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

Chapter 32 Ancient Stone Beetle

Most of the time, Rhodes was most afraid of suddenly making eye contact with unfamiliar people.

Because once your eyes meet, if you look away immediately, it seems impolite, but if you keep staring, it seems like a provocation.

In this situation, Rhodes would be at a loss.

Especially when after staring at each other for a few seconds, the other person put down his wine glass and walked towards him.

Fortunately, the talkative Marcus was there: "Arzak, you are here. I was just talking about you."

"Speaking of me?"

"Yeah, this is Rod, you know him, right?"

Arzak nodded. "The one that destroyed an entire forest?"

Marcus clapped his hands: "That's right!"

Rhodes slammed the table and said, "You are wrong!"

The two of them looked at him in confusion, as if asking why there was such a big reaction.

Rhodes raised his hand: "Sorry, it was unintentional."

The two were even more confused. Did something as trivial as slamming the table need to be explained?

"..." Rhodes didn't know what to say.

He took a deep breath, formally introduced himself to Alzak, and then clarified the rumors about himself.

He was just an unqualified wizard who had just learned magic for a few days. How could he have the ability to destroy a forest?
"The president told me that the forest became like that because of the rampage of beasts. There were rumors about strange birds, giant frogs, evil wolves, and flying dragons. Just hearing them is..."

It's...it really feels like I did it myself.

Rhodes fell into thought.

Something is wrong.

Rhodes thought about it carefully. When he heard about this, he seemed to have no idea that he could summon wild monsters.

After knowing that I could summon wild monsters, I didn’t think about it in detail.

Now, these two things are connected...

Could it be that after being attacked by that bear, the life-and-death crisis caused his magic to go out of control, calling all the monsters, big and small, here?

The more I think about it, the more guilty I feel. If I really did it, then...how much compensation would I have to pay for destroying a large area of ​​forest?

The more Rhodes thought about it, the more guilty he felt.

The other two had already changed the topic. Marcus complained that he was a bit bored lately and wondered if they should organize an event or something so that he, as the official host, could have something to do.

"How about a shooting competition?" Alzak patted the pistol on his waist.

"Don't be ridiculous. Who can beat you and Bisca in a shooting competition?"

Arzak suddenly panicked: "Don't, don't talk nonsense, what Biska, I..."

The young man was indeed in good shape. Listening to Alzak's irrelevant answer, Rod felt a little bit of the joy of gossip.

As the three of them chatted, Alzac became Rhodes' next opponent.

……

In the next few days, Rhodes went through one practical training after another, sometimes one a day, sometimes two or three a day.

Some of the opponents were those he found himself, while others were brought in by Marcus - who just wanted to satisfy his own desires and snatched the hosting and refereeing tasks from the president.

Kana, who had just returned from a mission, also took over the president's gambling business.

The guild's backyard was unusually lively for a while, and Rhodes and his opponents also repaired the wall several times.

However, as the battles became more frequent, the novelty wore off and the number of onlookers gradually decreased.

The main reason is that there is really no suspense about the outcome. Luo's current record is 19 wins and 19 losses.

Today was another day of happy defeat. Rod sat on a round stool, leaned over the counter, and waited listlessly for the noon work time.

Worm went to the tavern to eat and drink for a while, then ran back and hugged Rhodes' calf to try to comfort him.

Mira brought a small plate of broad beans and placed it on the counter, beckoning Worm to come up for a snack.

Then, while combing the white hair on Worm's back, he said, "We were almost able to beat Lidas today, weren't we?"

"Lidas was too nice to hit me, and it was hard for me to throw a punch at him."

Rhodes has always been grateful to Lidas. It was his painting magic that helped him quickly understand the current situation and eliminated a lot of uneasy feelings.

"But isn't painting magic too much of a cheat? Being able to draw anything makes my summoning magic seem stupid..."

Lidus drew a Canyon Scuttler today, and then used crabs to attack crabs. At the same time, he still had the energy to draw a Poro to compete with Worm.

Although the river crabs he drew were not very strong and would fall apart after one or two hits, he was able to draw many of them one after another!
The two genuine river crabs happily returned to the canyon river under the attack of a large number of pirated river crabs, leaving Rhodes staring blankly.

He thought he might be suffering from a phobia of lack of firepower.

Mira smiled and said, “There are limits to what can be created by painting magic, and almost every action requires the practitioner to distract himself and control it.

But the creatures summoned by summoning magic can act independently as long as they are given a specific target, right? This is your advantage.

To some extent, Lidas's weakness is the same as yours. Attacking the caster himself is the most effective method.

Moreover, because he had to distract himself from controlling the "portrait", even if he was good at fighting, he would not be able to exert his full strength.

So when you have a more powerful helper, or your fighting skills improve a little, you will soon be able to surpass Lidas."

Like many of his companions in the guild, Rhodes had been unable to do anything but fail these days.

But Mira noticed Rhodes' progress. The most direct manifestation was that she hadn't applied medicine to Rhodes for several days.

Even when he was fighting Gray in a fairly intense close combat, he didn't suffer as severe bruises as when he faced Natsu.

Although the possibility of Gray holding back more than Natsu could not be ruled out, Mira could see that Rhodes's parrying and attacking were much smoother than before, and his magic power should have increased a lot.

Moreover, he became more and more adept at using the little tricks of magic defense.

Rhodes was comforted. He found that although Mira said she couldn't fight, she knew much more than him.

The way he talked about it was just like he was saying that professional players were bad at playing games...

Of course, Rod is the keyboard warrior and Mira is Wang Yuyan.

"Ah, I already have an idea of ​​the next target to summon. It's to complain."

Even if you lose ten games in a row, you still have to have some emotions, let alone fighting.

Fortunately, the friendly matches these days were not in vain, and the sweat shed was not in vain.

When Rhodes was practicing summoning river crabs with Lidas today, he felt that the black fog somewhere in Summoner's Rift had disappeared, revealing a valley.

The ground in the valley was flat, the rock walls were smooth, and there were patches of moss growing in the corners, giving it a cold and damp feeling.

And in this small valley, two "stones", one large and one small, stand quietly.

Rhodes, who was familiar with the game, naturally knew what this was:
The ancient stone beetle, commonly known as the stone monster, is a tough type as you can tell from its appearance. In fact, its attack power is quite good among all common wild monsters.

Moreover, when the ancient stone beetle is broken into pieces, it will turn into a smaller stone beetle, and when it is broken into pieces again, it will turn into an even smaller mini stone beetle.

But in today's competition with Lidas, Rhodes did not dare to try to summon.

——He only knew their information in the game, but didn’t know the specific situation. He had to ask the president for help to check it first.

It would be bad if someone disobeyed orders and hurt his companions.

In this guild where recklessness prevails, Rhodes firmly warned himself not to cause any trouble for everyone.

(End of this chapter)