Chapter 737: The Curse of Anxelram
Chapter 737: The Curse of Anxelram
"What are these books?"
Erza looked at these tattered books in confusion, not knowing what Lu Li meant.
Jellal on the side was the first to react, "This...this...could this be...Zeref's Demon Book!?"
He stood up in shock and looked at Lu Li, "Mr. Lu, are you going out this time for..."
"Oh, I was out looking for medicine, and when I passed by the Gate of Hades, I killed it."
Lu Li said it lightly, as if he was just pulling a radish from a vegetable garden.
"This……"
Gerard was about to say something but stopped himself, too shocked to speak.
He originally wanted to say that Hades Gate was very powerful and suggested that Fairy Tail mobilize other large guilds to act together in order to crack the other party's conspiracy.
But who would have thought that Lu Li would go out and destroy the gate to the underworld just by passing by.
"Wait... I still don't quite understand the situation, but... the crisis should have been resolved, right?"
Erza was also a little shocked. She didn't expect Lu Li to be so efficient.
She knew Lu Li was very strong, but was he too strong? She always felt that this disaster should have been something they had to fight hard and rely on their partners and friendship to get through.
"That's right, Mr. Lu has already solved it."
Black Lily follows Lu Li. In the guild, they are set up to be similar to the Thunder Gods of Lacusas. They are the foundation of Lu Li, and their names have been unified.
"It's good that it's solved. It's good that it's solved. If they use those ancient weapons, the consequences will be disastrous..."
Jellal felt relieved, "Now that everything is alright, I'll leave. I still have a lot to investigate regarding Zeref's black magic."
Although he said this, he was still a little worried and planned to go to the Gate of Hades after he left.
Hearing Jellal say that he would continue to investigate Zeref, Erza also looked serious, "Be careful, Zeref is too mysterious, the Dark Guild has been searching for him for hundreds of years without success. I think you have been acting too frequently recently, so you should be careful of danger."
"Don't worry, Erza, I'm not alone either."
Jellal said with a smile that he also had his fellow Witch's Sin's help, and they all embarked on a journey of atonement together.
But just as he stood up and prepared to leave, Lu Li beside him spoke again.
"Jeff?"
Lu Li looked strange, "Isn't he alive and well, being the emperor next door?"
"What!?"
Because Lu Li's voice was quite loud, many people heard it. People in the guild stopped drinking and chatting as they were all shocked by Lu Li's words.
Especially the first president. She was originally chatting with Levi, but when she heard the news about Jellal, she immediately flew over.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Lu Li looked even weirder. "Let's just say... is there a possibility that if someone just goes abroad, they can find Jellal."
This was also the point that he was unable to complain about when he read the original novel, that is, whether it was the regular guild or the dark guild, they were either afraid of Zeref or were pursuing Zeref, treating him as a legend, or a dead legend.
But Jellal is the emperor of the neighboring country. Although the two countries have not established diplomatic relations, they know of each other's existence.
Lu Li felt that it was acceptable for him to say that he didn't know the other party's national strength, but it was a bit ridiculous to say that he didn't know who the leader of the other party was.
The neighboring Albares Empire is located in the Western Continent. It is a super magic military empire formed by 730 guilds.
The ruler of the Albareth Empire is the dark wizard Zeref Dragneel.
"Lu Li, what do you mean? Jellal is in a neighboring country?"
The first president Mavis asked anxiously. She never expected it to be like this.
"Yeah, don't you know?"
Lu Li was really curious. These people actually had no idea about the situation in Lin Country.
Everyone in the Fairy Tail Guild shook their heads, looking at Lu Li curiously, waiting for Lu Li's next words.
"Is it true? Brother Lu, how did you know?"
Natsu couldn't help but start asking more questions.
"Ask me how I know, I saw ..."
Lu Li almost blurted out, "I have traveled to the Albares Empire, of course I know, their emperor is called Zeref Dragneel, and he has the same form as you, Natsu."
Natsu was even more shocked after hearing this, "Huh, I have the same last name as the legendary black wizard? Is that such a coincidence?"
"You might be his brother."
Lu Li said in a joking tone.
"Brother Lu is really good at joking."
The happy on Natsu's shoulder said with a smile.
Erza and Jellal were in no mood to joke. They heard that the legendary Zeref was still alive and was serving as emperor of a neighboring country, which was too disturbing.
"Mr. Lu, have you met Jelf? Do you know the situation in the neighboring countries?"
Gerald inquired.
"I haven't seen one with my own eyes. After all, I'm a dragon mage and I'm only interested in dragons. I'm not very interested in black mages. Besides, I don't think he's that powerful."
Lu Li said in a relaxed tone, "If everyone is troubled, I might as well go and get rid of him. It's no different than taking a trip to the Gate of Hell."
Lu Li's words left everyone present dumbfounded and shocked beyond words.
If someone else said this, they would just burst into laughter, but the person who said this was the champion of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Show, a super ruthless man who had killed thousands of dragons. They really didn't dare to say that Lu Li was definitely weaker than the legendary Jellal.
"Land from……"
Mavis' ghost flew to Lu Li's side, looking nervous and conflicted, "I... I actually know Jeref, can you take me to meet him? I have something to say to him."
She heard that Zeref was in the neighboring country, and she finally found the source of the ominous premonition in her heart. She was afraid that Zeref would invade the Kingdom of Fiore, and then her companions in the Fairy Tail Guild would be hurt again.
In addition, she still had feelings for Jellal, and they were all miserable people, so she wanted to meet him again to see what Jellal wanted to do now.
If Zeref really wanted to harm everyone in the Fairy Tail Guild, she would do her best to stop him.
"President Mavis!?"
When the companions heard what Mavis said, they were all very surprised. They didn't expect that their first-generation president knew Zeref.
Gerard was also very surprised. He didn't expect this to happen. If he had known this earlier, he would have asked Mavis more.
"You said you knew Jelf, is that true?"
Erza asked Mavis. Seeing that everyone was staring at her curiously, Mavis knew that it was not easy to hide such a thing, so she calmed down and told everyone the story of her and Zeref.
After listening to this, everyone was deeply moved and realized that Jellal was not the evil demon as the legend said, but just a poor man troubled by a curse.
"The Curse of Anxelram..."
Lu Li repeated what Mavis said, "So, first generation, you are now a spirit body. If I'm not mistaken, your original body has not yet dissipated its vitality, but has been sealed under the guild, right?"
"how do you know?"
Mavis looked at Lu Li in surprise, as her true identity was the guild's biggest secret.
"I have a strong magical perception, as you all know. I noticed the crystal seal below when I first joined the guild, but the elders in the guild didn't allow me to enter the forbidden area, so I didn't go to see it."
Lu Li explained casually, "It's just that in my opinion, there is no need for you to move around in spirit form. Since you want to see Jellal, I can just take you there in real body."
"This... this is impossible. After that... that thing between me and Jellal... I fell into a deep sleep because of his Anxelram curse. My life force is almost cut off. Once I leave that magic crystal, I will weaken rapidly and I won't be able to live to see Jellal."
Mavis stammered that when she was telling the story, she only said that she and Jellal kissed, but in fact they did something more intense, otherwise he wouldn't have loved her so much and had a child.
"I know a thing or two about healing magic, Wendy."
Lu Li said with a smile, and glanced at Wendy, "Really?"
Wendy nodded timidly, "Brother Lu's healing magic is amazing, how about letting Brother Lu try it?"
Mavis realized that Lu Li could not be judged by common sense. After pondering for a few seconds, she nodded.
Seeing this, Makarov on the side nodded and said, "Lu Li, follow me."
The forbidden area is a place that only the guild leader can enter, but now that the truth has been revealed, there are no more concerns.
Lu Li followed the first generation and President Makarov into the underground magical forbidden area. When he saw Mavis in the crystal, he didn't know where to put his eyes for a moment.
As an elder, the First Generation didn't seem to care much. "Lu Li, do you think you can revive my body?"
Lu Li did not answer immediately, but walked to the crystal, placed his hand on it, and sensed it through his spiritual pressure. As a result, he unexpectedly discovered that this thing was really not something that his Hui Dao could handle.
"Please ask the president to call my assistant Black Lily. She knows a lot about curses."
Lu Li said that he could heal Mavis' damaged body and expel the power of death, but he could not remove the lasting damage of the curse.
After a while, Black Lily also came underground and looked at Mavis's body with her big watery eyes showing strong interest.
"Offended."
Black Lily apologized and stretched out her hand. Her power was so magical that she could go straight through the crystal and touch Mavis' skin.
The bandage on her fingertips began to disintegrate when it touched Mavis, revealing her pale fingers.
Black Lily tapped her fingertips and touched Mavis' body with a serious look in her eyes.
"The curse of Anxelram is well-deserved. The more you love someone, the more likely you are to kill that person. The power of the curse of death is flowing through the first generation. I'm afraid that once you leave this frozen magic crystal, you won't be able to live for long."
Black Lily analyzed, "However, I can try to use the power of the curse to entangle it and delay the onset of the death curse in the first generation's body, so that it can be safely released."
"Then let the first generation come out first."
Lu Li said that as long as Black Lily could contain the curse, he could restore her body to health. As for how to break the curse later, he would think of a way later.
Black Lily nodded and started to work directly. Makarov saw that the two were so professional and it was not easy for him to interrupt. Based on the principle of trusting his partners in the guild, he stepped back and stood guard.
Soon, Black Lily broke the crystal and used the power of the curse to stop the death curse from spreading. Lu Li then used Hui Dao to heal Mavis' body.
"It's miraculous...I think I'm okay."
Mavis's soul returned to its place, and her real body woke up and moved a bit, then said in surprise.
"First generation, do you believe me?"
Lu Li asked. Black Lily had a new guess about how to solve the curse, but he didn't know if it would work.
"Of course I believe you. We are all members of Fairy Tail."
Mavis' smile is innocent and beautiful.
Lu Li nodded, "I have a way that may be able to remove the curse of Anxeram from you, but I just need you to cooperate with me without resistance, okay?"
Although Mavis had no hope in her heart, she still nodded with a smile when she heard Lu Li say that he would try to help her remove the curse of Anxeram, "You come and try."
Upon hearing this, Lu Li stepped forward and took out the World Core Extractor distributed by the space from the storage space. This kind of item is only distributed in limited quantities. If it is not used up, it will be confiscated when returning to the space. The level of the item itself is a row of question marks.
As long as the important characters in the plot do not resist and cooperate with him, he can use this thing to directly remove the fragments of the core of the world.
His main quest states that as long as the core of the world is extracted in a non-violent way, special rewards can be obtained. Based on their understanding of space, he believes that the wool comes from the sheep, and the so-called special rewards may be related to personal ability characteristics.
If the World Core Extractor is used on Mavis, there is no telling what kind of reward will result.
After Mavis closed her eyes, Lu Li used the extractor on her. As the light flowed, the fragments of the world core were extracted, and at the same time, a burst of dark runes were extracted.
The runes were arranged into lines, flying and interweaving in the air, eventually forming a strange black egg, emitting an ominous breath of death.
After it was finalized, a prompt sound rang in Lu Li's ears.
[Extraction successful, special reward: Anxelram's curse source]
After Lu Li got it, he looked at the details. It turned out to be a fairy-level special bloodline item. After using it, he could gain the power of Ankselram's curse.
At this time, when looking at Mavis again, her face was ruddy, and the aura of death hidden around her body disappeared. It turned out that the curse of Ankselram had been lifted!
"Here you go."
Lu Li stuffed the bloodline item into Black Lily's hand. He was not interested in cursed bloodlines.
"This is so precious..."
Black Lily didn't expect Lu Li to be so generous. The fairy-level bloodline item might be worth 20 to 30 million End of Life Coins.
"Just think of it as a portion of what I owe you. Take it first."
Lu Li shook his head and said that he did not defeat many natives in the last battle, so the points were not enough to exchange for Black Lily. In the end, he only exchanged for dozens of inheritance crystals in the brawl shop.
"It's actually true... the curse has disappeared..."
At this moment, Mavis on the side came back to her senses, tears kept falling from her eyes, she was mixed with sadness and joy.
She never imagined that the curse that had troubled her for nearly a hundred years and Jellal for hundreds of years could actually be lifted. For a moment, all the sorrows and joys of the past surged up in her heart at the same time, and she couldn't stop crying.
She was so emotional that she grabbed Lu Li and Black Lily's arms, "Please, please let Zeref be free too!"
(End of this chapter)