Zongman: All Heavens and Worlds Begin with the Devil's Curse

"Hello...? Huh?!"

The girl glanced at Zhou Lan's appearance, paused for a moment, and her expression changed.

"Am I seeing things? It's not human?" She rubbed her eyes and looked again. "No, it's not."

In the blink of an eye, she saw a middle-aged man standing in front of her, tall and slender with black hair and a beard, and quite distinguished in appearance.

"Hello!" the girl waved again. "Could you please make way for us? We want to pass."

The girl jumped down from the carriage and bowed respectfully.

He then reached into the carriage and forcibly pulled out a boy with cherry blossom-colored hair.

"Hey, Natsu, don't get carsick!" The girl sighed, rubbing her forehead.

Soon, Zhou Lan glanced to the side and saw two figures and a blue cat floating in the sky appear next to the carriage.

Zhou Lan's gaze was focused on the boy, who had cherry blossom-colored hair, a scarf with dragon scale patterns, and a talking blue cat named Happy.

Natsu the Fire Dragon is a member of the Fairy Tail magic guild and one of the main characters of this world.

The girl in front of me, wearing a short skirt and looking youthful, must be the other protagonist of this world, the Celestial Spirit Mage Lucy.

Unexpectedly, the protagonist of this world appeared before Zhou Lan.

"Hey Lucy, he doesn't seem to understand. He's probably a foreigner." Natsu scratched his head.

"Uncle, this is the Kingdom of Fiore. Do you need any help?" Natsu greeted Zhou Lan warmly, just like his personality—passionate and enthusiastic.

“Okay.” Zhou Lan looked at the two of them, and suddenly an idea came to her mind.

He nodded in agreement.

"Hehe, Lucy, we've got some work to do!" Natsu lifted his shirt, looking very enthusiastic.

“First, we need to solve the problem of the language barrier.” Zhou Lan pointed at Lucy.

A book flew out of her arms and landed in Zhou Lan's palm.

The pages of the book fluttered, and strange characters, drawn by the moon's magical energy, floated up and down.

Before Lucy could even be surprised, the book was back in his arms.

"So she was also a mage." She murmured to herself.

"I need you to do me a favor," Zhou Lan said, looking at Natsu.

"Oh—" Natsu exclaimed in surprise, "Is it learning magic? Or something else? He learned our writing and language in just a moment!"

"As for help, with me, Natsu, here, everything is negotiable!"

Zhou Lan nodded and said, "I need you to help me lure out a dragon."

The moment the words were spoken, the air fell silent.

Chapter 292 The Fish Has Taken the Bait

"This gentleman, or rather, the client..."

Lucy quickly picked up the conversation.

"There are no more dragons in this world, or rather, all dragons have disappeared."

"On July 7th, in the 777th year of the Kingdom of Fiore..." Natsu added, "it disappeared."

He didn't look well.

"Did it disappear?" Zhou Lan looked at Natsu's body, then continued, "No, it didn't."

Relying solely on aura detection to locate the Black Dragon Acnologia is too cumbersome.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhou Lan had never been in contact with the Black Dragon before, so she could only rely on the abnormal aura to rule it out.

However, now that Natsu, the protagonist of this world, has been delivered to him, things are much more convenient.

The black dragon craves to hunt down anything related to the dragon race.

And Natsu, standing before them, happens to be a Dragon Slayer Mage.

With bait in hand, why worry about small fish not taking the bait?

On the other side, Natsu and Lucy exchanged a puzzled look.

A foreign mage blocked their path, asking for their help in finding the dragon.

A rather peculiar turn of events.

Natsu, however, did not sense any Dragon Slayer Mage power from Zhou Lan.

The other party may have ulterior motives.

"What do you want with the dragon?" Lucy asked, rubbing her hands together, her eyes gleaming.

She couldn't help but be excited; any commission comes with a fee, it's a common practice.

At the same time, rewards mean money, and within the guild, she's probably the one most in need of money.

I finally found an order on the road, it wouldn't be right not to take it.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhou Lan looks very rich.

Lucy had been wealthy; her poverty stemmed from her break with her rich father, which also meant she had seen much of the upper class.

Clearly, Zhou Lan in front of me perfectly fits this description.

Wearing a robe of exotic attire, one could tell from a distance that the fabric was expensive. To the naked eye, she exuded an air of refined elegance, carrying a sense of pampered comfort and composure.

He speaks sparingly, without uttering a single unnecessary word.

At the same time, he was a seemingly powerful mage, and his calm tone sounded more like he was giving orders than asking for help.

They are undoubtedly rich.

She blinked twice, anticipating Zhou Lan's reply.

"What do you want with Long?" Zhou Lan smiled. "Of course, I want to find him and ask him for a favor."

Zhou Lan's words were somewhat vague, but that was roughly the gist of it.

in short.

In other words, they used the black dragon Acnologia to fill the corresponding authority in Hell.

It was quite easy.

“We’re afraid we can’t help you with this,” Natsu suddenly said from the side.

As a Dragon Slayer Mage, he was raised by the Fire Dragon King Ignir, but on that day, Ignir himself disappeared.

Natsu has been searching all this time and has yet to find even the slightest trace of Igni, so how could he possibly help others find the dragons?

“Indeed…” Lucy, who was eager to make money, also wilted instantly.

In this world, dragons are also legendary creatures; given their strength, it's impossible for them to do that.

“No, you can do it.” Zhou Lan pointed at Natsu.

In an instant, Natsu suddenly found himself losing gravity and floating uncontrollably toward Zhou Lan.

"Gravity magic?" he exclaimed in surprise, attempting to resist.

As a mage, casting spells on others without warning is not a friendly gesture.

Natsu struggled in the air for a long time.

In vain.

His opponent's gravity magic seemed to be much stronger than his.

As a dragon-slaying mage, how could he, with his strength, be unable to break free from the restraints?

If we were to evaluate it according to the Western fantasy genre, mages would use magic, and swordsmen would use physical skills.

In that world, the Dragon Slayer Mage is the Demon Swordsman.

Arming themselves with dragon-like enchantments and powerful dragon magic, their physical attributes also increase as they get closer to dragons.

Furthermore, Dragon Slayer Mages can consume any magic of the same attribute that does not exceed their own power limit, thereby increasing their own power.

Even so, Natsu was completely unable to resist Zhou Lan's gravity.

He couldn't be bothered to explain the difference between magic and authority, since they were pretty much the same in this world anyway.

Zhou Lan pulled Natsu over, along with a burst of flame that spewed from his mouth.

The roar of the fire dragon.

This is Natsu's classic magic.

He had no choice but to do this in order to break free from his constraints.

But as the blazing beam of light approached Zhou Lan, it suddenly went silent.

A massive pillar of blazing light pierced into Zhou Lan's palm, and a wisp of fire demonic energy coiled around Zhou Lan's well-defined fingers, instantly engulfing the magic.

This is the fire demon energy that Zhou Lan obtained from the Holy Lord; its essence is the Holy Lord's original power.

Both are dragons, and both are masters of fire.

Clearly, the quality of the Fire Dragon Slayer Magic was far inferior to this wisp of fire demonic energy, which vanished without a trace in an instant.

"Great teamwork." Zhou Lan smiled.

He threw the wisp of demonic energy into the sky.

In an instant, a powerful aura spread and surged between heaven and earth.

Like a guiding light, it exudes the aura of Natsu's Dragon Slayer Magic.

Using the demonic energy of fire, Zhou Lan amplified the aura of the "Roar of the Fire Dragon," using it as a beacon to attract the black dragon Acnologia.

It was also his bait.

As for why Natsu's aura was amplified using fire demonic energy instead of directly utilizing fire demonic energy, the key lies in two points.

Firstly, he feared that the black dragon, being short-sighted, might not recognize it, since this was a power belonging to another world.

There are significant differences between the Holy Lord and the dragons of this world. It's uncertain whether our local gang is as knowledgeable as they are.

And the second one...

It would be bad if the baby black dragon was scared away and dared not come.

The flames materialized into a giant dragon shape in the sky, like solidified, undissipated fireworks.

A powerful aura spread into the distance.

Within the kingdom, a mage gazed in astonishment at the distant horizon.

"It's a dragon!" the mages exclaimed in astonishment.

This aura swept across several kingdoms almost instantly, spreading far and wide across the continent.

For Acnologia, the black dragon driven by his bloodthirsty nature, this bait was an irresistible delicacy.

Unwittingly, Natsu was finally freed and released.

He looked up in confusion, muttering, "Igniel..."

This immense aura reminded him of Igniel, the Fire Dragon King, who was like a teacher and a father to him.

He shook his head to make sure it was just pure magical power.

Looking at Zhou Lan, he couldn't help but mutter, "So strong."

Even faster than the news of the Fire Dragon King's reappearance in the world was the sight of a pair of ferocious, blue-black wings flapping and soaring high in the sky.

A dark shadow swept across the land, and a hoarse whisper echoed in the air:

"I smell the scent of a dragon, hehehe."

A shadowy figure was rapidly approaching from a great distance along a path in the Kingdom of Fiore.

Even without seeing the real person, the power that unconsciously emanates from him makes the hairs on the feet of the people beneath his feet stand on end.

At the same time, Zhou Lan smiled with satisfaction, saying: