Chapter 55 Avalanche
Since they discovered a day late that Natsu had accepted the mission privately, they spent a long time in the guild, and finally listened to Markrov talk for a while before deciding on the manpower. Finally, Kira even ran back to his shop to prepare some other things.
So when Killer and the others set off on the airship, Natsu and Lucy had already arrived in Zonia.
"Where is this place?!" Natsu was gradually becoming frustrated as he looked at the map in his hand. "It's clearly marked here!"
All you can see in the Snowy Mountains is snow. The world is all white as far as you can see, and there are almost no reference points. This is similar to being in the desert or on the ocean. There is nothing to identify the direction.
Fortunately, this is not a desert, nor is it an ocean, but just a snowy mountain. As long as it is on the ground, there are sufficient conditions to place reference objects.
The location marked on the mission book was a tavern in the snow, but Natsu took Lucy and Happy around for a long time and didn't see any trace of the tavern.
Happy frowned, "Maybe we took the wrong road? Natsu, are you sure you followed the map carefully?"
"Of course! We followed the map!"
Happy and Lucy leaned over to take a look at the map Natsu unfolded and were immediately shocked: "This map...??!!"
"What's wrong with this map?" Natsu wondered.
"This map is... too crude!!!"
The map on the paper only had a few snow-capped mountains drawn on it, with Zonia marked next to it . In the middle of the snow-capped mountains, there was a tavern, and nothing else.
Lucy and Happy were incredulous: "You followed this map???"
However, Natsu had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation and replied nonchalantly , "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"You big idiot!!!" Lucy slapped Natsu and sent him flying!
"What now, Lucy?" poor harpy looked downcast.
"Why don't we go back first..." Lucy had actually given up a long time ago. If Natsu hadn't insisted, she wouldn't have walked here. However, when she turned around, she was stunned for a moment.
The snow was so heavy that it was impossible to tell the direction we came from.
Lucy and Happy suddenly seemed to be frozen in place.
"Ah!!!" ×2
"What should we do? What should we do? We are lost!" Habby held up his face with his cat paws and screamed, flying around Lucy in a hurry.
Lucy sat there hugging her knees. Although her bottom was very cold from the snow on the mountain, her heart was even colder now: "It's over... I shouldn't have come... I didn't expect that I would die here..."
The man and the cat waited for a long time. Suddenly, Lucy looked up and said, "Happy, where's Natsu?"
Happy stopped in the air, also looking confused: "Yeah, where's Natsu?"
Didn't you knock Natsu away?
Boom boom...
Suddenly, Lucy heard a sound and her whole body shuddered: "Happy, did you hear anything?"
"What...sound?" Habib listened quietly for a long time, and began to say, "It seems like there is a rumbling sound coming."
"Yeah, and it seems to be getting bigger..."
"It seems there is also Natsu's voice..."
"Natsu... Natsu??!!!!" Lucy felt a bad premonition in her heart.
Looking back, it was indeed Natsu running back with a smile, waving and greeting as he ran: "Hey! Happy! Lucy! Look! It's spectacular!"
Lucy and Happy looked up at the same time. Behind Natsu, heavy snow that covered the sky was rolling in, and the roar was continuous.
"So that's where the sound comes from."
"So that's it, it's an avalanche!"
“…”
"Avalanche!!!" ×2
There was no time to wait for Natsu, let alone to call for the companions around them. Lucy and Happy, who had maxed out their life-saving skills, immediately burst into tears and ran in the opposite direction, crying, "No!!!"
At this point, it doesn’t matter which direction you came from, whether you are lost or not, or whether you care about the mission or the tavern. What matters most is escaping!
"Wait!" Natsu had plenty of energy and was fast, and soon caught up with Lucy, "Wait for me!"
Lucy was very angry at Natsu for framing her and still smiling: "Why did you cause an avalanche?!"
"You ask why..." Natsu thought for a moment and said, "After I was knocked away by you, I heard a 'crack' sound, and then a rumbling sound."
"It turns out that all this is Lucy's fault!" Happy complained as he flew forward as fast as he could.
Lucy was also a little speechless. She didn't expect that a 'light' punch from her would lead to such a result. Her crying face looked even more devastated.
Natsu also covered his mouth and laughed: "What? It turns out it was Lucy's fault!"
"certainly not!!"
"What should we do now?" The harpy flying in the front cried, "Natsu, think of a solution quickly!"
The avalanche was getting closer and closer, less than three meters away from Natsu and Lucy, and was about to catch up with them.
Suddenly, Natsu turned around, and flames flew up in his hand, instantly warming Lucy and Happy's bodies. "There's nothing we can do. Let's use fire to evaporate this snowy mountain!"
"Are you joking?"
"Natsu, it's all up to you!"
Natsu stepped forward, and the magic power in his body gathered. A red flame instantly ignited, melting the ice and snow around him. Even the snow under his feet continued to evaporate. If it were an ordinary person, he would have fallen down because of the unstable ground, but Natsu stood firmly without any shaking.
"The Fire Dragon's...Roar!!!"
Magic power surged, and a pillar of blazing fire shot out from Natsu's mouth, creating a gap of several meters in the oncoming huge snow mountain.
The flames mixed with the snowflakes, and the heat that was unbearable for ordinary people melted the snow into water, which then evaporated into steam and finally disappeared without a trace.
Feeling what was happening behind them, Lucy and Happy also stood firm, staring blankly at Natsu who was struggling against the elements, with hope and excitement in their eyes.
"Are you saved?"
"As expected of Natsu!"
However, the threat from nature cannot be resolved so easily. The snow-capped mountains in front of them seem to be endless. Even if the fire dragon is soaring, it can hardly withstand the heavy snow that is coming one after another.
Natsu spit out the Fire Dragon Roar for nearly 3 minutes, but the follow-up firepower was still insufficient. He couldn't help but stop to catch his breath: "I'm so tired! "
“Ahhhh!!!”
“Don’t stop!!!”
The shouts could not stop the heavy snow from collapsing. With a loud bang, it swallowed up the two people and the cat in an instant. After that, the roar continued. The avalanche had not stopped yet and continued to move forward without stopping. It was not until ten minutes later that the place calmed down.
…
"This is the northern part of the Kingdom of Fiore. Look everyone, our airship is about to reach its destination. Beyond is the sacred peak, Zonia!" Kira said to everyone on the airship like a host, facing a magic crystal.
Gray, who was not far away , asked the people around him, "What is that Kira guy doing?"
Erza replied: "I heard that they will use the magic crystal to record it and show it to the children in the orphanage as a movie when they return."
Erza admired Kira's behavior. She herself was once an orphan, so she had some sympathy for the children in the orphanage and knew the importance of magic to them.
In front of the airship, snow-white peaks rose one after another, stretching endlessly. It was the largest, coldest, and most mysterious place in the north of the Kingdom of Fiore - the sacred peak, Zonia.
"According to rumors from long ago, there was once a battle here called the 'Black and White Goddess Showdown'. In the story, they fought for love, so is this really the case?
Is the so-called "Black and White Goddess" real? Is love really the reason for the war? What kind of person is the man trapped in the Shura Field? What is the truth behind all this?
Follow me, the 'Sage' Kira will solve all the mysteries for you, let's go find out together!"
