Fairy Tail: I Don’t Want to Be the President

Chapter 32 Ancient Stone Beetle

Many times, Rhodes was most afraid of suddenly meeting unfamiliar people's eyes.

Because after the eyes meet, if you look away directly, it seems impolite. If you keep staring, it seems to be provoking.

In this case, Rhodes would be at a loss.

Especially when after looking at each other for a few seconds, the other person puts down his glass and walks towards him.

Fortunately, the chatty Marcus is here: "Alzac, you are here, I just happened to be talking about you."

"Speaking of me?"

"Yes, this is Rhodes, do you know him?"

Arzak nodded: "The one that destroyed an entire forest?"

Marcus clapped his hands: "That's right!"

Rhodes slapped the table: "Wrong!"

The two of them looked at him in confusion, as if they were asking why there was such a big reaction.

Rhodes raised his hand: "Sorry, it was unintentional."

The two of them were even more confused. Does such a small thing as slamming the table need to be explained?

"..." Rhodes didn't even know what to say.

He took a deep breath, formally got to know Arzhak, and then clarified the rumors about himself.

He is just an unqualified magician who has just learned magic for a few days. How can he have the ability to destroy a forest?

"The president told me that the forest became like that because of the wild beasts. There are rumors about strange birds, giant frogs, wolves, and flying dragons. Just listen to them..."

Just...it really looks like I did it myself.

Rhodes fell into thought.

Something is wrong.

Rhodes thought about it carefully. When he heard about this, he didn't seem to know that he could summon wild monsters.

After knowing that I could summon wild monsters, I didn't think about it in detail.

Now these two things are connected...

Could it be that after being attacked by that bear, the life and death crisis caused the magic to go out of control, calling out all the wild monsters, big and small?

The more I thought about it, the more guilty I felt. If it was really me who did it, then...how much would it cost to destroy a large forest?

The more Rhodes thought about it, the more guilty he felt.

The other two people had already brought the topic elsewhere. Marcus was complaining that he had been bored lately and wanted to hold an event or something so that he, the royal host, could be useful.

"How about holding a shooting competition?" Alzak patted the pistol on his waist.

"Stop joking, who can win the shooting competition between you and Bisca?"

Alzak suddenly panicked: "Don't, don't talk nonsense, what's Bisca, I..."

As expected, the young man had something going on. Listening to Alzack's erratic answers, Rhodes experienced a little bit of the joy of gossip.

As the three of them chatted, Alzak became Rhodes' next opponent.

…

In the next few days, Rhodes went through one actual training session after another, sometimes one session a day, sometimes two or three sessions a day.

Some of the opponents he found himself, and some were brought in by Marcus - they took away the chairman's hosting and refereeing tasks just for fun.

Kana, who returned from a mission, also stole the president's gambling business.

The backyard of the guild was unusually lively for a while, and Rhodes also built walls several times with his opponents.

However, as the battles became more frequent, the novelty gradually faded away, and the number of onlookers gradually decreased.

Mainly because there is really no suspense in the ending. Luo's current record is 19 games and 19 losses.

Today was another day where he was happy and defeated. Rhodes sat on a round stool and leaned on the counter, listlessly waiting for the noon working time.

Worm went to the tavern to eat and drink for a while, then ran back and hugged Rod's calf to try to comfort him.

Mira brought a small plate of broad beans and placed it on the counter, calling for Worm to come up for snacks.

Then, while combing the white hair on Worm's back, he said: "Didn't we almost make a profit of Dashi today?"

"Lidas is too nice to hit me, and it's hard for me to punch him."

Rhodes has always been very grateful to Lidas. It was his painting magic that helped him quickly understand the current situation and eliminate a lot of uneasy feelings.

"But painting magic is too cheating, isn't it? Being able to draw anything makes me seem stupid with my summoning magic..."

Lidas drew the Canyon Swift Crab today, and then used the crab to attack the crab. At the same time, he still had enough energy to draw the Poro to play bullfighting with Worm.

Although the river crabs he drew were not very strong and would fall apart after one or two bumps, he was able to draw many of them one after another!

The two genuine river crabs happily returned to the canyon river under the attack of a large number of pirated river crabs, leaving only Rhodes staring.

He thought he might be suffering from underfire phobia.

Mira smiled and said: "There are limits to what can be created by painting magic, and almost every action requires the artist's distraction.

But creatures summoned by summoning magic can act independently as long as they have a definite target, right? This is your advantage.

To a certain extent, Lidas's weakness is the same as yours, and attacking the magician himself is the most effective method.

And because I have to be distracted by controlling the 'portrait', even if I am good at fighting, I will not be able to use my full strength.

So once you have more powerful helpers or improve your fighting skills, you will soon surpass Lidas. "

Rhodes, like many of his companions in the guild, only sees him failing and failing these days.

But Mira took Rhode's progress seriously. The most intuitive manifestation was that she hadn't applied medicine to Rhodes for several days.

Even in the fierce close combat with Gray, he no longer suffered the same serious bruises as when he faced Natsu.

Although the possibility of Gray retaining more hands than Natsu was not ruled out, Mira could tell that Rhodes' parrying and attacks were much smoother than before, and his magic power should have increased a lot.

Moreover, the little skills of using magical power to defend are also becoming more and more handy.

Rhodes was comforted. He found that although Mira said she couldn't fight, she knew much more than him.

The way he talked so eloquently sounded like he was saying that professional players are good at games...

Of course, Rod is the keyboard warrior and Mira is Wang Yuyan.

"Ah, I already have an idea of ​​the next summon target. I just want to complain."

You still have to be a little emotional when you kneel down for ten consecutive times while playing a game, let alone a fight.

Fortunately, the friendly matches these days were not in vain, and neither was the sweat.

When Rhodes was competing with Lidas today on summoning river crabs, he felt that the black mist disappeared somewhere in the Summoner's Canyon, revealing a mountain col.

The col's ground is flat, the rock walls are smooth, and there are patches of moss growing in the corners, giving it a cold and damp feel.

And in this small mountain col, two 'stones', one large and one small, stood quietly.

Rhodes, who is familiar with this game, naturally knows what this is:

The ancient stone beetle, commonly known as the stone monster, looks like it is a type that can withstand beatings. In fact, its attack power is pretty good among all kinds of ordinary wild monsters.

Moreover, if an ancient stone beetle is broken, it will turn into a smaller stone beetle, and if it is broken again, it will turn into an even smaller mini stone beetle.

It's just that in today's competition with Lidas, Rhodes didn't dare to try summoning.

—He only knows their information in the game, but doesn’t know the specific situation. He has to ask the president for help first.

It would be bad if someone disobeys the command and hurts his companions.

In this guild where recklessness prevailed, Rhodes firmly warned himself not to cause big trouble for everyone.

(End of chapter)