The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

The Harvest Festival, Magnolia's annual celebration, is also Fairy Tail's most lively costume parade of the year.

The whole city was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the citizens also put on almost uniform attire to prepare for the carnival day.

In recent years, driven by Kira, Magnolia has developed rapidly and has become a magical city in the Kingdom of Fiore that is almost comparable to the royal capital, so more and more people come to visit at this time.

As the only magic guild in Magnolia and the number one magic guild in the kingdom, Fairy Tail would participate in parades, perform magic performances, and even hold beauty pageants in previous years, but this year is different!

A few months ago…

"You said you want to hold a guild competition?"

In a certain villa, the short mayor looked at Kira strangely, "Hasn't your guild always held beauty pageants? Magnolia has been developing very well in recent years. I originally wanted to take advantage of this The gimmicks are heavily promoted to attract a wave of tourists, so why the sudden change?”

After deciding to determine Fairy Tail's strongest mage at the Harvest Festival, Kira approached the mayor and talked about her plans for this year.

"It's a beauty pageant every year, it's too boring!" Kira drank black tea and glanced at the short mayor opposite, "Even if you are an LSP, watching the same beauty pageants all the time will be boring."

Mayor: How could it be boring? It’s obviously great!

"The so-called magic guild should hold magic competitions to be interesting. Believe me, in the near future, competitions between magicians will definitely become a popular event across the country. By then, we, who will be the first to hold it, will definitely It will become famous!”

"Moreover, holding a magic event can also promote Fairy Tail and Magnolia. Next year, it will be replaced by a beauty contest. This will not only whet the appetite, but the popularity may also increase!"

Soon, the mayor agreed to the plan, because Kira had never made a mistake in her decision-making.

"So now, let's ask the mayor to promote it to the outside world. We can try to attract more tourists to watch. It will definitely be very lively by then!"

…

Two days ago, Fairy Tail Guild.

Kira stood on the second floor, holding a loudspeaker and shouted to his companions below: "That's it, everyone! The mayor has agreed. This year's Harvest Festival will be opened by our Fairy Tail with a wonderful magic competition. Let’s get started!!”

"Great!!"

"sharp!!"

"I'm on fire!!"

Cheers resounded throughout the guild!

Kira handed the trumpet to Marklov beside him, with a mixture of joy and sorrow on his face.

Fortunately, he was looking forward to this event, and he also had the support of the mayor; unfortunately, he was really afraid that these children would destroy Magnolia, and the loss would outweigh the gain.

Fortunately, Kira told him that the game would be held at a fixed venue, which made the worry on Marklov's face slightly lessen.

"Ahem...I will announce the rules of the competition now!"

Under the leadership of Kira, Erza, and Laxus, everyone fell silent and looked at Marklov.

"Except for me, Gildas, who is not here, and Hapi, everyone in the guild must participate in this event. You can't refuse!"

Some people looked at Mistergang in the corner. He remained silent as usual and covered himself tightly. Obviously, he also had to participate in this event.

Natsu shouted: "Why can't Happy participate? He is also our companion!"

"Then, this competition will be judged by the mayor, the old man..." Marklov said, raising his hand, "Disper, Hubby and the reporter from the magic newspaper!"

"Yo!"

"Why!"

Disper and Habi appeared next to Marklov one after another. The former was considered half-Fairy Tail, while the latter did not participate because he had no fighting ability.

"By the way, Happy will also be the mascot for our Fairy Tail's first magic convention!"

Happy, with his paws on his hips, proudly showed off: "That's it! I will be a star from now on!"

"In this competition, you can only use your own magic, and you cannot use other magic props."

Everyone looked at Kira again, this article was obviously aimed at him.

Unexpectedly, Kira seemed to have known it for a long time, and he nodded and said: "This is what I asked for, for the balance of the game. In addition to the magicians who hold the element, they can use their original equipment. , this time, no one, including me, can use special magic items."

"Finally," Marklov's voice once again attracted everyone's attention, "The winner of this competition will receive a reward of 1 million J and the [Fairy Tail's Strongest Person] trophy!! !”

"Ohhhhh!!!"

"I must get it!!!"

"What is the strongest thing? Obviously the president and Gildas are not involved..."

Although everyone knows that this honor is very important, they don't care, because with it, they can justifiably show off in front of others.

Laxus was bound to get this, Erza was very interested in it, Natsu, Gajeel, Gray and others also made bold statements, saying that they must get it. As for Kira, he was already thinking about how to spend the 100 With a prize money of 10,000 J, where should I place the solid gold trophy, and how should I insert various advertisements in the competition?

Unlike others, he is currently busy planning advertising campaigns, figure peripherals, and future endorsements with the mayor.

…

Now, Magnolia Arena.

A few years ago, the mayor, at Kira's suggestion, set aside a large area of ​​land in the city specifically as a venue for various events. Now, after several months of preparations for this competition, we finally arrived. The renovation was completed before the Harvest Festival.

The entire competition venue is similar to the venue where the Great Demon Fight was performed in the original time and space, but the area is smaller. However, the scale is large enough to accommodate the residents who come to watch the competition, as well as the tourists who come from nearby.

There was a roar of people and cheers.

On the judges' table, in the middle sat President Marklov, the mayor of Magnolia, and the host of this competition, Disper, with reporters on both sides who were invited to visit, and the mascot Habi. .

Let Dispere be the host, mainly out of sympathy for the fact that the chairman is old and lacks the energy; for the other two, the reporter is a special guest and an outsider, so it is inappropriate; as for the mayor... who dares to let the mayor do it? host?

So in the end, this task could only fall on Disper, of course, in order to take advantage of his handsome image and facilitate the placement of advertisements.

Behind them is a huge screen. The screen is divided into several parts. It shoots the playing field from different directions and transmits the images through the magic crystal.

With the enthusiasm of the audience, Disper, Marklov, the mayor and reporters explained the schedule of this [Magnolia's First Magic Conference] to the audience word by word.

The schedule is divided into the following points:

Qualifier [Escape from the Maze]:

The five-story maze has 4 entrances and 1 exit. There are many mechanisms and complex traps in the maze. Only the first 30 members who escape the maze are eligible to enter the preliminary round;

If the final number of people is less than 30, the person closest to the maze exit will be the supplement;

In addition to trap rules, other magicians cannot be attacked;

The maze cannot be destroyed;

PS: Although the material of the maze is special and cannot be destroyed easily, magicians should also pay attention to the severity.

Preliminary round [Territorial Attack and Defense Battle]:

The 30 members who enter the preliminary round will be divided into six teams, each team has 5 people, and will engage in territory attack and defense in the same terrain;

Each team protects its own territory and attacks its own targets, that is, three one-on-one games are conducted at the same time, and capturing other people's territories is ineffective;

When one of the two hostile teams captures the opposite territory, the game between the two teams ends and the players appear;

After the judges discussed and evaluated the contribution of the wizards in each team, each team received 10/8/6/4/2 points. Each of the three winning teams added 2 points, and then added/subtracted 2/1 according to the length of the game. /0 marks;

Rematch [Hostile Battle]:

After the preliminary round, the top 16 players will be ranked in the top 8 based on their scores.

Then came the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. Each event took up one day, and the entire competition lasted six days. The seventh day happened to be the harvest festival.

Ribbons fluttered, cheers continued, and the crowd roared. Dispert stood up with a microphone.

"Magnolia's first magic convention has officially begun!!!"