Natsu the Battle Idiot

Natsu rubbed his sleepy eyes and crawled out from under the table with a blank look on his face. He shook his head, feeling as if he had been hit on the head with a club.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he slapped his thigh, his anger flaring up instantly.

"That feeling... it's that guy Mystogan again!"

Beside him, Gray was rubbing the large bump on his head from when he fell, wincing in pain and looking equally annoyed.

That bastard!

"Hey~"

Happy flapped its little wings, yawned in mid-air, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Mystogan's Sleep Magic is still so powerful."

Lucy held her forehead, feeling her temples still throbbing.

She looked around at the guild members who were all slumped over, equally bewildered, and her mind went blank.

Sleep Magic?

Just to come to the guild, you ended up taking everyone down?

How much does this person hate seeing others?!

"Mystogan?"

Lucy looked at Happy beside her; the name sounded quite unfamiliar.

"He is one of Fairy Tail's S-Class Mages," Happy explained.

"S-Class?!"

Lucy's eyes widened instantly, and her voice unconsciously rose an octave.

"Then wouldn't he be at the same level as Jiang Bai Erza?"

Another monster!

Just how many extraordinary powerhouses are hidden in this guild?!

Lucy felt her heart couldn't take the repeated shocks.

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and asked the question that had been bothering her, "But why did he use Sleep Magic? Coming to my own guild, acting like a thief."

According to Jiang Bai, for some reason, he didn't want others to see his face.

Gray rubbed the bump on his head and explained irritably.

"It seems only Jiang Bai and the guild leader have seen his true face."

"Ha! What a strange person."

Lucy couldn't help but mutter a complaint under her breath.

However, no sooner had Gray finished speaking than a magnetic voice, yet tinged with a hint of mockery and arrogance, suddenly rang out from the second floor of the guild.

"More than!"

"I've also seen what Mystogan looks like."

The sound wasn't loud, but it was like a thunderclap, instantly drowning out all the noise in the hall and silencing the entire guild.

Everyone instinctively looked up in the direction from which the sound came.

Gray's pupils contracted slightly, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. "Laxus?"

On the second floor of the guild building, a tall, muscular young man leaned on the railing, looking down at everything below.

He had short, neat blond hair, and a menacing lightning bolt-shaped scar above his right eye, stretching from his forehead to his cheek, making him look aggressive.

He also wore an old-fashioned headphone music player on his ear, and a playful smile, as if mocking all living beings, curled at the corner of his mouth.

His eyes were filled with undisguised contempt and arrogance, as if everyone downstairs was nothing more than a bunch of insignificant ants in his eyes.

Lucy looked at the man, and for some reason, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

This person... gave her the feeling that he was far more dangerous than the one she had only heard but never seen, Mystogan!

Laxus! You're actually in the guild!

Natsu didn't care about any danger; the moment he saw Laxus's arrogant face, his fighting spirit was instantly ignited.

He looked up, excitedly pointed at Laxus upstairs, and shouted, "Come down and fight me!"

Upon hearing this, Laxus's smile widened, the amusement and mockery intensifying.

"If you've got the guts, then come up here."

His tone was light and casual, yet full of provocation.

"Yoshi! You just wait!"

Natsu, a complete idiot when it comes to combat, couldn't withstand such provocation and instantly lost his temper.

He bent his knees slightly, flames roared beneath his feet, and he was like a cannonball, ready to leap directly to the second floor.

However, just as he was about to jump, a huge shadow suddenly loomed over his head!

The next second, a hand as big as a small mountain descended from the sky, and with a loud "bang," it mercilessly slammed Natsu into the floor!

The entire guild hall trembled violently.

As the smoke cleared, a large, human-shaped crater appeared on the floor. Natsu was lying sprawled at the bottom of the crater, his eyes shaped like mosquito coils, and a wisp of smoke was rising from his mouth.

It's Chairman Makarov's Giant Magic!

"No!"

Makarov had somehow already taken up his position, maintaining his massive arm posture and displaying an undeniable air of authority.

You can't go up now!

Laxus, watching this scene from the second floor, let out an exaggerated, mocking click of his tongue.

"Tsk tsk! You've made the old man angry, Natsu."

His gloating expression infuriated Natsu, who had just climbed out of the pit.

Makarov retracted his giant arm, ignoring Natsu, and instead looked up at his grandson with a weary and helpless expression.

"Laxus, you better shut up too."

Laxus showed no respect for his grandfather's warning; instead, his mockery intensified.

"I didn't do anything, sir."

He shrugged and said with an innocent look,

"That kid insisted on rushing up there; I was just joking with him."

His gaze swept over the guild members downstairs who were now silent in fear because of his appearance, his eyes brimming with contempt and disdain.