Calla is the name of a village, that just happened to be close to a certain forest.
In such a village, lies a man called Zich.
Zich is a former knight, and now a hunter belonging to this village.
Besides this background, there nothing special about the man named Zich besides one other thing. His head is round, very round, even his eyes also rounded as well.
And yet, in this world, such appearances are often commonplace. It also not even strange to see people in this world, that has boxed shaped heads, never mind the circle round face that Zich is born with.
Zich stood at the doorway of his house, as he looked at the leather hunting armour on his body, and even the longbow attached on his back.
Around this time of the year, when summer just comes around, it is the time of the year, when Zich begins to hunt for meat for the village, especially before winter comes before them.
This is his role in this village, hunt for meet, as his wife, who born in Calla, either smokes or dries the meat he hunts down.
As Zich walked out of his house, saying goodbye to his sweet wife. Zich who on his way out of the village, noticed an old man on his way out.
The old man happened to be the village chef of this village.
"Zich, is it this time of the year again?" Went the village chef, as he looked at Zich.
"Yes, it is this time again, and don't worry I will also make sure to check the hut by the lake as well. I normally treat the place, as my base when I hunt… speaking of which, I think I left my flask there…" Zich told, remember the flask he has left.
It wasn't normal flask, but a Magic Tool, it has the ability to clean itself, which explained why it cost him 5,000 Jewels, instead of 300 Jewels a flask like that normally will cost him.
(AN: 1 Jewel is 1 yen. 100 yen is $1. $50 and $3)
"I see, I am thankful for it. I still remember the day, when that Wizard came to our village many years ago. Asking us to build that hut for him, while also paying for the cost, and helping around the village. He was a nice man." Went the village elder, recalling something from the past.
Zich didn't say a word at this.
This wasn't the first time he heard about the Wizard themselves.
In Calla, this wizard is very famous, even if the younger generation has never met the guy, but they too has heard of the tales told by the old generation of this village.
Not to mention, even his wife knew this wizard is, as she was only a child around that time herself.
"I bet he is; it is a shame I never met him." Zich simply went, pleasing the elder before him.
"It is from a long time ago… never mind that. I don't want to keep you long from your hunt, your hunting is very important to us, especially when the winter comes. But be careful, while Monsters don't often roam the forest, in my childhood they did, there is no telling when they might resurface." Went the village elder.
"Don't worry, I know very well, how dangerous Monsters can be." Zich said, as he only can bitterly smiled at this warm warning from the chef of the village.
Zich is no fool, he knew as a normal human who cannot use Magic Power, it will be nothing but a one way ticket to the afterlife trying to face a Monster.
Of course, as the former knight he is. Zich knew with his bare hands, he could deal with a lesser E-Class monster, with his current hunting gear, he might can face one or two E-Class monsters.
But D-Class?
If he were to attack them without them noticing, forming a sneak attack, maybe he could.
C-Class?
That simply impossible, without Magic, or Magic Items, it will be impossible to harm such Monsters.
In this world, the role of Knights are a special one. Even if Knights can be Wizards, they are normally normal people like Zich is.
And yet, what makes a Knight special, is the Magic Items they use as armour, as their blade or spear. Because of this, even the lowest tier Knight, can even handle Monsters of D-Class or above with ease or no tricks.
However, even if Zich once worn such Magic Items and used them as well. It is a shame, he is not allowed to kept his armour or sword from his days as a low ranking Knight, since such Magic Items belonged to the Kingdom or noble household themselves.
And yet again, in the forest he is heading to, has no such monsters, or if they were, he doubt to face a monster higher then E-Class.
As he says his goodbyes to the elder chef, Zich made his way to the forest. Making his way to the shack by the lake.
Zich remembered when he was told the hut next to the lake, has a ward or something cast on the hut itself.
This prevented both wildlife and monsters from certain levels, from entering the area never the hut.
Only exceptions will be the fishes in the lake, but besides that, no Monster or wildlife will enter near the hut, making it the reason why Zich uses that hut as his base of operations, since it is the safest place in that forest.
Entering the forest, and making his way to the hut, Zich suddenly halted his steps. As he felt something is off in this forest he entered.
Then it clicked. Since entering the forest, there been no signs of animals, not even birds within the sky.
It is odd to Zich, because this part of the forest, is usually homes to small animals like rabbits, birds, and even squirrels.
And yet, there is none.
No flocks of birds flying over him, no scurry of squirrels to stalk Zich, or rabbits that can be spotted, before they run away when they knew they had been seen.
This alarmed Zich, as the experienced hunter he is, he knew what this meant.
He knew if there no sighs of small animals anywhere. That only means, something dangerous has made their home here.
But the question is… what that is?
Was it an animal?
Or was it a Monster?
Zich felt sweat down his spine, knowing if he not careful, today might be his last. Nevertheless he has to found out if that is true, that is also his role as a hunter, and a former Knight, he has to make sure what kind of threat that made this area of the forest as their new home.
Then it happened.
As Zich still making his way to the hut, knowing the ward placed there, will protect him.
Or that was the plan, before he saw it, the unbelievable sight right before him.
Zich's face became blank, as he stared at the chaos before him.
Trees either snapped in halves or shattered in pieces. Cracks on the ground, and among the cracks, there also many holes, holes that Zich mistaken as footprints in his feared filled round eyes.
No matter how Zich looks at it, it looks like a horde of monsters has ruined this part of the forest. And to make matters worse, they no low ranking Monsters, that could destroy trees if they made of paper… but the question is it the work of a horde, or just one Monster?
Zich felt cold sweat down his spine, because he knew, only C-Class or above level Monsters can form such feats. This meant it is a horde of C-Class Monsters, or worse yet… B-Class or above.
That is why, Zich didn't dare to go forward, he already has his proof, this chaos before him, that something is wrong in this forest.
Because of that, Zich run back to Calla, fearing he might be caught by the Monsters that has found home to the forest near their village!
When Zich came back to Calla, he reported what he found to the Village Chef, who did what anyone will do in this world. They requested the aid of Wizards, not any normal Wizards at that.
They reported to guild that Wizard, that has visited Calla a long time ago, used to belong to.
And that guild?
It is known by many names.
The Strongest Guild In Fiore.
And the most chaotic Guild in Fiore.
Fairy Tail.
No one will expect, because of a single mission, a single misunderstanding, will lead between a fateful encounter between a clueless future walking disaster, and a very chaotic group.
Is about to happened.
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Magnolia.
It is the name of a town, that exists within the Fiore Kingdom, and it not just any kind of town, in the town that can be mistaken as a city by the size of the town itself.
Lies the home of the strongest guild in Fiore.
And that guild is known as Fairy Tail.
If anyone were to ask, what they think of the strongest guild, and the Fairy Wizards, that came from that guild.
Many will call them bold; some will call them adventurous. And there are those who say how friendly they are.
But one thing they all will say, they are a heroic guild, the strongest, and yet most chaotic guild within the Fiore Kingdom.
And right now, in the two story high building, lies the heart of Fairy Tail.
In the main office that only the guild masters of the Fairy Tail Guild can use, lies a short old man called Makarov Dreyar, the 3rd Guild Master of Fairy Tail himself.
Makarov is an old man, who is very short for even for his own age. The only white hair Makarov has, is the outer rim of his head, along with a thick white moustache.
Dressed in white shirt, that has the crest of Fairy Tail on it, Makarov sighed, as he looked at the paper before him. Which is basically another complaint from the Magic Council.
Flames soon burn the complaint within Makarov's hand, showing how much interest and dislike Makarov has towards the Magic Council itself.
It is no wonder why, as beliefs of Fairy Tail and the Magic Council's nature often crash with each other. But that for another time.
As Makarov burnt the paper, he noticed a new Mission that has come, report of a Monster sighting near a village called Calla.