Fairy Tail: One Sword Opens the Sky

Makarov's document to Schumer gives him a general idea of the ten-year mission.

About a dozen years ago, in the eastern part of Ishgar, in the territory of the country of Bosko, hundreds of inhabitants of a small village suddenly disappeared overnight.

The man who discovered this was a resident who had returned from a trip to the city to buy medicine for his child, and after he noticed that the normally lively village was dead silent, and that there were suddenly strange mountain villas next to the village, he quickly fled the village.

He then went to a well-known local mid-sized wizard guild to ask them to investigate the truth about the villagers' disappearance.

Because it is indeed very strange that hundreds of people disappeared overnight, and in the accounts of the villagers, the sudden appearance of the mountain villa is described as very strange.

At the time, the mission was judged to be A-class, and the guild eventually sent a group of three A-class magicians.

In fact, the leader of this guild thinks that sending three A-rank magicians is a big fuss, because an ordinary person can escape, and it makes no sense that they can't be stronger magicians.

However, the three A-class magicians who went to investigate were like stones in the sea, and they were never heard from again.

Not only did the mission fail, but it also lost three excellent guild members.

The guild leader, who realized that something was wrong, directly gathered all the high-end combat power of the guild this time and formed a powerful team led by S-level magicians and assisted by 4 A+-level magicians.

A squad with this lineup can even complete some tasks with a difficulty close to SS level.

Not only to complete the task cleanly and maintain the reputation of the guild, but also to investigate the death of a companion.

However, despite such a strong team, they were unable to investigate any information about the sudden appearance of the villa, and no one was able to return.

Because of this mission, the vitality of this guild was greatly damaged.

Not only did he lose his only S-rank magician, but he disappeared along with several magicians who were infinitely close to S-class.

After this defeat, the guild leader submitted the mission to the Magical Council, hoping that they would evaluate the specific level of the mission and leave it to the other guilds to take over.

The difficulty of this task is no longer something that a medium-sized guild like them can meddle in.

When the Council learned of the information, it sent two waves of magical forces to investigate the sudden appearance of the villa.

The first wave of magical troops stepped into the villa, and they were attacked by a huge magical beast that covered the sky and the sun.

This demonic beast was not only huge in size, but also terrifying in strength, destroying the vanguard like a withering and decaying force, and the magic army could not even organize an effective counterattack.

The second wave of magic troops ended even worse, and before they even stepped into the villa, they were swallowed by the strange magic array and disappeared from this world, leaving not even a trace.

At this point, the Magic Council decided that this mission was an SS-class mission, and ordered all the villages around the village for dozens of miles to be removed, sealing the place.

Then, more than ten years later, and there was still no guild that could complete this task, so it was automatically upgraded to a ten-year mission.

That's the reason for the mission's name, the eerie Man-Eating Lodge.

Since so many people have died after more than 10 years of indirect assignments, the resident who issued the assignment told the Council that if anyone takes the assignment again, he must have the person who takes the assignment come to him and decide for himself whether to inform him of the specific location of the village.

After nearly a month, Humer traveled from Magnolia to the easternmost part of Ishgar.

I found this old man with a white beard and a haggard face.

When I found him, he was lying in a rocking chair in his courtyard, closing his eyes and thinking deeply.

After explaining his intentions, the old man's face showed a look of surprise.

"Go back, kid! you can't complete this task!".

Seeing that the person who took over the task this time was actually a young boy, the old man persuaded Xiu Mo to give up the task.

"After so many years, no guild has been able to investigate the truth, and I have given up. "

The old man sighed, saying that he had no hope that the truth would come out.

But his tone is still a little unwilling, which shows that he still has a deep obsession in his heart.

Overnight, his family and friends all disappeared, leaving him alone in the world. Even after more than ten years, it is difficult for him to let go of all this.

However, because Xiu Mo was too young, or even immature, he couldn't bear to send Xiu Mo to death, so he refused to tell Xiu Mo the specific location of the village.

"Tell me, old man!"

Xiu Mo looked at the old man's eyes with a divine light, his body exuded a convincing momentum, and his tone of voice was extremely confident.

"I have the strength to complete this task, otherwise with the reputation of this mission over the years, my president will not let me take this task, right?"

......

After more than half a month of talking, perhaps it was Xiu Mo's strong self-confidence that infected the old man, or maybe the old man's inner obsession was still there, so he chose to believe Xiu Mo.

"I can't imagine that I'm going to make such a sin at this age. "

Looking at Xiu Mo's distant back, I remembered Xiu Mo's age. The old man shook his head with a wry smile, a trace of regret rising in his heart for telling him the location of Xiumer's village.

"You must come back alive! Child, I don't want you to find out the truth, I just hope that you can save your life, and your life has a lot of wonderful things waiting for you to experience. "

Leaning his head on the back of his chair, the old man looked at the blue sky, his gaze becoming more and more profound.

Thinking of every magician over the years who had left him with a smile and never returned, a look of remembrance and bitterness appeared on his face.

"I've had too many lives on my back over the years. "