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

Chapter 70 Village Defense Battle

"A herd of beasts is coming. Judging from the rhythm of the bells, there may be a lot of them."

The village chief explained the meaning of the bell and said calmly, "But the walls of our village are very strong, please don't worry."

"No, it is our duty to defeat the beasts and protect the village. We can't just pretend we don't know when they come to attack us."

Natsu stood up and bumped his fists together, "I'm already lit up, Happy!"

"like!"

Happy understood, wings grew out of his back, and he grabbed Natsu and flew away.

Natsu in the air said, "Let's go first. If you come too late, you won't get a chance, Rod!"

Rhodes was too lazy to answer. I wish I didn't have a share. It must be tiring for me to provide you with a mount and help you clean up the mess along the way.

"Mr. Rhodes, the beasts are very dangerous. Your companions..."

"Don't worry, Natsu is very strong." Rhodes said, "I have to go first."

"Excuse me!" The village chief was worried that he would fly away, so he hurriedly asked, "Excuse me, is there anything we can help you with?"

"...So, there really is something." Rhodes thought to himself that he had to wait for the village chief to remind him before he could remember it. He was too careless and almost got led astray by Natsu.

"Please go ahead."

"Please organize the villagers to prepare more water, sand and other things that can be used to put out the fire."

"what?"

Rhode said: “Natsu uses fire magic, which is powerful but also prone to accidents.

So please inform the villagers in advance so that every household can be prepared."

"I see." The village chief nodded. He didn't know much about magic, but fire magic must be very powerful when used against wild beasts.

"Answer the call, Crimson Razorback!"

Rhodes summoned a crimson raptor, rode on it and flew towards the village entrance.

……

The feeling of flying in the sky and looking down at the ground is very different, especially when riding on a strange bird.

Even though he wasn't flying very high... or rather, fortunately he wasn't flying very high, because Rhodes knew that he wouldn't die if he fell from that height, otherwise he would have to carry a parachute bag.

The villagers had been alarmed by the bell. Some of them ran towards the village entrance with weapons or farm tools in their hands, while others ran towards the village chief's house.

Rhodes passed the running villagers in the air, attracting a lot of people's attention.

I heard that the village chief hired a wizard. Is that him?
But soon, their attention was drawn to other things.

In the direction of the village entrance, a red fire meteor fell from the sky and landed in the center of the herd.

Rhodes saw Natsu's figure clearly and criticized him in his heart, saying that it was too unsafe to jump directly down from such a high place.

He jumped onto the arrow tower from the back of the raptor and let the raptor fly out to attack.

"Mr. Wizard!" The one guarding the arrow tower was Bit Bar, one of the two people who welcomed Rhodes and his companions into the village.

The unfortunate kid was forced to work overtime before his shift changed.

"Thank you for your hard work. The one with the rage is my companion. You have seen him. Please tell everyone not to shoot arrows randomly."

"Yes!" Bit agreed, then asked worriedly, "But is it okay for your companion to rush into the herd alone?"

It was dark, and Rhodes could barely tell that the herd was larger than fifty beasts, but it was difficult to determine the specific species of the beasts.

With the help of Natsu's firelight, he could see clearly that there were several wolves and leopards surrounding him.

The creature that was hit by the meteor that just fell from the sky was a tiger.

"Don't worry about him. If you want to help, bring more torches... and prepare some water, too."

Rhode assigned some odd jobs to the villagers without authorization, but this obviously did not make them feel at ease, and many people still carried bows and arrows, climbed up the arrow tower, or set up long ladders and lay on the wall.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

"The Fire Dragon's Claw!"

Natsu was having fun outside the wall, punching a wolf away and kicking a cheetah away.

As if this was not enough, Natsu opened his arms, and the flames spread from his wrists into the air, forming a pair of flaming wings, which flapped down like a fire dragon:
"Fire Dragon's Wing Strike!"

Five wild wolves were blown away by this move, their hair caught fire, and they fell to the ground howling and rolling.

“So strong, so strong!”

"That's magic, that's the power of a wizard!"

"If we had this kind of power, we wouldn't have to worry!"

Naz's active performance opened the villagers' eyes and boosted their confidence.

After completing the task of releasing Natsu, Happy flew to the arrow tower and asked Rod: "Rod, aren't you going to fight?"

Rhodes said: "I am fighting."

"You're lying. You're standing right here."

Rhode shook his head and sighed: "Who said that only those who stand in the light are heroes?"

"We don't understand."

Rhodes pointed to a slightly dim area. In fact, a group of his raptors and a group of shadow wolves were already fighting.

The crimson raptor used a move called "Feathers Flying All Over the Sky" to shoot a brown bear into a dartboard with its feathers like flying knives.

Unfortunately, when the same attack hit the rhino, only half of the feather penetrated, and it was unable to cause much damage.

However, the Crimson Razorback lives up to its name of "sharp beak". It can pierce the belly of a rhino after flapping its wings and sprinting.

The smaller raptors perform less well, but are sufficient to deal with wild wolves and the like.

As for the shadow wolves, they were now pinning down a giant python and biting it. The python was covered in blood and could only make a dying struggle.

"I'm a summoner. It's not my job to fight on the front lines. Do you understand?"

Happy realized that Rod's fighting style was far less conspicuous than Natsu's at night, and his wild monsters might be mistaken by the villagers as attacking beasts.

"But if you don't want to fight yourself, why do you want to learn fighting from everyone?"

"To give the enemy a surprise when he thinks he can easily kill me by bypassing the wild monsters."

"So cunning."

Rhode grabbed Habby's face and said, "How can you describe our own people as cunning? They are smart and cautious!"

"Love~"

Rod let go of the harpy. "Besides them, I also sent two river crabs to patrol around the village wall. I'm very busy."

After all, no one stipulates that wild beasts can only attack the main gate, other directions are also worth paying attention to.

The harpy watched quietly for a while, then asked, "Why not send out the stone beetles as well?"

"You have a lot of questions." Rhodes said.
"I sent too many wild monsters out to fight. My magic power can't last long, and I'm very tired today."

Releasing all wild monsters at once can only produce a burst, just like the wizard who ambushed two Phantom Assassins that day.

With enough mana left for self-protection, the continuous combination attacks that day were considered Rhodes's strongest burst combo.

If you want to fight a protracted war, two or three groups are most appropriate.

Thanks to the efforts of Natsu and the wild monsters, the attacking beasts quickly decreased. It was the first time for the villagers to participate in such an easy defensive battle - all they had to do was watch.

(End of this chapter)