Fairy Tail: Capturing the Demon Mirajane at the Start

"You should give this rare opportunity to someone else."

Igor said it was a rare opportunity, but his face didn't show much emotion; he still had that smiling poker face.

“You don’t want this opportunity at all…”

Emerald fell silent, suddenly feeling somewhat dejected, and for the first time began to doubt her own charm.

"They actually found out?"

Having said that, Igor packed his backpack and headed towards the snow-covered mountains.

"Igor, don't you have any grand ambitions?"

Emerald watched Igor walk away and asked loudly.

"Ok?"

Igor paused for a moment, then said after thinking for a while, "Go to the Halber Mountains and kill a few magical beasts in the Balkans to exchange for some money."

"I mean something much grander, the kind that could be considered the ultimate goal in life."

Emerald continued to persuade him, trying to keep Igor from leaving.

"Let's go hunt a few Balkan monsters in the Halber Mountains and exchange them for some money to spend~"

"Of course, it would be even better if the councilors of the Magic Council ERA could recognize the threat posed by the magical beast Balkans and raise the price a bit."

As Ig finished speaking, he disappeared into the snowstorm.

"Your Highness, we apologize for being late."

About fifteen minutes later, a group of knights, covered in blood and sweat, appeared before the heavily wounded Viscount Talco and the young Princess Emerald.

Yes, the reason Igor left on his own was because he sensed that the princess's knights were on their way.

Therefore, whether it's the Emerald Princess or Talco taking his own life, it's safe in Igor's eyes.

"You've finally arrived."

When Talco saw the knights arrive as reinforcements, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the snow as if he were completely exhausted.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

As the knights provided emergency first aid to Viscount Talco and treated his wounds, they surrounded Emerald, anxiously asking her what had happened.

"It's OK."

Emerald shook her head, her eyes calm.

"Your Highness, were you serious about that mage's invitation?"

At this moment, Talco, whose wound had been bandaged, asked the Emerald Princess.

"Of course I'm serious."

Jade smiled.

As a princess of the kingdom, her insight was different from that of ordinary people. She saw Ig's extraordinary nature at a glance. Ig's strength was absolutely comparable to the 'Ten Wizard Saints', and his value exceeded that of the entire 'Ghost Wolf Knights'.

Moreover, the other party is so young.

In other words, we are not at the limit of their strength yet.

If she succeeds in winning him over, her position as the heir apparent in the Jadeite Kingdom will be absolutely secure.

Lacking ambition, lacking presence, possessing strong abilities, and also handsome—isn't he the perfect candidate for the Emperor's consort?

Chapter 54 Igor: Are the Balkans the equivalent of goblins in the Warcraft universe? Heavy dependence on the Balkans!!

Warcraft Balkans.

A terrifying, large, upright ape-like monster with high intelligence that inhabits the Halbe Mountains.

The average strength of an adult is at the 'B' level, with special adult individuals able to grow to the 'A' level, and the king who rules all of the Balkans can even grow to the 'S' level.

At the same time, she dislikes human men and likes human women.

"Isn't this just a modified version of the goblins from the 'Aceland' world?"

After hunting down about a hundred magical Balkan beasts, and even easily killing the Balkan King, Igor came to a startling conclusion.

This so-called Warcraft Balkans is highly similar to goblins.

To be precise, they are magical beasts that possess the appearance and strength of trolls, but have the social characteristics and temperament of goblins.

Its level of danger is definitely not just 'Rank B' to 'Rank A' as defined by the 'Magic Council ERA'.

The Magic Council ERA underestimated the magical beast Balkans.

Uh, that's not right either.

Igor sat on the snow-capped mountain, lost in thought.

First of all, the highest danger level defined by the Magic Council ERA should be Acnologia, the "Wing of the End," who is recorded in the Apocalypse, has traversed the continent of Ishgar for more than four hundred years, and once destroyed a super-large kingdom in one night.

The council didn't even write down a reward for the campaign against Acnologia, only noting 'Run as fast as you can when you see it'.

Well, the reason the Magic Council's ERA doesn't list a reward for defeating Acnologia is because, in the Council's view, if someone is "powerful" enough to defeat Acnologia, then there's no need for them to offer a reward...

What else is there to say?

This world is yours for the taking, my good brother!

From now on, you can do whatever you want on this continent, who can stop you?!

Next is the 'Centennial Mission' level.

While the power of the 'Five Divine Dragons' is not as great as the invincible Acnologia, it is roughly equivalent to the strength of one of Acnologia's arms in a weakened state, making it equally world-destroying.

In particular, the 'Lunar Dragon' Selene can magnify the moon to the size of Earth and pull the magnified moon down from the sky to smash the entire planet.

Next is the 'Ten Years' mission level.

Only those at the 'Tenth Saint' level or higher can handle this level of challenge; any mage below the 'Tenth Saint' level would simply be committing suicide.

The strength it references is that of the immortal demon Deliora, who was sealed away by Ur at the cost of his life, a being of the 'Ten' level.

The next level down, from 'SS' to 'S', includes most of the well-established Beastmasters, and even someone as strong as Mirajane could fail.

Therefore, the missions to defeat the monster Balganen, unless it is to defeat the 'King' of Balganen, are either 'A' or 'B' level missions.

So it seems the council was right.

"Ugh."

Thinking of this, Igor sighed helplessly.

It's not that the monsters in the Balkans aren't powerful; it's that the monsters in this world are all too powerful.

'S-level' to 'SS-level' are all city-level disasters.

The 'Ten Years' mission level is a Kingdom-level disaster.

The 'Centennial Mission' level is a catastrophe of annihilation for the continent and even the world.

The Balkan monsters, which only threaten the Halber Mountains and the villages around them, are far less serious than these major crises.

"Forget it, let's keep hunting in the Balkans."

Igor stopped thinking about these irrelevant things and began his hunting trip in the Balkans.

At this moment, Igor gradually developed a disease called Balkan Dependence.

The time that follows.

One month later.

December of X781.

Ig hunts the magical beast Balgan in the Halber Mountains.

December of X781.

Igor continues to hunt the Balkan monsters in the Halber Mountains.

December of X781.

Igor is still hunting magical beasts in the Balkans in the Halber Mountains.

Meanwhile, after studying the habits of the Balkan monsters, Igor discovered a startling fact.

The reason why the 'King' of the Balkans escaped from the depths of the snow-capped mountains was because he killed so many Balkan people so quickly that he attracted the attention of the 'Baldan King'.

In that case, the attack on Princess Emerald and the others was also related to him.

"If we meet again in the future, I'll apologize."

With that thought in mind, Igor continued his hunting trip in the Balkans.

For Igor now, killing Balkans is easy, but finding Balkans is difficult.

After all, the Halberd Mountains are known for their heavy snowfall.

December of X781.

Igor finally left the Halbe Mountains and returned to Magnolia amidst cheers from the remaining Balkans.

Of course, Igor did not stop in the city; instead, he took a train directly to the Magic Council ERA.

"Excuse me, what brings you here?"

As soon as Igor entered the hall of the Magic Council ERA, he immediately attracted the attention of the staff. One of them approached Igor and asked with a smile.

"Exchange money."

As he spoke, Igor handed the mission sheet for 'slaying the Balkan monsters of the Harbe Mountains' to the council staff.

"Oh~"

"So you're here to collect your reward for defeating the 'Balkan Monsters'?"

"Exactly how many Balkans did you kill?"

"If it's less than ten, I can just give you the money directly."

The council staff member, upon hearing this, still smiled and spoke.

"what?"

"By the way, how many Balkans did I actually hunt?"

Igor frowned, and with a wave of his hand, he placed the bag he was carrying on his back on the counter in front of the council staff, and untied it.

"Whoosh~"

And so, the Balkan teeth and ears inside the bag were scattered all over the ground like raindrops.

"what……"

The council staff guarding the counter were all dumbfounded by this scene.

"How many are there?"

The staff stared in disbelief at the bag full of Balkan ears and teeth in front of them, muttering to themselves.

"Can you give me the money now?"

Igor urged.

"Uh."

"Let me take inventory for you..."

The staff member swallowed hard and shouted, "Hey, stop what you're doing and help me count how many Balkan ears and teeth there are here."

"what?"

"Did they wipe out the entire Balkan region of the Halby Mountains?"

"This is just too outrageous no matter how you look at it!"

"Brothers, there must be at least a thousand Balkan monsters here, right?"

"You haven't said enough, brother! You haven't said enough, brother!"

The staff of the Magic Council's ERA were all dumbfounded. They kept counting the number of Balkans and started calculating the money with calculators.