Chapter 4 Competition
"It's... What kind of ability is this! ”
Makarov looked at the changing flames in Ace's hand, sometimes spreading his wings like a phoenix, sometimes turning into a flying dragon, spitting flames from his mouth, and even clearly felt the scorching temperature coming to his face, but he couldn't see a trace of magic.
"It's not magic!"
Ace groaned, using domineering and breathing techniques, and asked again: "Senior Makarov, what about this?" ”
Although he couldn't see clearly, Makarov could clearly perceive the change in the flames in Ace's hand, an invisible energy enveloped the flames, indistinguishable from each other, but this was not magic after all, he could only shake his head: "This is the ability of your world?" It's really magical, it's very different from magic, but there seems to be a similarity, do all people have such abilities? ”
"Of course not, the flame is the ability of the Devil Fruit, and this energy is called domineering and ripples, the ability of the Devil Fruit cannot be reproduced, domineering and ripples can be mastered through practice, Luffy!"
Ace shouted, Luffy on the side responded, Ace grabbed Luffy's face, pulled it hard, and pulled out more than a meter long, without using domineering, Luffy couldn't feel the pain, just for Makarov to demonstrate.
In fact, Ace was able to determine that Natsu was not a bad person when he was in Harugion, and after coming to Fairy Tail, he was just complaining, he could see that the people in the guild were simple and kind people, except that his personality was similar to Luffy, after meeting Makarov, he could explain the principle of magic without hesitation, without a trace of resistance, and Ace naturally had nothing to hide.
"It's the ability of the rubber fruit to make the body the same as rubber, you see."
Ace used both hands and rubbed Luffy's entire head wildly in his hands, letting out a bad breath by the way.
After this kid came to this world, he didn't do anything useful at all, and he was angry!
For a while, Ace missed Sabo a little.
The three brothers are the same age, they were all active when they were young, and now he is thirty-five years old, even the youngest Luffy is thirty-two years old, but as they grow older, he and Sabo gradually calm down, only Luffy, as always, is still worrying.
Turning his head to look at Old Man Karp, Ace also lost his temper, and could only say that it was not a family that did not see a family.
"Howl back Mei, Ai hiss~"
Luffy was slurred and said with difficulty, and Ace stopped.
"Makarov senior, although it is a little abrupt, but I still hope to get your help, I heard Harpy say that the guild can accept commissions, we can teach us magic in the form of commissions, whether it is successful or not, we can give 100,000 J."
J is the currency unit of this world, in fact, it is about the same as Bailey, and Ace's two gold coins are exchanged for hundreds of thousands of J.
The reason for learning magic is not for myself, but because I want to see if I can master magic as a person from another world.
Even after learning it, Ace wouldn't spend too much time practicing magic if it wasn't necessary.
After all, he could still feel that he still had a long way to go on the path of physique and devil fruit.
Who made him unable to beat the three old men in the back!
Although it was a mistake, Ace would not forget his identity, first understand the magic of this world, and then wait until the empire responds, he can report his mastery of magic, which is also a merit.
"No, no, no, no commission, no, you can't ask for money!"
When he heard the money, Makarov's eyes lit up, but because of his principles, he couldn't just accept the other party's money with peace of mind.
"If it is commissioned, it must be completed, this is the rule of our goblin tail, if it can't be completed, it is absolutely impossible to charge the employer's commission, and teaching magic is not a troublesome thing, it mainly depends on your own heart, outsiders can't provide too much help, I can feel that you have the qualifications to awaken magic and become a magister, so you don't need money!"
"I see, since that's the case, can you change the request, oh, no, commission, can you hire a member of the guild to beat my brother, if you can win, I can pay 200,000 J."
"Why hit me!"
Luffy grinned and said dissatisfied.
"No, I'm going to pay 300,000 J and beat him!"
"Your commission is invalid, Luffy."
Ace clasped his hands to his chest and looked at Luffy with disdain.
"Why, then why is your commission valid?"
"Because you don't have any money!"
Ace sneered, looking at Luffy who was stunned and looking for money, he didn't panic at all, because Luffy's money was all on him!
"You're so despicable, Ace!"
Luffy rolled up his sleeves and was about to ask Ace for an explanation.
"Ahem, that..."
Makarov interrupted the two: "This is actually not easy to do, if it is to receive a commission, if you accidentally injure your brother or a member of the guild, this is not good, I can call the shots, have a friendly exchange, then it will be no problem." ”
Makarov was very embarrassed, looking at Ace, he didn't expect the other party to request all of them in the form of entrustment.
Is Fairy Tail's commission so child's play?
Although there are all kinds of people who find cats for grandmothers, help with moving, drive away wild boars, and harvest crops, where is there anyone who beats his younger brother?
This is completely inconsistent with the principle of Fairy Tail taking commissions.
"No problem, don't worry, President, we'll pay!"
Ace immediately responded, for fear that Makarov would regret it, and Luffy's eyes on the side also lit up, and he clenched his fists with both hands, eager to try.
Broken, fooled!
Makarov's first reaction was to be fooled, these two thick-eyed and big-eyed boys were actually acting to deceive themselves into a ninety-year-old man.
"Luffy and I can both accept the challenge of your guild members, and when it's over, 300,000 J!"
"I'm going to learn too!"
"I want it too!"
"I want it too!"
The three old men in the back raised their hands, very excited, for fear of falling behind.
"No way!"
Ace and Tsuru retorted at the same time, leaving no room for error.
In fact, even Luffy, Ace doesn't want him to interfere very much, a few guys are not light or heavy, just fighting, what to do if you hurt others.
But obviously, Luffy can't be stopped, but with the crane here, the three old guys are still more obedient.
Breathing is a good thing, not only prolongs life, but also keeps the body's cells alive.
Don't look at the three old guys who are full of gray hair, sloppy, and have fat on their stomachs, but they can recover their peak combat power in an instant if they control the return of life.
The general life expectancy of 200 years old, a few old men are only 90 years old, and it is estimated that it will not be until after the age of 150 that their combat power will begin to decline.
In this case, you can't expect the three old men to suddenly get high, especially Old Man Karp!
That's right, Ace is the one who worries the most.
If the old man had been allowed to make a move, Ace would have seen Magnolia being shattered by Karp's punch.
Reaching a cooperation, Lucy is taken by Harpy to find Mira to join Fairy Tail, and in the hall, the members of Fairy Tail are cleaning up the mess.
Makarov jumped to the second floor again and stretched out his right hand to let the eyes of the crowd look at him.
"Everyone, I'm going to hold a friendship contest on an impromptu basis, and the opponent is the guest who came with Natsu to Fairy Tail, and the winner will receive a prize of 100,000 J, and those who are willing can come to me to sign up!"
"100,000 J!"
There was an exclamation below, 100,000 J is not a small number, and it takes hundreds of times to find a cat to help the grandmother find a cat!
I have to say that the tail of the goblin is full of poor ghosts.
And most of the strength is not outstanding, too dangerous entrusted tasks are not easy to accept at all, most of the time can only take on the odd tasks of Magnolian townspeople to make a living.
But everyone is just surprised, and they all know that if they can challenge with 100,000 J, they must have some strength, and it's not so easy to take.
No, just Ace and Luffy, who were standing in front of everyone, knew that they were not easy to mess with from the looming momentum and sense of oppression on their bodies.
"I'm coming!"
Gray, who was shirtless, was the first to raise his hand, and he was most interested in what kind of challenge.
Then he turned to look at Natsu and noticed that there was something strange in his eyes.
"Bastard, what kind of eyes are you!"
"Tut-tut!"
Natsu smacked his lips and shook his head, looking disappointing.
"I'm afraid that someone will be beaten for a while, and I won't be able to distinguish between east and west, north and south."
"Oh? Are you scared? ”
"I'm going to participate too!"
The last thing Natsu could bear was the agitation, and he was meant to participate, but he was just disgusted by a certain leaker.
"As a man, how can I miss this competition, President, I will also participate!"
Elfman yelled, full of momentum.
"Rebby, are we going to participate?"
Fairy Tail "Lane Engine" three-member team Doriel asked the blue, short-haired girl led by him.
"Forget it, Dorier, that little guy with a cowboy hat doesn't look easy to mess with!"
"Also, it's a pity that we can't fight three against one, otherwise with the cooperation of the three of us, we can definitely win!"
The other member, Zarusuk, nodded in agreement.
In the end, three challengers were identified, namely Natsu, Gray, and Elfman.
They were the three strongest in the hall today.
"President Makarov, if the three of them don't win, am I qualified to challenge you?"
"Hey, the one with the hat, who are you looking down on, do you think you're going to win before you fight!"
Ace ignored Gray and still looked at Makarov, whose ultimate goal was to fight Makarov.
As for the strength and weakness, he can still see what he has seen and heard, and at the moment, in the hall, the three people selected are just young imps in his opinion, and their talents are very good, but compared to the aura exuded by Makarov, they are still much worse.
Although there is some caution, in this way, Makarov is less likely to refuse.
"Huh? Is that so..."
Makarov was somewhat embarrassed.
"The president is a Saint Ten Magician, if you want to challenge him, it is impossible to win!"
Ace smiled and didn't speak, Makarov on the side finally nodded, he was not an ignorant imp, when Ace released the ability of the Devil Fruit before, the heart-warming feeling was even more terrifying than Natsu's flames.
It's just that at such a young age, he already has such a powerful power?
Makarov thought to himself, he didn't know the breathing method he practiced, even if his thirties were not much different from his twenties.
Magnolia back mountain.
The Fairy Tail Guild was already broken, and the movement of the battle was too loud, and it was not easy to compete in the town, so everyone came to the back mountain under the leadership of Makarov.
Nazmo shook his fists, Gray looked at Ace with an unkind face, and Elfman stood calmly, waiting for the battle to begin.
"Luffy, leave the battle with President Makarov to you, how about they hand it over to me?"
"Hmm... Either way! ”
Luffy is very satisfied with Ace's choice, and it seems that the old man is stronger, and he fights with stronger people, which is exactly what Luffy wants.
The main reason is that Ace is afraid that Luffy will be too far apart from the three of them, and he will accidentally hit too hard.
In the Empire, the combat training in the army is fought to the death, everyone is rough and thick-skinned, as long as there is still a breath, they can be saved.
But according to Ace's observation, perhaps because of magic in this world, people's physique is generally not strong, and it is better to go on their own.
The battle began, and Ace looked at the three opposites,
"Let's go together!"
Ace didn't care about the unhappy mood of the three people opposite, and said bluntly.
I saw Elfman's right hand turn into the arm of a beast, and he quickly rushed towards Ace, but as soon as he got close, he was punched away by Ace.
With a bang, Elfman flew upside down for dozens of meters, embedded in the pile of rocks, and the dust was flying.
Ace's face remained unchanged, and he looked at the remaining two who were still thinking about single-handedness.
Ice Shape: Frisbee!
Gray put away his contempt and took the lead in making a move, only to see his hands turn into blue light, and several high-speed selected frisbees flew out of them, shooting towards Ace, but before he could get close, the ice frisbee turned into flames in mid-air, burning in an instant, and even the liquid was left.
"What kind of magic is this!"
The onlookers stared at everything that was happening in front of them in disbelief.
"It's not magic!"
The corners of Ace's mouth hooked up a smile, and a cluster of red flames rose around his body, and the flames turned into tongues of fire, wrapping around like ribbons, and in an instant, the temperature of the entire battlefield began to rise violently.
"Are you still coming?"
Ace asked Gray leisurely.
Ice Shape: Tomahawk
A huge blue slash was thrown from Gray's hand, like a sword aura, piercing the flames and engulfing Ace.
When the ice blue battle axe cracked towards Ace, Gray's face changed suddenly, he didn't expect the other party to resist, so he let the battle axe cut his body, but it was too late to withdraw the magic, and the surrounding crowd of onlookers was also heartbroken, but everything was too late to stop.
Sa!
The tomahawk was cut off at the waist, but the imaginary scene of blood splattering did not appear, and I saw that the severed part of Ace was burning with flames, and it instantly recovered and became Ace's body again.
"The energy of magic can't hurt me as an elemental!"
Ace nodded, in fact, even if he didn't elementalize, Gray's attack couldn't cause him much damage, but he just wanted to test it.
"Then Natsu, come along!"
Along the way, Natsu was also familiar with the others, and Ace looked at him, waiting for his attack.
"So you also use fire, then..."
Natsu couldn't hide a smile from the corners of her mouth, and her chest bulged.
"Thank you for your hospitality!"