BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!!
Innumerable ceremonial cannons rang out over the stadium of the Grand Magic Games.
All sorts of balloons flew into the sky, and the band played stirring music.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
The loudest sound of all was the cheering of the audience; who knew how many spectators were shouting together, making the entire venue vibrate slightly.
"What a shocking roar of applause..."
Erza heard that intense cheering even from inside the contestants' waiting room.
"There are too many people here!"
Lucy was also a bit intimidated.
"It's impossible for all of them to be mages from Fiore. A significant portion must be just ordinary citizens."
Gray analyzed. In Fiore, only one in ten people can use magic, but the mages who actually use it are even fewer. However, there are 113 guilds participating in the competition now; magic seems to be even more prevalent than it was seven years ago.
"Setting that aside, what is with these clothes?"
Natsu felt a bit awkward after putting on the custom Fairy Tail battle robes.
Lucy explained: "It's because the Master said we should wear consistent team uniforms."
"These are very nice clothes! I like them."
Erza was extremely satisfied with the clothes on her body.
Gray stood bare-chested: "Yeah, I like them too."
Lucy couldn't help but retort: "At least put the team uniform on before talking!"
Kael also finished changing into the team uniform in the dressing room. It was somewhat similar to the clothes Kael usually wore, still a high-collar short-sleeve, but the color had changed to a dark tone, with a small golden Fairy Tail badge on the front left chest and a large Fairy Tail badge on the back.
"Oh! It looks quite good on you! Kael."
Erza's eyes also lit up when she saw Kael put on the team uniform.
"Yeah! Kael, you look handsome all over in that!"
Lucy also agreed with Erza's viewpoint. Kael was already handsome, but in daily life he was somewhat unkempt, and since he always wore that one set of clothes, it was a bit of a visual fatigue. Now, changing into a different set of clothes was truly refreshing.
Kael nodded and smiled: "There's no doubt about the old man's aesthetic, but it seems kind of useless for me to wear it! I'll still turn into other forms after I use Take Over magic."
"That's true. By the way, where is that guy Laxus?"
Gray was somewhat confused. A month ago, Gildarts finally couldn't restrain his restless heart and went out to wander again. According to Gildarts' words, he isn't good at holding back, and if he went up and accidentally caused some irreparable accident, it would definitely affect Fairy Tail's reputation.
Gildarts was a born wanderer; if he stayed in one place for a long time, he would feel uncomfortable all over.
Gildarts aside, Laxus should at least be taking the field.
Kael smiled and said: "You'll find out in a bit. Alright, we should get ready to go out too."
[That time of year has finally arrived!! The annual magic festival!]
[The Grand Magic Games!!]
[I am your announcer, Chapati Lola. Also here is former Council member Mr. Yajima, acting as the commentator. Thank you very much for coming, Mr. Yajima.]
"It is my honor."
[The participating groups have finally arrived one after another. First to enter is the eighth place of the preliminaries, the Hounds of the Underworld, Quatro Cerberus!!]
"WHOOOO————!!"
"YEAH!!"
Several men who looked very wild walked out.
Intense cheers erupted from the audience. Although Quatro Cerberus isn't the top-most mage guild, it is still a first-class mage guild.
The Quatro Cerberus Master, Goldmine, laughed proudly: "Take the championship this year! Boys!!"
[Immediately following is the seventh place, a guild consisting entirely of female members, the Dancers of the Deep Blue Sea, Mermaid Heel!!]
The cheering from the audience became even more intense. Even though Mermaid Heel is all female, they are quite powerful. Of course, for some brutes, who wouldn't like a guild full of women?
[Sitting in sixth place are the azure wings that shine in the darkness, Blue Pegasus!!]
Ichiya entered with the Pegasus trio plus a beautiful woman. Except for Ichiya, they were all handsome men and beautiful women, drawing constant screams from the whole stadium.
"Ren~~!!"
"Master Hibiki~~!!"
"Eve!!"
"Ichiya is so gross!!!"
[The fifth place is the Holy Crusaders of Love and the Goddess of War, Lamia Scale!!]
"That's Jura!!"
"The real person?!!"
"It's really him!!"
While the audience cheered, they were also extremely shocked. Lamia Scale has always been in second place and is undoubtedly a top-tier mage guild.
But some people treat Lamia Scale as the strongest guild because there is a special existence in the Lamia Scale guild.
That is Jura, the fifth seat of the Ten Wizard Saints; he is the fifth-ranked mage in the entire Ishgar continent.
"How did you guys only get fifth place?! Are you actually working hard or not?!"
Granny Ooba heard "fifth" and was so angry that her fists spun in circles.
"I'm sorry, Granny, it's all because I was too clumsy that... ouch!"
[Next to enter is the fourth place. This is truly surprising. The one in fourth place is a guild participating for the first time! The Ravagers of Midnight, Raven Tail!!]
"Raven Tail?!"
"Isn't this?!"
"A dark guild!!"
Makarov's face immediately changed: "The Grand Magic Games actually allow a dark guild to participate?! Hah?!!"
Makarov roared angrily as the guild members hurriedly held him back.
"They just said it's a dark guild, right?"
"I'm certain I've never heard of that guild."
The surrounding audience couldn't help but look at each other after hearing Makarov's words.
[Looking at our official data, Raven Tail has existed for seven years, but it only has records of being evaluated as a light guild.]
Yajima said: "Since they were evaluated by the Magic Council, that means they aren't a dark guild, right?"
Makarov was furious: "That damn Ivan, how on earth did he fool the Magic Council's inspection."
[Alright, next is the entry of the third-place team from the preliminaries. Ohhh, this is truly unexpected. In third place is—Fairy Tail B Team!!]
"WHAT———?!!"
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