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

Chapter 77: What is the mission?

The leopard man's upper body was engulfed in flames, and the two stone beetles sent a signal to Rhodes requesting retreat.

Maybe it's too hot. After all, stone beetles are insects, not stones.

Rhodes was worried that Natsu's move would kill the opponent directly.

In fact, Natsu knows when to hold back.

How much magic power the opponent can use for defense, how much magic power you should use to attack, the opponent's fighting habits, etc.

After two brief encounters, Natsu had already gained most of this information.

He has considerable experience in this matter.

On the contrary, Rhode was still far behind in this aspect. If he really accepted the mission of defeating the bandits, there was a possibility of loss of life.

Just like the last time he caught a robber on the street and broke his bones, he didn't hold back when he was beating him.

When the flames died down, a burnt smell emanated from the leopard man's upper body, his hair was curled up, and there were flames in some places.

But he did not fall down. Instead, he roared to the sky and punched left and right, smashing the two stone beetles into four mini stone beetles.

The mini stone beetles wanted to continue to follow the command of 'hold the legs', but the leopard man reacted and kicked them all away one by one.

Two flew towards Naz, and two flew towards Rhodes. It takes absolute talent to play football with this skill.

"Forced to close the door!"

Rhodes waved his hand to send the mini stone beetles back, and ordered a stone beetle underground and a group of stone beetles that were originally responsible for blocking the road to attack.

But the stone beetles couldn't catch up with the speed at which the leopard man pounced on Natsu.

Natsu swung his fist and confronted the leopard man head-on.

This time, Natsu was knocked back a few steps. The strength of the leopard man in the second stage was indeed outstanding.

"Rapier, fly feathers!"

The razor-beaked birds fired single-shot feathers at the leopard men to avoid accidentally injuring their friends.

The leopard man took two steps back nimbly, and when he was about to move forward again, he staggered because his tail was caught by something.

When I looked back, I saw four mouths of three wolves hanging on the thick leopard's tail.

"Great, Rod! Continuous Fire Dragon Fists!" Natsu rushed forward, swung his arms, and his flaming fists rained down on the leopard man's face and chest.

"Ohhhh!!!" Natsu roared in sync with his fists.
"Wake up, you leopard bastard! Oooooohhhh!!!"

The Leopard Man was hit and staggered, letting out a low growl.

"Grandpa the village chief, Sister Snow, and Claudia... are all waiting for you to come back!"

The red light in the leopard man's eyes faded away, and his eyes regained a bit of clarity, but then began to turn red again.

"Wake up! Here!!!!"

With a roar, Natsu's last punch hit the leopard man's nose, knocking him flying.

The Shadow Wolves let go, and the Leopard Man flew out with two spiral flames, bounced twice on the ground, and lay on his back motionless.

It looks like we won.

But to be on the safe side, Rhodes asked the Shadow Wolves to lie in ambush, the Razorbeaks to keep their distance, and the Stone Beetles to burrow underground.

Be prepared to clamp the other person as soon as he moves.

Fortunately, the worst did not happen.

A flash of light appeared on the leopard man's body, and his body began to shrink. His tail, claws and other features all disappeared, and he returned to the appearance of a young man.

"Success!!" Natsu and Happy cheered at the same time.

Rhode smiled and said, "Finally solved... Harpy, can you move now?"

"Love! When Rod yelled for the door to be closed."

Rod pulled Happy's face: "Why don't you get up earlier?"

Habby said incoherently: "Because I feel safe when Rod protects me." Rod released his hand that was pinching Habby's face. This kid... can really talk.

The three of them briefly eased the tense atmosphere before going to check on the condition of the young man who had been beaten back to his original form.

This man looks...

Rhodes couldn't tell what he looked like because his nose was crooked by Natsu, his face was dark, and his hair was curly.

It's too awful.

Besides, his shirt and pants were long gone, leaving him only in a pair of shorts.

Happy asked, "Is he someone from Gray?"

"It shouldn't be that easy to run into a pervert like Gray," Rhodes said.
"Didn't the village chief say that someone found some of Kita's clothes on the mountain a few days ago? They might have been torn when she was receiving magic."

Natsu said excitedly, "Anyway, the mission to defeat the Beast King is complete, let's take him back to the village!"

Happy chimed in, "Love! This was the smoothest mission ever, and Natsu didn't burn down the village! I can finally get paid in full!"

"What does that mean, Happy!" Natsu glared.

"It just means that it's great to have Rhodes here."

"Are you calling me a burden?!"

"Love."

"Asshole!" Natsu chased Happy and ran around Rod and Chita in circles.

"You two may be happy too early." Rhodes suddenly said:
"I remember our mission was to 'subdue the rebellious beasts and possible leaders', and we are only halfway done now."

"What!?"

The two guys who were chasing each other had their mouths opened wide, and Natsu even took out the task list to check it carefully.

Rhode said helplessly: "I said, you usually don't even remember the content of the mission?"

"No, because... you asked Mira for so long before coming out this time, and you told me so many plans,"

Natsu read the task list word by word, "I'm about to forget everything except fighting..."

Happy vouched for Natsu: “Love, Natsu used to use his brain once in a while.

But Rhodes even arranged transportation, reconnaissance, meals, rest, and battle plans."

"..." Rhodes was speechless. So with me here, your brains have turned on energy-saving mode, and you only use it during the battle?
Rhode felt that if he continued like this, he would eventually become the guild's logistics manager.

If I gain a little more strength and experience, I will be able to compete for Mira's position.

"Anyway, let's take him back first. Maybe the village chief will be so happy that he will announce that our mission is accomplished."

……

It was almost noon and smoke was rising from every household in the village.

Only the village chief's house had been quiet.

Village chief Panser sat in his living room, occasionally looking up at his son's "portrait", and sometimes pacing anxiously in the living room with a cane.

Snow had been looking after Worm, occasionally going to get Panther a pot of hot tea.

Claudia listened to Natsu and waited obediently at home, but when she saw Worm, she was quickly attracted by its cute appearance. She wanted to reach out and touch it but didn't dare to.

Because this is an important magical beast left by the wizard for emergency communication, Panther and Snow forbade Clauti to touch it.

Worm didn't actually mind playing with Clauti, but Sino prepared too many snacks for it, and eating was indeed more important than playing.

"Village chief! Village chief!" A young man rushed into the village chief's house.
"He's back! The wizard is back! He brought Kita with him! Kita is still alive! Kita is still alive!"

The village chief, who was pacing in the living room, suddenly stopped and his crutch fell to the floor with a thud.

The old man didn't bother to pick up his crutches. He walked out of the door tremblingly, walking faster and faster, until he almost jogged.

The receiving magic is very strange. In the comics, when Elfman used his whole body to receive magic for the first time, his clothes were torn, but Mira and Lisanna's clothes were not torn, and they even had their own clothes.

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