themonasnovels Chapter 428 A promising young man
Chapter 428 A promising young man
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"It's out! It's out!"
"Fairy Tail mages! Team A! Team B! Fairy Tail has taken two spots in the elimination rounds!"
King Thomas's voice came through the broadcast camera, and at the exit of the maze, the two teams from Fairy Tail had already run out. Lucy and her friends were in the lead and won first place, while Freed and his friends came in second.
This was clearly pre-arranged; there's not much difference between first and second place, since they both belong to the "Fairy Tail" team anyway.
"That was really tough!"
Lisanna sighed, but thankfully she didn't disappoint the guild members. Teams A and B successfully secured two qualifying spots for "Fairy Tail." Now it's up to Teams C and D to see if they can make a breakthrough.
"Come on everyone! We must make it to the next round!"
Wendy's gaze fell upon the broadcast screens, and she immediately spotted the Fairy Tail C and D teams battling it out. She quietly cheered on her guildmates!
"Currently, it seems that Four-Headed Hound, Snake Princess Scale, Azure Pegasus, and Mermaid Heel all have a good chance of advancing. This is Team C's D."
The team's main competitor.
Fried quickly scanned a bunch of broadcast screens. Basically, each powerful team had a dedicated screen to track. These guild teams and Fairy Tail's C and D teams were the teams closest to advancing.
"They might not even be opponents. There are exactly six teams, right? That's just enough for all of them to advance. Teams C and D don't need to defeat them; as long as they suppress the other teams, they can advance without a problem!"
Lucy offered another idea: there was no need to treat these guilds as rivals.
Even assuming that the four guilds occupy four of the advancement spots, the remaining two spots are enough for Team C and Team D to advance.
"Are they... even aware of this?"
Kana looked somewhat worried. From their omniscient perspective, they could naturally conceive of various strategies, but those directly involved in the situation—Team C and Team D—were more concerned.
The team members' mindset and perspective are completely different from theirs.
"Don't worry, trust Uncle Macao and the others' wisdom. They'll definitely figure it out."
A calm and firm voice answered Kana's question, and everyone immediately looked towards the person who had come. Sure enough, it was Moen.
"Moen! We have fulfilled our mission!"
Lucy immediately stepped forward to share the good news. They had achieved their pre-competition goal, and even exceeded it, taking the top two spots. This made those who were not optimistic about Fairy Tail have to reassess their strength!
Moen becomes the guild master; Makarov, Gildarts, and Mystogan will not participate. Other members of the "Fairy Tail" S...
The "S-class mages" formed a separate final boss team, which means that "Fairy Tail" suddenly lost nine "S-class mages" in terms of combat power, while all other guilds have "S-class mages".
Under these circumstances, it's not surprising that Fairy Tail's four teams, despite their large numbers, are not favored.
However, the performance of Team A and Team B of "Fairy Tail" really slapped the faces of those who looked down on them. Even the performance of Team C and Team D far exceeded most people's expectations. They were able to keep up with "Four-Headed Hound", "Boa Hancock", "Blue Pegasus", and "Mermaid Heel".
"You did a great job! That's exactly what you should do—use your performance to silence the doubters!"
Moen patted Lucy's head with a smile, then encouraged the members of Team A and Team B one by one. This made everyone very happy and motivated them to achieve good results.
Of course, the so-called "doubts" are actually just a lack of belief that these four teams can still give "Fairy Tail" the terrifying dominance it once had, and they don't really look down on "Fairy Tail".
"Fairy Tail" is still in the discussion of the "winning" team, and there are people who have thought that the final outcome would be "Fairy Tail" challenging "Fairy Tail".
However, for the four Fairy Tail teams participating in the competition, this level of doubt is tantamount to looking down on them. No one wants to be looked down upon. Does this mean that Fairy Tail is no good if their group is the main force?
Yes, Fairy Tail has lost its main force and has indeed become weaker, but that doesn't mean other guilds have become stronger! Even if a group of mages who were not originally main force members become main force members, Fairy Tail is still Fairy Tail! Not just any guild can take advantage of us!
"Oh no! Uncle Macao and his crew have run into that four-headed hound!"
Just as everyone was laughing and joking, Elfman roared, and at that moment the broadcast cameras focused on the skirmish between "Four-Headed Hound" and "Fairy Tail" Teams C and D.
"Why did I have to run into a guy with four hunting dogs..."
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Jade sighed helplessly, and everyone looked worried.
Although the "Four-Headed Hounds" have a pretty good relationship with everyone, these guys... are all a bit excited, especially when they get into the zone, they might really act recklessly. If it were someone from "Blue Pegasus," they could probably avoid a fight, but with the "Four-Headed Hounds," it's hard to say.
For a moment, everyone stared nervously at the screen, fearing that the two sides would fight, as the "Four-Headed Hounds" were no pushovers.
"Why did we have to run into this at this time..."
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On the other side, Goldman was also sweating a little. "Four-Headed Hound" was only one map fragment away from fighting "Fairy Tail". It was not worth it, after all, the two teams on the "Fairy Tail" side had the advantage in numbers and their strength was not easy to deal with.
If it were Goldman himself, he would definitely choose to cooperate, or at the very least, take a detour; he would certainly not choose to fight.
But Goldman himself wasn't sure what choices his little ones would make; once they got carried away, they might really disregard everything else.
"Don't be nervous, I'm not nervous at all."
Makarov laughed and joked with his old friend. He was indeed not nervous and looked quite relaxed, even leisurely sipping his drink.
"Of course you're not nervous! Your Fairy Tail team has taken the top two spots! It doesn't matter whether those two teams advance or not, because none of our four hounds teams have made it!"
Goldman replied irritably, "That old bastard Makarov is all talk and no action, he doesn't know how to talk when he's not the one suffering!"
"Oh dear, what a coincidence that we've run into each other! Please, please don't let a fight break out!"
Bobu covered his mouth and chuckled to himself, always eager for a good show, and kept saying, "Don't let them get into a fight!"
Goldman rolled his eyes at him, completely ignoring Bob's provocation.
Meanwhile, the two parties involved were also a bit confused. On the "Four-Headed Hound" side, the leader was naturally the "S-Class Mage" Pakas. He scratched his head, not knowing what to do for a moment.
The four hounds looked at each other, at a loss for what to do. Should they fight these Fairy Tail guys?
"Isn't that Pakas? And the four hounds, what a coincidence! Have you already pieced together the map?"
While Pakas and the "Four-Headed Hound" mages hesitated, Macao spoke first with a smile, appearing very enthusiastic.
"No, we're still one order short."
Seeing Macao's friendliness, Pakas honestly spoke up and directly explained the current situation of their guild team.
"One set? That's amazing! We're still missing two. Should we check our map fragments? It would be great if we could collect exactly two sets!"
Marcao first praised the achievements of the "Four-Headed Hound" team, and then immediately proposed the idea of cooperation. With so many map fragments gathered by the two guilds, surely they could piece together two complete maps?!
"Is...is this okay?"
Packas opened his mouth. They, the "Four-Headed Hounds," had fought their way up without giving other guilds any chance to communicate. Now that they were suddenly cooperating, they were really not used to it.
"Why not? There's no rule saying you can't. As long as you can piece together the map and get out, and as long as you're in the top eight, you can advance. There are no restrictions on how you pieced it together."
Macao spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
In fact, they even encountered people who voluntarily handed over map fragments, hoping to be let go, which is not necessarily a bad strategy.
Although the map fragments are gone, at least they weren't rendered incapable of fighting.
Even if you lose a map fragment, you can still find another way to get it. It's better than being eliminated by "Fairy Tail" directly, right?
Not all guilds are like Fairy Tail, Four-Headed Hound, Boa Hancock, Blue Pegasus, or Mermaid Heel. If they get lucky and collect all the maps first, they might be able to eliminate the teams from those guilds!
In short, in this first round of the qualifiers, teams adopted all sorts of strategies, and some small guilds even banded together. Let's not worry about who gets out first after we find all the maps; let's focus on piecing the maps together first!
"Alright! What else is there to say? Let's get started. I trust you."
Seeing Macao say this, Pakas stopped being coy and directly chose to cooperate. He trusted Fairy Tail because he trusted Moen. Now that Moen had become the guild master of Fairy Tail, he would certainly not allow guild members to betray their allies.
"Very good!"
Everyone in Fairy Tail breathed a sigh of relief. Pakas and the others were all quite strong, especially Pakas, who was an "S-class mage." His strength was often compared to Erza and Mirajane. Although the Fairy Tail members didn't agree, this guy was at least top-tier.
If it really comes down to a fight, it might take several of them to suppress Pacas, and as for the other members of "Four-Headed Hounds," none of them dare to say they can definitely win in a one-on-one situation.
The members of "Four-Headed Hounds" also breathed a sigh of relief, even though they were from the third and fourth squads of "Fairy Tail".
No, if you include those who didn't participate, as well as those who formed the "Final Boss Team," then these people are probably the fifth or sixth team members in "Fairy Tail."
However, they still dared not say that they had an absolute chance of winning. These two teams had well-established veterans, highly functional support characters, ranged attackers, and hard-hitting fighters. It could be said that they had a complete personnel configuration.
Perhaps their individual strength is not that outstanding, but when they work together, they may be able to unleash power far exceeding their individual abilities.
Therefore, the mages of "Four-Headed Hound" were very happy to be able to cooperate, as this would at least allow them to collect all the maps directly. If they really didn't have enough spots, they could always fight another battle at the exit.
After the two sides reached an agreement and began to communicate, not only did they breathe a sigh of relief in the maze, but those watching outside also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Those brats didn't make the wrong decision."
Goldman breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, a fight didn't break out, otherwise things could have really gotten out of hand. Their "Four Hounds" were down to just this one survivor.
"pity."
Bob shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.
Just now, the "Blue Pegasus" team, led by Ichiya, successfully escaped the maze. If the "Four-Headed Hound" were to fail, things would get really interesting. Surpassing "Fairy Tail" would be impossible, but they could at least overpower the "Four-Headed Hound"—
The head is still pretty good.
"You were just lucky."
Seeing Bob's smug look, Goldman snorted coldly. He didn't think the "Azure Pegasus" was stronger than them.
"Luck is also a part of strength."
Bob smiled smugly. Anyway, their "Azure Pegasus" had already surpassed "Four-Headed Hound" in the rankings, which was enough.
Congratulations on advancing!
At the exit, Moen smiled and offered his congratulations to the mages of "Azure Pegasus".
"It's all just good luck, hahaha~"
He laughed heartily all night, and was satisfied with his result.
Those who came to compete with Yoru were mostly acquaintances: Hibiki Retis, Ren Akatsuki, Ivan Tirum, and others.
Jenny Lia Wright and Niya, yes, Niya, the "Beyond," is also a member of the team. He and Ichiya hit it off immediately.
"Master, congratulations on becoming the president!"
Hibiki Rettis approached and congratulated Moen with a look of reverence.
This mage, whom Chairman Bob was grooming as the future chairman of "Blue Pegasus," had an absolute respect for Moen.
Moen helped him understand himself, taught him magic, and even helped him get revenge; she had completely become his idol.
Role models are probably one of the reasons why he was able to break through the competition and become the "future president".
"Keep it up, Hibiki, and don't let Chairman Bob down."
Moen smiled and patted Hibiki Rettis on the shoulder, encouraging him to do his best and, putting everything else aside, to secure the position of president of "Blue Pegasus"!
"Yes! I will try my best!"
Hibiki Retis responded immediately, standing ramrod straight, almost as if he had signed a pledge.
"Well done! You're full of energy!"
Moen looked pleased; the boy was teachable!