"Have you thought of anything?" Kana asked.
Lucy shook her head and said, "No! There aren't any clues at all, how are we supposed to find anything! We have absolutely no idea what to do."
"Perhaps this is the starting point," Kana said. Lucy looked at Kana curiously upon hearing Kana words. Kana continued, "Are we really without any clues? I've taken this kind of test four times already, so I have a feeling that the test never assigns unreasonable tasks, so there must be some hidden clues."
"That's true. If the first stage of the exam is a test of ability and luck, then the second stage should test 'wisdom,' so if we think about it that way, 2L should come from the words themselves."
"Writing?" Kana was a little confused;
Lucy explained, "For example, when we hear 'grave,' we naturally think of a place, and when someone dies, it means 'the end of life,' and so on."
"Are there any other Lucy -style ways of analyzing things, like how people turn into stars when they die?" Kana joked. She didn't really care what Lucy said; she just found it amusing.
Upon hearing Kana's words, Lucy paused for a moment, then exclaimed with delight, "That's right!... That's it! I know where the graveyard is!"
"What?" Kana was taken aback, not expecting Lucy to actually know;
"Come with me!"
"I knew you could do it."
"You're lying! You clearly didn't have any hope!"
"How could we have always been good friends!"
"I no longer believe in friendship!"...
Chapter Sixteen: Subtle Changes
At this moment Gray and Loke were hiding in the bushes, watching Lucy and Kana leave. Since they couldn't find the grave of the First Generation guild master, they had no choice but to follow other teams. The first team that came to mind was Lucy. Gray and Lucy had been teaming up for a long time, and they knew that Lucy could be a little bit clever at times.
"Lucy certainly didn't disappoint us!" Loke said, pushing aside the branches in front of him and watching Kana and Lucy's departing figures.
Gray, however, wore an excited expression. "I knew this level would test 'wisdom and cunning'! Anyway, let's sneak over there first."
"Okay!" The two quietly followed behind Lucy and Kana;
"What's with this exam?! Which path do I choose?! Ugh... why isn't it fighting?! Fight! I want to fight!... Is there no one who can fight?! Ugh..." Gajeel shouted angrily as he walked.
Levy hearing Gajeel's words and said, "Ugh... ugh... ugh...! It's so noisy! If you want to fight, wasn't that the one just now perfect? Go find that one."
Gajeel, remembering the monster from earlier, broke out in a cold sweat and quietly followed behind Levy, no longer making a fuss.
Suddenly, two figures sprang out of the nearby bushes. One was dressed in Japanese samurai armor with a sword at his waist, and the other looked like a chicken.
"Whoosh...!" The person in samurai armor drew his sword and slashed at Levy;
Levy screamed, "Bang..." Gajeel shielded Levy under his arm, blocking the attack with one arm;
"Gajeel ...!" Levy exclaimed in surprise;
"It's alright! Get up and get ready to fight." Then, looking at the two, he asked, "So, who are you?" Gajeel paused for a moment when he suddenly noticed their guild badges. He knew a bit about these dark guilds; he had been through the wringer there before.
"The Demon's Heart!"
Levy was very familiar with the guild, asked, "It's a dark guild. So what are you dark guilds doing on our island?"
"Did the guild leader join a dark guild during the exam?"