"Devour it all, Beelzebuth. "
With Akira's words, his shadow suddenly came to life and began to devour everything. And this included the throne and the soul of the God of Darkness.
"You what the hell are you… Nooo, you bastard, how dare you…" The god of darkness, caught off guard, was unprepared for Akira's surprise attack. But as a veteran who killed a god and a demon by himself, he still managed to calm himself and was about to counterattack. But as soon as he tried to attack the soul contract that he had just signed, it attacked him.
With the backlash, the god of darkness suffered serious injuries. And this made his already damaged soul even more damaged. And Akira didn't miss this chance at all.
He poured all his magic power into his skill, and in no time, the God of Darkness was devoured. But Akira didn't stop his skill. Just like how the God of Darkness suffered a backlash for violating the contract with Akira, if he stopped right now, he too would suffer the same backlash.
The reason why the god of darkness suffered the backlash was that he tried to attack Akira, who was trying to get the inheritance. Yes, even when the process was devouring the God of Darkness's death, the contract still considered this a breach of contract.
And similarly, if Akira stopped here, he would be violating the contract, as the seal without the God of darkness's soul would be lifted. This is because Akira's previous actions were too swift, and the God of Darkness had no time to transfer the guardianship of the seal. So, in other words, if he really stops his skill, what's sealed inside would come out.
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While Akira was fighting desperately, two new visitors arrived at the entrance of the village. These two were none other than Guildmaster Makarov and Sera. These came to this village after tracing Akira's whereabouts here.
"Master, something is very wrong here. The village is too quiet. " Sera said as her expression was quite grim.
"I also noticed. It seems that boy Akira is really in some serious trouble. Let's first find out what happened here. Then we may be able to find clues on where Akira is. " Makarov also replied in an equally serious tone.
With their objective clear, both of them entered the village stealthily. But after entering the village, both of them had to pause, looking at the surroundings around them.
In front of them all, the villagers were lying on the ground unconscious, with some even foaming at the mouth.
To investigate further, Makarov and Sera walked towards the nearest villager and began checking his body for any injuries or residue magic particles to understand what had happened.
It didn't take long for them to understand that these villagers were just knocked unconscious. So after spraying some water on the face, they managed to wake up one of the villagers.
And after asking some simple questions, Makarov knocked the man unconscious again. The man was so shocked that he didn't even register what was happening before he fell down unconscious. After all, who would have thought that the esteemed guildmaster Makarov would attack them?
The reason why Makarov did this is that when they first came to the man, both he and Sera felt the residual magic power of Akira on this guy's body. And knowing the kids' temper, both of them knew that the reason why the whole village was knocked unconscious had something to do with him.
So there can only be two things that would happen for such a situation to happen: one is that Akira had gone astray and wanted to use these people as living sacrifices while he finished setting up the formation. And secondly, it is that this whole village is guarding a secret that is most likely connected to the dark side, and Akira did not want to get anyone involved, which knocked everyone unconscious.
And as people from the same guild, both Makarov and Sera immediately ignored the first option. Sure, they would curse at Akira for being a devil and would sometimes be pranked by his pranks made by dark magic. But even then, none of the people in the guild would ever think Akira would become a dark mage. This is because this kid is someone even the dark world would not dare to accept.
After all, if this kid ever turned dark, he would definitely turn the world upside down. And the first people who would suffer would be the same dark world.
Don't doubt it; this kid would definitely do it. After all, the kid is already crazy enough, even by Fairy Tail standards.
"Sera, can you sense Akira's location? "After placing the unconscious man slowly on the ground, Makarov stood up and asked.
Sera closed her eyes for a second and then shook her head, saying, " No, something seems to be blocking my senses. But thankfully, I can still feel Akira's life signature near here. "
Makarov stroked his beard, hearing this. At first, their first thought was to go towards the client's house to gather clues, but after hearing the situation from this villager, they had to abandon that idea.
Because, according to this person, a child arrived at the village today, and after a while, that child left the village. And then shortly after, everyone suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
From these clues, Makarov could piece out that this situation happened after Akira left this village. But even so, Akira definitely used magic to knock all these villagers out. But why would he do that?
Or did he never leave the village, and the one who left the village was just a clone he created? Deciding to investigate this matter, Makarov told Sera about this, and both of them left the village and searched for any battlefields or tracks that Akira must have left.
And it didn't take long for them to find another four people knocked unconscious in the wilderness. From the outfits they wear, there were villagers from the nearby village. But clearly these villagers were no ordinary people, as around them were rubble and signs of battle marks. And Makarov could also sense Akira's aura mixed in the surroundings.
It seems these four have met Akira before and, most importantly, had a fight with him. Deciding on what these guys were up to, Makarov went and searched for them first and found nothing.
Yep, these guys are just villagers and not magicians from any dark guild. It seems this is also why Akira spared these guys' lives. Otherwise, with that kid's temper, he would at least break a leg or two.
Deciding to investigate further, Makarov once again selected a lucky person and interrogated him about what happened. And after that, he was once again knocked unconscious.
Thankfully, this time, they finally got a lead on what happened.
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