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In the afternoon, the sun shone brightly and there were clouds all over the world.
In short, in this good sea conditions and weather, after the players repaired for more than two hours, the quarterfinals of the first "Fairy Martial Arts Competition" finally officially began.
In order to maintain the compactness of the game and to decide the winner as quickly as possible, the quarter-finals showdown will be held simultaneously in that huge sea arena, at the field that has been divided into four at this time.
The list of players' respective matches has been drawn long ago.
However, people were not in the mood to look at the list at this time, because on the four competition venues, eight players were standing on their own venues and looking at their opponents silently, and there was no need for people to watch the boring notice.
At this moment, the showdown in the quarterfinals is divided into four combinations, which are:
Fairy Magician Anne Hasta vs Fire Dragon Extinguisher Aitlias Naz Doragnier
Iron Dragon Destroyer Gagiro Retfox vs Goblin Queen Elusa Shukaleto
Ice Model Magician Grey Fulpasta vs. The Magician Miraj Strauss
Thunder Dragon Destroyer Laxas Doleah vs Mystery Man Mister
“…”
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"Naz! Otherwise, you should surrender quickly before the game started? They won't beat you anymore. You will definitely not be able to beat you anyway. You have tried it many times before, right?"
(?￣??￣??)??°
While the game had not started, during this time that was provided for the players to communicate and warm up before the game, Anne looked at Natsu, the partner who was doing a serious warm-up exercise on the opposite side, and persuaded the other party as much as Lucy's bad guy advised her before.
"Your fire dragon-killing magic is just two boring attack methods, such as melee combat and fire-breathing. You know, like you, they are not afraid of flames at all!"
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"And if you dare to rush over and play melee..."
?华?华?
"They will definitely turn you into a frog and throw you into the sea directly!!"
(?￣?￣?)Hehe!
That’s right, the unlucky Natsu on the opposite side met who was not good, but she met Queen Anne, who was extremely restrained by the other party. Then there was definitely no good fruit!
So, she felt that even if she didn't cheat, even if she just used the power of "Lulu" and the limited number of signature skills, she would still be able to seize the other party 100%.
Anyway, she couldn't think of any way the other party could defeat her!
When the fire-spouting attack is completely ineffective, and she may even be controlled and counterattacked by her in turn, and rushing over to play melee but she will be subdued by her instantly using the transformation technique, what else can the opponent do besides surrendering and admitting honestly before the game begins?
"Ha ha!"
"Little Annie, I'm afraid you don't know yet?"
"Your 'wonderful thoughts' and 'wild growth' have been cracked by Elusa and Gray. I'm not afraid of you at all now!"
"Especially that 'wonderful idea', we have a way to restrain your transformation spell!"
Yes, if Elusa and Grey hadn't thought of a way and shared with themselves that useful method, Natsu would have really no other choice than to surrender honestly.
But now it's different, he is not afraid of the other party's transformation technique at all.
He had decided that later, under the other party's shocked gaze, he would punch the other party into the sea far away, so that the little guy could know the power of his Fire Dragon-Destroying Magician, Mr. Natsu!
“??”
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"The guy who talks big, I will be turned into a puppy later!"
(￢д￢.)
Obviously, Annie didn't believe that the other party could really find a way to restrain her skills, otherwise she wouldn't have succeeded repeatedly, turning the self-powerful guys into small animals and humiliating and ravaging them hard.
"ha!"
"I knew you definitely didn't believe it, so..."
"Dangdangdangdangdangdangdang~!"
"Look!!"
Natsu seemed to have been prepared for a long time, so after seeing that Little Anne didn't believe him, he proudly took out a small bottle of strange things from his pocket, emitting a hint of cold air, and raised them to show off.
“!!”
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"What's that?"
(°▽°〃)
Unexpectedly, the other party actually took out something strange, which made Annie feel a little surprised.
"Of course it's a good thing!"
"Anne, let me tell you, this is actually a negative potion made by Grey, called 'Ring of Ice'!"
"As long as I eat it, it will cause weak and continuous damage to the body every second for a certain period of time, just as simple as being stabbed by a needle. Although it hurts, it is barely within a tolerable range, but it will not cause too much burden to the body."
"So, your transformation is starting to invalidate me now!"
"You should be enlightened!"
Gulu! Gulu!
After saying that, Natsu was actually stunned by Anne and the referee beside him, raised his head and drank the messy bottle of potion, then grinned and threw the empty bottle into the sea outside the ring behind him with a swing of his hand.
"There's still this matter..."
=????('ヮ'Three'ヮ'=????)
In order to target themselves, these guys actually actually made a state of continuous debuff BUFF, and then used the method of continuous blood reduction damage to resist their own deformation... How could those cunning guys still look so spicy?
“…”
(?~?)
Although, after a little thought, Anne herself felt that the other party's methods seemed to be effective, but how could such a small problem be rare to make her the most important Queen Anne, the most important and most important?
?华?华?
so……
"Report!"
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"This referee, I want to report it! You saw it just now, and he seemed to have committed a foul! He drank some messy potion during the game, which violated the rules of the game. You should go and convict him of failure!"
!(;?o?)o
It's okay to drink medicine secretly before the game, but this game will not be tested so strictly, but the other party can drink it, and they dare to drink it so blatantly, and they are still in full view of everyone, under the gaze of themselves and the referees...
Therefore, in the idea of ​​not letting the other party do whatever they want and letting the other party know the sinister human nature, Anne raised her own little hand so firmly and resolutely, and reported it loudly to the frogman referee sitting on some kind of magic suspension device.
“!!”
“Huh?!”
Natsu, who was still grinning just now, was suddenly startled, and then the smug expression on his face couldn't help but suffocate and gradually stiffened. Then, he subconsciously hurried to look at the referee who was also staring at him in a daze.
'that……'
The Frogman Referee was in a little embarrassed.
Anyway, he never expected that there would be such a foolish guy in this world. He didn't drink medicine secretly before the game, but was openly on the ring, under the gaze of himself, the referee team and countless audiences, which made him unable to do anything without thinking.
So he turned his head and looked at the rostrum in the sky, towards President Makarov sitting on the row of suspended devices, as well as representatives of the Magical Council and the presidents of the Magical Guild Alliance invited to come, waiting for the guidance of the referees.
“Hey hey!!”
"You guys wait first!"
"Things are not that way!"
At this time, I felt that the atmosphere seemed to be something wrong. Not only did the audience on the distant coast make a noise like a 'shuffing' sound, but even the players from other groups who were preparing around were looking at him and looking at him like a fool, Natsu finally realized that something was wrong and just made a loud defense to the frogman referee and the referee team in the sky:
"I……"
"I just drank negative state potion of debuff. I hurt myself, and it's not the gain potion I drank. This should not be considered a violation, right?"
"You have to reason!!"
Unfortunately, the referees did not care about Natsu's protests and did not intend to waste time on the test. Instead, after whispering and discussing, they all turned their attention to President Makarov, who could make decisive opinions.
'well……'
Sighing, President Makarov saw everyone waiting for his reaction, so he had no choice but to stand up from his magician suspended seat and grabbed the amplification device.
‘Ahem!’
‘In view of the fact that the Dragon-Extinguishing Magician Aitlias Naz Doragnier, the fire dragon-extinguishing magic potion openly in the competition, it clearly violated the regulations on the use of potions in the competition and hindered the principles of fairness, openness and justice in the competition...’
'So, as the president of the "Fairy Tail" guild and the head of the referee team, I hereby announce that I will cancel the participation of the Fire Dragon-Extinguishing Magician Aitlias Naz Doragnier!'
‘The result of the quarterfinals first group is…’
‘The fairy magician Anne Hasta won directly!!’
President Makarov heard the conversation between Natsu and Anne just now. He didn't think drinking that negative potion would violate the rules of the competition, nor did he want to deal with the other party with that kind of small problem.
But……
However, the other party was drinking openly on the ring, and there were so many pairs of eyes here. If he didn't deal with it, he would be afraid that the competition held by the "Fairy Tail" guild would be completely a laughing stock.
“!!”
"No!!!"
"You can't do this!"
"What's wrong with me drinking the potion that hurts me? You can't do this to me!"
"Elusha and Mira are also brought by them, why don't you punish them?"
"No!!!"
Natsu struggled desperately, but was forced to leave the competition field by several members in the guild who were responsible for maintaining order.
‘…’
‘That idiot!!’
Not far away, Elusa opened her mouth, not knowing what to say about the stupid guy who dared to scramble and bite after being declared disqualified from the competition.
That's right!
She, Grey and Mira did bring potions, and she even felt that other guys who had the hope of advancing to the finals or those who thought they would face that little guy had prepared the corresponding things... However, they would not be as stupid as the other party to drink that kind of thing in the ring in front of everyone!
If it were her, she would have secretly drunk it in the lounge under the ring before playing against a little guy.
After all, that potion lasts a long time, and this competition will not specifically detect those things.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
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"Small! Do you still feel proud of yourself?"
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Although, Anne was not afraid of that guy Natsu, she naturally became happy when she saw the other party being held away and looked angry, heartbreaking and inexplicably sad.
(…)
ε=(′?●))) Alas
(Tibers, a bear standing on Anne's shoulder, had to sigh. It was originally thought that he could cooperate with its miserable little master to fight with the other party... It's a pity that the other party didn't seem to have such a good thing in his mind.)
‘Wow~!!’
‘That idiot! I even bought his 200J lottery ticket!’
‘Ha! On the contrary, I bought that little one!’
'Ha ha ha ha!'
‘Get out of the way!’
‘Get out of the way!!’
‘Get out of the way!!!’
‘…’
‘How could he be like that…’
'hateful!'
‘Is that guy’s brain made of a ball of paste?’
'cough……'
‘Fun! It’s so interesting, wonderful and fun. This time I came to Magnolia City without any mistakes!’
‘Yes, it’s another big news!’
‘!!’
‘Hey! Don’t talk about it now, look, other group competitions are about to begin.’
'Yeah?'
‘Show me!’
‘I want it too!’
‘Get out of the way, that’s my telescope!!’
On the coast, the people watching the game were also amused by the little episode before the opening, and just made noises for a long time. It was not until the official game was about to begin that it gradually became quiet.
“…”
“…”
At this time, at the top of the Fairy Tail Guild Castle, in this place where only members of the Fairy Tail Guild members could come in, Lucy, the cat star Hubby and others were also watching the battle with line-of-view magic here.
There is no doubt that they also saw and heard the conversation between Natsu and Anne on the competition ring, as well as the farce that happened.
"Oh~!"
"Really, Habi, when do you think that guy Natsu will become a little more reliable?"
Then, seeing Natsu being forced to leave the field by Elfman and others, seeing a little guy jumping back to the lounge with anger, Lucy directly covered her forehead and sighed helplessly and ashamedly.
You know, she was thinking before, what kind of battle or a life-and-death battle would break out between Natsu and Anne after being controlled by the Transformation, but in the end... she was full of expectations, and she only saw this in the end?
“Reliable?”
"Habby thinks that's impossible!"
The cat star man Hubi thought about it, and finally he had to shake his head helplessly.
Because it thinks that if Natsu becomes mature, it is probably like letting it never eat fish, which is very difficult and difficult to do.
“That’s right…”
Lucy remembered it.
A few days ago, Naz secretly asked himself to meet under the big tree in the middle of Magnolia City, known as the "Love Tree" and "Wishing Tree".
At that time, she thought the other party was enlightened and wanted to date her and confess to her, but the result was...
When she spent several hours taking a shower, putting on makeup and changing into one set of clothes, and finally wearing a beautiful evening dress to go to the appointment, she found that... the other party didn't mean that at all. He just wanted to invite himself to secretly dig up some private items buried by others.
What he wants to satisfy his shameful taste, like a child, is a bad thing he wants to peek at other people's secrets?
"fortunately!"
"I bought Anne's lottery tickets before, and the lottery station also rejected my refund and replacement of the contestant, otherwise..."
As he thought about it, Lucy couldn't help but sigh in secret while being depressed.
Although Natsu was unable to fight with Anne, and a battle as she imagined made her a little disappointed, she thought about her own prize money, a little guy was one step closer to victory, and all his property would not be wasted, she couldn't help but feel happy again.
“Meow~!”
"Habby also bought Anne to win!"
“!!”
"No, Habi, I heard what you said. Didn't you say that you should firmly buy Natsu and win?"
"No!"
"Although Habi told Natsu that way, he just said that Habi secretly bought Anne's!"
“…”
"It seems that Natsu is really completely helpless. Even a cat is more brainy than him!"
“Meow~?”
"No! It's nothing, I'll just talk about it..."
"look!"
"Laxus and Elusa are going to fight!!"
After saying a few words to the cat star Habi, Lucy soon threw all of her thoughts behind her and began to watch the game with concentration.
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Chapter completed!