Chapter 10: Destroying a Mountain Peak
Shun roared and was the first to charge at the group of Vulcans.
"Shun!!"
Seeing Shun charge, Erza immediately followed. A Fairy Tail Mage would never abandon a comrade or let them face danger alone.
"Ohohohoho————!!!"
The numerous Vulcans also charged at Shun in unison.
Shun waved his sharp claws; each swing inflicted terrifying wounds on the Vulcans.
The Vulcans weren't pushovers either, all blasting attacks towards Shun.
Bang!
Shun's body was hit by a Vulcan's fist.
Crack!
The ground beneath Shun's feet shattered.
"Shun!!"
Erza was extremely worried when she saw this.
However, Shun acted as if nothing had happened, a savage smile appearing on his face.
With a wave of his claw, a red afterimage flashed before the Vulcan.
Splurt!
A large amount of blood sprayed from the Vulcan's neck, and it fell down, clutching its neck in disbelief.
After killing this Vulcan, he continued to charge at the others.
In an instant, the roars and screams of the Vulcans intertwined.
Shun was knocked down by the Vulcans several times, but he quickly stood up again and continued fighting.
It was as if he were an undying warrior.
This scene made Erza watch somewhat dazed: "How... how... is this possible?!"
After quite a while, the slaughter ceased.
A mountain of corpses formed by Vulcan bodies appeared before Erza's eyes. Shun squatted at the very top of this corpse mountain, elegantly swaying his tail, like a beast king of the polar lands.
Looking at Shun in this posture, Erza couldn't help but hold her breath.
Suddenly, Rumble————!!!
A violent vibration occurred.
Erza looked up and saw the accumulated snow on the mountaintop surging down like a giant wave.
"Avalanche!!!"
Erza couldn't help but reveal a look of terror. In the snow mountains, the most terrifying thing wasn't magical beasts, but avalanches. If buried in the snow, even a Mage's life would be in danger.
"Shun! Run!!"
Seeing the avalanche, Erza ignored everything else and immediately tried to take Shun and flee.
Shun, however, remained motionless squatting atop the mountain of corpses. Watching the avalanche rushing down from the mountaintop, he didn't move but slowly opened his mouth.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh————!!!
A large amount of energy continuously gathered in front of Shun's mouth, forming a purple energy ball.
Tailed Beast Ball.
The ultimate technique of a Tailed Beast.
It is also an S-rank ninjutsu that a Jinchūriki can use when transformed into a Tailed Beast.
Shun could also use it after breaking through to One-Tail, but he had never used it until now; this was his first time.
Whoosh————!!!
A huge beam of energy shot out from in front of Shun's mouth.
Boom————!!!
The snow that was about to engulf Shun and Erza, like a giant wave, was instantly hit by this beam of energy.
The unstoppable avalanche was evaporated in an instant.
But it wasn't over. The energy beam continued to shoot towards the peak of Mt. Hakobe.
Boom————!!!!
A blinding light erupted from the mountaintop, followed by a terrifying explosion.
Immediately after, the earth shook and the mountains trembled, as massive amounts of debris crumbled downwards.
"Ah——!!"
Erza was still just a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, and she couldn't help but scream in fright.
Suddenly, Erza felt her body being picked up, moving rapidly.
Erza looked up and saw that Shun was holding her in his arms, running quickly, constantly dodging the falling boulders.
Looking at Shun's handsome and somewhat charming face, Erza was momentarily entranced.
It took quite a while for the vibrations to subside.
Shun put Erza down: "Sorry, I got a little too serious with the fight just now. I didn't expect it to trigger an avalanche. Erza, you aren't hurt, are you?"
"No... not really..."
Only then did Erza react, her face instantly flushing slightly red.
A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl is at the age where love begins to bloom. Shun was caring, considerate, handsome, and incredibly strong; naturally, he would garner a lot of goodwill from a girl.
"It's good that you're not hurt. If you got hurt because of me, I would die of guilt."
Shun's gentle words made Erza's heart pound.
At this moment, Erza looked at the scenery of Mt. Hakobe in the distance.
She couldn't help but widen her eyes, her pupils contracting.
"How is that possible?!!"
She saw that a section of the distant peak of Mt. Hakobe was missing.
Obviously, it had been destroyed by the attack Shun unleashed just now.
Seeing this, Shun also scratched his head in embarrassment and said awkwardly: "I saw the avalanche just now, and in the heat of the moment... I accidentally destroyed the peak of Mt. Hakobe."
"It shouldn't... probably... be a big deal... hmm..."
In the end, Shun felt a bit guilty.
He was a person from a law-abiding society. Forget blowing up a mountain peak; he didn't even know how much the fine would be for cutting down a tree.
There's a saying: set fire to the mountain, sit in prison until the bottom wears out.
Causing such great destruction for the first time, he was panicked too.
He had just joined Fairy Tail, yet he had already caught the Fairy Tail bug of loving to cause destruction.
By the way, they wouldn't ask him to pay for this, would they?
Erza, on the other hand, didn't think about these things like Shun. She was completely frightened by the destructive power of Shun's Tailed Beast Ball right now.
To be able to create such terrifying destruction just after learning to use magic—is he really human? That's too scary.
Has Shun's strength reached this level?
This made the always strong Erza feel a slight blow to her self-confidence.
But she quickly pulled herself together. From today on, Shun was her strongest rival. She would train hard with surpassing Shun as her goal, and then surpass him.