Holistic Fantasy - Chapter 76

Chapter 76

The fight began in a very tense mood .

Boom

Flames covered Natsu who is now crouching like a beast .

Natsu opened his mouth wide as he sucked in the flames around him into his mouth .

“Karyu no-!”

And then he opened his mouth in Noah’s direction .

“Houkou–!!”

A stream of flames came out his mouth, it was immediately apparent to anyone that this fire breath had a wide span the further along its trajectory it travels . The flames were so hot it looked like it could evaporate the ozone and shatter the earth . The stream of flames drew up dust along its path towards Noah .

Even as the wall of flames encroached upon him, he kept that steady smile on his face . Not even the fact that his cheeks are steadily heating up was enough to stir him up .

Without even trying to dodge, he decided not to use his magic as he grabbed the cloth sack containing his magic arming sword . He raised it up horizontally in front of his chest . When the sea of flames reached him, he swung his sword in a mighty manner .

Fwoosh

A strong torrent of wind appeared just like that, the flames couldn’t overcome the immense flow of air and got dispersed with just a mighty swing of his magic arming sword .

Each of the spectators held their breath .

The guy didn’t even use magic, he also didn’t unsheath his sword, it was still safely tucked away in his cloth sack .

A swing from him is actually enough to negate his fire breath .

“As expected…”

Erza and Mira focused their attention on Noah .

“He had grown much stronger than we had imagined…”

“Noah-niisan…”

Lisanna seemed to be riled up, she looked like she’s the one fighting on the battlefield as well .

“Hey now . ”

He lowered his cloth sack and continued .

“You can’t defeat me with this level of magic, Natsu . ”

“That’s just a greeting!”

Natsu didn’t seem down, quite the opposite, he laughed in an excited manner .

“Here comes the real deal!”

Flames appeared on Natsu again, this time, with stronger and more vigorous flames than before .

This magic power, it’s far stronger than just an average magician .

Some of the old magicians in the guild probably couldn’t keep up with this amount of magic power .

The surge of power is enough to silence the rowdy spectators . They looked at him with astonished expressions .

“Natsu, when did he become so strong?”

Whether it be the old veterans or the kids who grew up with Natsu, they were all filled with shock .

Natsu might be running around picking a fight with whoever he deems strong, nobody had really seen him go all out, not even Gray who sparred with him almost every other day .

Not one of the many guild members in Fairy Tail knew just how strong Natsu had grown .

Excluding the S-class magicians, there are probably not more than 5 in Fairy Tail who could best Natsu .

“This fellow, to think he would grow so strong when we are not looking . ”

Mira and Erza exchanged looks and then they smiled .

“Tsk . ”

Gray clicked his tongue while he focused on Natsu .

Gray who is like Natsu’s ultimate frienemy got motivated by his display of strength .

“How about it?”

Clad in roaring fflames, Natsu revealed a smug grin .

“I have grown stronger hadn’t I?”

“True, to the extent that there aren’t many who could win against you in this guild, that much I concede . ”

Noah laughed the next second .

“But, if that’s it then I’m afraid…”

Before he finished, Noah’s figure blurred .

“—!”

Although Noah seemed like he is still stationary, Natsu’s expression changed gravely and he retreated backward .

Fwip

A black figure emerged where Natsu once stood, his cloth sack emitted a scary noise as it slashed at where Natsu was .

Noah’s figure started dissipating and the real one emerged with his cloth sack still in hand .

“That was an afterimage?!”

Mira and Erza yelped .

“So fast!”

Lisanna and the others yelled in surprise while covering their mouths with their hands .

“Karyuu no–!”

Having dodged the attack, Natsu stopped himself and jumped towards him with an arm raised . Flames started gathering on that arm, whipping up a hot jet of air before he punched at Noah’s chest .

“Tekken!”

The hot flames greeted Noah’s face and he can feel the temperature around him soaring up .

Yet, he remained calm even against this strong attack . He gripped the cloth sack with a backhanded grip and he got into a defensive stance .

Dwang

Natsu’s fist fell heavily upon the cloth sack . Large waves of wind and sparks flew but he couldn’t damage the cloth sack .

The reason is simple .

He had covered the cloth sack with his magic power .

Natsu needs to overpower him in magic power or he won’t be able to do anything against the cloth sack, not even if he uses Dragon Slayer magic on him .

Natsu’s brain might not be the brightest of them all but during a battle he instinctively knew his way around the flow .

Natsu bellowed .

“I am not finished just yet–!”

After he let out a mighty roar, Natsu unleashed a flurry of flaming fists against Noah, raining down on his body like a tempest .

“Guren Karyuuken!”

His successive series of flame punches were aimed at every part of Noah, if it landed, he would get hit all over .

Against this flaming hot series of attacks, Noah raised an eyebrow as a glint of seriousness flashed in his eyes . He prepared his footwork and started flashing left and right .

Swish Fwish Swoosh Phew Fwip Shoosh

Every attack missed Noah with little margin to spare . Noah had used just enough energy to dodge and he didn’t waste any on superfluous movements .

Once in a while, he would guard against his flames with his cloth sack . The ensuing sparks lit up his youthful countenance .

Anyone who paid close attention could see that Noah focused on one thing amidst that rain of fire .

Stopping all of a sudden, he widened his eyes and thrust out his cloth sack at a point within the tempest .

Thud

The storm of fire stopped as soon as he tapped a point in it .

When the flames dispersed, eveyrone could see Natsu’s right hook got stopped with his thrust . The clash between the two had whipped up dust around them .