Chapter 4

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Not far from the 'Fairy Tail' guild, at the edge of Magnolia Town, there are many hills and forests.

These hills and forests are not ordinary places; they are truly dangerous areas for ordinary people.

In these hills and forests, there are many herbs with unique effects. Ordinary people could potentially become wealthy with just one or two of these herbs, but no ordinary person dares to enter these places to pick them.

The reason is simple: in addition to the various herbs with unique effects, there are also some fierce monsters here. Not just wild beasts, but true monsters. The terrifying giant wolves that Noah encountered a year ago, which were at least two meters tall, belong to this category. These are monsters that ordinary people cannot deal with, and only those with magic, the mages, can freely enter and exit these areas.

As the 'Fairy Tail' guild is one of the top mage guilds in the entire Fiore Kingdom, it is naturally located close to these dangerous areas. Many guild members often venture deep into these areas to pick herbs or hunt the monsters that ordinary people cannot deal with, completing various tasks.

Although Noah is still young, since being adopted by Makarov and joining the 'Fairy Tail' guild, he has, over the past year, been led by Makarov or some of the mages in the guild to venture into these dangerous areas at least ten times. While he cannot claim to know every detail, he is not completely unfamiliar with the environment, and as long as he does not go too deep, he will not be like a headless fly, bumping into things randomly.

In the past, he would only enter these dangerous areas under the guidance of Makarov or the mages in the guild. Now, being alone and not yet having learned magic, Noah naturally dares not go too deep. He stopped at the edge of a forest by a small river and did not proceed further.

"Phew..." He exhaled a white breath, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a handful of thumb-sized beads.

If one looked closely, one could see that these thumb-sized beads were covered with a faint, almost imperceptible glow.

After pulling out a large number of beads from his pocket, Noah did not hesitate for a moment and directly scattered them into the sky.

"Swish swish swish—!"

A moment later, a large number of beads fell from the sky, like a heavy rain.

As the beads rained down, Noah instinctively took a step back. Then, a powerful force, like a tangible light, surged out of his small body, like a storm.

"Buzz—!"

The powerful force, like a storm, rippled out and swept toward the beads falling from the sky, gently lifting them as if with a soft hand.

However, when the first bead, which was only the size of a thumb, was lifted, Noah felt a slight burden, as if a sandbag had suddenly been placed on his shoulders, causing him to shudder.

However, Noah had experienced this burden countless times over the past year since joining the 'Fairy Tail' guild, so he did not panic. Instead, he remained calm, and his magic power surged out continuously, causing a deep, resonant sound as it lifted the beads from the sky, making them float lightly around him.

One... two... three... four...

As the number of beads being lifted increased, Noah's expression gradually became more serious, his brows furrowed, and his muscles tensed. The magic power surging out of his body became even more intense, like a storm.

If a mage were here and felt the magic power surging out of Noah's body, they would be shocked.

Because the magic power surging out of Noah's body was already dozens of times stronger than that of an average mage!

At this level of magic power, even in the 'Fairy Tail' guild, which produces many excellent mages, Noah could rank in the top three!

And in this situation, Noah was still continuously releasing more magic power, making it even stronger!

Looking at Noah, who was only slightly serious but not out of breath, it was clear that this level of magic power was far from his limit, perhaps not even a tenth of it!

Using this level of magic power, not only could he lift beads the size of a thumb, but he could easily lift a massive rock as tall as a person!

However, when Noah used his magic power to lift the 111th bead, the bead only paused in the air for a moment before piercing through the magic power holding it and fell to the ground.

The fall of this bead seemed to trigger a chain reaction, causing more beads to pierce through the magic power and fall to the ground. Some beads were even directly repelled and scattered in all directions upon contact with the magic power.

"Thud thud thud thud..."

Immediately, the beads fell to the ground one after another, making a series of thuds. It took a long time for the noise to stop.

"Phew..." Noah exhaled again, looked at the beads floating around him, counted them, and his brows relaxed as he clenched his fists in excitement.

"133 beads! 25 more than yesterday! My control over magic power is getting better and better!"

Indeed, everything Noah was doing was to train his control over magic power!

These thumb-sized beads were not ordinary beads but magical items highly sensitive to the strength of magic power.

Each bead had a different level of repulsion to magic power. If the magic power applied to the bead matched its repulsion, the bead would float in the air. If the magic power was greater than the bead's repulsion, the bead would be repelled. Conversely, if the magic power was less than the bead's repulsion, the bead's repulsion would directly disperse the magic power, causing it to fall.

In other words, for Noah to make the beads he scattered into the sky float, he not only needed to judge the repulsion of each bead the moment his magic power touched it but also, in that brief moment, adjust the strength of the magic power to match the bead's repulsion. Only then could the bead float.

Through this training method, Noah's control over magic power improved to a shocking degree over the entire year. This level of control was sufficient to manipulate magic power several times stronger than that of an average mage with great skill. However, to control the magic power in Noah's body, which even Makarov found shocking, it was only just enough.

At least, it was only recently that Noah managed to control his magic power to a satisfactory level, preventing it from going out of control and causing a rampage.

It should be noted that during this year, Noah had several times caused his magic power to go out of control due to intense emotions, nearly destroying the 'Fairy Tail' guild!

Without Makarov, the 'Fairy Tail' guild would have had to be rebuilt many times.

Thinking about this, Noah's excitement over his improved control over magic power diminished somewhat. He picked up the beads from the ground and continued to train his control over magic power.

Noah was looking forward to the day when he could freely control his magic power.

On that day, Noah could begin to learn magic and take the first step toward becoming a mage.

What Noah did not realize was that, as he tirelessly trained his control over magic power, a short, old man was watching him from a distance.

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