[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla":3,"chapter-comparing-two-fairies-this-natsu-is-actually-sla-fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Fairy Tail: A Tale of Two Natsus, This One Truly Slays Dragons!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1991728,2878,"Chapter 16","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>[Overwhelming malice swept across this world, as if it wanted to drown people.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"That is... a dragon?!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[The steel giant dragon flapped its wings and descended from the sky.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boom————!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The moment the massive body made contact with the earth, the entire ground seemed to tremble at this moment.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Countless dust flew up, but it could not cover the ferocious face of the steel giant dragon.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel: \"Metalicana...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel, watching this scene, couldn't help but lose his focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Gajeel wouldn't normally show that he was concerned about news of his father Igneel at all times like Natsu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or even go crazy for it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this did not mean that Gajeel had no feelings for his father Metalicana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, Gajeel cared very much about Metalicana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, mostly because of his own strong personality, Gajeel would not reveal this emotion of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he was just a child who missed his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The appearance of the steel giant dragon seemed to make the young Natsu freeze in place.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He was no stranger to dragons.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But he had never felt that kind of naked malice coming from a dragon.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[His first instinct told Natsu that this was not a dragon like Igneel who loved humans deeply, but... those that only existed in the stories Igneel told.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evil giant dragons that regarded humans as ants and used humans as food!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[From those fierce eyes shining with white light, one could tell.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It really wanted to kill!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He would really die!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tears were already welling up in Natsu’s eyes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The biological instinct urged Natsu to escape, but under the overwhelming pressure of the giant dragon, he couldn't move his legs at all.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He just stood there, trembling all over!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because of the Sky Screen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>almost all the viewers watching the live broadcast seemed to be able to personally experience the despair Natsu was facing at this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That feeling was like an ant facing a high-level creature like a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to resist, unable to move,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even his life was held in its hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When watching Igneel before, everyone didn't have this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was more of novelty and surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, thinking back carefully, they realized it might be because of the kind side Igneel showed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made people think dragons were nothing more than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the moment the dragon appeared as an enemy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the viewers all over the world finally understood clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a dragon, how desperate a person would be!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy: \"Is... this a dragon? Why are my legs starting to feel weak even through the Sky Screen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gray: \"The pressure is countless times stronger than Deliora back then... Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ur: \"A dragon... the ruler of the world in the previous era, is it really that exaggerated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brain: \"I really didn't expect that there would be such a terrifying existence in this era.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My hands are starting to sweat...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midnight: \"Father? Aren't you a ghost? Do ghosts sweat too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mavis: \"Who says they don't? Hmm... at least I do, and I’m already sweating now. This dragon is really scary, wuwuwu~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Makarov: \"The First Master is scared to tears! Laxus, hurry up and comfort her!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laxus: \"Me? Are you kidding? I’d rather dig up Hades’ grave than comfort a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hades: \"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeref: \"Mavis...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An inconspicuous call was quickly drowned out by the voices of countless people and did not attract anyone’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, in the Sky Screen scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The steel giant dragon spread its wings again, almost covering this sky!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Immediately after...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Roar————!!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Boom————!!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A deafening roar exploded!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Violent winds rose because of this, and with Metalicana as the center, the surrounding trees were uprooted.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The solid ground was directly flipped over.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The terrifying sound waves, mixed with unimaginable violent winds, swept crazily toward the surroundings.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In just an instant, it destroyed everything within a range of hundreds of meters.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The young Natsu was like a falling leaf in the wind, his small body blown away by dozens of meters.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dead silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noisy world channel seemed to fall into a strange stillness at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people kept their mouths open, staring blankly at the scene on the Sky Screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hades: \"Just... just a roar?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>August: \"Strictly speaking... this isn't even a roar, at most, just a shout.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brandish: \"A shout? Is this a dragon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ajeel: \"Are you kidding? Is there really anyone who can defeat such an existence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene: \"There is, but... what you must know is that the dragon in the video is not some ordinary dragon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, even the usually arrogant Spriggan 12 could not maintain their composure and spoke up one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Makarov: \"Fortunately, all of this should just be a test for Natsu. Otherwise, facing such a terrifying dragon, I can't imagine how Natsu could survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel: \"I remember now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsu: \"What did you remember?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel: \"It’s this incident! When I was a kid, I was really scared by a giant dragon. That dragon...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems to be Igneel!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsu: \"So that means this time it was just to scare us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn Igneel, when did he become so mischievous!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[The challenge ended.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It ended with Natsu’s nerves completely collapsing and him crying loudly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After all, no matter what, the current Natsu was still just a child under ten years old, and he had just learned Dragon Slayer Magic. Being able to hold on until now was already quite good.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At the end of the event, Metalicana withdrew his released aura and pressure.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At that moment, it was as if the giant rock pressing on Natsu’s head had been shattered, and he came back to life.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And under Metalicana’s explanation, he finally understood the ins and outs of this incident.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[According to Igneel, it was that as Dragon Slayers, how could these brats not see what a real hostile dragon was like?]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[As Dragon Slayers, they should understand that their mission is to fight evil dragons, so seeing one early would give them a bottom line in their hearts.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In the future, if there is really a chance to face a dragon, they won't be running away in a panic.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Thus, this test was born.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Not long after, on the other side, Igneel, who went to scare Gajeel, brought the still-young Gajeel here and met with Natsu.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This wasn't over. Immediately after, the Sky Dragon Grandeeney also brought the even smaller Wendy here.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The three giant dragons seemed to be discussing the harvest of this test, or rather, the performance of Natsu and Gajeel.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the large screen with the white border gradually dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Makarov: \"So that means this video is finished, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirajane: \"After this, it should be the parallel world story on the black border side, which should be the same thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erza: \"Then, how will the Natsu of the other parallel world perform in this test? I’m already starting to look forward to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sting: \"What kind of performance can there be? At such a young age, facing that kind of hostile dragon, being able to keep from crying is already very impressive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel: \"I didn't cry back then!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsu: \"Tch, the screen didn't show your side, who knows if you cried or not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel: \"Do you think it’s possible for me to cry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsu: \"Not necessarily. But come to think of it... I actually met you when I was a kid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel: \"I’m also very strange. I don't remember someone like you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wendy: \"Um... looking at the Sky Screen, it seems I was there too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Irene: \"Ho, could it be that you little brats all collectively lost your memories?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Collective amnesia?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Fairy Tail guild, the three Dragon Slayers looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucy: \"Right, I also remember that during the subjugation of the Oración Seis, when Natsu first met Wendy, he said he had a very familiar feeling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wendy: \"Yes, yes. Before I met Brother Natsu, I had heard Brother Natsu’s name. At that time, I felt this name was very familiar, and there was a natural sense of closeness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gajeel: \"I’m different. When I first saw Natsu, I was very annoyed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, very annoyed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsu: \"Heh, likewise. Me too. As soon as I saw you, I especially wanted to beat you up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erza: \"You guys better stop arguing. Look, the second black-bordered screen has movement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Erza said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after the white-bordered screen dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-bordered screen also gradually began to have color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the image appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[One month after the previous roar teaching.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[During this time, Natsu’s daily routine was very self-disciplined.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He was either fighting or eating.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All day long, as soon as he woke up in the morning, he would go to fight his friend, a monkey of unknown species.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All kinds of Dragon Slayer Magic, like Iron Fist, Wing Attack, etc., were used on the monkey, having already treated it as a hypothetical enemy dragon.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[When his strength improved further, he would go into the magical beast forest to meet other friends.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Of course, Natsu wouldn't care whether the other party was willing or not.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[On this day, Igneel stopped Natsu who was preparing to go out.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Igneel had been very confused recently.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This brat Natsu was a bit too active in his cultivation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Even, he was a bit mysterious, so much so that Igneel himself didn't know to what extent Natsu’s Dragon Slayer Magic had been cultivated.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So he decided to join forces with the iron bastard next door to give these little guys a different kind of test.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Just like that, with different motivations, the Igneels of the two worlds made the same choice.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And led Natsu to that magical beast forest.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Natsu, you have been learning magic for several months now. Next is the time to test the results of your learning during this period.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"This is the Magical Beast Forest, which harbors many powerful magical beasts. Your task is to spend a day and a night safely in this forest. Note, it’s a day and a night!\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Just as Igneel looked at Natsu, preparing to say that invincible provocative line, 'What, are you afraid?']\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Natsu smiled unusually and glanced sideways at the unpredictable primeval forest.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[\"Just one day?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>",1710,"2026-06-15T13:11:59.101Z","2026-06-15T13:55:36.354Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8ed8aeb55a3b1c520277f50aa2dc5ff1a8102b7fc0ed38c6c1801b350c37eab1","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-17","fairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-chapter-15",287,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffairy-tail-a-tale-of-two-natsus-this-one-truly-s-cover.jpg"]