Fairy Tail: I don't want to be the president

Chapter 275 Quantity is not a problem
The situation was more serious than Rhodes had imagined. The rats dared to bite even such big river crabs, and they might even bite humans if they saw them.

Rhodes summoned three wolves, six birds, stone beetles and magic frogs to surround himself and Mira.

Although I'm not afraid of mice, it would be unlucky if one of them pounced on me and bit me.

When the two arrived at the place where the river crab was attacked, the big rat was still hanging on the river crab's leg, and shallow marks had been gnawed on the crab's shell.

The river crab couldn't do anything to the mouse because its claws were too short to reach it.

Rhodes waved his hand, and a shadow wolf pounced on it, bit the mouse in one bite, and shook its head a few times to relieve the mouse's pain.

"It's so big." Mira looked at the mouse's body. It was almost as big as the rabbit.

Rhodes looked around and asked, "Do you think this area is desolate?"

Mira nodded: "Well, at this time, the crops near Magnolia have sprouted, but here it's bare."

It's not just the crops, there's almost no grass in the fields. If you don't know, you'd think the fields had just been plowed and weeded.

We walked forward for a while surrounded by wild monsters. The situation was even worse near the village, where the bark of many trees had been eaten away.

We saw mice running by on the road several times. They looked at them with a pair of small eyes, and probably because they saw that they were outnumbered, they didn't dare to approach them and ran away.

Rhodes commanded the raptor to shoot feathers, pinning the giant rat to the ground.

The Shadow Wolf dug a hole on the side of the road and threw the mouse in. Rhodes waved his hand and wrote some flaming words, providing a one-stop service.

Smelling a strange burning odor, he took out two masks.

After Mira put it on, Rhodes stared at her for a few seconds. Although it covered most of her beauty, it made her eyes look even more beautiful.

Mira could probably tell what he was thinking because it was written in his eyes.

There were no tall walls surrounding the village of Lavender, only a circle of crude-looking fences. It was unclear whether it was used to mark boundaries or to prevent wild animals.

This thing obviously couldn't protect against rats. Rhodes saw traces of rat bites on many places.

There were a lot of herbs hanging on the fence, and there were a lot of burnt-out fires outside. If you looked closely, you could see some mousetraps, animal traps, wire loops...

It seems that the village has come up with many ways to prevent and eliminate rats.

The two young men standing guard at the entrance of the village were obviously a little nervous when they saw a large group of animals approaching, but they relaxed only when they saw that they were surrounding the two people.

The one who came forward to say hello was Mira, she was an S-class wizard and the tacit captain of this team.

Mira took off her mask and said, "Hello, we are the wizards of Fairy Tail, and we have accepted Mr. Jasper's commission to exterminate rats."

Rhode lifted up his short sleeves to show the emblem, and Mira just pointed to the logo printed on the lapel - the real emblem was on the leg, and she couldn't lift up her skirt.

One of the young men said excitedly: "You are finally here! Please follow me to meet the village chief!"

Rhodes left the wild monsters at the entrance of the village to stand guard with the remaining young man.

It was actually quite strange to see guards in an ordinary village, Rhodes asked casually on the way.

The young man who led the way said, "We are responsible for watching over the fire. Because rats are very active at night, we have to light a fire outside the village to prevent them from rushing into the village. But in the past few days, the rats seem to be getting bolder and bolder."

Rhodes thought that maybe they were not getting bolder, but hungrier: "Has anyone been hurt?" "Yes, two of my friends were bitten by rats when they went out. After they came back, they had a high fever for several days and almost died."

Those two people were lucky. Being bitten by a rat is a terrible thing. If you are unlucky, you may be infected with diseases like the plague and lose your life if you are not careful.

The mayor of this village is the client, Mr. Jasper, a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle.

When the village chief saw Rhodes and Mira, he was a little disappointed: "Only two people?"

Although I knew that 20 J was unlikely to hire too many people, I was still a little disappointed to see that there were only two.

"No, village chief, they brought nearly twenty strange animals, including a wolf with two heads. They looked very ferocious."

The village chief nodded, and became even more disappointed. They had tried biological control, and it was okay to catch a few scattered rats in the village, but there was no way to deal with the tens of thousands of rats outside.

Last week, two dogs and three cats died during a rat-catching operation in the village. Too many rats is really a big problem.

Although he thought so, the village chief still politely invited the two men to come in and sit down, and asked the young man to take good care of the fire.

Mira took out the power of attorney according to the procedure and showed it to the village chief for confirmation, and then asked for details.

“In fact, at the beginning, only every now and then someone would catch a big rat in the village, and sometimes you could see field mice running on the road during the day.

No one paid much attention to it. Rats are common every year. It is normal for rats to become more active after the beginning of spring.

It wasn't until almost a month after the sowing was completed that there was still no sign of seedlings growing in the field that everyone thought something was wrong.

After that, we went to check everywhere. We found that the fields were full of rat holes, the seeds had been eaten up long ago, and the rats in the village were getting more and more rampant. Clothes, rice bags, and roofs in the house were all gnawed by rats. It was then that we realized that rats had become a disaster.

We have tried various methods, such as poisoning, setting traps, and releasing cats and dogs, but we have only been able to mostly eliminate the rats in the village. The rats outside have grown to the point where they bite poultry and livestock, and even hurt people.

We have also organized a rat-catching operation, but it has had little effect and some people have been injured. In recent days, there has even been a tendency for rats from outside to break into the village in groups, which makes us very worried. "

Mr. Jasper told them about the plight of the village and looked at them hopefully: "Is there any magic that can kill all the rats at once?"

Of course there are, like the laws of goblins.

With one shot, I guarantee that not a single mouse will be left.

It is roughly equivalent to using a nuclear bomb that can explode in a targeted manner to accurately kill mosquitoes.

"Unfortunately, the two of us do not have that kind of magic." Mira said, "But give us some time, we have other ways."

"Rely on those animals Lightning mentioned?" Jasper shook his head. "Excuse me, the difference in numbers is too great. Your pet may be in danger."

"Of course we can't just rely on them. You don't know us wizards very well, so quantity is not a problem."

Rhode smiled confidently and said, "To be honest, if you give me some time, I can be as powerful as an army of thousands."

Mira looked at Rhodes with a smile.

"I am a mighty army by myself." When he said this, it seemed that his whole body was shining.

(End of this chapter)