Chapter 22: Natsu vs. Zancrow

Hearing this, Zancrow was a bit surprised, but Zancrow started laughing maniacally.

"HAHAHA! That was the lamest joke I've ever heard. Are you here for me? Like I would believe, some random kid was spouting some nonsense. Get ready to die from my godly flame kid." said Zancrow aiming black flames at Natsu's direction.

Natsu didn't bother dodging the flame. He wanted to understand these flames for his use. Soon, dust scattered around Natsu, preventing Zancrow from seeing his actions.

Natsu tried to eat the flame, but just like in the anime, he couldn't do it without emptying his magic. It just stung him a bit but didn't do much damage.

'This is going to be troublesome.' thought Natsu with a sigh.

Zancrow was laughing maniacally watching this, but his expression turned into a serious one after Natsu came out from his attack unscathed.

"You gotta be kidding me. How did you come out from my attack without any injury? That shouldn't be possible." shouted Zancrow in disbelief.

"It did hurt me a bit just like an ant bite. Since you've introduced your flames, let me show you mine as well. FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR," said Natsu nonchalantly, then inhaling a large amount of air and throwing a gigantic fireball towards Zancrow.

Zancrow was terrified seeing the incoming attack, so he wasn't able to dodge it. Soon, a massive explosion occurred with him in the center, scattering dust and orange flames everywhere.

Then, all the flames got sucked into a single point like a vacuum. When the dust settles down, Zancrow was patting his belly in a satisfied expression like he just had a delicious meal.

"Ah!!! That was by far the best flame I've ever tasted. Now I understand why you were able to come out from my attack without any injury. You're a Fire Dragon Slayer, aren't you? So what? Let me show you that my godly flames are Superior to your filthy lizard flame HAHAHA." said Zancrow in a psychotic grin laughing maniacally.

Then, he released a massive stream of black flames at Natsu from his arms by launching his arms forward in a punch-like motion. "FIRE GOD'S EXPLOSIVE FLAME"

"FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST," shouted Natsu engulfing his costs in orange flames countering Zancrow's attack.

"So you do have some experience in combat. So what? I'll show you a puny lizard Slayer should bow down his head in front of the mighty God Slayer HAHAHA." shouted Zancrow trading punches and kicks with Natsu, who dodged it accordingly and returned with his attacks.

Seeing that his attack wasn't doing much damage to Natsu, Zancrow jumped away from Natsu and shouted, "FIRE GOD'S SCYTHE."

Then, he formed a scythe of black flames off of one arm and tried to cut down Natsu with it.

Natsu calmy dodged it and returned the attack with a kick ignited by his flames shouting "FIRE DRAGON'S CLAW."

Zancrow was sent flying away. Seeing his chance, Natsu ignited both his hands in flame and brought them together, creating a giant fireball throwing it towards Zancrow while shouting " FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAME."

Seeing the incoming attack, Zancrow spread his arms and legs and unleashed a gigantic fireball of black flames towards it to counter the attack shouting " FIRE GOD'S KAGATSUCHI."

An enormous explosion occurred spreading black and orange flames everywhere in the village, further destroying it. Most of the citizens had left the village, so it was just an empty village now.

Natsu and Zancrow emerged from the explosion. Natsu was fine with just some tattered clothes; meanwhile, Zancrow looked a bit tired but still with a psychotic grin on his face.

All the flames surrounding us were quickly sucked by Zancrow to recover his magic. He then burped with a satisfied expression.

"HAHAHAHAHA, that was a satisfying fight. You lost filthy lizard Slayer. I can regain my magic by eating all these leftover flames, including yours, but you can never feed on my fire. Just accept your defeat and let me kill you." said Zancrow with an evil smirk.

"You can try it, you crazy bastard. I'm going to wipe that smug expression off your face," said Natsu taunting Zancrow, showing his middle finger.

'Eat all my flames, bastard! It will make it easier for me to assimilate with your God Slayer flames after emptying my magic. Then, I'll show you who's the boss.' thought Natsu internally.

Then, they continued their battle. They attacked each other using different magic attacks, punches, kicks, and headbutts. Zancrow would always suck nearby flames to regain his magic and continue battling while Natsu continued to get tired slowly.

After battling for more than 5 hours, during which the village was nothing more than ashes, Natsu finally emptied his magic. Zancrow punched him with black flames surrounding it, and Natsu was sent flying away.

"Finally, getting tired, huh? That was the longest battle I've ever fought bastard. Just how much magic do you have? Anyway, just get ready to die. I'll kill you using everything I have left. FIRE GOD'S BELLOW," said Zancrow shouting his attack name. Then, he breathed out a massive fireball of black flames with some orange glow mixed it at Natsu.

Soon, a massive explosion occurred spreading flames everywhere. Zancrow was satisfied watching the destruction and wanted to leave, but something unexpected happened that made him stand there frozen with an expression of disbelief.

All his flames were getting sucked by Natsu.

'Finally! I was tired of waiting for this. I can feel the godly flame integrating with me. This is it! The final piece to complete my Amaterasu flame was a godly flame like I thought.' thought Natsu internally with a Glee.

Then he just turned towards Zancrow with an evil grin. Zancrow was terrified of watching his expression. Natsu just started walking toward the terrified Zancrow with an evi smirk.

"Oh, Zancrow, you don't know how happy I am now. Thanks to you, I've finally completed a troublesome flame. Let repay you for all the damage you've dealt me using my new mastered flame." Natsu said with a psychotic grin of his own, which terrified Zancrow.

Then, he brought pitch-black flames in his hands and brought it closer to Zancrow. Zancrow was afraid of seeing the flame. It was, even more, darker than his flames, and his instinct screamed at him to run away from the fire, but he was too tired to run away, so he just screamed. "NO!!! Take that flame away. I don't want to die."

But Natsu didn't care about him a single bit but just said. "Amaterasu: Devour"

He threw the flame at Zancrow's body, and it instantly pulverized his body, leaving behind burning fires in the ground.

"Return," shouted Natsu, and all the flames returned back to his body.

'This is epic. Now I don't need to worry about losing control. I guess I should thank Zancrow properly for this, haha..." thought Natsu internally while laughing.

"Time to return back to the guild. My deep condolences to everyone that died today. I'm no saint, so those who made it alive better be grateful for it." said Natsu leaving the village.

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