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

Chapter 71: Strange Beast Movement
"Mr. Rhodes, the torches you mentioned are ready, but..."

Bit looked at the battle situation on the scene and wondered if it was no longer necessary.

Rhodes said, "Just in time, throw all the torches out the door."

Beat nodded. "I see. Is it used to attack the remaining beasts?"

"No, throw them all at Natsu."

"what?"

"Hurry up and do it." Rhodes urged. The battle was almost over, and if they didn't throw it now, all their preparations would be in vain.

"Yes!" Bit commanded the villagers to throw the torches out the door, but in the end they did not dare to aim at Natsu.

They didn't understand what Rod meant, but Happy knew it best. He flew over the wall and shouted, "Natsu! The delicious food is here!"

Natsu turned around and saw dozens of torches flying in the air.

"Oh~~~Great!" Natsu jumped up and rushed towards the torch in the air. When he was close enough, he opened his mouth and sucked, and the flames flew into his mouth.

He reached out and grabbed two that were out of reach.

Natsu's cheeks were already puffed up when he landed, and he chewed it a few times and swallowed it.

Rhode didn't understand why people would chew something like fire. Was he afraid that there might be 'fire bones' inside?

"Eat it!"

“It can actually eat flames!”

"So a fire wizard can eat fire?"

The villagers looked at Rhode. If fire mages eat fire, then this beast-controlling mage...

Strange 'knowledge' increased.

No wonder only two of them dared to take on this kind of mission!
Natsu put the torch in his hand into his mouth as if it were a lollipop, and took a few crunchy bites before throwing away the stick.

"Thank you for the treat!" He wiped his mouth, and his whole body was suddenly covered by flames. "Eat it and the power will surge up!"

Natsu took a deep breath and exhaled a large amount of flames from his mouth like a fire dragon's breath: "Fire dragon's...roar!"

The raging flames engulfed all the remaining beasts like a whirlwind, leaving them unable to fight.

Two little raptors were almost affected.

Rhode slapped the railing on the arrow tower and shouted angrily, "Natsu! Pay attention to our own people!"

"Ahahahaha..." Natsu grabbed his cherry-colored hair with one hand and apologized heartlessly, "Sorry, sorry, it was dark and I couldn't see clearly. I went a little too far. Besides, I'm not hurt!"

Rhode didn't believe him. The bastard must have been so careless because he knew in advance that the monsters would not die.

Otherwise, after following him for so many years, Habby would have been roasted long ago.

Happy felt a chill on his back: "Rod, I feel like you're thinking about something terrible."

Rhodes denied it: "That's not the case."

"You won so quickly, you are worthy of being a wizard!"

The villagers were amazed at the magician's fighting ability, and some of them unconsciously added respectful titles to him.

Beat was a little stunned. It turned out that the torches were used in this way: "Well, Mr. Rhodes, what should we do now?"

Rhodes said, "Open the door and put out the fire. Didn't I tell you to prepare something? It's going to burn the wall soon."

"Ah, yes!" Bit shouted immediately, "Open the door, put out the fire, and protect the wall!"

"Oh!!"

Fortunately, the main battlefield was on the main road, the flames did not spread too far, and the fire was not too big, otherwise we would have been busy today.

The villagers raised the gate with a winch and went out to put out the fire with buckets of water and carts of sand that they had prepared in advance.

If the fire is not big, doing this is much safer than facing the beasts head-on.

Rhodes used the river crab's vision to survey the situation around the village and found that several wild beasts were running in another direction.

But they didn't seem to be heading towards the village, but were simply passing by.

The village chief did not wait at home obediently, but walked to the village entrance with a cane: "Thank you for your hard work, is anyone injured?" "Village chief! Thanks to the wizard, no one was injured."

Natsu came in from the gate, and Rod jumped off the arrow tower with Happy.

The village chief expressed his gratitude on behalf of the villagers.

"That was our mission," Rhodes said. "I want to confirm something with you. Are there any other villages nearby?"

The village chief shook his head: "No, the nearest village is dozens of kilometers away."

That's strange, where did those beasts go?
Just running around?
Rhodes could only recall the other wild monsters first and send a river crab to chase and see.

"You three have been running all the way and joining the battle right away. Thank you for your hard work," said the village chief.
"There shouldn't be anything else tonight, please come to my house and rest."

"Sorry to bother you." Rhodes was completely rude. He was really hungry.

Natsu had an unreliable suggestion: "Rod, why don't we kill all the beasts on the mountain in one go?"

"Stop it. The mountain stretches for dozens of miles. You can't finish walking through it if you don't sleep at night." Rhodes advised, and suddenly asked cautiously, "You don't want to set fire to the mountain, do you?"

"How is that possible? If you want to solve it by burning the mountain, why would you need to issue a commission?" Natsu denied it flatly. "I just want to solve it quickly."

Rhodes nodded: "Oh, why don't you go first?

Hubby and I will have a delicious dinner, take a comfortable bath and have a good sleep.

We will go to the mountain to find you tomorrow and bring you a cold breakfast."

Hubby agreed: "Love!"

"You two..." Natsu muttered to himself, and followed obediently.

Rhodes discovered a new way to communicate with Natsu.

The village chief's dinner was very sumptuous, and they even killed three chickens to entertain them.

In fact, we can just use the meat of the wild beasts we just picked to entertain them. There is enough of it anyway.

But the village chief may have felt that it was impolite, so he still used his own things to entertain the guests.

While eating, Rhodes paid attention to the movements of the wild beasts and found that they seemed to be running around.

They even parted ways halfway.

Very strange.

At night, Rod, Natsu and Happy rested in the same room on the second floor.

It's not that the village chief's house doesn't have extra rooms, but Rhodes feels it's safer to live together.

He tends to sleep lightly in unfamiliar places, which can help prevent Natsu from sneaking out in the middle of the night to cause trouble.

Before going to bed, Rod held a combat meeting with Natsu and Happy.

"Tomorrow I will send the Shadow Wolves and Swift Crabs to scout the mountain to find the whereabouts of the Beast King. Before that, you are not allowed to act on your own."

"What a hassle. Can't we just go up the mountain and look for it?"

"No, the villagers can't judge the strength of the Beast King, so they can't provide information, so we have to find out for ourselves."

Rhode said seriously, "If it is beyond our capabilities, I will immediately abandon the mission and return to the guild for help."

"Rod, how can you so easily..."

"Love, we agree with Rod's opinion."

"Harpy, even you say that!"

"Because what Rhodes said makes sense."

Happy touched the small green bag on his back, which contained a fish that Rod had secretly given him.

"Three people form a team, and now the score is two to one, so listen to me." Rhodes said, "Now start to sleep well and recover your strength."

Natsu went to bed feeling angry.

Actually, Habib has a more effective method of persuasion, but he doesn't want to mention it. It's a good idea to make a decision after some nonsense like this.

(End of this chapter)