### Chapter 44: Then Annihilate Them
Lucy was stunned by Erza's beauty at first glance.
Whether it was her long scarlet hair, her exquisite face, or her valiant temperament, it was something countless girls envied and desired.
"I'm back. Is the Master here?"
Erza put down the horn, looked around, and asked.
Mira walked over and said: "Welcome back, Erza. The Master went to a regular meeting."
"Is that so!"
Someone asked cautiously: "Er... Miss Erza, what is that huge thing?"
"Hmm? This? It's the horn of a monster I subjugated. The locals gave it to me as a decoration. Because I thought it was beautiful, I brought it back as a souvenir. Is it in the way?"
"No, no, no, not at all!!"
The person asked was startled and waved his hands hurriedly.
"Horn of a subjugated monster... is it."
"So amazing..."
"As expected of Erza."
With such a huge horn, how terrifying must the size of the subjugated monster be? For monsters, larger size usually meant greater danger.
At this time, the smile on Erza's face faded, and her expression became serious: "More importantly, are you guys causing trouble again? Even if the Master forgives you, I won't."
Hearing Erza's words, the atmosphere in the guild instantly became tense.
"Cana, why are you drinking in that posture? You don't look like a girl at all. Vijeeter, if you want to dance, go outside. Wakaba, ash should be flicked into the ashtray, not on the table. Nab, still wandering in front of the request board as usual? Go work quickly."
"Gray... aren't you wearing underwear now?"
Gray looked down and realized his underwear had been stripped off by Natsu during their fight just now, leaving him completely naked below.
"Ah! My underwear!"
Gray ran to Lucy and said: "Lucy, can you lend me a pair of underwear..."
"No way!!"
Lucy screamed and punched Gray.
"Really, you guys make people worry. I won't say more today."
Lucy complained: "Is she the disciplinary committee?"
Erza looked at Riku and said: "Riku, haven't seen you for half a year, and as soon as you come back, you cause such a big commotion. Really haven't changed a bit."
Riku was also a bit embarrassed: "Accident, purely an accident. Erza, on the other hand, you've become more and more beautiful."
"Thank you for the compliment. Alright, enough with the pleasantries. Riku, I heard about some troublesome things on my way back. I should have asked the Master to decide, but since he's not here, discussing it with you is the same." Erza was smiling one second, and her face turned serious the next.
"Hmm? Encountered something troublesome?"
Seeing Erza's serious face, the guild quieted down. Obviously, something considered troublesome by an S-Class mage like Erza was definitely not a small matter.
"It's like this..."
Erza began to recount what happened. On her way back after completing the mission, she stopped by a bar where mages gathered in Onibus.
In the bar, she inadvertently overheard a conversation. Because their voices were too loud, it naturally attracted her attention.
The content of the conversation was about unsealing a Magic called 'Lullaby'. Initially, she just treated it as an ordinary mission.
There were quite a few missions of this type in mage guilds, so she didn't care at first.
Until she heard the name Erigor.
"Erigor?!"
Hearing this name, many people in the guild couldn't help but change their expressions.
"Who is that?"
Lucy looked confused. Having just joined the guild, she didn't know much about the Magic world.
Mira said with a serious face: "The ace of the mage guild Eisenwald, 'Shinigami' (Grim Reaper) Erigor."
"Shi... Shinigami?!"
Lucy was startled.
"He got this name because he only accepted assassination jobs."
"The Council forbids assassination requests, but Eisenwald chose money over rules. So they were expelled from the regular guild alliance six years ago. Their Master was also arrested. Now Eisenwald is classified as a Dark Guild."
"Dark Guild?!!"
Although Lucy was a novice, she had learned in recent days that besides regular guilds like Fairy Tail, there was a group of organizations called Dark Guilds—lawless and evil organizations.
Happy said: "Lucy, a lot of juice is coming out!!"
Lucy: "That's sweat!!"
Mira continued: "If it's a Magic that even that Shinigami Erigor desires, it must be a very dangerous Magic. Erza's worry is justified."
Riku stroked his chin: "Hmm... Since that's the case, let's just annihilate Eisenwald."
Dark Guilds were all nasty stuff. Although the anime made it seem like people rarely died, in reality, many people died; it was just downplayed by the author and sometimes even whitewashed later.
But people like Shinigami Erigor, killers who specialized in assassinations, deserved to die.
Erza nodded: "I think so too, so I need your help."
"Eh eh——?!"
Lucy didn't expect Riku and Erza to sentence Eisenwald to death with just a few words.
Mira realized: "So that's it. If the opponents were just those few guys, Erza could handle them alone. But to deal with an entire guild..."
Everyone in the guild understood why Erza asked Riku for help. It turned out she was going to annihilate a guild. Indeed, although Erza was strong, going alone to annihilate an entire mage guild carried certain risks.
"So it's decided. Meet at the train station tomorrow."
After speaking, Erza turned and left the guild.
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