Looks Like I'm About to Get Caught Up in Something Huge~

"Oh? So you're a mercenary." Laxus nodded, stroking his chin, then suddenly changed the subject, adopting a fighting stance again. "Alright, I got it. Let's continue!"

Freed: ∑(o_o;)? Still fighting?

"Um, I don't think there's any need for us to fight at all. Can we just concede and not fight?"

"No way! I haven't beaten you all to the point of amnesia yet!"

Freed: Isn't this over yet?

Why did they beat us so badly we lost our memories?

Is this man crazy?

In truth, Laxus's anger had long since subsided. Thinking about it carefully, Freed and the others approached from behind, making it impossible for him to see his facial expression. It was simply that the warlike Laxus had become interested in Freed and simply wanted to continue the fight.

Bickslow had just finished tidying up the little wooden puppets, stood up. Hearing Laxus and the others' nonsensical conversation, he couldn't help but interject, "Dude, are you an idiot? Who gets beaten up to the point of amnesia?"

"Idiot, shut up!" Freed hurriedly tried to stop him, but he couldn't.

Laxus:(╬￣皿￣)

"Oh? Then I'll let you try it now!" With that, Laxus clenched his fist and walked towards Bickslow.

However, Laxus hadn't taken two steps when his ears twitched, and he looked towards a large tree not far away. There were people hiding in the canopy of that tree! When had they hidden there?

"Big brother, big brother, I think we've been discovered!"

"Shh! Hold your breath! Believe that you are a stone."

"Report! Brother, there shouldn't be any stones on the tree!"

"Lao San Lao San, I think your complaints are great!"

"Report! Second Brother, thank you for your praise!"

"Shh! Hold your breath, hold your breath, don't let us get caught!"

Laxus:_

A golden bolt of lightning struck the canopy of the large tree, followed by three screams as three figures with mushroom-shaped haircuts tumbled down from the canopy.

"Report! Boss, we've been spotted!"

"Big brother, big brother, I think we're in trouble!"

"Hush, hold your breath, prepare for battle! Brain's mission isn't over yet, let's finish this quickly!"

After saying that, the three inexplicably mushroom-headed men charged towards Laxus and his group, exuding murderous intent.

Although Laxus didn't know what they were up to, it was clear they were hostile. So Laxus immediately prepared for battle. Since they had come looking for trouble, he would fight first and ask questions later.

However, before Laxus could make a move, when the three men had only run a hundred meters away from them, a series of complex characters suddenly appeared from beneath their feet. Then, the three men suddenly clutched their necks in pain, their faces turning a purplish-red as if they had suddenly suffocated.

Before long, all three of them collapsed to the ground, suffocating to death!

Upon seeing this, Laxus's hair stood on end. He leaped back a considerable distance and turned to look at Freed and Bickslow.

"This is a spell I set up, the rule of which is 'those with malicious intent will suffocate to death'," Freed said calmly, then gave Laxus a deep look.

Freed could now be certain that his spell hadn't failed, so the blond boy really didn't mean any harm; he simply wanted to fight them.

What kind of nonsense is this? It's incredibly stupid!

Bickslow was already used to people dying inexplicably under Freed's spells, so he didn't react much. Instead, he calmly walked forward to examine the corpses to see if any finishing blows were needed.

"Huh? Isn't this the infamous mushroom-headed assassin trio from the underworld?" Bickslow couldn't help but exclaim in surprise after turning the body over and seeing the face clearly.

"It was the Biguton Assassin Trio." Freed calmly walked over and took a look, then stroked his chin and began to think.

"It doesn't seem like they're after us. Meeting them here is probably a coincidence. But I didn't expect even they would be involved. What exactly are those guys from the Dark Guild trying to do? Bickslow, look for any clues."

"Alright!" Bickslow began to rummage through the three corpses.

Laxus watched the two people calmly chatting around the corpse and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "Truly worthy of mercenaries," he thought, "Their composure is no joke." While Laxus had killed people before, he rarely searched corpses, let alone stood beside them analyzing them. It just goes to show how different the nature of a mage's and a mercenary's work is.

However, the word "retreat" was clearly not in Laxus's dictionary; if others could do it, there was no reason he couldn't. So he pretended to be indifferent and walked to the side of the corpse, watching how Freed and the others searched it.

"I just heard you guys talking about the Dark Guild or something. What happened?" Laxus asked.

Freed glanced up at Laxus, then looked down again to search the body's pockets, and said in a low voice, "I advise you not to ask. It won't do any good for irrelevant people to know."

Laxus:(╬◣д◢)

Damn it, this kid actually looks down on me. Is it because my Laxus fists aren't hard enough, or has he gotten too cocky?

However, despite his resentment, Laxus knew now was not the time to act. Suppressing his anger, he gritted his teeth and said, "I am Laxus, a mage of Fairy Tail. I have the right to know information about the Dark Guilds. Speak!"

Freed looked up again and carefully examined Laxus. To be honest, he really hadn't expected Laxus to be a guild mage. He had seen many guild mages before, all of whom were spineless cowards, which made them mercenaries look down on mages from legitimate guilds.

However, Laxus was clearly not among those they looked down upon. This was the first time that Freed had ever seen someone his age who could suppress both him and Bickslow at the same time without breaking a sweat. Based on strength alone, Laxus deserved his respect.

"Phew, alright." Seeing the stubbornness in Laxus's eyes, Freed exhaled, clapped his hands, stood up, and said, "Then I'll tell you some information I know, but let me make this clear first, knowing these things really won't do you any good."

"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point!" Laxus said impatiently.

Freed, indeed of good temper, didn't get angry and continued, "The dark world has been quite unstable lately; it seems a war is about to break out between those dark guilds!"

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