The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

"What a close call, I almost got hit!"

Kira escaped a three-company trap and continued to go up, "This mechanism is too dense! How much preparation has the president made?"

Because there were so many traps, many people got trapped while moving up.

At this time, Kira had already abandoned the others and walked alone.

This maze was enchanted, and the inside was actually much larger than it looked from the outside. Kira knew that he couldn't rush, as the more hastily he was, the easier it would be to trigger traps. If he didn't react in time, it would be over, and there were so many people watching outside!

There must be no embarrassment!

[Moving speed is too low! Trigger the mechanism! 】

"I'll go! I forgot about this!" Kira regretted, "You shot yourself in the foot!"

At this time, the trap of the maze changed again...

[Complete the puzzle in 3 minutes, and you will get the whole person props if you succeed, if you fail, you will be sent to a random location! 】

Kira breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh, okay, it's just an 8×8 puzzle. This thing can't be difficult for me..."

2 minutes and 59 seconds later...

[Obtain person-killing props, a thousand-piece puzzle, and you can designate a person who is not in the trap to use. 】

"What a risk, what a risk!" Kira patted his heart with lingering fear, then showed an evil smile, "Hehehe, designated Laxus!"

[Specification is invalid! 】

"Huh?" Kira didn't expect this to happen. In his opinion, Laxus should be able to avoid those traps.

"I don't know what that guy is trapped in, so it's Philid!"

[Specification is invalid! 】

"Bigusro?"

[Specification is invalid! 】

"Abba Green?"

[Specification is invalid! 】

"Good guy, the whole army is wiped out? So miserable! Then... Erza?"

[Designation successful! 】

"Well, that's fun!"

…

[You have become the target of the props, please complete the thousand-piece puzzle! 】

"Nani?" Erza, who had just completed the [holding her breath underwater] punishment, was stunned for a moment, then became furious, "Which bastard is that?!"

…

[You have been given props to tease someone, please designate one person to take off their shirt! 】

"This...it's not good to offend everyone. Forget it, just go with Gray!"

[Specification is invalid! The effect rebounds! 】

"I wipe it?!"

…

[You have obtained the props to complete the dance! Please designate one person to complete the dance! 】

"Kira!"

[You have obtained the props to treat people, please designate one person to crawl for 3 minutes! 】

"Kira!!"

[You get props to punish people...]

"Kira!!!"

"Put it all on me, that bastard Kira!!!"

When the competition reached a certain point, almost all the contestants who had received the tools to inflict insults designated Kira as their target, the culprit who had caused them so much humiliation.

However……

[Specification is invalid! 】

It was useful at first, but gradually it became impossible to specify. As a result, you had to find another person or bear the effect of the rebound.

…

"Fortunately, I got this thing, otherwise I would have been beaten to death by those guys!"

Looking at the [Life-saving Talisman] in his hand with lingering fear, Kira felt lucky.

[Life-saving Talisman: Traps and personal-killing props will be ineffective against you within 5 minutes]

"Run now!"

…

On the field, the audience watched with gusto.

"These props are so interesting!"

"The people at Fairy Tail are so interesting!"

"Hahaha, that guy dressed as a woman is Laxus from Fairy Tail, right? I recognize him! He is Marklov's grandson!"

Marklov's face turned red: "Didn't you say you were escaping from the big maze? How come it turned into a big maze where people were killed?"

‘What if the guild is ridiculed by the entire Kingdom of Fiore in the future, how can I face the first and second generations? ’

Disper held Happy and smiled without saying a word.

Fortunately, both the judges and the audience enjoyed it all. They were immersed in the spontaneous joy of their hearts without any intention of ridicule or contempt.

…

There are many traps in the maze, but less than half are designed to delay the progress of the contestants. There are also many other types, such as truth, dare, and punishment. The bad taste is obvious.

"Phew, it's finally here!"

Relying on the [Life-Saving Talisman] and her original familiarity with the maze, Kira reached the finish line first.

The end point is not a door. The door you see outside the building is actually just a decoration. The real end point is a crystal ball placed on the fifth floor of the maze. After being triggered for the first time, it will be randomly transferred to somewhere in the maze.

In other words, even if they reach the 5th floor, they will eventually find that there are only traps and no exits, and the original entrance has long been closed, so they can only try their luck in various traps. The true meaning of maze.

The moment Kira touched him, a voice echoed throughout the maze.

[Congratulations to Kira for finding the exit of the maze! 】

【Maze changes! 】

【Everyone can use magic! 】

【Traps increased! 】

Four prompts in a row made everyone's hearts move, some were happy and some were sad.

"Look! The maze is moving!"

"It's much easier if you can use magic..."

"The traps are already so dense, are there more to come?"

"I knew I should follow that guy Kira!"

With his magic restored, Laxus immediately turned into lightning and rushed upwards. At the same time, everyone with the ability to fly also flew directly upwards.

Erza put on the black feather armor; the Thunder Gods also showed their magical powers; Wakaba used the smoke to lift into the sky; Gray created ice stairs and brought a group of people with him...

"Hurry up, hurry up, there are only 30 places, and now there are only 29 left!"

Just as everyone was pushing and rushing towards what they thought was the end point, a voice came from above: "There is no exit from the fifth floor!!"

"What do you mean there's no outlet?"

"There's just no exit! That door is just a decoration!"

"Are you kidding?! Then how did Kira get out?"

"It seems we are trapped here. Is this the real [Escape from the Maze]?"

"Ahhh... It's all my fault for that bastard Kira! He set up a bunch of traps and made a good qualifying match so troublesome!!"

"I just pranked him, but the designation was invalid!"

"I also used it on him, but it didn't work and it rebounded on me."

"I succeeded once!"

"What? If I had known I would have designated Kira too!"

…

Kira, who had arrived outside a long time ago, looked at the screen at the top and silently remembered the people who said they used props for him, especially the one who used them successfully.

His success naturally drew cheers from the audience outside.

"Kira...Kira..."

Smiling, nodding, and waving to the surrounding audience, Kira walked to the rest area, sat down, and quietly ate the melon in the maze.

At this time, he was extremely glad that he was the first to come out. The second act of the maze was more troublesome than the first.

"But I'm the only one here, so it's still a bit boring."

…

[The exit is somewhere in the maze, go find it! 】

"I can't find any hints at all!"

Everyone was running around, knocking here and there, trying not to miss any place that looked like an exit.

As a qualified maze, there are naturally not only basic roads and walls, but also many strange decorations.

Of course, most of the decorations have traps. Once they touch them, they will be trapped. They didn't dare to touch them before, but now they don't care anymore.

"There's nothing here...and neither is this..."

[Trigger common sense traps and meow like a cat! 】

"Are you coming? Forget it, this is relatively simple... Meow meow meow..."

One second...two seconds...

"Why is there no movement, asshole?!"

Natsu thought for a moment and imitated Happy and shouted, "Hey!"

【Trap lifted! 】

"Is this okay?!"

…

[Trigger the battle trap, only one person can leave! 】

"Do you want us to fight?"

"I thought there was no need to fight in the qualifiers. After all, the rules say you can't attack your teammates..."

"I remember it said 'except trap rules', this should be an exception..."

"Sorry, take the move!"

"Marcus, you bastard! Did you attack by surprise?"

…

[Trigger the game trap and shoot all the targets to leave! 】

"It's a piece of cake for us."

Phew—poof! Poof!

After the gunfire, Alzak and Bisca blew the smoke from their guns, and the trap was lifted.

Since there are so many types of traps, you can occasionally encounter a type that you are good at.

…

[Trigger the decryption trap and solve the mystery to get information about the exit! 】

"We are very good at decrypting it!"

"Lucy, Rebby, it's up to you!"

"This...that..."

[Answer correctly and get a hint: The exit is a crystal ball! 】

"Great, we finally have a clue!"

"Crystal ball? I think I've seen it before, but I don't know if it's still there..."

…

The qualifiers were originally planned to be held for 2 hours, but from the start of the qualifiers to Kira coming out, a total of one hour passed; after that, due to the need to speed up the competition, only 30 minutes passed before the maze began to give prompts one after another. .

If there are not enough people to clear the level before the time is up, the people closest to the end will be automatically selected to fill up the 30 people.

[Remaining time in qualifying round: 30 minutes]