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

Chapter 72: Plan to attack Natsu
“Oh~oh~~~”

Rod, who was used to living in the city, rarely heard a rooster crowing in the morning.

He lifted the thin quilt, stood up, opened the curtains and looked out.

It was not yet dawn, and there seemed to be a thin layer of fog outside, which gradually faded as the sun peeked out.

There was a slight snoring sound coming from behind me. Natsu and Happy were sleeping soundly. Their carefree attitude made people both worried and envious.

So, Rhodes tiptoed around the two of them and walked to the door so as not to wake them up.

After thinking for a while, he stepped back, squatted down, took a deep breath, and shouted between the two heads:

“Wake up!!!”

Seeing Natsu and Happy suddenly bounce up and rub their ears, Rhode also laughed heartily like Natsu.

"Bastard Rod!"

Natsu and Happy rushed over and the three of them started wrestling.

When the three of them went downstairs to have breakfast, one of them had a dark circle under his eyes.

The village chief thought they were injured last night, but it was dark and he couldn't see clearly.

After a hearty breakfast, Rhodes summoned Worm:
“We are going out to investigate the situation on the mountain today, so leave this at your house.

If there is any emergency, just tell it to go back, and I will get the signal and come back as soon as possible."

Due to backward communication means, Rhodes had to use this method. Poro's intelligence was much higher than other wild monsters, consumed less magic power, and was not good at fighting, making it the most suitable for doing this kind of thing.

This was also what he decided last night when he suddenly felt that Wyrm had returned to the Howling Abyss.

Worm looked around and was a little dissatisfied because it was not his familiar home or guild.

But as long as Rhodes gave it clear instructions, it would do so - except when it was asked for help in a fight with its companions.

At the signal from the village chief, Snow picked up Worm and said, "I will take good care of it."

The three of them turned to leave, and just in time saw the little girl Claudia, whom they had met yesterday, half of her head sticking out of the door, looking at them timidly.

After noticing that she was discovered, Claudia quickly hid back.

Rhodes didn't take it seriously. As he walked out, he reminded Natsu not to be impulsive.

Just as the three of them were about to step out of the yard, the little girl mustered up the courage to run over.

"Excuse me……"

The three turned and looked at her.

Claudia's courage seemed to be exhausted all at once, and she asked weakly, "Excuse me... can you defeat the monster on the mountain?"

Rhodes asked as gently as possible: "Do you know the monster on the mountain?"

Claudia nodded and shook her head: "Dad said there is a leopard monster in the mountain, the upper body is a leopard, and the lower body is like a human.

It is as tall as two people, its teeth are as long as chopsticks, its mouth is as big as a washbasin, its tail is thicker than my arm, and it has very long mane.

As she spoke, Claudia began to sob, tears welling up in her eyes:

"Dad said that the monster on the mountain is like that. Dad's wish is to defeat the monster and protect everyone. Dad told me to be obedient and wait at home. He will be back soon, but...but..."

Natsu put his hand on the little girl's head, and Claudia's crying stopped.

"Then you have to continue to be obedient and wait at home. I will fulfill your father's wish for him."

Claudia's tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. She stared blankly at Natsu's back as he turned and left, her vision becoming increasingly blurred.

In order to see this warm big brother clearly, Claudia tried hard to wipe the tears from her face with her arms.

Rhode sighed secretly and silently made a plan to sneak attack Natsu in an emergency and drag him underground. He knew that Natsu's adoptive father suddenly disappeared one day and never came back. It was difficult for Natsu to remain indifferent when encountering such a thing.

And the little girl's tears were indeed touching. Rhodes felt sorry for the child, but he couldn't lose his composure.

"Happy, keep an eye on Natsu for a while. Don't let him do anything stupid."

"Love." Habib was not very confident.

Rhodes summoned two river crabs and a group of shadow wolves, asking them to speed up.

The beasts we were watching last night really just found a jungle to hide in. It was puzzling how they were cautiously exploring new territory and looking for a place to live.

Rhode could only suppress his doubts and analyze the intelligence he had just received.

Intelligence about the Beast King was provided by the little girl Claudia, dictated by her father.

Considering the possibility that some information may be lost or exaggerated during the information transmission process, intelligence cannot be fully trusted.

The most useful information now is that the opponent might be a leopard-like monster.

Leopards, based on their racial characteristics, are likely to be speedy and agile opponents.

To deal with this type of person, Rod thought of Jeter...

The Stone Beetle should come in handy, and the Razorback's covering strike may also be useful.

The antidote for the Magic Frog has not been obtained yet.

But it's okay to use it against the enemy, just be careful not to affect your own people.

Rod and Happy caught up with Natsu and grabbed him at the foot of the mountain.

Rhodes had already inquired with Beetee and Mastiff about the general terrain of the mountain. If they rushed up rashly, they might be bitten by a venomous snake, which would be very troublesome.

"The more you want to help Claudia, the more you have to stay calm. If something happens to you, the child might never trust anyone again."

This persuasion barely worked, Natsu sat down with his legs crossed and his arms folded: "How long do we have to wait?"

"Wait until I find it." Rhodes connected the vision of the river crabs,

"The first one has already climbed to the top of the first peak. We haven't seen anything unusual yet. The shadow wolf is trying to find the scent of a ferocious beast."

In order to prevent Natsu and Happy from getting impatient, Rod narrated in real time what he saw through the river crab.

After searching for half an hour, a grizzly bear came down the mountain. When it noticed the two people and the cat, it became slightly alert.

But after comparing the sizes, it was no longer afraid and pounced on us.

Natsu stood up and smacked his palm, just in time.

"Traces of battle." Rhodes finally made a discovery. On the ground was the remains of a wild boar, which had obviously been eaten by some animal.

The exposed ribs and broken spine were not sure whether they were caused before or after death.

The shadow wolf sniffed the scent, chose a direction and ran away, and the river crab followed.

Trees, rocks, flowers and plants quickly passed by Rhodes' field of vision and stopped at another place with traces of battle.

This time it was the corpse of a wild wolf. Its body was bent in an exaggerated manner, probably because its spine was broken.

The shadow wolf had no intention of harming its own kind. It sniffed forward and ran to the next location.

Then Rhodes saw the corpses of various wild animals such as tigers, grizzly bears, cheetahs, etc.

Each one looked like they were beaten to death by a blunt object. The scene was extremely cruel, and...

weird.

If the wild beasts in the mountains died from fighting, then most of the wounds should be from bites. There aren't that many wild beasts that use blunt force attacks, right?
(End of this chapter)