Rhode and the others were just curious, unaware that many spectators had been anticipating it for a long time.
The battle between these two was simply too gorgeous and captivating.
Unlike the refined visual experience of Gray and Leon, these two, one using snow and the other using flowers, brought a sense of pure beauty and brilliance in their combat.
Inside the arena, sometimes snowflakes flew, and other times flower petals scattered, making those who could only watch the match through the screen yearn to be on site to see if there was any fragrance.
Roses, rose blossoms, lilacs, lilies...
During the battle, Karg switched to one magic staff after another, using various flower magic, delivering a floral spectacle to the audience.
Ive gradually couldn't endure, so Karg seized the opportunity and unleashed a move called 'Poppy Corridor.'
Various colored poppy petals in red, white, purple, pink, and blue soared towards Ive, enveloping him completely.
When Ive ran left, the petals extended left; when he retreated, they extended backward, seemingly trapping him in a corridor made of petals with no escape.
Struggling for eight or nine seconds, Ive felt his limbs weaken, his eyelids heavy, and he hazily collapsed among the petals.
"In the third match of the battle section, Rays of the Rising Sun's Karg wins!"
"Ah—Karg!"
"Flower Prince! We love you!"
"Lord Karg!"
A group of fervent fans in the crowd shouted loudly for him, holding various banners and photos in support.
Karg glanced over, immediately flustered, turned his head away, and quickly returned to his team's waiting area.
Yeluo'er looked at the flustered Karg, teasingly said, "They love you~ Flower Prince~"
Karg blushed: "N-No, don't say such embarrassing names."
At this time, he saw Hibiki and Simon from Blue Pegasus entering to support Ive out, and quickly ran back to help dispel the magic on Ive, to avoid leaving any aftereffects.
Inevitable cries of 'he's so gentle' erupted among fans again, making Karg shyly flee the scene.
Hibiki watched his fleeing figure: "I think he needs some training at Blue Pegasus."
"Maybe." Simon slightly smiled.
Blue Pegasus is really character-building; when he first joined, he even felt like going to prison, but now he's slowly getting used to it.
Ive slowly awoke, weakly saying: "Later, let's invite him over, I feel he'll be quite popular in our guild..."
As for losing the match, Ive sheepishly smiled and immediately received collective understanding and encouragement from One Night and his companions.
"In the last match of the second day of the battle section, Mermaid's Heel's Mirena faces Dragon's Treasure's Silas!"
"Genki strongest!" Mirena energetically hopped a bit.
Kagura cautioned: "He appeared in the first match under stealth, be careful of his invisibility cloak and blowgun."
"No problem, watch my performance, Shenle!"
Mirena's battle went quite smoothly, as the previous match left petals all over the ground.
Even wearing an invisibility cloak, walking on it would easily reveal one's presence.
Mirena, using her cat-like agility, dodged Silas' magic blowgun, using a cat tail-like rope to firmly bind her opponent.
According to plan, Silas should demonstrate some escape magic tools when caught.
But he underestimated Mirena's 'Pipe Rope', rendering his magic power unusable after being bound.
He had only half finished reaching for his tools when Mirena jumped over, pinning him down and tying his fingers tightly.
'Finished, I'll get scolded when I go back.'
——Not getting points isn't a huge deal, but failing to pull out the tools means even the boss might lose his bonus!
Silas struggled a few times in vain, finally surrendering dejectedly and returning to his team crestfallen.
Mirena first waved to Erza, then to Simon, before doing a few flips and happily returning to her team.
Erza and Simon smiled seeing Mirena's bubbling enthusiasm.
"Winner, Mermaid's Heel, Mirena!" Pumpkin Man announced loudly, "The second day of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts competition has concluded, thanks to the efforts of all contestants and the support of the audience!"
On the commentary stand, Jabadi said, "The second day of competition has ended, let's review the scores."
The big screen timely displayed the scoreboard (illustrated).
"Fairy Tail B Team and A Team remain firm in first and second place! And B Team's total score is 40 points, meaning they won all four matches over two days!"
"COOL~COOOOOL!!!" Jason shouted excitedly, "So strong! This is Fairy Tail!"
Makarov looked dumbfounded, wanting to utter his catchphrase—what's up with this reporter?
Yajima smiled brightly, saying: "Congratulations to them."
Jabadi continued, "Sabertooth fell from third place to tie for sixth with Mermaid's Heel, they'll need to step up in the upcoming matches! Equally needing encouragement is Lamia Scale, let's wish them well!
"Also, congratulations to Rays of the Rising Sun and Dragon's Treasure for rising to the forefront, can they catch up with Fairy Tail? Let's wait and see!"
...
With the competition temporarily concluded, the first thing Rhode had to do was, of course, visit his wife.
At this moment, Mira was chatting with Bisca when Rhode arrived, overhearing half of Mira's question: "…How to maintain my figure?"
Bisca thought for a moment and replied, "I didn't do anything special, I feel after the breastfeeding period, regular exercise and going out for work has been sufficient to slim me down."
In fact, when Asuka was three or four months old, she often entrusted her to companions for care and went out for work herself.
At that time, the guild's situation wasn't great, and she didn't want Alzack to work too hard.
Rhode directly went over and hugged Mira, gently saying: "No need to worry about your figure, I love you as you are."
"Hm hm, sounds nice," Mira said. "I heard from Bisca that after some time I might experience irritability, emotional lows, various issues, then you might despise me."
"Despise is absolutely impossible, well... I'll go and consult Alzack for some experience later," Rhode earnestly said, then jokingly added, "If it really doesn't work, you can hit little brother Elfman to vent."
Elfman: "?"
Lisana laughed: "Brother-in-law, Brother Elfman asked Granny Porlyusica for dietary advice, and has been researching recipes up until now, you saying that is too heartless."
"Ah..." Rhode felt a pang of conscience and corrected himself, "Then hit Warm, it's now resilient yet soft."