Chapter 18 The Wind Has Stopped!
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 18
Chapter Title: The Wind Has Stopped!
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"Master, calm down..."
Macao looked at his furious Guild Master, sighed, wore a smile on his face, walked in front of Makarov, and persuaded him.
"Calm down?!
Do you know what quest that bastard Gildarts went out to do?
He actually took Evan to accept that quest in the Gale Mountains..."
The old man looked at Macao with a serious expression.
"Gale Mountains...
I remember that traces of wyverns were found there, causing all the passing merchant caravans to be attacked!
So the Merchant Association issued a bounty, and the bounty amount was considered to be quite high among quests of the same level...
However, considering the inherent danger of the Gale Mountains, coupled with the fact that wyverns are extremely difficult to deal with, no one took the quest for several months after it was issued...
Though thinking about it now, this quest shouldn't be a big problem for Gildarts or Evan, right? After all, it wasn't an S-Class quest initially. It was only because no one took it that the Merchant Association raised the bounty even further and elevated the difficulty level to S-Class. Ah, what a pity! If the bounty had been that high back when it was A-Class, I might have gone for it..."
Macao muttered. He originally wanted to go too back when the quest was still A-Class, but considering that the Gale Mountains were too far away, he had never set off.
"That's not the problem!
The real danger isn’t the wyverns! It’s Gildarts and Evan!
If those two join forces, destroying the mountain range wouldn’t be out of the question for them...
This is bad, my heart’s already starting to give out in advance..."
Makarov clutched his chest. He felt that his life was so hard! Even though he was already at this age, he still had to act like a sinner, frequently being ordered around by the Magic Council, and in the end, he even had to write self-reflection letters to a group of people younger than him.
Thinking of this, tears were already rolling down his eyes...
"Master! Master, pull yourself together! Master!
Quick, quick, go call a doctor..."
For a time, a rumor spread inside the guild that the Guild Master had fainted from excessive grief...
The reason it was just a 'rumor' was because everyone simply didn’t believe that Guild Master Makarov, as one of the ten Wizard Saints, would be angered to the point of fainting by the members of his own guild...
Whoosh!!
The violent wind continuously howled...
This was a mountain range eternally shrouded by violent winds all year round, named the 'Scree' Mountain Range, also known as the Gale Mountains!
In this mountain range, two figures, one large and one small, continuously advanced against the howling violent wind before them!
Though this violent wind, which was strong enough to directly sweep a young child into the sky, appeared extremely gentle in front of these two. It seemed that there was a magical shroud protecting the two’s bodies, helping them resist the endless violent wind threatening to blow them away.
"So how much further is it, Gildarts?!"
Yes, this large and small figure were precisely Gildarts and Evan, who had left Fairy Tail to complete an S-Class quest. At this moment, the two had already arrived at the location the quest had indicated...
"Probably, maybe..."
Gildarts looked at the howling violent wind around him, thought for a while, and replied.
"It might just be nearby..."
"'Probably', 'maybe', 'might be'— out of these three phrases, not a single one represents accuracy..."
With one look, Evan knew that Gildarts was currently completely unreliable.
"Speaking of which, this violent wind’s a bit too annoying. Ever since we entered this valley, we’ve been constantly lost. If there was some way to make this violent wind stop..."
Gildarts stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"This is also something that can't be helped."
Evan was somewhat helpless as well. Because of the special nature of the Gale Mountains, everyone who entered here needed the guidance of a local guide to successfully navigate the mountain range. But because of the wyverns, the guides were no longer willing to work. This was also the main reason why the quest remained uncompleted for a long time.
"To put it bluntly, the reason why these mountains have such violent winds surrounding it is completely a terrain issue caused by the special topography here. In other words..."
Gildarts paused his words here, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
"In other words, as long as we remove the special mountains here, we can make this strong wind stop!"
"..."
Evan was somewhat silent for a moment. He roughly understood Gildarts's meaning.
"Evan, let's start working! If things go smoothly, we can go back tonight!"
As Gildarts spoke, a white light lit up on his hand. Following that, the several-hundred-meter-tall mountain peak to the left of the two instantly transformed into countless fragments.
Whoosh...
With the disappearance of that tall mountain, the wind inside the valley indeed began to weaken a bit!
"Evan, what’re you still waiting for? As mages of Fairy Tail, no matter what quest we do, we must go all out!
As mages of Fairy Tail, no matter what kind of difficulties we encounter, we must overcome them! And then continuously move forward! No one can stop us! So go all out to make the wind stop, find the wyverns, and then finish them off!"
As Gildarts spoke, another tall peak transformed into countless stone fragments and vanished from the mountain range.
The wind obstructing Gildarts and Evan's advance grew weaker and weaker...
"I understand!"
Evan nodded gently. After that, an invisible fluctuation seemed to fly out from his body into the sky.
Rumble!!
In the next second, massive meteorites burning with fierce flames plummeted down from the sky one after another!
Boom!!
The instant the meteorites crashed into the valley, they leveled countless tall peaks to the ground!
For a time, the wind inside the valley grew even weaker...
"Just like that!
Evan, remember this, as mages, we must be responsible for the employer's quest, use our full strength, and complete the quest for them with the fastest speed possible and in the best way!
Because of the wyvern issue, the merchant caravans have already been stalled for nearly half a year! Since the quest was accepted by our Fairy Tail, then today we must let them successfully pass through!
This is what a Fairy Tail mage is!"
The middle-aged mage looked at the seemingly impressionable boy in front of him, who was continuously summoning meteorites, and shouted passionately.
As Gildarts's enthusiasm soared, the guild emblem on his body seemed to light up with traces of magical light! Especially after he said the sentence 'This is what a Fairy Tail mage is', not only was his emblem glowing, but even Evan's emblem was emitting a faint white light.
"Oh!"
Although Evan didn't know exactly what had happened, he inexplicably became passionate!
He simply couldn't stop!
Boom!
Boom!!!
One shot after another, one meteor after another, countless meteorites descended from the sky, leveling all of the tall mountains around the valley to the ground one by one.
As for some uneven places, Gildarts very violently used his high-tier Crush Magic to destroy them into countless fragments.
One hour later, when Evan and Gildarts had almost completely destroyed the entire mountain range into ruins, they finally saw a family of five wyverns, old and young, preparing to move away like they were fleeing for their lives.
"Evan! Quick, do you see the wyverns? Absolutely don’t let them fly out of the valley!"
Gildarts looked at the wyverns in the sky and stopped his actions. He vaguely remembered that their quest was actually about eliminating these wyverns.
"Leave it to me!
Yasakani no Magatama!!"
As Evan spoke, his body emitted a golden light, and countless lasers landed on the bodies of the wyverns in an instant.
"Ah!!"
The wyverns let out bursts of miserable shrieks and fell from the sky...
"Very good!
Quest complete!"
Looking at the wyverns that had been shot through, Evan and Gildarts revealed excited smiles. Then the two extended their fists and gently bumped them together...
April of the year X774, Spring. Fairy Tail mages Evan and Gildarts jointly completed the S-Class quest issued by the Merchant Association: the Wyverns of the 'Scree' Gale Mountains. Disappearing together with the wyverns was also the entire 'Scree' Mountain Range...
The Magic Council was furious...
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T/N - Lol, another typical Fairy Tail episode. The Guild Master was spot on when he guessed that the two would destroy the mountain. The MC really did learn some bad habits from Gildarts. He better be careful of Irene’s revenge for corrupting her boy. Also, that ending… 😂