Black Magic

Heaven and Earth fell silent!

The vast, boundless black light robbed Ul of all sight. The boar's body was enveloped in the black radiance, vanishing in an instant, directly evaporated by the black Magic Power.

The sudden, shocking change froze Ul's body rigid.

Although this Magic Power was not deliberately aimed at Ul, the force contained within it made him dare not move a single muscle.

This had nothing to do with Ul's courage; it was the instinctive reaction of any living creature when faced with a power far surpassing its own!

The Magic Power came quickly and left just as fast!

After the pitch-black Magic Power devoured the boar, the black light finally stopped about ten meters in front of Ul, forming an arc-shaped shockwave.

When the Magic Power dissipated.

Ul's weakened legs could no longer support his body. He plopped down onto the ground, his face pale, his whole body drenched in cold sweat, and he began to gasp heavily for air.

This accident had scared Ul out of his wits. Especially when he saw the scene before him, his heart was shaken to its core.

The mountain forest was gone!

Not the ruins left by violent destruction, but erased without a trace, as if this mountain forest had never existed at all. In its place was only a huge circular pit several hundred meters in diameter.

Both the dense forest and the earth seemed to have been swallowed by the pitch-black Magic Power. Especially the area more than ten meters in front of Ul—it was no longer a mountain forest, but rather a bottomless cliff...

Lying on the ground, staring at the starry sky above, Ul's heart still couldn't stop pounding. Three words uncontrollably surfaced in his mind!

"Black Magic!"

Only Black Magic possessed this kind of dark attribute and silent destructive power.

Moreover, to cause destruction of this magnitude, the caster had to be a Mage at least approaching the level of the Ten Wizard Saints.

"What is a Black Mage of this caliber doing here?"

An existence like the Ten Wizard Saints couldn't act lightly. Once Mages of this level engaged in battle, it could easily trigger cataclysms in heaven and earth, causing immense destruction across the entire continent.

Thus, there was an unspoken rule among almost all guilds on the continent: unless absolutely necessary, existences like the Ten Wizard Saints must not go all out. Unless...

"Could it be that war is about to break out?"

As if thinking of a certain possibility, Ul's pupils suddenly contracted.

The sky gradually brightened!

When the first rays of sunlight from the horizon fell upon Ul's face, Ul, lying on the ground, slowly opened his eyes.

Last night, because he was too exhausted, coupled with the dual torment to his body and spirit, Ul had unknowingly fallen asleep right there on the ground.

Fortunately, the Black Magic strike from the previous night had frightened away all the wild beasts and small animals in the surrounding area. Otherwise, given how deeply Ul had slept, even if he had been swallowed whole by some beast, he might not have woken up.

After waking up!

Ul ignored everything else. Limping on one leg, he hoisted the wild boar "monster" corpse from the pit and left the place.

He was anxious in his heart, because if his guess about war breaking out was true, it would definitely not be a good thing.

You see!

War means death. Especially in this world of magic, even more people would die.

Although when he used to watch anime, it seemed like no one died in wars, in reality, that was only because the dead were never mentioned.

According to the records of "Fairy Tail," since its founding, "Fairy Tail" had experienced several large-scale wars. Every single war resulted in heavy casualties within the guild, without exception!

If even "Fairy Tail," which was relatively "peaceful," was like this, then there was no need to mention the other guilds.

The only thing Ul could pray for now was that if war really did break out, he hoped the main party involved would not be "Fairy Tail"!

After dragging the wild boar "monster" corpse and collecting the reward from the short, stout middle-aged uncle.

Ul left the farm amidst the uncle's endless thanks.

Emmmm...

Speaking of which, it seemed he still didn't even know this middle-aged uncle's name!

Although the distance from the farm to the guild wasn't far, since he had earned so much reward, Ul naturally wanted to splurge a little... Alright! The truth was, his leg injury was the main reason he gave up on saving money.

After boarding the carriage, Ul immediately summoned a certain system from his reality.

Along with the familiar "ding-dong" sound, a line of "impatient" text quickly appeared on the system panel before Ul.

[Host, char...]

"Charge!"

This time, before the text on the system panel had even fully appeared, Ul directly interrupted the system and said, "Charge me 94,500 J!"

When those last words left his mouth, Ul's tone carried a distinct edge of gritted teeth and vindictiveness.

System: [·······]

[Host, you're so petty!]

Ul: "Heh heh!"

The previous two top-ups, that certain system had taken advantage of Ul's youthful ignorance and swindled him twice over. This time, Ul was directly taking back all the money that had been cheated from him those two times.

Although Ul's 'petty' approach made that certain system quite unhappy, the draw still had to be drawn...

Soon!

The system panel slowly shifted into the black hole interface that Ul was familiar with!

As the black hole interface began to rotate slowly, Ul's attention involuntarily focused on it...

The black hole spun faster and faster...

After who knows how long.

Suddenly!

The black hole's rotation came to an abrupt halt.

Then, a streak of white light shot out from the black hole with a whoosh, landing straight onto Ul...