Treasure Hunter Guild

"The Twelve Gates of the Zodiac?" Eleven muttered, uttering this term he was hearing for the first time.

He knew about Celestial Spirit Magic; a couple of years ago, there was a Celestial Spirit Mage in the guild who could summon Celestial Spirit. The key he used was silver, not gold. He could summon a Celestial Spirit that could use painting magic.

However, it seems that this Celestial Spirit later lost to the guild's artist, Reedus, in terms of drawing skills, and then became withdrawn and could no longer be summoned.

In the end, the Celestial Spirit Mage had no choice but to go back to his hometown and farm...

Therefore, in Eleven's mind, Celestial Spirit Magic is a useless and unreliable kind of magic, and he also has to protect the fragile little hearts of the Celestial Spirit, which seems like a lot of trouble.

As for the Twelve Gates of the Zodiac, Eleven had never even heard of them. But since there are only twelve keys in the entire world, they must be very powerful Celestial Spirit.

Thinking this, Eleven began to take the key more seriously. He gently closed the box, looked up at the woman, and smiled, "Yes, ma'am, I understand. Is there anything else you need me to do?"

"Yes, yes! Listen to me, this key is really important. It was something the lady used to..."

The plump woman launched into her talkative mode, rambling on and on about a very long story to Eleven. Eleven listened quietly, showing no impatience; as a mage, he possessed that basic courtesy.

This woman used to be Lady Heartfilia Family's personal maid, the kind who took care of the lady from childhood to adulthood. This Lady Heartfilia Family was also a famous Celestial Spirit Mage Layla Leila Heartfilia.

However, Layla later passed away due to illness, entrusting the three golden keys she possessed to her three most trusted servants, one of which was the Cancer Celestial Spirit Key.

Although the plump woman could use a little Celestial Spirit Magic, she had no intention of becoming a mage. Lady Layla was very generous to her servants, so she received a considerable sum of money after retirement and lived a comfortable life. She treasured the key to the Twelve Gates of the Zodiac as a prized possession.

Until recently, she suddenly heard that members of the Treasure Hunter Guild had their eyes on the golden key in her possession. Although the Treasure Hunter Guild generally wouldn't commit any petty crimes, the fat woman was still worried!

Always prone to anxiety, she couldn't sleep or eat properly at the thought of possibly losing the key left by the lady. Finally, she couldn't bear it any longer and went to the Mage Guild to post a quest.

Even the mission level was specially upgraded to S-level, just for peace of mind.

The plump woman took a small sip of water; her story was finally over. Eleven looked up at the sky outside; it was completely dark.

"The Treasure Hunters Guild? Okay, I understand. I'll be careful of them." Eleven nodded, stood up, and patted his aching backside.

"Yes, yes, you must be very careful! This is Madam's treasure, you mustn't lose it!" the plump woman continued to instruct her anxiously.

Eleven nodded his head obediently, like a chicken pecking at rice, as if afraid the fat woman would pull him aside for another long talk.

"Here, put this on. With this, you'll be safer setting off at night." As she spoke, the plump woman pulled out a pure black night outfit from somewhere and handed it to Eleven, her eyes showing no sign of joking.

Eleven:(_)

A short while later, Eleven, completely black except for a slit in his eyes, reappeared in the living room, where the plump woman looked him up and down with satisfaction.

"Um... ma'am, you don't need to worry about that. Actually, I can become invisible by myself..."

Eleven glanced helplessly at the plump woman who was still preparing clothes for him, and quickly covered himself with his Spiritual Power, using his invisibility technique to make the plump woman give up the idea of painting him with camouflage paint.

Upon seeing that Eleven could become invisible, the plump woman beamed with joy. "Oh dear, this is wonderful, this is wonderful! This way..."

This time, however, Eleven wouldn't listen to her rambling anymore. The door was quietly opened a crack, a cool breeze blew in, leaving only the fat woman muttering to herself in the air.

"Where am I?!" Eleven angrily slammed the magical navigation map in his hand to the ground.

It was late at night when Eleven escaped from the fat woman's house, so there was naturally no transportation for him. However, Eleven wasn't flustered; he had come with a purpose for this mission.

To solve the problem of always getting lost during missions, he specifically bought a magical navigation device from the magic shop that could find its way on its own.

He followed the navigation, winding his way through the mountains until dawn. When the navigation told him he had arrived at the Heartfilia Family's territory, he looked up and found himself in the middle of a vast mountain range.

What the hell is this piece of junk?!

Looking at the endless mountain range, Eleven knew he was completely lost this time. Because he trusted this lousy GPS, he hadn't even bothered to check how he got here!

In a fit of rage, he dispelled the invisibility spell on his body and tugged hard at his night clothes, only to discover that the thing was actually a one-piece suit with a zipper at the back, which he couldn't take off.

(Д) I'm so angry!!

Eleven felt like a fool. It was already broad daylight, almost noon! He was wandering aimlessly in the mountains in a pitch-black, tight-fitting suit—wasn't that like something a freak would do?

"You've finally revealed yourself! The mage who delivered the golden key!"

"You made us search, it was so hard!"

Thump!

Just as Eleven was stomping his feet in anger, three strange-looking guys suddenly jumped out of the bushes nearby.

The three men were a burly man with a rice ball-shaped head and a weapon the size of a fist on his back. Another had spiky hair and carried a large sword on his back. The third was a handsome man with a neat hairstyle, but his body was wrapped in bullets, and he carried a large gun.

"Huh? You guys are from the Treasure Hunters Guild, right? You've been following me all this way. Don't bother me, I'm in a bad mood right now!" Eleven turned to look at the three guys with obvious displeasure, his tone impatient.

Eleven had already spotted the three of them; they had followed him shortly after he left the old woman's house. However, because Eleven had concealed himself, they didn't seem to know Eleven exact location, and it seemed they only had some way of tracking the Eleven Celestial Spirit Key in his possession.

Eleven only investigated briefly before ignoring them, since none of the three were mages and none possessed any magical power. Eleven didn't think they could cause him any trouble, so he figured if they wanted to follow, they could.

"That won't do! We're the Treasure Hunters' Guild— Sylph Labyrinth!" The handsome man with the gun smiled confidently.

"That super treasure in your hand must belong to us!" the spiky-haired guy shouted.

"Thump!" The rice ball-shaped head seemed to be saying something...