Achill stood before a gravestone. Yes, a gravestone! There was no mistaking it: this was the grave of Mavis, Fairy Tail's first guild master, which Makarov had made the objective of the second stage of the S-Class exam!
After giving the plain, ancient-looking gravestone a cursory glance, Achill sank back into thought. He vaguely sensed that there was more to it than met the eye, that some strange power lay within it, but he had no time to concern himself with that now. Normally, his curiosity might have driven him to investigate, but his most pressing task was to find that mysterious, melancholy young man as quickly as possible!
Yes, in Achill's mind, that mysterious, melancholy young man who had given him such an unsettling sense of danger mattered more than Hades, Grimoire Heart's master, who was currently fighting Makarov! Judging by the fluctuations of magic power earlier, Hades was undoubtedly a terrifyingly powerful fighter who far surpassed an ordinary member of the Ten Wizard Saints! He was even much, much stronger than Achill's "other self" in Edolas—
But even so, he was not an opponent who was utterly impossible to defeat! Had Achill encountered him in the past, he might have faced grave danger, and his chances of defeat might have been overwhelming! But now! Now that Achill had returned from Edolas and mastered that move during his training journey, the outcome was far from certain...
That was why he considered the melancholy young man more dangerous: he had made Achill's heart tremble without leaking even the slightest trace of his presence. It was also why Achill wanted to find him. He did not insist on defeating him, but he at least needed to learn more about him!
Achill thoroughly disliked this feeling of having no clues and no