My two-dimensional resident

So... even if there were mountains of gold in front of him, he could only watch.

As for why he so ruthlessly killed Faust, it's because he was a tyrant who had long exploited the people. If it weren't for his powerful magic-based army, his rule would have been overthrown long ago.

Therefore, Lin Tian wasn't afraid that killing Faust would increase his sin points. Just as he expected, Faust's sin points didn't increase when he died.

"Ace, what's the meaning of tying the black cat up like that?"

After Lin Tian led everyone out of the treasure vault, he found that Ace had already tied up the black cat with a rope and was carrying it in his hand.

"This black cat is so interesting, I'll take it home and keep it as a pet!"

Ace's pirate crew was called the Spade Pirates, and he thought it would be a very interesting choice to use a black cat as the ship's mascot.

"Then you have to get his consent, after all, forced love is never sweet."

After hearing Ace's explanation, Lin Tian was speechless for a moment. However, considering that his brother Luffy's ship had a very powerful 'mascot', he figured that since Ace liked it, he should let him take it.

(Chopper: [○?｀Д′?○] Are you being polite!)

"Have you found Kikyo and the others yet?"

Seeing that Lin Tian agreed to let him take the black cat, Ace put away his smile and then asked Lin Tian seriously.

“No, they weren’t brought into this world. We need to go back. Let’s go, we’ll find someone to take us back,” Lin Tian replied.

While the world of Edolas is composed of numerous islands suspended in the air, there exists a special group of islands called Extania. The beings living in Extania are the Transcendent.

When Lin Tian flew up to Extania with Artoria and the others, Queen Charlotte of the Transcendent and her subjects had already left the palace and were waiting for Lin Tian's arrival outside the city gates.

Apart from Charlotte, who looked worried, everyone else showed wariness and resentment towards Lin Tian and his group.

"It seems your precognitive abilities aren't limited to predicting death?"

Ignoring the cats' stares, Lin Tian spoke to Charlotte, who was dressed in a magnificent white robe.

Since Charlotte was able to lead these transcendent beings to greet him, it means that she already knew about what was happening in the human kingdoms below.

"No... I just don't want my people to die at your hands."

News of Faust's death did not reach Extania. The reason Charlotte led her people to wait for Lin Tian's arrival outside the city gate was because she had just "seen" herself and her people being killed by Lin Tian and his men for refusing to comply.

To prevent this from happening, after speaking with the two elders, she decided to lead her subjects out to greet the outsiders and plead with them not to harm the Transcendent race.

Initially, the ministers disagreed with Charlotte's decision, believing that they, the Transcendent Ones, were a noble race and could not possibly be killed by humans. However, the Queen's prophecies had never been wrong, and they had no choice but to obey her orders.

"Is that so? Then please open the passage to Ishgar for me."

Lin Tian chose to ignore the hostility from the other Transcendents. Transcendents—the name sounded cool and awesome, but frankly, they were just a bunch of magical cats.

"it is good!"

Upon hearing that Lin Tian only wanted them to open the passage to Ishgar, Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief and then bowed her head to give some instructions to the minister beside her.

"That's Lili?! Release Lili right now!"

At this moment, one of the greasy-looking cats among the Transcendents saw the black cat on Ace's back, immediately forgot Charlotte's orders, raised his weapon and roared at Lin Tian and the others.

Although the black cat Lili was a sinner to them and had been banished from Extania, as members of their own race, they could not tolerate their kin being kidnapped by a human.

"Ok?"

Upon hearing that a cat dared to make Ace put down his pet, Lin Tian's eyes flashed, and his Conqueror's Haki erupted. In an instant, all the cats present lost their wings and collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, Charlotte was filled with fear. She wondered if the prophecy could not be changed. But as the queen of the transcendent, she had to save her people. So she quickly looked up at Lin Tian and pleaded.

"Sir, we are sorry. Please forgive us."

"Hmph, just do your job. Don't waste your time!"

Lin Tian withdrew his Conqueror's Haki and spoke calmly. He was merely intimidating these arrogant cats; he harbored no murderous intent.

"Yes, sir."

After Charlotte realized the pressure on her body had disappeared, she hurriedly urged the elders to activate magic and open the passage. The other cats, now devoid of their earlier arrogance, all lowered their heads, avoiding eye contact with Lin Tian and the others, fearing their actions would bring death upon their entire clan.

......

The familiar sea reappeared before Lin Tian, ​​who looked at the small town not far away. Lin Tian understood that they had not been teleported anywhere else, and had returned to the port town where he and Bardak had settled.

"Is this Erza's hometown?" Artoria exclaimed, gazing at the scenery so different from Edolas.

"Okay, now let's set off to find the most powerful man in this world. I suspect there's a 30% chance he's the one who made Kikyo and the others disappear without being able to use the emergency evacuation app."

With Edolas eliminated, Lin Tian's suspects were reduced to only three. So he decided to go find Jelf first.

"How strong is the world's most powerful man?"

Upon hearing this, Ace's competitive spirit was rekindled. His eyes gleamed as he asked Lin Tian.

"He's very strong, but I'm confident that we can defeat him."

Lin Tian wasn't sure exactly how strong Zeref was, but he believed in his companions and that they could defeat Zeref when they fought together.

"30%? What about the remaining 60%?" Unlike Ace, who wanted to challenge the strong, Artoria sensed something else in Lin Tian's words and asked curiously.

"Long ago, this world was ruled by dragons. Four hundred years ago, one group of dragons planned to exterminate humanity, while another group sought to protect them. Thus began a world-destroying war..."

Seeing Artoria's puzzled look, Lin Tian began to tell them about what happened in this world 400 years ago. He also recounted the Dragon Slayer Magic, the birth of the Black Dragon Acnologia, the extermination of the Dragon Clan, Zeref's plans, and the current situation in the world.

“If you say the intelligence is correct, then the suspect we should be looking for most is the Black Dragon Acnologia. Because Ilya and the others are the most dangerous in his hands.”

After listening to Lin Tian's story, Artoria remained silent for a while before speaking with a serious expression.

Acnologia, the black dragon, is bloodthirsty and devoid of humanity. If Kikyo and the others fall into his hands, they could be killed at any moment. Therefore, Artoria believes that the most important target to find right now is the black dragon.

“The Black Dragon Acnologia is hard to find. The only way to see him is for him to come to us. But I now have a way to find him: find Zeref first and use Zeref to lure him out.”

Lin Tian had also thought about this problem, but the conditions for the appearance of the Black Dragon Acnologia were too harsh. There had to be a massacre, and it had to be a massacre that the Black Dragon believed could "revive Zeref".

A massacre was something Lin Tian could never do. Putting aside the guilt assessment system, his very conscience wouldn't allow him to commit such an inhumane act.

Therefore, the only way to find Acnologia, the black dragon, is to find Zeref and let Zeref lure out the black dragon himself.

"I see. Then let's set off now to find Zeref!"

Upon hearing this, Artoria showed a disappointed expression, but quickly cheered up and said to Lin Tian.

Chapter 306 Erza's Mother (4000 words)

In the western continent of the Fairy Tail world, there is an empire comprised of over 700 mage guilds, called the Alvarez Empire. And the emperor of this empire is none other than Zeref Dragneel, the most powerful dark mage Lin Tian is searching for.

Because Emperor Zeref travels to various continents year-round, all matters within the empire are entrusted to the Holy Shield, one of the two pillars, the "Magic King" Augustus.

On this day, inside the magnificent palace, after processing the documents presented by his subordinates, Ogassi, with his long, wavy white hair, came to the balcony of the main hall. Looking at the prosperous and thriving city below, his thoughts drifted back to the time when he could remember.

Because he was the child of Zeref, the world's most powerful dark mage, and Mavis, the founder of Fairy Tail, he developed consciousness while still inside his mother's body.

She remembers being separated from her mother's body by Precht, the second guild master of Fairy Tail, and becoming an orphan, wandering the world alone and miserable. Until one day she met her father, Zeref, and was named "Auguste".

However, because he didn't understand why his father abandoned him before his mother even gave birth to him, August didn't tell Zeref the truth that he was his child. But in order to help his father, he chose to follow Zeref to the Western Continent and together they founded the Alvarez Empire.

“Ogaster, Larcade has left the capital again without permission. I think you should know about this.”

Just as Augast was still lost in his memories, a tall, red-haired woman wearing a black cloak, black high-heeled over-the-knee boots, and a wide-brimmed hat appeared beside him.

Augast didn't look in the direction of the sound. He knew that the only person who could enter and leave the palace so freely and silently was Irene Belserion, one of the Twin Pillars of the Shield of the Holy Ones, who was also known as the "Scarlet Despair."

“Lakad is the Emperor’s son. I have no right to control where he goes.”

When he counted the words "Lacade," Augast's aged face trembled slightly, breaking his usually calm heart.

Larcade Dragnir is one of the Shields of the Empire and a prince of the Empire. But in reality, he is just a demon created by Zeref. Because he was more perfect than the previous demons, Zeref bestowed his own surname upon him.

Having acquired the surname Larcade, he naturally became Zeref's son and a prince of the empire.

Augast believed that Larcade had stolen his father's love for his son, and therefore he had always disliked Larcade. If it weren't for his desire to dedicate his life to helping his father, Zeref, he wouldn't have dared to acknowledge Zeref as his father. He could not tolerate a demon occupying the place that rightfully belonged to him.

“Really? I was just letting you know. By the way, my men have obtained some intelligence on Ishgar. I think you’ll be more interested in that.” Eileen pursed her lips and then gave August a light laugh.

The massive earthquake Lin Tian caused in Ishgar did not escape the notice of the spies the Alvarez Empire had planted on the continent. Upon receiving news that the mysterious mage had defeated the Four Heavenly Kings and killed the Magic Council President, they immediately reported it to Irene Belserion, who controlled the Imperial Intelligence Department's Shield of the Holy Light.

“Speak…” Upon hearing that it was information about Ishgar, August finally turned to look at Irene. An unreadable expression flashed in his deep eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.

"The heavens of Ishgar have changed..."

......

Why do people here look so happy even when they're dead?

After flying thousands of miles across the ocean to reach the Western Continent, Lin Tian and his group of six finally flew for half a day before encountering a small village in the desert. Upon seeing the village, they decided to disembark and ask for directions to the capital of the Alvarez Empire.

But they didn't expect that the people in the village were already dead, but strangely, every corpse had a very happy expression on its face.

"This was caused by magic. These people haven't been dead for long, and the culprit should still be nearby. Lin Tian, ​​let's look for him."

Artoria sensed traces of magic residue on the corpses and explained this to Ace, who had raised the question.

'To brutally murder unarmed villagers is unforgivable!'

Looking at the corpses lying in front of her, Artoria's expression was extremely gloomy, and her amber eyes blazed with uncontrollable rage.

“Hmm…” Lin Tian nodded, agreeing with Artoria’s decision.

They have just arrived in the Western Continent and have no information about this place. If they capture a mage, they can obtain more information than they could from civilians.

With Lin Tian's approval, the group began searching in different directions. A few minutes later, the other five sensed the direction Artoria was heading and a massive battle erupted.

Lin Tian and the others realized that Artoria had found the culprit who massacred the village, so they quickly headed towards Artoria's direction to provide support.

When they passed by, the battle was over. A young man with short white hair lay unconscious on the ground, his arm severed by Artoria.

After Lin Tian and the others landed in front of Artoria, Artoria resealed the Sword of Victory with the Wind King Barrier, then turned to Lin Tian and asked him a question.

"This enemy is quite strong. Lin Tian, ​​perhaps he knows Zeref's whereabouts."

Lin Tian did not respond to Artoria immediately. He slowly walked to the unconscious young man and looked at the cross on the young man's forehead, feeling as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"Perhaps we've found one of Jelf's men."

Lin Tian still couldn't remember who the other person was, but he had a glimpse of this young man in his memory fragments. This meant that he must be one of the Seraphim of the future Alvarez Empire, because only members of the Seraphim of the future appeared in the Fairy Tail storyline and left an impression on people.

"Ashido, did you bring the wooden prison?"

Since the opponent was one of the Twelve Shields of the Holy Light, he couldn't let him die now. So Lin Tian turned to look at Asido. Asido didn't speak, but simply nodded, then took a green leaf from his spatial backpack and handed it to Lin Tian.

These green leaves are the wooden cell, which was the "single room" that Asido and Badak had previously enjoyed on the island.