by the S-level, it will become a century-old task without controversy, so that the follow-up S-class magicians can continue to try.

……

It took Esther three trains and a half-day train ride to reach his destination, a town slightly worse than Magnolia.

In this town, there is no magic guild, after all, although there are indeed many guilds in the kingdom, it is impossible for every town to have a guild.

After all, if you want to build a guild, you don't just have to gather a few magicians.

……

The town is relatively quiet, and the guards belonging to the town can be seen patrolling.

Esther melted the white metal with flames and made a half-face mask for herself to cover the upper half of her face.

Shanaiduo around him also did the same.

In addition, the coats they wore concealed their faces.

This is also helpless, after all, Esther's age looks too young, and only in this way will he not be despised if he covers his appearance.

Quickly came to the mayor's residence, took out his mission certificate, and was received by the mayor.

This is a middle-aged man with some gray hair.

"You're a sorcerer of the Fairy Tail guild?" The mayor looked at the two of them with suspicion in his eyes.

Esther nodded, revealing the 'Fairy Tail' guild emblem on the back of her right hand.

"Did Fairy Tail send only the two of you?" The mayor asked.

"That's right!" Ace nodded.

The mayor just frowned, and then let go, over the years, 'Fairy Tail' has been active in this country, and its reputation has continued to improve, and among the ten major guilds, its reputation has also been relatively high.

"I'll tell you what I know, but we don't have much information on our side, after all, we're just ordinary people."

The mayor's words made Esther frown and nod again.

"The missing children are between the ages of 10 and 12.

The ratio of men to women is currently one to one.

The method of disappearance is unknown, only that even during the day, it will suddenly disappear.

Many parents said that they were kissing their children's hands, but the result was just a blink of an eye, and the children disappeared.

The rate of disappearances at night is much higher than during the day. ”

The town tells all the information it has received, as well as all the missing persons.

Esther read it quickly, memorized the content, and quickly made a comparison in his mind.

"Can you prepare some personal belongings for me, clothes, jewelry, hair, etc.?

Preferably the kind that lasts for a long time! ”

"Please wait, I'll send someone to fetch it!" The mayor was slightly stunned, and then called for someone to fetch the things Esther needed.

Soon, the stuff was collected.

Taking the items, Esther got up, "I'll get these kids back as soon as I can!" ”

"Thank you." Mayor Mare nodded earnestly, "By the way, the 'Ghost Dominator' Magus has also taken the task!" ”

Esther frowned, turned and left the office.

"'Ruler of the Ghosts'?" Esther muttered softly.

"The Ruler of the Ghost" also belongs to one of the ten guilds, and its reputation was much higher than that of "Fairy Tail".

But in the past few years, under the leadership of the old man, coupled with the outstanding performance of the younger generation of magicians, the fame of "Fairy Tail" has continued to increase, and it has surpassed the "Ghost Dominator".

Naturally, the latter cannot be easily convinced, so if the two guilds meet, it will inevitably be a fight.

Each has its own wins and losses.

The members of Fairy Tail have an advantage in terms of quality, but they are far inferior in number to the Ghost Dominators.

According to Elusa, in the past few years, the contradictions between the two guilds have almost been unresolved, and if it weren't for the constant reconciliation of the Senate, it is estimated that a guild war would have been conducted.

However, it is only one opportunity away, and this big war is still going to break out.

And now this opportunity has been buried, it is Lucy's girl.

Let go of the matter of the "Ruler of the Ghosts" for the time being.

As long as it wasn't for the Leader of the Ghost Dominator to come in person, even if all four elements arrived, Esther wouldn't pay attention to it.

Outside of town, Esther summons the Violent Dogs.

As soon as Fang came out, the scorching breath evaporated the surrounding rainwater.

Rain, can remove a lot of traces, and I don't know if the violent dog can still find clues.

Put everything in front of him.

Sniffing them one by one, remembering their scent, the violent dog nodded, and began to look for clues.

He circled around the town before coming to Esther's side and recounting his findings.

There are four places in the town where a large amount of aura once gathered.

One is the warehouse, which is located on the east side of the town.

One is the church, which is located on the west side of the town.

Two are farmsteads, one to the north and one to the south.

Most likely, it was the children who were taken away who stayed in these four places for a while before being taken away.

After identifying the clues, Esther went straight into action, and the first location was the warehouse.

The warehouse is empty of people, and it belongs to the abandoned kind.

When you step into the warehouse, you will be covered with dust.

But Esther soon discovered that the dust was a bit similar to what was added later, and it was not uniform.

"Seeing and Hearing the Domineering Spirit" was released, and everything in the entire warehouse was presented in his perception.

It is true that there were quite a few people who stopped here, but now they have left.

Seeing and hearing the domineering can see the remaining traces, but they can't see the direction they left, especially in the outside world that has been washed by the rain.

Canceling the domineering, Esther plans to leave here.