"Good evening to all the guilds gathered here to participate in the "Great Demon Director's Martial Arts"!" Above the sky, an illusory figure wearing a pumpkin helmet quietly appeared, and a loud voice spread throughout the town, saying loudly: "Welcome everyone
To participate in this year's "Great Demon Director's Martial Arts", in order to reduce the number of participating teams from 125 to 8, we are now about to start the "qualifiers."
"125...Ouch! There are more and more guilds participating in the competition!" Gray muttered in surprise when he saw the 3D projection appearing in the sky.
"The rules of the qualifiers are very simple. You can officially participate in the competition from now on. The end point is the conference venue. The first eight teams to arrive will be qualified to participate in the "semi-finals". Then, the competition...
··start!"
boom!
As the last words of Pumpkin Head fell, the whole town suddenly changed drastically. A large number of houses began to move, some rose, some fell, and some even cracked...
For a moment, it was as if the whole town came alive.
Everyone in the town was shocked. Every year, the content of the "Great Demon Fighting" competition is different. But like now, even "Fairy Tail" and "Sword-biting Tiger" have been in the finals for many years.
, "Green Pegasus", "Snake Princess Scales"... and other large guilds were also seen for the first time.
The shaking lasted for about a minute.
When everything calmed down, the scene in front of everyone suddenly changed drastically.
The "town" disappeared directly, and was replaced by a huge magical arena that was almost suspended in mid-air and filled with various levels.
"Let's go!"
After a brief shock, the "Fairy Tail" people were the first to react, stepped directly onto the stone road floating in mid-air, and were the first to rush out.
Seeing this, other guilds followed suit...
In the blink of an eye.
All the contestants in the hotel took their stance, except for the presidents of the major guilds and the remaining members who came to cheer. They stood on the edge of the hotel, silently praying for their fellow guilds.
After Erza and others left, Ur also climbed up from the bed, raised his head slightly and glanced at the battlefield outside the window, and whispered: "It has finally begun!"
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"Has it finally begun!" The Emerald Princess in a gorgeous dress looked at the "magic arena" emerging in the sky from the referee's seat of the Great Demon Director's martial arts venue and whispered with deep eyes.
"Arcadios, how is the plan prepared?"
"Everything is ready, Princess."
Behind the Emerald Princess, Arcadios, the leader of the Sakura Knights with a thin and resolute face, wearing knight armor, spoke.
"Then, let's start now! The "Solar Eclipse" plan can only succeed, not fail."
"clear!"
Arcadios responded with a firm face, turned around and left the place, leaving only the Emerald Princess looking up at the arena in the sky, her expression gradually becoming complicated...
In fact, she doesn't know whether what she is doing is right or wrong, but if it is true as "that person" said, then she only has this choice.
Because whether it is a "failure of the plan" or a lack of care, the Kingdom of Fiore will only end in destruction.
The only way to successfully save the Kingdom of Fiore is to make the "Eclipse" plan succeed.
to this end.
Even if you have to sacrifice something along the way, you won't hesitate.
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In the first level of the arena, the state of "Fairy Tail" and the others... well, not very good.
Although compared with the original work, the current "Fairy Tail" people have increased a lot in terms of competition experience and their own strength, but "wave" seems to be Fairy Tail's nature.
No matter how much advantage these guys have, they will be turned into a disadvantage in the early stage, just like "you can't show off if you don't have blood remaining".
Until halfway through the race.
The "Fairy Tail" team finally regained their senses and started to show off like crazy, constantly defeating enemies one by one, obtaining level maps, and their rankings began to rise rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye...
In the end, he defeated the "Sword-biting Tiger" with a gap of several seconds and successfully won the first place in the "qualifiers".
An hour later.
Subsequent teams arrived at the finish line one after another.
In the end, the list of magician guilds that qualified for the "semi-finals" is as follows:
First place: Fairy Tail
Second place: Sword-Bite Tiger
Third place: Scales of the Snake Princess
Fourth place: Cyan Pegasus
Fifth place: Mermaid’s Heel
Sixth place: Four hounds
Seventh place: Crow Tail
Eighth place: Fist of Mountain Monkey
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Because of Ur, this time's qualifying competition is very different from the original one. One is the ranking, and the other is the team.
In the original work, the team that won the first place should be "Sword-biting Tiger", but now it has become "Fairy Tail". In addition, it is about the team issue. In the original work, "Fairy Tail" is divided into two teams: AB.
, because he wanted to increase his chances of winning the championship, but this time, Makarov did not make such arrangements, so the quota originally belonging to "Fairy Tail Team B" was replaced by a new guild.
Another thing that surprised Ur was that he didn't expect that Ivan would whitewash his guild and then come to participate in the "Great Demon Director's War" just like in the original work.
To know.
In the original work, almost all of Ivan’s “capable men” have been chopped off by Ur!
"Is this guy really going to change his ways like this?"
Ur murmured a few words in his heart, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, with the current strength of "Fairy Tail", basically just a few people can easily deal with Ivan, who is "not as good as above, but not as good as below".
"Superfluous" waste.
At the end of the qualifying round, there will be a short break.
Natsu and others came to the lounge of the venue in great excitement, and just as they were about to show off their victory, Makarov scolded him and pulled him into the room.
It was indeed very difficult to win the "qualifiers" this time, and he was almost overtaken by the "Sword-biting Tiger". Naturally, Makarov would not be satisfied with this kind of performance. After all, whether the "Great Demon Director" can win the championship, but it involves
Membership fee to "Fairy Tail"!
Makarov called everyone back to the lounge of the venue, and then together with the "Elf Strategist" began to discuss the next "semi-finals" strategy...
soon.
The sky is getting brighter.
Accompanied by the roar of salutes, the second game of "The Great Demon's Martial Arts" officially kicked off...