Fairy Tail: Sun Eater

Team Ben have finished their mission, and now they are in the Mayor's office to get the completion letter.

"You guys are really fast in this. How did you manage to find them?"-Mayor

"We found their trail and follow it."-Ben

"Trail? We didn't found any trail whatsoever in our investigation."-Mayor

"They've tried to cover it, but it won't fool us that easily. We're experienced in tracking because we are hunters."-Ben

"Hmm, well, even if we could track them, it will be hard to fight with a mage."-Mayor

"Did you have the identity of that mage?"-Ben

"Yes, he is a wanted mage, Allen Yuri, and his bounty is 1 million Jewels. He was a mage from Phoenix Grave Guild, but committed a crime by killing one of his guild mate. He was caught by magic council but succeed to ran away before imprisonment. His real bounty by magic council is 500k, but his former guild add another 500k."-Mayor

"Ooh, never heard of that guild before."-Ben

"Well, i doubt you even know any legal guild except yours."-Mayor

"Do i need to know them?"-Ben

"... Anyway, your reward will be sent to your Guild. It will be 250k for the mission, plus 1 million for the bounty."-Mayor

"250k? I thought the mission reward was 150."-Ben

"Well, considering there is a mage among the bandits, additional reward is given to you. It's also because you complete your mission fast that we gave you the bonus. It's still lower than the bounty anyway, so i hope you don't mind it."-Mayor

"Oh, no problem then, additional money is always good."-Ben

Ben then take the job completion letter and leave the office. He'll take his team to explore the town like what he had promised them. They leave the car in the Mayor's residence before walking to the town.

They go to the bank first though, to withdraw some money for their shopping. The receptionist's eyes popped out when she see Ben's account. She even need to recount and make sure she doesn't make any mistake.

'T-this kid have 1 billion in his account? And this account, a VVIP, issued directly by Magic Council & Royal Family? I-is he a son of high rank Noble or Mage? I need to be careful with this.'-Receptionist

"How much that you want to withdraw, Young Master?"-Receptionist

'Must be because of my 1 billion jewels money, sigh.'-Ben

"Give me 500k."-Ben

"Yes, right away."-Receptionist

Ben get his 500k soon after that and leave before the receptionist try to offer many useless programs. Then Team Ben start their town exploration. They check almost every store and try the food that make them curious.

They buy many items, especially clothes because they don't have many clothes. They also buy some daily necessities that they don't have in the village. After that, they go to the train station, because Ben is curious on how the train work.

"I thought it also use magic, but it use steam engine instead. Well, if it use magic, they'll need high amount of magic power."-Ben

"If there is this train, then why are there many people who use carriages on highway? Wouldn't it be easier & faster to use trains?"-Wendy

"Maybe the train is expensive?"-Carla

"No, i think it's because their destination didn't have train station. It might be small towns or even villages. Even if the train is expensive, they'll still choose it, because saving time is more important."-Ben

"Ooh, that make sense."-Carla

"Ben, smart."-Bella pat Ben's head with her paw while sitting on his head like usual

"Thanks."-Ben

The 4 of them then leave the station and go to a store. This is a magic store, the last store that they will visit today before returning. They walk around the store, and Ben check on the magic spell books.

'Hmm, too bad they only show the title and description. Now i can't copy all of them. They're just low grade magic spells, but it's always fun to learn magic no matter the grade.'-Ben

[They use it as prevention for mages who can copy the book without buying it.]

'I know. Have you count the total?'-Ben

[73 low level magic spells, each cost 10k jewels. 23 medium level spells, each cost 100k, 2 high level spells, each cost 500k. Total cost: 4,030,000 Jewels.]

'I'm surprised they even have 2 high level spells here.'-Ben

[Altough the spells are high level, but it must be common grade spells to be sold in a public store like this.]

'Yeah, definitely.'-Ben

Ben go to the clerk and ask about payment.

"Do you receive payment using bank card?"-Ben

"Yes, we receive bank payment through bank card for transaction above 100k jewels."-Clerk

"Alright, then i want to buy all spells available in this store."-Ben

"... Eh? Pardon me, i think i misheard it."-Clerk

"I want to buy every spell book in this store."-Ben take out his bank card

"V-VVIP?!"-Clerk

The clerk immediately run off, leaving the stunned Ben. But then she return with an old man that seem to be this shop owner.

"I heard you want to buy all magic spell books in here?"-Owner

"Yeah."-Ben

"I understand, then please wait in our VIP room while we pack all the books."-Owner

Ben & co then get escorted to a room where they can wait. A servant then come in and give them drinks & snacks. After waiting for a for some minutes, the clerk inform them that the books are ready.

They go out to to check the books and pay. After checking that every book that he order is there, Ben pay the books with his bank card. It is similar to the cards on earth, but it use magic tools in here, and not every store have it. After finishing all the procedure, Ben & co leave the store.

They return to the Mayor's residence to take their car and leave the town. They return to their village immediately and reach it right before the sky turn dark. They give the job completion letter to Roubaul.

"Good job, you've completed the job, and more importantly you're all safe. So how is it, did you learn something?"-Roubaul

"Yeah, i need to have more techniques to be used in a closed space. I also need more defensive techniques especially for wide range attacks."-Ben

"I also need to train more for direct battle and train my stamina."-Wendy

"Good, review your mission to do a better job next time! Now, let's have dinner then you can rest."-Roubaul

Team Ben then have a dinner with everyone like usual. It's their tradition to always eat dinner together. After dinner, they wash themselves and then they sleep. Before sleeping, Ben review his battle today.

'A.I Chip, did you get the data from his magic spells?'-Ben

[Yes, with the knowledge from Roubaul's magic book, i can find many information from both magic spells.]

Ben had give A.I Chip a command to scan all magic that he see or even receive. A.I Chip can scan and find out the structure of the magic spell that it scan. Of course it need sufficient data to be able to do it, that's why Ben need to buy many books about magic.

'Gramps said that there is a Magic Library that contain so many knowledge about magic. Maybe i'll go there one day in the future.'-Ben

Ben leave that for the future, because now he need to sleep. Ben wake up the next morning and go to train in the cave. Wendy also join him to train now after knowing that she can't fight too well in real battle. Bella & Carla also train, they've start their training some months back, altough just basic magic training.

[Name: Ben Cooper

Age: 12

Status: Alive

MP: 13,671/38,491

STR: 75

AGI: 72

STA: 80

INT: 91]

Ben have grow a lot last year because of his intense training. Roubaul even said that Ben is reaching the threshold of an A-Class Mage already. A.I Chip predict that S-Class mage have minimum average stats of 100, and their minimum MP is 50,000.

Of course that's just A.I Chip's calculation on S-Class mage's stats. However, the most important factor for S-Class is their fighting ability. Still, strong stats mean they have more power in their attack, so it is correlated.

And to be an S-Class, a mage need to have a lot of experiences too. That is the one thing that Ben lack, experiences to do jobs. But now, he have been allowed to do real jobs from quests, not just guild issued jobs like hunting.

Ben's current goal is to be an S-Class mage fast. The reason is not only because he will be able to take more exciting job, but also because of their guild. Their only S-Class mage is Roubaul, but he can't take jobs as a Guild Master, at least that's what that old man said.

'If we have an active S-Class mage, our guild will be considered as one of the big guild in Fiore, or even Ishgar. I will surely spread our guild's name in this Continent and make it big.'-Ben grin

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