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Oi! Get the hell up! Came the voice from within.

Hmm?...

You've been asleep for almost two weeks you useless shit!

Well, that's… wonderful. Sighing at how long she had been asleep, Azu couldn't help but also ask the voice, So… have you decided what you want to be in relation to myself yet?

I'll be deciding later on, it replied. I only tried to wake you up because you seem to have been requested by someone.

Is it Mavis? She asked, to which she was answered with an 'Indeed' from the voice.

Thanks, I guess., she told the voice. Noticing its presence disappear, she continued to herself. I guess I should go meet up with her and see what she wants.

Directing the message to Mavis's magic signature, she asked, Sorry for not being able to respond for a while, Mavis, but was there something you wanted to tell me?

With almost no delay, she got a response of Hello, Azu. Can you come to Magnolia today at some point? That's where the guild is, so it might be better if you got to know the town before joining.

Well, you make a fair point, so I'll be over when I can, Azu replied. I want to skirt around the guild for now, though, just in case.

That's fine, but there's just one person I'd like you to meet. Would that be fine? Mavis asked.

I guess?...

After getting ready for the day, Azu teleported to the location of Magnolia Town she remembered from those maps she had found in Hargeon Town.

Ending up on a hill that overlooked the town, she scanned for Mavis's magic signature, which she found quickly. She had only just woken up after being asleep for two weeks, so she decided to walk there to stretch her legs. She didn't mind walking at all because the new clothes she had gotten from Heart Kreuz (still just pitch-black shirt and pants) were extremely comfortable.

Walking through Magnolia, Azu passed many different shops and restaurants along with a few major things like a river and locations that would make for good living space when she eventually, hopefully, would move here. Eventually, she found her way to Mavis, who was waiting for her on a bridge over a stream.

Turning to Azu, she said, "The town was nice, no?"

Naturally, this implied that Mavis knew that Azu had walked through the town or had at least surveyed it, to which Azu replied, "Your senses are quite good, but that should be expected from someone with over a century of experience. And yes, the town was quite nice. I even found a few places to move in when necessary."

Smiling at the response she received, Mavis asked, "So, how much have you learned about this world so far?"

Well… I didn't quite say that I'm from another world, but I guess I implied it, Azu thought. I might as well just go with it because it's not like she's wrong. "I know things like geography and language along with a list of powerful mages and magic on this continent. Outside of this continent, I only know of a powerful country known as the 'Alvarez Empire', headed by Zeref, who seems to have ties to this continent," she said. "I don't intend on researching this world to no end because that would make my life here boring. It's always more interesting when there are things you don't know. Speaking of which, I still don't have a clue about history in this world."

Noticing that Mavis began looking a little sad at the mention of Zeref, Azu asked, "Did you know Zeref?"

"Yes… Yes, I did," she replied after a pause. "He's actually the one who taught me and the other founders of Fairy Tail magic."

At this, Azu was rather surprised. The supposed 'darkest and most evil mage' taught the founders of Fairy Tail, which includes the fourth-ranked Wizard Saint. Realizing another thing, she asked Mavis, "Does he have anything to do with why you both have the Contradictory Curse?"

Remembering that fateful day, Mavis beamed at Azu saying, "Yes, it was the result of using an incomplete version of a spell he taught me, but it was well worth it because it saved a friend!"

Smiling at her positivity, she replied, "Your guild really is something, Mavis…"

"Of course it is!" She happily replied, "But I asked you to come for another reason. Two, actually."

Interested, Azu raised an eyebrow as to ask Mavis to continue, which she did. "Firstly, I would like you to meet the incoming fifth master of Fairy Tail."

"Wait, so even though the third master is still alive, he retired?" Azu asked.

"He feels like his time is up as the master of the guild, although it's really more like he doesn't want to deal with the paperwork anymore," Mavis explained, continuing as she caught a slightly confused expression from Azu, who wasn't quite sure why someone would quit over paperwork. "The guild is always destroying things left and right on missions, so it's a lot of paperwork from the Magic Council and also the guild always gets the bills to pay for damages."

"So, you've harbored a very destructive yet caring group," Azu remarked. "Quite interesting…"

Mavis smiled, continuing, "But back to the fifth, I don't think he'll want the job…" After pausing, the asked Azu, "Have you heard of Gildarts?"

"The one they call the Ace of Fairy Tail?" Azu asked, to which she received a series of nods from Mavis. "Then yes, I have. Was he the one chosen for the position of fifth master?"

"You'd be correct there, but I think there's also one more question you're forgetting to ask?" Mavis teased Azu, practically begging her to ask the question she had only just thought of.

"Is he even the kind of person that's a leader? I mean, sure, he's the strongest in the guild, but does that mean that he'll be a good leader for the guild?" Azu asked.

"And that's exactly why he won't want the job," Mavis told her. "I predict at least a 99.5% chance that he'll refuse the position because he sees himself as unqualified. But Fairy Tail always makes things work somehow, so he'll be able to figure out something to set everything straight."

Smiling once again at Mavis's antics, Azu asked, "I guess I could meet him even though you still haven't told me why, but what about this second thing you wanted to talk to me about?"

"I've learned about a new event that takes place in Fiore that started the year our core members disappeared," Mavis started. "It's called the 'Grand Magic Games' and it's where different guilds come together and compete. You're currently living in Crocus, right?"

So… it's sort of like the Olympics, Azu thought. She gave a nod, at which point Mavis continued, "The Games are being held there and I think you'd enjoy watching." Seeing a skeptical look from Azu, she quickly added, "You won't have to show yourself and knowing you, you probably have a way of staying invisible and undetectable."

Naturally, both abilities are incredibly useful for what I used to do, so naturally, I created abilities for both to the highest of my abilities, Azu thought. "I'll come along with you, so just tell me where to meet you and I'll join up with you," she replied to Mavis with a smile.

"Of course," Mavis said back, "but since Gildarts is right there, we might as well greet him."

Azu, turning around with a smile, greeted Gildarts, "Hello, Gildarts Clive, Ace of Fairy Tail, newly unofficial fifth master."

…

Couldn't you have made that any less embarrassing for me, Mavis?... Azu thought after Gildarts had finally left.

Mavis eventually told me that the games were in three months, Azu thought, but only after deciding to tease me for almost half an hour…

Sighing at her undeserved punishment, she continued, I might as well train for those next few months and get into the style of fights here. After all, I'm not used to fighting against magic at this point and some practice would certainly help. Maybe I could practice on some Dark Guilds, although I'll have to look for something powerful outside of Fiore due to the lack of powerful guilds in this country… other than Tartaros, but I'll deal with them later.

I guess I'll have to make up a name for my analysis ability for the sake of seeming at least somewhat normal here, so I guess I can just call it 'Deus Explicatio', representing God's Analysis, the ultimate information collection.

Here goes nothing: "Deus Explicatio," she said calmly, and upon realizing that she needed to be more specific with verbal commands for things to make sense in this world, she continued, "Dark Guilds of Ishgar." Of course, she could do as she liked within Ishgar because she represented the strongest mage on the continent, but action on any other country might as well have been a declaration of war, which she wasn't particularly willing to take the blame for just yet.

She was presented with a mass of information, from which she could easily pick out the most powerful guild in each country.

{Royal Dragon:

Located in the Pergrande Kingdom… The strongest Dark Guild in their country… Mostly comprised of Dragon Slayers created from implanted Dragon Lacrima… About 50 Dragon Slayers total… Their Dragon Lacrimas were all stolen, which was the only way to concentrate such a powerful force… This guild should be fun… }

{Silver Achelous:

Located in Isvan… The strongest Dark Guild in their country… Their guild leader is the God of Water for whom the guild is named... The God of Water seems to have been corrupted by the second in command, a woman known as 'Leviathan'... Leviathan was formerly the disciple of Achelous… She knows a good deal of powerful God Slayer Magic… The rest of the guild isn't so great, but this should be fun nonetheless… }

{No Dark Guilds exist in Veronica… The Prince is the closest thing to evil… Can't attack the Prince… That would start a war and a massive controversy… Not going to do that yet… }

{Mot Spine:

Located in Seven… A ridiculously creative name for a country… Again, the strongest Dark Guild in their country, despite only having seven members… What a coincidence… Source of strength… All seven are legendary assassins in their country, proficient with and without magic. … They have never failed a mission, no matter how difficult… There will always be a first… }

{Flaming Pine:

Located in Bosco… All of the following Dark Guilds will the be the strongest of their nation, which includes this one… Infamous for their powerful fire mages… Pretty weak in comparison to the others mentioned so far… Maybe I'll start with this one to get warmed up… }

{Amarok Fang:

Located in Iceberg… Known for their Giant and Snow/Ice Magics and their ferociously murderous nature… They rarely work in teams… Some members kill for fun… This seems like one of the nastier guilds, even among Dark Guilds… }

{Heaven Horn:

Located in Stella… Has only one human member… The other members are Fourth Generation Dragon Slayers… … Fourth Generation Dragon Slayers… Artificial beings created from Dragon Lacrima and pure magic power. … So, this will be a little ridiculous, but it'll help in practicing using my magical and technological parts together… }

{Blended Note:

Located in Minstrel… All members are required to be proficient in music-based magic… Music Magic seems easy to counter, but, if used skillfully, can be very hard to counter… This will be good practice for concentration, I guess… }

{Arcadia Leaf:

Located in Midi… The guild leader is a proficient user of Sun Magic… … Sun Magic… Magic that turns power from the Sun into an extremely powerful and destructive force. … He has taught most of his guild the basics of Sun Magic… Interesting?... }

{Skorpion:

Located in Desierto… Most of the guild uses some kind of poison… Many have it as their type of magic… Some carry weapons laced with poison… Everyone in the guild is very good at hand-to-hand combat… I could research poisons there… }

{Emerald Sword:

Located in Joya… Just a bunch of really good thieves… Most members use some form of telekinesis or memory altering… They prefer physical weapons over magic… A warmup round, I guess… }

{Pallas Spring:

Located in Bellum… Led by the God of Warcraft… They excel in deadly technology… Almost constantly at war with other Dark Guilds… Over 300 members… All weaknesses are taken care of by technology, leaving members with 'no weaknesses'... Interesting… }

{Vitium:

Located in Sin… Unironically, the nation's strongest Dark Guild is the Seven Deadly Sins themselves… I'd like to keep this one a mystery, so the more power they have, the more fun I have… }

{Black Cloud:

Located in Caelum… A smattering of some of the strongest dark mages from across the continent… Many rival the Ten Wizard Saints in terms of sheer magic power… The guild master rivals the power of the Four Gods of Ishgar… This would be a good warmup for a fight against the gods… }

{Zünder:

Located in Enca… Often assist other powerful Dark Guilds… Mostly use explosive forms of magic… The guild as a whole is proficient at making and using magic bombs in the forms of pure magic and lacrima alike… Should be interesting… }

That's 14 Dark Guilds in the time of about 12 weeks, so I guess I could do one or two a week before the Games roll around, Azu thought. I'll start with Emerald Sword and work my way up. Speaking of which, I have plenty of energy after sleeping for two weeks…

Off to Joya, it is! She mentally shouted in mock determination.

Now that she was in Joya, Azu really wanted to leave as soon as possible.

It's so unnaturally happy here… she thought. It's enough to literally make me sick. Well, no wonder the country is called 'Joya'.

Quickly scanning Joya for the greatest presences of magic and 'darkness', which would lead her to the guild she was looking for, she found that she didn't actually have to look far. Emerald Sword was based in the slums of the capital city, which Azu was currently in.

Fighting in the capital of a country might cause some problems, but if she could finish quickly, then maybe she'll get off without anything too terrible happening.

Since I'm in a crowded city, I won't be able to use destructive magic, like the Dragon Slayer Magic I stole from God Serena, Azu reasoned. I guess I'll just practice dodging magic for a while and just use my fists until it has to get ugly.

Walking a few steps, she realized something: I should probably hide my face… She thought. I don't want my actions here to become associated with that of Fairy Tail when I eventually join. If I hide my face, I won't be recognizable in that way, but then again, how many overpowered 12-year-olds exist in this world?... If hiding my face isn't enough, I'll deal with it later, I guess... After some experimentation, she found that by blanketing her face with Wraith Dragon Slayer Magic, which looked like a black haze, her face could no longer be seen above her mouth.

This'll do, she reasoned. I'll use it when I'm close enough to the target.

With that, she began her walk towards Emerald Sword, which was about a mile away. Eventually, she reached the poorer districts of the capital city, where she found a more manageable amount of happiness radiating from the citizens.

Following the concentration of magic hiding somewhere within the district, she eventually ended up in front of a large building with a sign that read "Serward Model".

Nice try, but that's just the letters of 'Emerald Sword' rearranged in an easily decipherable way, Azu thought.

Dramatically knocking down the front door, she made her entrance with her black mask on.

"Who the hell are you?!"

"Who do you think you are?!"

"The fuck d'you think you're doing?"

And many more responses came, many of which were incredibly vulgar and slurred due to the sheer amount of alcohol being consumed. Azu smiled slightly at their idiocy, but due to her black mask, the thieves perceived it as a twisted smile.

Spotting the swords that were strewn all over the hall, she found a wonderful way to instigate them into attacking her full on. "Hello there," she said, picking up one of the swords and throwing it straight for the head of one of the drunk mages at a threatening speed, but not one that would scare them off.

In the end, it didn't pierce his head since someone else deflected it, but it certainly served its purpose.

"Now you're really asking for it!" A woman in the back shouted.

War cries emanated across the hall, leading to most of the Dark Guild heading for Azu with swords drawn.

As one mage tried to stab Azu in the abdomen, she dodged to the left swiftly, only to be met with another two swords, to which she promptly leaped back.

With her back to some of the enemy, they took full advantage, having six quick runners charge straight for her from behind. Their enemy turning around apparently didn't occur to them… With the first one, it was obvious that his form wasn't solid, so a kick to the shin was enough for Azu to trip him up. For the second one, she simply gave him a hard punch to the side of the head, knocking him out cold. The third and fourth tried going together, only to be thrown into each other by Azu. Coincidentally, the third one ended up stabbing the fourth in the heart because he lost control of his sword when he was thrown. The fifth and sixth were far more careful and managed to keep her busy for a solid ten minutes while other mages tried stabbing her at the same time.

With each further lunge, she only had to dodge and keep dodging, never allowing her focus on all the swords in the room waver. It was a difficult task, keeping track of 1,000 swords at all time, moving or not. To her credit, she was slowly finding it easier to dodge and keep track at the same time. This was her purpose for coming here, anyway - to practice dodging and concentration.

Eventually, the dark mages got fed up with the girl's quick movements and evasions and started using their magic. A group of a dozen mages lined themselves up and each picked up ten swords with their telekinesis.

Well, this will be interesting, Azu thought. How will I do, dodging 120 swords at once? We're about to see, I guess.

All at once, the mages released the 120 swords, which Azu began dodging with little effort. But that only lasted until about the fiftieth sword. At that point, she began struggling a little more, and by the hundredth sword, she was close to getting some cuts.

Well damn, this is hard… She started, but stopped upon getting two gaping cuts across each of her arms.

Before long, her blood was seeping out of them, much to the horror of the dark mages.

"What, you don't like my blood?" Azu asked them innocently.

"... black blood…" One of them whispered in horror.

"Am I seeing things?" Another asked quietly.

With much whispering among them and a wider smile at their reaction from Azu, one of them finally screamed, "SHE'S A DEMON!".

Breaking out into a full grin, Azu made up a name for her dual swords on the spot: "Swords of Thanatos."

With that, two black swords about a meter long appeared in her outstretched hands, adding to the fear already present in the guild members.

"Playtime's over, kids," she taunted.

As a test of her swords, she ran both right through the lungs of the one who had screamed, one sword per lung. Satisfied by the result, which was a dead mage, she turned to the others, running at them at incredible speeds.

Some of the mages broke out of their horror and shock and began attacking her again with telekinesis, but now to no avail. Azu just spun through the air, cutting the swords in half effortlessly before 'experimenting' on the different body parts of the mages.

One through the liver and the other through the stomach…

Two through the kidneys…

Cut the spine in half vertically…

Split the skull in the back…

Shatter the ribs and drive the little bits into the heart…

Tear the heart into two perfect halves…

It was a truly gruesome sight, but luckily for Azu, nobody but those who would be dead soon would see her in action here.

Eventually, she had defeated or killed all of the dark mages, although mostly the latter, and realized that she was drenched in red and black blood all over.

"Oh… I forgot to heal my own wounds," she mumbled to herself. Coming up with the most basic thing to say, she managed a "Heal" and her wounds disappeared instantly.

Looking back at the mess she caused, she thought, I guess I overdid it a bit… Oh well, at least I got used to this in my last life… not to say that's a good thing.

Wiping the blood off of her and drawing it out of her clothes, Azu eventually managed to get all the blood off of her. Kicking the bodies of a few people that looked roughly like people she had killed on Earth that she had greatly disliked, she left the building, done with her mission in Joya.

The Magic Council's Rune Knights had arrived in the capital of Joya not too long after at the report that Emerald Sword had been utterly destroyed. Arriving at what they now knew was their headquarters, they walked in to find a horrifying scene. Blood completely covered the floor, as if the building had been flooded but with blood instead of water. Dismembered, mangled and mutilated bodies lay everywhere.

In the corner, one man stirred slightly, attracting the attention of the head of the Rune Knight division on the scene. Seeing the Rune Knight approach, the man mustered the strength to say two words with a look of absolute fear in his eyes: "... black … blood …"

Those were his very last words, much to the concern of the Rune Knight leader.

Black blood? How was such a thing possible?

Regardless of how such a thing can even exist, a new name was born for Azu.

"Black Blood"

Dark Guilds Left on the Hitlist: 13

Azu's range of verbal spells is increasing!

~ Steal

~ Deus Explicatio

~ Swords of Thanatos

~ Heal