Chapter 103

【“It seems this newly joined youth is very eye-catching; one after another, they all want to challenge him.”】

【“To be honest, I really want to see how much weight this youth has, to make the master so vigilant?”】

【Cana looked at Laxus, who walked past her and went to the front of the crowd, and couldn’t help but pout and complain.】

【“And you said you weren’t jealous? Tch, hypocritical guy.”】

【In front, on the speech stage.】

【Looking at Laxus walking out of the crowd, Makarov was even more helpless, his old face wrinkled like a chrysanthemum.】

【“Laxus? Why are you joining the fun too?”】

【Laxus came to the front of the crowd, arms crossed.】

【His gaze passed over Makarov and landed on the black Natsu.】

【The corners of his mouth lifted slightly: “I’m just very interested in him, and I also want to experience how strong he is!”】

【“Hey! Laxus, what are you doing? I was the one who initiated the challenge first.”】

【Seeing the situation getting more and more complicated, Gray couldn’t sit still, immediately jumped out, and questioned Laxus.】

【Hearing this, Laxus glanced at Gray.】

【“You should just forget it; after all, the master already said you are not that newcomer’s opponent, just watch from the back.”】

【“You!!!”】

【Gray gritted his teeth, but thinking of Laxus’s strength, he forcibly swallowed the words that came to his lips.】

【“Bastard, don’t be arrogant; it won’t be long before I catch up to you!”】

【“Then you work hard.” Laxus smiled nonchalantly, then locked his gaze on the black Natsu.】

【“How about it? Do you have the confidence to fight me?”】

【The black Natsu, who had been watching for a long time, couldn’t fail to understand the situation in front of him.】

【Therefore, when Makarov looked over with anxious eyes, the black Natsu gave him a reassuring look.】

【“I have a sense of proportion, Master.”】

【Makarov opened his mouth, but it finally turned into a sigh.】

【He asked suspiciously: “Really? Don’t cause any big trouble.”】

【“Don’t worry, I used to spar with guys like this often; I have experience.”】

【The black Natsu smiled and said.】

Gajeel: “This guy is talking about the me in the other world, right? He must be talking about me, right??”】

Gray: “Fortunately, fortunately, it seems that the me in that world won’t face off against the black Natsu; otherwise, having a fight with such a monster would mess up my state of mind.”】

Laxus: “Hmm?”】

“What’s going on? After watching for so long, how did it become the me in the other world having a one-on-one with the black Natsu?”

【Since the black Natsu agreed, Makarov had no need to stop them.】

【Besides, Laxus’s strength is strong enough; Makarov still had confidence in this point.】

【So, Makarov nodded slightly, then said.】

【“Since that’s the case, then you guys go to the guild’s backyard; it backs onto the sea and is wide enough, so you can toss around as much as you want.”】

【“I have no problem, besides...”】

【The black Natsu nodded, then looked at Gray, who had retreated into the crowd earlier.】

【“You come along too.”】

【Gray was stunned!】

【Everyone present was stunned.】

【What did he just say?】

【In the face of Laxus, he actually wanted Gray to join in too?】

【Hey hey hey! Isn’t this a bit too arrogant?】

【Even Gray was like this, his extended finger pointing at himself in surprise.】

【“You mean... let me join in too??”】

【The black Natsu nodded as a matter of course.】

【“Of course!”】

【“Hahahaha, Gray, you’ve been looked down upon.”】

【“Aren’t you going to go up? If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t be able to stand it.”】

【“Gray, don’t be a coward, give this newcomer a lesson!”】

【The people in the guild were also completely boiling over at this moment.】

【Countless jeering voices were endless.】 【Gray, feeling looked down upon, had an unpleasant expression.】

【Gritting his teeth, he said in a deep voice.】

【“I am not the kind of person who takes advantage of others; a one-on-one is a one-on-one, I disdain two-on-one.”】

【Laxus also shrugged his shoulders: “Me too.”】

【Then he looked at Gray: “Then you just line up next; if that guy can still stand up after fighting me, then that’s your business with him.”】

【Speaking of this, Laxus paused slightly.】

【He smiled nonchalantly and said: “Although, I don’t think he will be able to stand after that.”】

【After saying that, Laxus took the lead and walked out of the guild.】

【The black Natsu didn’t hesitate either, and surrounded by a crowd of guild members, he arrived at the guild’s backyard.】

【Not long after coming out of the guild’s back door, everyone walked onto a beach.】

【Beside it was the blue sea.】

【It was far enough from the guild.】

【Having arrived here, Makarov nodded with relief and began to act as the referee for this contest.】

【“Stop at the point” isn’t just talk; Makarov was really afraid that the black Natsu wouldn’t be able to control himself and would blow everything up here, which would be a big problem.】

【Therefore, it would be more reassuring to be the referee himself.】

【At least, when the situation wasn’t right, Makarov believed he still had the ability to forcibly stop the two.】

【The crowd in the guild had also followed and surrounded them.】

【They surrounded the black Natsu and Laxus, who were staring at each other, in three layers inside and three layers outside.】

【Bustling voices kept coming out.】

【“So looking forward to it; one is seemingly called the strongest newcomer, and the other is the strongest Black Mage of the younger generation.”】

【“However, looking at it, the ages of the two sides don’t seem to be in the same grade; Laxus is clearly much older than Natsu.”】

【“Yeah, from this point of view, Laxus has a much better chance of winning.”】

【“You can’t calculate it like that; in the world of magic, the most important thing is strength; it’s not necessarily that older people are stronger.”】

【“For example, those two guys Macao and Wakaba, isn’t Gray almost catching up to them?”】

【“Hey hey hey, why are you suddenly dragging us into this?”】

【The people in the guild were chattering and analyzing.】

【Gray was also standing in the crowd, his eyes nervously watching the two people staring at each other in front.】

【Regarding Makarov’s previous assertion that he absolutely couldn’t defeat Natsu.】

【Gray was very unconvinced.】

【You have to know, that Natsu looks the same age as him, and the time he has spent training is about the same, so how could he be stronger than him?】

【Although Gray is very clear about the principle that geniuses and ordinary people train for the same amount of time, but the results are completely different.】

【But... Gray considers himself a genius.】

【No matter which guild he goes to, he is a key existence being cultivated.】

【Gray admits Laxus’s strength, but after all, Laxus is older than him, so Gray can accept it.】

【However, if it’s Natsu, it’s different.】

【Everyone is a genius; who would admit that they are worse than others?】

【“Hey, Gray, who do you think will win?”】

【Just at this moment, Cana’s voice came from beside Gray.】