Gunuki Station had already been placed under martial law.
At that moment, a group of heavily armed, heavy-plated soldiers from the Fiore Kingdom stood ready, maintaining order and investigating the cause of the attack, as well as the casualties.
Not long ago, a terrifying man carrying a scythe had led a group of terrorists in raiding the station, causing severe panic and killing quite a few people. The bodies strewn across the station platform were proof enough!
At the same time, the terrorists had hijacked a train and bizarrely driven all the passengers off it.
According to the eyewitness accounts and descriptions, there was no doubt that the culprits behind such a major crime were the mysterious organization operating near the city—the dark guild Eisenwald! As for the terrifying terrorist leader carrying the scythe, he was naturally the master of Eisenwald, the man known as the "Grim Reaper"—Erigor!
Of course, whether that was truly the case still required further investigation, questioning, and verification. The soldiers had yet to reach a final conclusion.
"I don't understand. If they had hijacked a carriage or a ship, that would at least make some sense..."
"But..."
"Hijacking a train..."
"A train can only move along the tracks. Where could those guys possibly run after hijacking it? They could just send a magic communication to the city or station ahead, have the soldiers block the tracks in advance, and then send people after them from behind. Wouldn't they be caught without a fight?"
"Are the people from Eisenwald really that stupid?"
After finding the "abandoned" Natsu and catching up with him, Lucy had looked from a distance at Gunuki Station, which had been sealed off by the soldiers. Standing beside the magic-powered four-wheeled vehicle, she cried out in disbelief.
After all, hijacking another vehicle or