"Hey I found someone who's seriously injured, we need a healer! Hurry up! He's very close to death" was heard by Natsu as it sounded like a girl.
The voices started fading as Natsu gave up since he had lost all the strength left in him. After a while Natsu opened his eyes and as he was opening it, everything looked blurry as he slowly began to start seeing clearly. "Ahh my eyes!" He screamed, because of the sun rays as he used his hand to cover his eyes. It made his eyes to hurt him since it was the first time in a long time that the sun light entered his eyes. He used his right hand to cover his eyes from the sunlight as he was still on the bed. "Where am I?" He asked as he looked round the room, he tried standing up from the bed and felt a sharp pain in his chest. Sigh..... He held his ribs region and stood up from the bed and headed towards the door. He opened the door and saw a passage, not knowing where to go he looked left and right and decided to go back into the room. He went towards the bed in the room and then laid down on it and decided to sleep. He had a dream about the incident between him and the Liagole as he immediately woke up from his sleep with fear in his body and started panting. He then heard a very soft and beautiful voice asking "Are you okay?" He turned towards the door and saw a beautiful girl with a blonde gold hair and a very beautiful skin coming in. "Are you just waking up? It looks like you had a rough time in there and I can see you are really terrified of what happened" she said as she closed the door behind her. Natsu who was stunned by her beauty and words as he asked "What do you mean by that?" "I saw the way you woke up and judging by the way you are sweating, you were either stressed or afraid" she replied coming closer to him as he sat up right. "Oh, so that's what you meant" Natsu replied as he scratched his back head smiling awkwardly. "By the way I'm Nanami, what's your name?" she said. "I'm Natsu, it's nice to meet you" he replied. "Okay, now that we have become acquainted I want you to meet my friends" she said as two boys came into the room. One of them had a crimson red hair and wore a black top with a red short as he smiled so softly and said "I'm Tetsuya, it's nice to meet you" The other had a thick blue hair and wore black from top to bottom, but unlike Tetsuya he didn't smile towards Natsu, instead he kept a cold face without showing any emotions and said nothing. Nanami then said "Don't mind Osamu, he's not really the talking type" as she smiled with an awkward face while trying to laugh. "It's nice to meet all of you" Natsu said. Before Natsu could say anything else Tetsuya interrupted him and said "Sorry for the intrusion but if I may ask, what where you doing there without a team and what were you thinking going that deep into the forest on your own if you know how dangerous it is" Natsu didn't really understand what he meant and said "I'm sorry I didn't really mean to go in I was actually.... " immediately he was cut off by Tetsuya who asked "Are you a solo hunter or adventurer" Not knowing what to say Natsu started getting nervous and stammered "Well I..., I..." Again someone interrupted him before he could complete his statement, this time it was Nanami and she said "Come on Tetsuya stop pressuring the boy, he just woke up, at least he should get enough rest before we question him" "Are you hearing yourself?" Tetsuya replied as he then said "We don't know what this boy was doing there and yet you are trying to support him" "Stop with all this nonsense, I'm not supporting him I just said that this might not be the right time to question him" Nanami replied facing Tetsuya as they began to argue. As they were arguing, a woman who was really beautiful and wearing glasses, having a green long hair with a very light skin and wearing a black short skirt and blue crop top with a lab coat as long as a gown entered the room and said "What's all this noise all about" as she closed the door behind her. Immediately Nanami and Tetsuya said "Ahhh! Dr Mayumi, what are you doing here" and she replied "You know I'm a doctor right and his my patient, so don't I have the right to check on my patients again" Dr Mayumi then turned towards Osamu and said "Are you just going to stand there and watch, aren't you going to say anything?" Osamu stayed silent and said nothing, he didn't even change his facial expression at all, it was still as cold as ever. Sigh....! "You know, you never change do you" Dr Mayumi said. Natsu was confused with all the names and the worst part was that he didn't even know what to do or say, so he kept silent while thinking "What do they really want from me, they said I'm a patient, does that mean I'm sick, why are they even interested in someone like me, what's happening?" Dr Mayumi turned towards Natsu and noticed that he was nervous and confused so she said "You don't have to worry about anything, the three of them you see before you were with a group of people who found you lying on the ground very close to death" She paused and looked at Natsu for a little while, so that he can digest the information and she continued by saying "So they brought you hear and was taking care of you, that was until they called me. Nanami was afraid you were going to die and so they decided to call me to take good care of you" And then she asked Natsu "What are your powers?" Natsu knew deep within him that he didn't have any powers so he tried dodging the question by asking "How long was i asleep?" Dr Mayumi looked at him for a little while without saying anything and then said "You have been asleep for more than a week" then she touched her jaw and said "Hmmm! I won't say I know the exact time they brought you hear but I have been treating you for a week now" Natsu was stunned, he knew he was weak but to sleep for that long, what the heck is that. Natsu still tried understanding how he slept that long and while he was thinking, Dr Mayumi interrupted him and said "You know, your a very lucky boy, you spent all your energy trying to defeat a powerful beast which would have killed you if they didn't come to rescue you, so if I may ask, what's your stats?" Natsu knew he couldn't avoid the question so he thought for a while and said "I'll tell you my stats only and only if Osamu would tell me his stats" Natsu said that because he believed that Osamu wouldn't say a word but to his greatest surprise Osamu replied with something that frightened him as he said "If that's the case, then, I'll only tell you my stats if you can defeat me, but know that if I win you'll still tell us you're stats, is that okay" Natsu was sure in his body, spirit and soul that he would undeniably lose, he knew within him that he didn't stand a chance but he didn't want to back down because that might make them belief that he's really weak. Immediately Natsu finished thinking on how he'll undeniably lose, Nanami said "Osamu! you know that you are going to defeat him easily so what's the point of asking him to fight, you'll just increase Dr Mayumi's work" Tetsuya then said "She's right, it's just going to be a one sided battle, I don't think he can even manage to touch you talk less of hurting you, well...!" Natsu was shocked by what he heard as they continued speaking, he knew that he was going to loose but he didn't realize that the guy he challenged was a monster. As he was trying to think of a way out, he remembered something his grandma said and this is how it goes "My dear child, don't be so afraid of a battle. No matter how impossible that battle is, don't ever be afraid of it. Instead you should try as hard as you can to win, and if winning looks impossible to you, then try to survive while thinking of how to win. Know that a man isn't born as strong as he is currently, he worked hard for it, and when you're ready to work on yourself, you will overcome every obstacle. Even if you lose or fail, always remember that there is always a lesson to learn and that lesson will take you a long way, it will make you to be able to overcome all other obstacles and as legends once said, 'Knowledge is power', so instead of crying and making sorry excuses, make good use of your knowledge and surprise the world with whatever you've got" After remembering what his grandma told him he smiled and said "Okay let's go, I've been really wanting to see how strong you are but with the way they talk about you I guess you all don't know what I'm capable of" Nanami was shocked by what he said and screamed as Natsu stood up from the bed to fight Osamu "Are you out of your mind! Even if you can match up to him you shouldn't fight in that condition" she started shouting while lowering her voice back down when she said that. Tetsuya on the other hand saw through Natsu's act of bravery and said "You know, your one hell of an interesting guy" Natsu didn't understand why he said that so he quickly voiced it saying "What do you mean by that?" Tetsuya was shocked by what he said and he immediately knew that Natsu was dumb and said "Are you seriously that dumb, most times after hearing something like that, I mean the way we were talking about Osamu defeating you easily, most people tend to back down and very few tend to still go through with it, but here's the fact, if you aren't strong I'll advise you to step down now because those people who pretended to be strong and went through it died, so don't think yours will be different" Natsu immediately felt chills move down his spine, he knew he would lose because he is the weakest of the weak, but instead of giving up he decided to sound cool and said "Are you really looking down on me, well shame on you, cause I'm going to win this fight" He then looked at Osamu and said "Lead the way" Osamu who had a little conscience told Nanami to find good clothes for Natsu to wear and for her to make sure the clothes had reinforcement in them. Natsu didn't really understand what Osamu meant by reinforcement so he decided to say nothing. Nanami then left and not long after came back with clothes for Natsu, and not long after that, Natsu was done wearing the clothes which was a perfect fit. It was a black top with blue trousers and with that Natsu and the others left the room for the fight between Natsu and Osamu.As they left the room that Natsu was in, they went to the training ground for the fight between Natsu and Osamu. They arrived at a wide open field which was filled with green beautiful grasses that spread so many kilometers away. The wind blew as Natsu and Osamu stood in there position for the fight. Natsu stood straight as if it was just a normal thing which looked like he was not taking the fight seriously, even Osamu stood the same way but his both hands were in his pockets. Immediately the wind stopped a loud noise was heard in the background and immediately Osamu lunched his attack. To Natsu, Osamu disappeared and reappeared in his front throwing his leg at him but in reality Osamu was too fast for Natsu to see his movements. "Damn he's fast" Natsu thought as he tried blocking Osamu's leg with his hands. Boom...! "He's not as strong as I thought, when I moved he didn't react and because of that I thought he was very weak and reduced my speed but yet he could barely block i
After Natsu left, the old man woke up and went to open the store. As he was coming down the stairs, he noticed that everywhere was sparkling, neat and tidy. He checked around and didn't see Natsu, he also checked if anything was stolen but nothing was, reaching the bar counter he saw a plate of food with a note beside it. He opened the note which said, "Thank you so much sir. I've been searching around all day without food and water for a job or a place to stay, but everyone either rejected me, called me different bad names or tried humiliating me as I was roughed up badly. Even when I asked for a job, after looking at me, they would tell me that I wasn't of their class or I wasn't fit to do anything. I felt so bad and gave up hope until I met you, even after rejecting my offers, you later decided to take me in and that means a lot to me. I really hope that you're business grows, and this is the little money I gathered while trying to survive. I know it's very little to pay for
He arrived at the old man's store and opened the door as everyone turned towards him and started whispering. The old man saw him and said "Hey kid I need some help over here" Natsu immediately ran and helped the man out which he ended up doing till the man closed. The old man looked at Natsu and asked "Do you still want a job?" Natsu was happy to hear this and said "Yes" The old man then said "You're hired, and here's your pay for today" Natsu was so happy and excited about it. It wasn't much but he was happy because he could use it to buy something or either save the money. "I heard you had a brawl with Tetsuya, is that true" the old man asked. "Kinda, I won't say I brawled with him since he almost obliterated me" Natsu said while scratching his head and laughing weirdly. The old man laughed and asked "Are you new to this city?" "Yes, I'm new to the city, but the worst part is that I don't even know how I got here. Well I know but I'm still confused" Natsu said. "I'll tell you
As he entered into the forest to hunt that night, he was a little bit scared hearing and knowing that he's an F rank. He decided to set a trap for the strongest and fastest beasts and then drag it to his house so that he can train with it any time without stressing himself to go to the forest. He dug a hole and weaved the vines in the forest and then threw it into the hole. He covered the hole with weak branches and then threw leafs on them, making it blend with the forest. "That should do it, there's no way the strongest beast won't fall inside my trap" Natsu said as he became proud of himself. Natsu has done research on all the beasts in the forest and determined which of them was the top 10 most powerful, more like the top 10 that will improve his strength. He then went into the forest to find the beasts. The first one he found was a beast that was like a bull but had a rhino's horn on its nose. Natsu was excited as he got it's attention, he first wanted to check how strong it
The exam has begun and everyone one is trying to cross the main gate into the examination starting point. It was really brutal because of the way the crowd was pushing and trying to pass each other to enter the gate. Natsu still sat down in his spot and just watched them. He was really hoping it was going to be easy which it was not. "I'm competing with everyone here right, so why do I think that they're not worth it. I mean they are all acting impulsively and irrationally towards this, even if the gate was going to close I think it would take time looking at the size of it and at how slow it's moving" Sigh... "I'm definitely going to loose this with how slow and tired I am" Natsu thought. Everyone was rushing towards the gate when Natsu noticed the gate stopped and then started moving back down gently with the same speed it used to open. Natsu stood up and began to walk gently towards it since more than half of the contestants has crossed the gate. As he was walking he put bot
As he approached the place he saw that the door had almost closed as he immediately rushed and slid under, but unfortunately for Natsu it wasn't a flat door, inside it was a very thick door that is as long as a hall. "Damn, is this the end of me?" Natsu said. Natsu then stayed in a crawling position and then began to crawl. While he was doing a quadruped crawl, this time with his knees on the ground, he saw other competitors who were doing a commando crawl ahead of him as he continued moving. He saw other competitors approaching him and noticed he was the only one doing a quadruped crawl. He didn't mind because he saw it as a form of training. As he was moving, the pressure was increasing and continued increasing. Natsu felt like he was going crazy because the pain became too much for him to bare as the big boxed block was dropping him down into a plank position. "Damn it, this thing is really crushing me, am I really going to die now" Natsu thought as he was moving. Eventually
The serpent blasted water out of its mouth facing the finish line direction as the red head boy tried dodging it. He was so close to being hit and as he turned back he saw the massive damage it caused. "I'm in big trouble" the boy said as he looked back at the beast in fear. "It's way more powerful than I thought. The best thing for me to do now will be to run to the finish line instead of fighting it" the red hair boy thought as he began flying to the finish line. The serpent went into the water and swimmed way faster than the boy could fly. It then emerged from the water and used its tail to hit the boy. Someone from the background shouted, "Wow, it's beating Asahu!" Asahu crashed into the water and sank. "What just happened, why is this sea serpent so powerful, how is it able to catch up to me while I'm using Phoenix wing" Asahu thought. As he was drowning in the water and his thoughts, the serpent went close to him and threw him out of the water with its tail. Asahu came
"What! If I fail here I'll have to pay ten million gold coins before I'll be able to write the exams again. This means that no matter the circumstance I must pass this exams" Natsu was in deep thought as he heard that. "Natsu, Natsu, hey can you hear me Natsu..." Yami said as he then hit Natsu back to his senses. "Huh, what happened!" Natsu said. "I don't know, I should be the one asking you that. What are you even thinking about, the main final part of the exams has started, for stage 1 at least" Yami said as he tilted his head to look at Natsu. "Oh sorry, I zoned out. I was thinking of how we were going to win the last stage" Natsu said as he lied to Yami while scratching his head and laughing awkwardly. "Oh, so that may be his powers" Yami thought to himself as he continued looking at Natsu, "Can he see the future or something, that explains how he's able to know what's about to happen before it does" "I hope he believed what I just said" Natsu thought while still scratching
After Kazuko arrived, it took a while before the rest showed up. Kaikuh, Akari and Makoto arrived as the second team using an hour and fifty minutes to complete the exams. Asahu and Mitsuki where the third to arrive, using an hours and fifty three minutes to complete the exams. Raijin, Kagahma and Izumi where the fourth team to arrive, using two hours and six minutes to complete the exams. Daiki, Shota and Haruka where the fifth team to arrive, using two hours and nineteen minutes to complete the exams. Koda, Laila and Chiyo where the sixth team to arrive, using two hours and thirty eight minutes to complete the exams. Unlike the rest Kazuko didn't take any damage, so all she needed to do was rest. Although Asahu and Mitsuki had little injuries, most of the contestants had life treating injuries which made Dr Mayumi busy as she attended to them immediately they arrived while Gildart and Damian calculated the time and announced it to them. "Wait, something is wrong, why aren't t
Yami carried Natsu and ran through the hall. A while passed before Natsu and Yami reached a point where they saw mages which made Natsu to come down and get ready for a fight.The mages saw Natsu and Yami covered in blood which made them became scared as they got ready for an attack.As they saw Natsu and Yami holding blades in their hands with their eyes ready to kill, one of them immediately shouted, "Send words to the boss about the intruders!"The man then looked at the both of them and asked, "What are you doing here, I'd advise you to turn back and leave if you know what's good for you""No, we should capture them, how did they get in here, I'm sure the boss would love to know that" one of them said as the mages began talking to themselves.While they were making all those comments, Natsu and Yami began whispering to themselves as Yami said, "Hey, I don't think we should harm them""Why?""From their expression, they don't look like something that was conjured. They're acting li
A little while before Asahu and Mitsuki arrived there, Natsu and Yami were in big trouble since they were in a place full of beasts as they began whispering to themselves."Yami, what should we do? Everywhere is filled with beasts and it feels like they noticed us""Huh, is that even a question? We fight of course, there is no place for us to run so the only thing we can do is fight""But I can't fight all this beast without my weapons, I know you think I'm strong but we need to be able to kill this things quickly if we want to survive""You have a point but we don't have any weap..." Yami said as he then remembered when Damian gave him something to give Natsu."Wait, we do have weapons!" Yami said after recalling Mister Damian opening up a chest full of weapons as Natsu became confused, "What are you talking about?""Mr Damian gave me this, I forgot about it but here you go. He said I should give it to you, sorry I forgot" Yami said as he handed Natsu the new upgraded rope and two bl
As Koda hit the wall, blood flowed through his head as he lost consciousness.He saw himself in a place that was completely stripped of light as he fell slowly into nothingness."Am I dying? I knew I couldn't fight that thing, it's way out of my league. I guess this is really the end for me" Koda thought as he gave up every hope of survival as he then closed his eyes accepting his fate.Suddenly memories of his past started surfacing as he remembered all the promises he made to his family as he thought, "Why, why, why does life keep treating me this way, no matter how hard I try, I can't ever make those I love happy""I still have my mom's medical bills to pay, I promised her that nothing was going to happen to her""My sister still needs my financial support, plus, I promised to give her money for her education""I shouldn't forget about my little bro, I promised to bring back lots of presents from him""That's not the
"Congratulations, you have reached a scenario where you need an upgrade to pass""You have gathered enough point and increased your mind reading capabilities to level five, do you want to use those points to awaken a new mind power, or increase your mind reading capabilities to level six"Kaikuh became in shock as she thought, "Mind Powers, so does it mean that my ability isn't only to read minds?""Right now, reading the beast mind isn't going to be helpful, so I'd pick, awaken a new mind power" Kaikuh thought as her system replied."Investing all your points to awaken your new mind power. Mind point invested, remaining 10 points left. New ability in progress, new ability found. New objective, survive a few minutes without the system. Reward, awaken your new power""What's all this messages popping up, it's hard to follow up. Wait, did I just hear survive without my ability, no I need to recheck" Kaikuh thought as she saw the message wri
As Makoto hit the wall, the beast launched itself towards him as Akari launched a vine towards the beast trying to protect Makoto from the beast.The beast used magic to move towards Akari's back as Kaikuh shouted, "Watch out, behind you!"Akari became scared as she tried looking back to know the position of the beast, making her to escape death as a vine came out of the ground, blocking the beast as it jumped back and continued moving.Makoto launched some attacks to the beast but it dodged them and went to a corner.The beast looked at Kaikuh and growled as it thought, "It looks like another one has come, but this one could tell my moves, it's better I take her out"This made Kaikuh unease as she also noticed the situation they were in.Akari stood up with lots of injuries as Makoto tried to stabilize himself while blood flowed from his head and other part of his body, as the both of them kept their eyes on the beast while brea
Way before most of this things happened, the girl who helped levitate Natsu and the rest during the exam was cornered by an armadillo as it used it's tail to hit her towards the wall."Is this really the end for me? I'm even surprised I made it this far" the girl thought as her eyes closed while the armadillo rolled towards her, accepting her fate."Server, Fireball explosive star" someone said as the girl opened her eyes and saw the armadillo attacking the cutting boy as the shiny boy came close to her and asked if she was okay."Yeah, I'm fine" the girl said as the shiny boy helped her up which made her embarrassed as he then said, "Just hide yourself, we would take care of the beast"He then left her and went to help the cutting boy as they both began fighting."Be careful" the cutting boy said as he dodged the armadillo and began running."It's really hard to cut through it, it's barely getting any damage in that form" the cutting boy said as he was running."Got it" the shiny boy
Raijin was scared and didn't know what to do as tears flowed down his eyes, remembering everything he went through during the exams and thought, "Is this really the end for me?" "Sea Serpent, Death Roll!!!" Was heard as the serpent bit the fox, sending it towards the wall as Raijin and Kagahma became shocked when they heard a voice say, "Looks like I came right on time!" as they looked back and saw a girl. This made Raijin relieved as he thought, "Thank goodness, I'm still alive" Before this happened, as the water girl heard the loud noise, she summoned her serpent and began heading towards the place. She was moving as fast as she could and tried to sense their energy as she thought, "I need to get there quickly before something bad happens, come on serpent, move faster, I need more speed!" The serpent moved really quick as she then heard a strange noise that disturbed her ear and controlled her serpent to la
"You don't still have a plan, huh?" Yami said as they continued walking through the tunnel."I'm still coming up with something, but I'm close to having an idea" Natsu said as Yami replied, "Okay but we need to be quick, plus, we need to look for ways to avoid the traps and beasts in this dungeon""That's it! Yami, you're a genius!""What, did you figure something out?""Yeah, from the little knowledge I know about dungeons, whoever built them always created a secret passage so they would be able to easily go through it, making them to avoid all the traps and move safely""Yeah but... Wait, I see, if we can find the secret passage, we would be able to pass this exam without stressing ourselves out""Exactly, but since they know most people are aware of that, they normally have lots of secret passages, plus, they also set more dangerous traps at the end of the secret passages""That's true, but how do we find it?"