Allen wore a mysterious smile as he watched Natsu and the others rush into the forest, each trying to be the first.
Natsu was the first to enter the forest. With Happy guiding him, he quickly went deeper inside, while the others split up and acted alone.
After advancing for a while, Natsu discovered some small animals. Just as he was about to catch them, Happy's voice rang out.
"Natsu! Come over here! There's a big one!"
Natsu hurried over and found an unusually enormous wild boar leisurely eating something ahead.
Looking at the gigantic beast, which was at least two meters long and over one meter tall at the shoulder, Natsu felt his entire body burn with excitement.
"I found such a huge wild boar right at the start. Doesn't that mean I've already won?!"
Although he said that, Natsu knew from the boar's dense bristles, which were as hard as steel needles, that it would be difficult to deal with. He then remembered some of the facts about wild boars that Anna had taught him at school.
Wild boars had great straight-line speed, but their agility was somewhat lacking. They had strong defenses, were easily angered, and the large tusks beside their mouths gave them considerable attack power. Most importantly, Natsu sensed traces of magic power within this wild boar, which made him realize something.
After entering the forest, Natsu had discovered that all the animals he encountered possessed more or less some magic power. At first, he had thought it was just an isolated case, but now it seemed to be caused by the environment.
Since he had sensed magic power, Natsu decided to test the boar's defenses with a ranged attack first.
After taking a deep breath, Natsu spat a stream of flames from his mouth