"Hahahaha, Everyone, let them see Fairy Tail's true strength!" The Third Guild Master stood on the railing in the stands, his laughter hearty and loud, as if it would penetrate the entire arena.
He passionately waved his body, cheering on the people below, his eyes sparkling with determination and confidence.
At this moment, a discussion arose from the commentary stand:
"So, according to the final system, the teams are supposed to duel each other, but given the current state of these two teams, is it really possible to have a match?" Jabu Dirola asked Yajima beside him, his face full of doubt.
Yajima frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and replied, "Hmm… based on what I know about their previous battle situations, I think their guild should be fine! Isn't that right, Zorn? Haha." After speaking, Yajima turned his head, a playful smile on his face.
It was practically a direct taunt.
Zorn looked at the already boisterous Fairy Tail team and responded with a helpless smile:
"Haha, if it's them, then it's indeed as you say!" His gaze fell on Natsu and Gajeel, who were arguing face to face, both insisting they were the favorites to win the championship.
Just then, Natsu and Gajeel below grew even more agitated, their voices getting louder and louder.
"You two, behave yourselves! This is a tournament venue!" Erza suddenly appeared between the two, her eyes narrowed, revealing killing intent, her hands on their shoulders, applying slight pressure.
She directly crushed their intention to resist.
Finally, she looked directly at Laxus, who was standing to the side looking calm and collected, and said, "Laxus, as the captain, you're not even stopping them!"
"Well, isn't this quite interesting?"
However, Laxus was completely unfazed, instead showing an indifferent expression, then confidently and with strong fighting spirit, he looked directly at Everyone else present.
"You… you're as annoying as ever… In that case… I won't hold back either!" Erza was almost amused to anger by Laxus, but at the same time, she responded to Laxus's provocation with Haki, showing no weakness.
"Oh no… no way! Was I wrong to think that getting into the finals would be easy all this time?" Lucy almost burst into tears when she saw the two captains directly confronting each other.
At this moment, she finally realized that this competition was full of formidable opponents.
"Lucy, don't worry, even against so many strong opponents, I will never give up easily…" Wendy seemed to have suddenly matured, speaking to Lucy with firm and confident eyes.
"Ah, Wendy, you've really changed so much…" Lucy sighed helplessly.
Then she looked at Juvia, who was huddled next to Gray with hearts in her eyes, and could only shake her head and sigh, indicating she couldn't do anything about them.
"Elfman, you can do it!"
"Brother… Sister…" Elfman was also on the verge of tears at this moment.
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The other guilds nearby, looking at the two Fairy Tail teams at this moment, also had solemn expressions.
During the preliminaries, they had gained a deep understanding of Fairy Tail's true combat strength, especially the captains of the two teams—Erza and Laxus.
Both had impressive achievements that were astonishing: one of them could even single-handedly take on an entire guild!
Blueno knew the Fairy Tail group inside and out, especially the male member Gildarts, whose strength was terrifying.
At this moment, Blueno stared intently at Laxus, his fists clenched.
After successfully passing the preliminaries, Blueno, though he acknowledged the opponent's strength, felt that they were still quite inferior in comparison!
After all, he had also put in effort.
He was now specially pardoned by the Council and invited to join this guild as an instructor.
Although he didn't know the Council's intention, he benefited greatly from it.
At this moment, Blueno secretly calculated, a wicked smile appearing in his heart, yet his expression remained unusually calm.
On the other side, Kagura, the captain of Mermaid Heel, kept her gaze fixed on Erza, her eyes revealing an inexplicable and elusive malice.
"Alright, Everyone, thank you for waiting!" Jabu Dirola stood on the high platform, his gaze sweeping over the teams gathered below, nodding with satisfaction.
He took a deep breath, raised his voice, and shouted, "Now, let us officially begin the announcement of the Grand Magic Games program!"
As his words fell, a dull thud was heard, followed by a colossal stone tablet slowly emerging from the ground in the central clearing.
"There are actually two segments, sports and Showdown, on the same day!" Gray stared intently at the huge stone tablet, the corners of his mouth curving slightly upward, revealing a hint of excitement.
"Haha, this is getting more and more interesting!" he muttered to himself.
Natsu, beside him, was even more excited; he clenched his fists, and a roaring ball of flame instantly erupted.
"Awesome, it's finally time for the duels!" Natsu roared excitedly, his eyes gleaming with fiery light.
Just then, Jabu Dirola cleared his throat a few times, using the microphone to recapture Everyone's attention.
"Ahem… First, please allow me to explain the rules of this competition."
He paused, then continued, "We will score each participant based on their performance in the competition and rank them from first to eighth according to their scores. And the points each team receives will increase accordingly based on their ranking!"
At this point, Jabu Dirola paused briefly, giving the audience some time to process the information.
Then he continued, "As for the participants, each team can freely select one player to participate in this competition. So, please be sure to send out your best and strongest members!"
"Next is the highly anticipated battle segment! This segment will have a list of candidates selected by the fans through voting, and then the tournament organizers will determine the final battle matchups based on the actual situation!"
"These are today's competition events!"
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, discussions immediately broke out among the teams below.
"This means that if we're unlucky, we might start battling right after exhausting our magic in the competition event!" Lucy instantly analyzed the worst possible outcome, very worried.
"Mm-hmm, so you must pay attention to your magic consumption during the competition events!" Erza reminded.
"Battle scoring rules: 10 points for a win, 0 points for a loss, 5 points each for a draw."
"Now, for the first opening game of the competition event: Hidden and Hidden."
Everyone looked at the words displayed on the stone tablet, feeling a headache, unclear about the specific rules!
"Oh, first up is Ijeka from Quatro Cerberus!"
"Mermaid Heel is sending Beth Vanderwood!"
"Kingdom Guard—sending Gyosuke."
When the Kingdom Guard's chosen participant appeared, Gray paid special attention to him.
The person wore a shirt with a wave pattern, resembling a fisherman in appearance.
He had a rope-like headband, fish-like eyes, and thick lips.
"This guy is really special~" he murmured.
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