The Name of the Grim Reaper!

Early the next morning, Erza, Natsu, Lucy, and Gray had already gathered at the train station—oh, plus an unidentified flying object in the shape of a cat.//. //...

After meeting up, they wasted no time and boarded the next train, heading straight for the place where Erza had first encountered those Eisenwald members!

Of course, they did not know that a pair of eyes had been quietly watching them from the shadows from beginning to end. That person was Achill!

"Should I take this train too and go with Erza and the others?" High in the sky several thousand meters above, Achill stood suspended in midair, gazing at the rapidly speeding train below. With a light laugh, he said, "Hehe, better not. It would be troublesome if we happened to run into each other! After all, I can't let Erza see me—not yet!"

"Mm, I'll just follow them quietly like this. Watching from above should make it easier to observe the whole situation, right?" With a soft chuckle, he lightly tapped the air with his toes and began gliding forward through the sky at an unhurried pace, trailing far above the train. He was not worried about anyone noticing him. Flying this high, even if someone on the ground saw him, they would probably assume he was just an ordinary bird, right? After all, in this world of magic, people who could fly were rare...

"Even if Erza runs into any danger, I'll be able to eliminate it completely in the shortest possible time..."

Having made up his mind, Achill was in no hurry. He simply took out a bottle of liquor and drank leisurely. He was flying, after all. The train might have plenty of wheels and move quickly, but shaking off Achill as he flew through the sky was basically wishful thinking!

Besides, his senses had been locked onto Erza the entire time! There was no way he could lose them now!!

Before long, the train arrived at Ghost Lotus Station! This was where Erza had first encountered those Eisenwald members! But perhaps they had been too absorbed in what they were doing, because when they got off the train, they actually forgot to bring Natsu with them?!!

One could imagine how that tragedy came about. Natsu was utterly helpless against all forms of transportation!! His transportation helplessness rating was practically on the same level as Achill's unbelievably awful sense of direction. Simply put, each of them was an epic legend in one particular regard... How depressing~

Achill had been using his senses from high in the unreachable sky to track everyone's magical signatures. After Erza and the others got off at Ghost Lotus Station, he stopped far above the station as well. As for the people traveling with Erza—Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and, oh, that unidentified flying object in the shape of a cat—he had naturally memorized their magical signatures too! He kept sensing the condition of their entire group at all times!

At first, when he sensed Natsu's magical signature suddenly racing away with the train, Achill did not pay much attention. He thought Erza and the others were splitting up. But when he saw Erza not only force the moving train to stop by pulling the emergency brake, but also chase after it in a magic four-wheeler, Achill laughed. So that guy had not taken the train alone because he had some other mission and was splitting from Erza's group—he had simply been forgotten on the train!!

Achill could not help laughing aloud at that. Shaking his head with an amused smile, he increased his speed and caught up with the departing train before Erza and the others.

But the moment he caught up, Achill clearly noticed that Natsu's magical signature was fluctuating chaotically. Frowning, he focused his senses and discovered that someone with considerable magic power seemed to be standing in front of Natsu! Judging from the magical fluctuations spreading between them, Natsu had clearly just fought that unidentified person!

That was indeed the case. After waking up and discovering that he had been left alone on the train, Natsu had been utterly miserable! But before he could even lament his tragic fate, someone with a ponytail had actually come looking for trouble! And that person was none other than an Eisenwald member—the very people they had been searching for!

Since someone had taken the initiative to pick a fight, Natsu naturally would not let them off easily! What was more, the other party was their target this time, a member of a dark guild! There was even less chance he would think about showing mercy!!

But reality often went against one's wishes! A train was a form of transportation, and Natsu, who was helpless against every kind of vehicle, was so motion-sick that he was nearly collapsing! Fighting someone in that state was just serving himself up on a platter!! He could only be beaten senseless!

"Looks like this Dragon Slayer wizard named Natsu is in a bit of trouble." With his brows tightly furrowed, Achill sensed the two magical fluctuations below and muttered hesitantly, "Should I go down and help him? He is from the same guild as Erza, and she brought him along this time. If I don't save him, that would be a little too heartless..."

"Forget it, I'll help him out!" Having made up his mind, Achill moved, preparing to descend from the sky and lend Natsu a hand.

But at that moment, the magic four-wheeler driven by Erza rapidly caught up from behind! Seeing this, Achill immediately stopped his descent and rose farther into the sky before coming to a halt!

"Looks like there's no need for me to step in after all." Watching the magic four-wheeler rapidly approaching the train below with an amused expression, Achill was happy to stay relaxed. Better if I don't have to do anything. It'd be a real disaster if Erza accidentally ran into me! After all, he did not want Erza to find out so soon that he was not actually dead—and was still alive and kicking~

Natsu, on the other hand, was no fool. Knowing that his strength would be drastically reduced while on a vehicle, Natsu

heard Erza and the others calling out to him from outside the train, and immediately made the decisive choice to jump off the train and onto the magic four-wheeler they were driving!

But after retrieving Natsu, Erza and the others did not give up their pursuit of the train! That was because Natsu had told them there was an Eisenwald member aboard it!

Having finally found a living Eisenwald member, Erza and the others naturally had no intention of letting them escape so easily! Despite the enormous magic power consumed by activating the magic four-wheeler, Erza's group sped after the departing train without hesitation!

This time, however, Achill did not deliberately follow behind Erza. Instead, he accelerated and chased ahead. In his view, since he already knew that Erza's target was this train—and most likely the wizard who had fought that Dragon Slayer earlier—then all he had to do was follow behind that wizard and go wherever he intended to go!

Then he could wait there for Erza and the others to arrive! At the same time, he could scout the situation in advance. If there were any particularly dangerous ambushes ahead, he could help Erza eliminate them beforehand!

With that in mind, Achill accelerated his flight once more!

Before long, Achill followed the train to the next stop, Gunuki Station. Just as he had expected, there were indeed a large number of other wizards at the station! They seemed to be some kind of wizard group?

However, since he was high in the sky, Achill could not immediately determine whether this wizard group was good or bad! Nor could he tell whether they had any connection to the wizard on the train. Still, he was not in a hurry. He would find out as soon as that guy got off the train!

Yet, to Achill's surprise, that unidentified wizard group actually hijacked the train?! Watching the person he had been tracking smile as he met up with the group, Achill suddenly understood. So they really were in the same gang after all!

"Hehe, these people must be the members of that wizard guild Erza mentioned when I overheard things at Fairy Tail before, right?" Achill swept his gaze over the wizards below with an amused expression and murmured as if talking to himself, "If I remember correctly, the trump card of that Eisenwald dark wizard guild was someone who called himself the 'Grim Reaper,' right? Hehe, I didn't expect someone here would actually dare call himself the Grim Reaper, and—"

"Right in front of me!" As he finished speaking, a terrifying gleam filled with disdain flashed through Achill's eyes!

+Frivolous and strange after losing his memory = creepy uncle?!! Damn! No way~ Isn't that a little too brutal?!!!! Roar roar roar--)