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

Chapter 74 Who? Mira? S-level?
Face to face with the Beast King mentioned by the village chief, the other party's magical power was revealed without any concealment.

Natsu didn't feel any pressure, but was ready to fight:
"I told you that you think too much, Rhode. How can this guy be S-rank? He is not even close to Erza."

After seeing the Beast King in person, Rhode nodded while hugging Harpy in the tree: "That's true. It's hard not to agree."

Natsu was still comparing: "And it's not even close to Mira!"

"This... isn't it a bit too much with Mirabi?"

Happy said, "Natsu was talking about the old Mira."

"Before...Mira was very strong?"

"Love! Mira used to be an S-class wizard, and she fought with Erza all the time."

"!" Rhode's mind flashed with Mira's gentle image, "She? Fighting with Erza?"

This challenged his imagination a bit.

"Love, they used to be like Natsu and Gray now."

"..." Rhode's brain was a little out of order. When Lisanna was mentioned yesterday, he wanted to ask about Mira's past.

But considering Habby's mood, it's hard to speak up. Today...

"Roar~~~~"

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

Okay, I’ll ask you after the fight.

Natsu's fist collided with the leopard man's fist, making a dull sound.

There was a huge difference in size between the two men, and when Natsu's fist was wrapped in flames, it looked about the same size as the Leopard Man's fist.

But even in this fight, Natsu was not at a disadvantage.

There was a brief stalemate between the two sides, and then they retreated.

There was a bit of burnt black on the leopard man's fist, and a shallow mark was left under Natsu's feet.

"You're quite capable, man." Natsu clenched his fists and rushed forward again.

The leopard man seemed a little hesitant, but when he saw the other party attacking, he naturally went forward: "Roar~~~"

The two men fought back and forth with punches and kicks, sometimes attacking, sometimes blocking.

The leopard man is very powerful, and each of his moves carries extraordinary strength. An ordinary person would probably have his bones broken if he were hit by one.

Each of Natsu's moves is accompanied by fire, which brings great destructive power and explosiveness to his attacks. Even if he successfully blocks it, it is easy to leave burns.

After a dozen moves, Natsu wanted to try to take advantage of the size difference and adopt a more agile attack method.

But the Leopard Man's leopard-like features are not in vain, as he is large in size but also quite agile.

"Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow!"

An elbow strike with flame jet-boosted power knocked the opponent back two steps, and Natsu also nimbly somersaulted backwards twice to create some distance.

This was the time for action as agreed in advance. Six strange birds, one big and five small, flew out from the surrounding pine trees.

The big ones flapped their wings violently in the air, shooting out dozens or even hundreds of feathers like flying knives;

The little ones also ejaculated one each to join in the fun.

The leopard man raised his arms to protect his vital parts, and dozens of feathers pierced his arms, shoulders and legs.

"Roar!" The leopard man roared, broke a big tree beside him, and swung it to knock away the razor-beaked birds that swooped towards him.

Two ancient stone beetles broke out of the ground, one hit the Leopard Man's back, making it lose balance, and the other clamped the Leopard Man's waist with its mouthparts from the front.

The leopard man swung the tree in his hand half a circle and threw it backwards, knocking down the stone beetle behind him.

Then he let out a loud roar, and his arms seemed to become stronger, and he started punching and elbowing the guy who had clamped him.

Natsu should have taken this opportunity to attack, but he did not move. The leopard man had already beaten the ancient stone beetle and split it into two stone beetles.

"Stone beetle, entangle it!"

Rhodes didn't know what Natsu was thinking, but he had a backup plan. If he sent another group of raptors, there would be a chance.

If all else fails, you can take the risk of using the Magic Frog.

Rhodes held the pendant on the tree branch and said, "Respond to the call..."

"Wait a minute, Rhodes!" Natsu suddenly stopped.

"..." Rhodes frowned and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? At this time, you don't have to fight one-on-one, right?"

However, during the time it took to ask the question, the Leopard Man knocked away a stone beetle that was blocking his way, and with a sudden force of his legs, he jumped onto a pine tree, and then jumped again and again, quickly escaping.

Well, no need to rush this time.

Happy flew down with Rod, "What are you doing all of a sudden, Natsu? If you keep fighting, you'll win immediately."

Natsu said sullenly, "That guy is not the Beast King at all."

Rhodes said: "But its characteristics are exactly the same as the Beast King."

"Of course, because the Beast King was completely 'accepted' by him." Natsu emphasized, "It's 'he', not 'it'."

"Receive... no way?" Rhodes thought of a possibility, but it was too far-fetched.

"What's going on?" asked Happy.

"That guy, although he has a lot of wild animal smells on him, there is also a smell that I smelled in the village chief's house."

Natsu thought that was the smell of Chita who had been missing for eight days.

Judging by smell alone is definitely untenable, Rhodes said:
"But Qita came up the mountain to defeat the Beast King. It's not surprising that the Beast King was stained with his scent after fighting him... And how do you know that it was receiving magic?"

Natsu said seriously: "When we were fighting, and when he used his arms to smash the stone beetle,
The way to use that kind of magic is to receive magic, I will never make a mistake!"

"Why..." Rhodes wanted to ask why Natsu was so familiar with receiving magic.

And the analysis just now almost made him suspect that Natsu had been replaced.

"We believe in Natsu." Happy's tone became serious, and he explained for Natsu.

"Because Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna all used reception magic. So, therefore, Natsu won't be wrong!"

"..." Rhodes was silent. He sat cross-legged on the ground. He had heard a lot of breaking news in the past two days and he needed to sort it out.

First of all, Mira had a sister named Lisanna, but she unfortunately died last year.

Then Mira was once an S-class wizard, the kind that could compete with Erza.

Moreover, the three siblings of the Strauss family all used receiving magic.

Finally, from what Happy said, Lisanna and Natsu have a good relationship, so Natsu is also familiar with receiving magic.

Based on this familiarity, Natsu was able to determine that the 'leopard man beast king' just now was actually Kita, who had been missing for eight days, using reception magic to take away the beast king's body.

According to Rhodes' understanding, receptive magic is magic that can take over the target's body and use it for one's own benefit.

However, if the person using the receiving magic is not strong enough and tries to receive it by force, he may be affected by the opponent's will, so that he loses his mind and acts involuntarily.

This is consistent with the strange and violent behavior of the Beast King.

But there is one thing that doesn't make sense.

"Can anyone sustain receiving magic for eight full days?"

Rhode said, "If he really received magic, he should have died of exhaustion on the first day, or fainted due to lack of magic power and recovered to his original state."

(End of this chapter)