The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

On July 1st, the Da Mo Dou martial arts competition begins!

On the mountain to the west of Culokas, there was a square arena built with four half-length stone sculptures holding weapons as the corners.

More than ten thousand spectators, standing or sitting in the auditorium, were enjoying everything about today's grand event.

The guild, the wizards, the schedule, the venue...everything can make the people gathered here chat for a long time. Even though they may not have known each other before and will never meet again in the future, at this moment, they have something in common to talk about.

"so many people……"

"What a shocking cheer!"

"It seems that more than 70% of the audience are magicians..."

"It should be from those magic guilds that signed up for the competition!"

The Kingdom of Fiore has a population of about 17 million, and the number of magicians only accounts for less than one percent. The magic guilds are organizations that occupy one place, so the number of people in each magic guild is not very large.

Even Fairy Tail, the strongest magic guild in the Kingdom of Fiore, only has more than a hundred members, not to mention other guilds. Guilds with dozens or more than a dozen people are the norm.

"Good morning everyone!! The long-awaited magic event 'Da Mo Dou Yan Wu' has finally arrived!! I am the announcer Chapati Lola!!..."

Similar to the original work, the announcer of the competition is still the bald man wearing a wig, and the commentator Yajima, a competition pet, the mysterious pumpkin man.

"...Now we announce the project of Da Mo Dou Martial Arts!!"

In the arena, a wide stage was paved with the simplest stones. Following the announcer's instructions, a large stone slab was raised in the arena, writing the process of this five-day competition.

"There are both competition events and combat events throughout the day. Players can be randomly selected from the team for the competition part, but they cannot be repeated. For the combat part, a machine is used to select randomly."

"But as you can see, there are a total of 66 guilds registered for the competition this time. Each guild consists of a team of five people and one alternate, which means a total of 330 magicians!"

"There are too many contestants, so there is still an elimination mechanism for the first day of competition! Only the guilds that pass today's competition can continue to the next competition!!"

As soon as this statement came out, all the magicians from the participating guilds looked at each other, and the audience also talked a lot. No one expected that such a thing would happen again. However, if you think about it more carefully, you will also know that according to the competition process given by the competition, it is impossible for so many people to compete one-on-one, so it is necessary to implement an elimination mechanism at the beginning.

"Then now, the opening match of the Great Magic Dou Yanwu [Robbery] begins!!!"

"The number of participants is one per team. After all 66 players are gathered together, the rules of the competition will be explained!!"

After the announcer's voice fell, all participating guilds began to become restless.

In the Fairy Tail camp, with six contestants including Kira as the center, a group of magicians gathered together to discuss.

"How about it? The topic is [Snatch], who should we send?"

"Robbing? We are not robbers!" Old Makarov's face was tugged together, with a sad expression, looking very embarrassed, "We are a serious magic guild, and we are the worst at robbing things..."

Lucy complained speechlessly: "Are you serious when you say this?"

Habi on the side echoed, covering his mouth with his paws and snickering, his fat cheeks bulging to both sides: "Compared to destroying, we are indeed a lot stranger at 'robbing'..."

You still have the nerve to say it! ! What's there to be proud of? !

Several " # " emerged from the Mediterranean Sea above Makarov's head, and his blood pressure instantly soared.

Erza closed her eyes and thought carefully, then said: "Because this is the first time an event is held, there is no reference for the difficulty, and it is difficult to guess the rules. But since it is 'plundering', we should send the person who is best at plundering, right?" "

The truth is this, but it brings up another problem——

"Are any of us good at grabbing things?"

The air suddenly became quiet for two seconds, and then everyone looked at Kira, and the meaning was self-evident.

Kira: "..."

"What do you mean?! What do you want to see me do? Do I know how to rob things? In your eyes, this is the kind of person I am?! Even if I do business, it's all transactions of equal value, okay?! Hey! Keep watching me But you’re just beating someone!!”

Habi floated over, patted Kira on the shoulder, and got a little carried away: "Be confident, Kira! We are confident in your moral level in this regard."

"What did you say?!"

Kira's face darkened instantly. He grabbed the blue cat who had no time to fly away, and pinched the face that had become rounder due to eating too much fish recently: "I see you are really floating, Habib." ."

If the murderous intention has substance, Habi has already been poked dozens of holes by Kira's 'Eye Sword' at this moment, and countless cold sweats fall from the blue head: "Yes... I'm sorry... (rolling voice)"

"too late!!"

Boom! Boom! !

Facts have proved that there is a price to pay for seeking death.

After punching Habi twice, Kira felt much better: "I'm the strongest in the team! How can I let the strongest person play at the beginning? What if there are more difficult questions later? Are you playing cards? Do you just play the strongest one when you play? What a joke!"

This makes sense, not to mention that with Habib's experience, the few of them knew not to take the matter of 'being able to rob things' out of context.

Thinking of this, Mira smiled slightly: "Compared with snatching, there is actually something more important this time, and that is the 'qualification to continue the competition', right? In other words, whether we can pass this game is related to whether we can continue in the future. For the competition, I think we should find someone with a stable personality, right?"

"Is it safe... What about me?"

Natsu strode forward and volunteered, with his hands on his hips and the flames burning behind his back, he then raised a thumbs up to himself, exuding a strong fighting spirit.

All the complaining monsters in the guild (Makao, Wakaba, Marcus, Salusuke, Dorair, Lucy, Hapi...) immediately became ashamed: "This... no matter how you look at it, Natsu, you are the same as The word 'stable' has nothing to do with it..."

"Flo thinks so too~"

"Eh eh eh??!!"

"Do you have to be so surprised?! Everyone can see this!"

Makarov looked at the excited Mebis who was barefoot next to him: "Do you have any suggestions for the first generation?"

Yes, Mavis is here too. She is not willing to miss this rare event, either as the first president of the guild or because of her playful nature as a child.

"Well... there's a lack of data, so it's a little difficult to calculate..." After hearing the consultation, Mabis' expression suddenly became awkward, "But, I suggest sending someone stronger!"

What kind of advice is this? ! It’s basically the same as not saying anything! ! Sure enough, all the ‘goblin strategist’ stuff is fake! !

"Speaking of which, Shodai, is it okay for you to suddenly follow us here like this?"

Makarov sighed, and then seemed to think of something. He looked around cautiously, then leaned close to Mavis and asked in a low voice, "If you leave that person in Magnolia, there won't be any problems, right?" ?”

Of course he was talking about Zeref. With his reputation, it was hard not to worry about the consequences of staying in his hometown. Others also had this worry, so they all turned their attention to Mavis.

"Don't worry, Magnolia will be fine! Because he's here too! By the way, Olgaste is here too!"

The air became silent for a moment.

"Ehhhhhh?!!! Together?!?!"

Makarov blinked his eyes in confusion at first, then his head cleared, his pupils shrank instantly, and his voice unconsciously increased by dozens of decibels, "They are here too?!"

"Hmm..." Mavis smiled brightly, but Makarov's heart felt cold.

"Where are they now?"

If he doesn't ask clearly about this matter, Makarov will feel that he won't even be in the mood to watch the game later.

"Well... when we came to Kurokas, we said we sensed a familiar magic power, and then we left together."

Hey, hey, hey... This makes people even more uneasy! ! With so many people here now, it would be really bad if Fairy Tail was found to be involved with Zeref! ! Why can you still laugh in this situation? ! !

It’s over, I’m not in the mood to watch the game anymore!

After a while of fun, people from other guilds had already walked up one after another, and Kira no longer wasted time: "I am the team leader! Everything is under my command! Since this is the opening game, it must not be too difficult, so we will send Let Natsu go up and test the water, he is the weakest in the team!"

"What did you say?!"

Hearing Kira say that he was the 'weakest', Natsu suddenly roared with dissatisfaction and even wanted to jump up and hit Kira on the knee, but his behavior was quickly stopped by Lucy and Gray: "Don't be impulsive!! Then But Kira..."

"That's right...and what Kira said is actually right, you are the weakest to begin with,"

"ha?!"

Natsu became even more angry, and instantly turned around and started fighting Gray, "Then let's try and see who is weaker!! Droopy Eyes who doesn't even have an S-class title!!"

"That's exactly what you meant, you hanging-eye guy!!"

Bang bang bang... bang bang bang... puff puff puff...

"Natsu-san, are you going to play?"

The only one who didn't think Natsu was weak in the team was probably Stinger, who had always worshiped him as an idol. His little head looked at Natsu who was having a fuss with Gray, his eyes sparkling.

"Stinger-kun has wanted to see Natsu-kun show off his skills for a long time!"

Fox... No, the red cat exposed Stinger's little thoughts, making the fourteen-year-old boy look shy.

"If it's Natsu-san, it will be fine!"

Although he liked Gajeel more, Rogge had to admit that Natsu's strength was superior to Gajeel's, and he felt that this kind of opening match would definitely not be a problem for Gajeel, and naturally it would not be a problem for Natsu.

"Flo thinks so too~"

"Have you two had enough trouble?!"

Finally, Erza's two fists ended the battle between Natsu and Gray, "Natsu, since you are going to play, move faster!!"

Feeling the bone-chilling murderous aura rushing towards their faces, the two of them froze at the same time, and then stood trembling in place, not daring to make a sound.

"Also, if I dare to fail you, it will be over!!!"

"Gulu...yes!!"

Natsu didn't hesitate, leaving behind Gray, who had fist marks on his face, and ran towards the backstage without any image, his heart still pounding all the way.

"It's such a close call... Because I can play, I've been a little carried away recently..."