A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

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Chapter 83 The Origin of Magic

Winter, who was in a coma, gradually woke up and then slowly opened his eyes.

"Where am I?" Winter asked himself, then shook his dazed head, finally remembering everything that had happened. "That's right! I fell into a cave!"

"Speaking of which, this place is just a hollowed-out mountainside. Three passages and a few ice chambers are too rudimentary! So... is this inside the mountain, or at the bottom?"

"I'm so lucky I didn't die from the fall!"

The surrounding area was completely sealed off by layers of solid earth, making the small space pitch black. The only light came from the cave to his right.

Come here, my child!

A strange female voice echoed in my mind, as gentle as my own mother's.

Feeling a throbbing sensation deep within his soul, Winter listened to his inner guidance and stepped toward the cave entrance.

Upon entering the cave, the view suddenly opened up before us. Bright magic crystals were distributed on the walls, just like the decorations on the mountainside, illuminating the ice room, which was as large as a tavern, as bright as day.

In the vast space, only a huge ice coffin stood in the very center, inside which lay the corpses of two exquisitely beautiful women.

Winter walked over and examined them closely. The two women must have been dead for a long time, but they still retained their appearances. Their faces were almost identical, and the auras they exuded were also very similar. The only obvious difference was their clothing, one black and one white.

The Black and White Fairies?! Winter immediately thought of the story Kira and the others had told in the tavern yesterday!

It seems you already know who we are!

The female voice was different from the previous ones, but the tone was similar, though this voice sounded a bit sharper.

Looking up at the ice coffin in front of me, it seems that these two voices must have come from them. Weren't they supposed to have died a thousand years ago?

We are long dead; these are merely remnants of our consciousness, left to pass on our power!

"Can you hear my thoughts?"

Of course, because you have our blood in your veins!

"Bloodline, the Esisnew clan?" Winter quickly thought of the clan his father and uncle had mentioned, a lineage that had been passed down for who knows how long, and asked, "Then are you really gods?"

[Gods? We are not gods, but we are the children of gods!]

Perhaps sensing that her time was running out, the Black and White Goddesses directly pulled Wendell into her memories.

……

In this world, there exists a special kind of being who seems to be blessed by heaven and earth. From the moment they gained consciousness, they possessed a powerful force that humans do not have. They call it magic and refer to themselves as—gods!

"Today, another human asked me how to learn magic. Honestly, how would I know that!"

"If they could learn magic, they'd probably be better off! Hahaha... What a shame..."

"Indeed, humans are adorable creatures! I've heard that some gods have recently come together with humans; how interesting!"

"Really? I'm really looking forward to their future!"

……

Gods and humans lived in harmony on the continent, and over time, some of them came together with the gods.

One day, they were surprised to discover that the descendants of gods and humans could use magic.

"Have you heard? The child born of a human and a god can actually use magic!"

"Really? Does that mean humans can use magic now?"

"I heard they call these people 'mages'."

"Great! I want my child to become a mage too!"

"Stop dreaming! How could the gods possibly want you!"

"It's so noisy! I'll definitely show them my charm!"

In order to pass on their magic, more and more gods and humans merged, and the magical age belonging to mankind began!

……

Perhaps as punishment for the gods' unauthorized bestowal of magic upon humanity, a new race emerged, with only one goal: to destroy the gods! They call themselves—demons!

"A demon? What's that?"

"I've heard they're a race that, like the gods, are born with immense power."

"How envious! Are they as friendly as gods? Maybe we'll become companions someday!"

"No, I've heard that the demon race seems to harbor hostility towards the gods! They often provoke us and even attack us directly!"

"What? Those are the enemies?!"

……

Soon, the gods led the humans who had become mages into battle against the demons, and both sides suffered losses.

"Where did these demons come from? They're really troublesome!"

"Chief, three more of our companions have been severely wounded by demons and are beyond saving."

Let them see their family one last time!

"Please, please save my family!"

"I'm sorry, we've done our best, but there's really nothing we can do!"

"How could this be?! Aren't you gods?! Don't you possess magic?! Please save my family!!!"

……

Demons seem to possess an innate power to bewitch people, and they use their immense power to gain the support of humanity's inner darkness.

"Everyone else can become a mage, why can't I?"

"Even if I were to unite with a god, I wouldn't gain the power! I want that power too!"

"Power! Power! Power!!! Magic! Magic! Magic!!!"

"If I could use magic, my family wouldn't have died!"

"What kind of gods are they, possessing immense power yet unable to protect their own companions?!"

Greed, hatred, anger, resentment, inferiority... The whispers of demons have stirred the darkness deep within the human heart. Some humans have turned to the demon race and been transformed into demons through demonic factors. Although the survival rate is very low, once successful, they can gain immense power!

"By becoming a demon, you can gain power!"

But there is another method with a higher success rate and fewer side effects!

"As long as you kill the gods with your own hands, you can obtain their power!"

"Kill gods? They're our comrades!"

"When they stood by and watched your family members die, did they ever think that you were one of their comrades?"

"No! That would mean I'd never be able to return to the tribe! Besides, who knows if this method will even work!"

"How about this, you give those gods who are too badly injured to be healed a quick death and let them die peacefully. You'll know once you try!"

"Try...let me try...okay! I'll give it a try!"

……

The demons did not deceive humanity; after killing the gods, they could indeed inherit their power—no, they should be said to have obtained the same power, the power to fight the gods!

God-Slaying Magic!

"Traitors!! These filthy humans killed their own kind for power, and yet they have the nerve to call themselves new gods!!"

"Expel all humans from our territory! From this day forward, the union of gods and humans shall be forbidden!"

"Whether demons or humans, they will all be enemies of the gods from now on!!!"

Humans discovered that they could not only obtain god-slaying magic by killing gods, but also teach it to others! More importantly, only humans could learn god-slaying magic, while demons could not!

All of this seems to mean that humanity will completely replace the gods!

"Who truly imparted their power to their companions, granting you the magic you've always dreamed of?"

"Who saved you from the battle between gods and demons, allowing you and your families to survive?"

"It's me! It's us!!"

"Tell me loudly, who is the real hero?!"

"The divine race has become a corrupt race, rejected by heaven and earth, and is just as despicable as the demons!"

"From this day forward, we humans will stand at the pinnacle of the continent, and we will be the new gods!"

Chapter 84 The Black and White Celestial Maidens

As the snow fell heavily, two figures struggled through the snow, leaving deep red bloodstains on the path they passed.

They were a couple fleeing from disaster. He was the male chieftain of a human tribe, and she was a divine woman with the power of ice and snow. They were hunted down by both tribes for violating the rule of "love between gods and humans".

"No! If this continues, they'll catch us sooner or later!"

"I'm sorry! I broke the clan rules because of me, and I'm sure I've put you in a difficult position!"

"Don't say such things! I have so many regrets in my life that I can't even count them all, but the one thing I've never regretted is falling in love with you!"

"Ha... I knew you'd say that, and so did I! Even if I had five more lives, I would still fall in love with you without hesitation!"

Exhausted, the man and woman sat embracing in the snow, using their last remaining strength to whisper their final words of love.

"To die with you in the end, that would be... not bad!"

"It's a pity these two haven't even seen the world yet... If we survive, what names should we give our children?"

"..."

"Is that so? It seems you've finally gotten ahead... Ugh! Damn it, why at a time like this..."