On the day of the competition, the stadium was crowded with people.

This arena is the place where the 'Fairy Tail's First Demonic Convention' was held last year. Perhaps it was anticipated that it would be requisitioned this year. Over the past year, the mayor has only slightly built the place without any major changes.

At this time, the number of people watching the game actually far exceeded the number of tickets sold by the conference, but no one, whether it was the mayor or Makarov, or the contestants or the audience, paid attention to such a trivial matter.

A month ago, the news that 'Fairy Tail' was preparing to hold a 'Magic Competition' at this year's Harvest Festival had spread throughout Magnolia and surrounding cities. Since then, come and visit Magnolia

There is an endless stream of tourists.

Such a situation naturally gave rise to an extremely serious phenomenon of scalping votes, but no one dared to intervene to resist it, because the leader in doing this was an unknown red-haired boy.

No one knew why this young man dared to be so arrogant. They only knew that "there was someone above him."

"Look at these people, how happy they are with their smiles!" Kira pointed to the dense crowd of heads in the auditorium and said to the teammates around him, "Thanks to them for being able to stand here and enjoy watching the game.

I!"

Yes, Kira is not fighting alone, there are two teammates beside him!

In this competition, Makarov adopted a team-based competition mode, so the final trophy was not for the 'first person in the guild', but for the 'first team in the guild'!

A few days ago…

"What did you say? We are going to compete in a three-person team in this competition?!"

It was like a stone throwing a thousand waves, and when Makarov announced the news to the guild, everyone gasped in disbelief.

"President, why is this? Have you never heard of such a thing before?"

Makarov spread his hands helplessly: "There is no way! The rules of this competition make it a little boring if you participate as an individual, so after discussion with the organizers, it was unanimously decided to let you participate as a team!"

Everyone was speechless: "The organizer...isn't it just you and Kira..."

"And the mayor! Mayor! Don't forget, our guild can make money through this event, and the mayor has a lot of credit!"

"Make money? What money do you make?"

Kira's face suddenly stiffened, and he subconsciously said: "Don't worry about it, it's all mine... Ahem... I mean, it's my responsibility to work for the benefit of the guild, you don't have to worry about it, I'm with you

Just communicate with the mayor."

"Oh, okay then."

There are two points in the registration rules for the competition: it must be a team of three guild members; each team can have at most one S-class mage.

Once such a rule came out, it would undoubtedly be bad news for the originally invincible 'Team Erza' in the guild, because it meant that they had to be divided into two teams.

In the commotion, only Lucy nervously counted her teammates with her fingers: "Really, I thought that with the tacit understanding and strength of our team, we would definitely win the first place in this competition, but I didn't expect that there were only three of us...

...As for me, I still hope to be with Natsu, but as for another teammate..."

Before Lucy could decide who to look for, Natsu ran over excitedly and extended an invitation to her: "Lucy, will you team up with me?"

I have to say, this is a two-way street.

Faced with Natsu's invitation, Lucy naturally agreed with joy on her face: "Okay, okay!! There is another person, I suggest inviting Erza, because..."

Lucy's idea was very simple. Erza was an S-class, her strength was guaranteed, and she was a familiar teammate. She was the perfect candidate for the small team competition. However, she obviously forgot one thing...

"No!" Natsu directly rejected the proposal before Lucy could explain why she chose Erza.

"Eh?! Why..."

"Of course it's because I want to fight Erza, so I don't team up with her!!" Natsu said confidently, as if it was common sense that everyone knew, "Also, our last one

Teammate, it should be Habibi, right!!"

"Happy?!"

As if in response to Natsu's decision, Happy suddenly jumped out from the side, raised his hands and shouted: "Hey!!"

This time Lucy was really stunned: "Does Hubby also want to participate? Are you not going to be the mascot this year?"

This time it was Habi's turn to be questioned. He looked down and replied with a sad face: "I don't know why, Kira didn't invite me this year, and we didn't dare to ask..."

"Yes...is it...?"

Lucy smiled awkwardly, but a question arose in her heart: Could it be that last year's Habby mascot doll did not sell well?

In the next few days, the entire "Fairy Tail" fell into a special state. Everyone was rushing around, looking for people to form a team, trying to get a good ranking in the competition. Among them, there was an S-level team leader named Natural

It has become a delicious pastry.

Unlike last year, when all members were forced to participate, this time the team competition is completely voluntary. However, due to the temptation of "villa" and "S-level assessment candidates", there are still a lot of people who signed up.

Under Kira's interference, words such as "Recruiting people, only one DPS is missing", "We have an S-level team leader, come here to be a good Taoist" echoed in the tavern from time to time. If you go the wrong way for the first time, you might

I thought this was an adventurers guild that formed groups to farm monsters.

This phenomenon lasted until the end of registration, which was the day before the start of the competition.

Back in time...

"Welcome everyone to come and watch the 'Fairy Tail 2nd Magic Contest'. I am the president of 'Fairy Tail' and the host of this contest, Makarov Dolea."

Makarov sat on the stage, wearing a black suit and a red bow, with a festive look on his face, acting as the host of this event.

As his voice fell, applause sounded like thunder in the stadium.

"Similar to last year, this year we also invited the mayor of this city to be our guest. Everyone welcomes you with applause!!"

Bang bang bang...

"at last!"

Makarov lowered his eyebrows and shouted in a deep voice, pointing to the last seat on the stage, "The last guest of this competition, he is...Yin Xiugaer, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Ten Great Magicians.

Warlord Schinken!! A warm welcome again to everyone!!!”

Makarov almost shouted this last sound, and everyone could hear the respect in his voice. However, what sounded after this introduction was not applause, but overwhelming shock.

“Eh eh eh??!!!”

"He just said he was...the Four Heavenly Kings of the Holy Ten?!"

"Why does that legendary character appear here?!"

"Is he the old man who looks like a big tree at the guest table? He is actually the Four Heavenly Kings?!"

"He looks like an old man who has lived for a long time...how old is he?"

"This is the first time I've seen such a character! I heard that the 'Four Heavenly Kings' are all as strong as monsters. Is that true?"

Not only the audience, but also the mayor himself sitting on the stage had just heard the news. He jumped up in fright and looked at the old man sitting next to him tremblingly: "You, you, you... you really

Is he the legendary lord?"

Warlord Schinken, whose specific age is unknown, is only known to be over one hundred years old, is the oldest and oldest among the "Ten Holy Magisters" today. He is 190cm tall, even when sitting in his seat

, and much higher than the mayor.

Perhaps under the influence of magic, or perhaps due to his personality, he dyed his hair green and styled his hairstyle like broccoli. He also had a slender face that was almost connected to his neck, and light gray skin like dust.

, the whole person looks like an old tree with great age.

At this time, Volod was looking at the excited Mayor Magnolia with a kind face and a smile, like a gentle and kind grandfather next door.

"I'm not!"

"Eh?"

The mayor and all the audience, who originally expected to hear "Yes, it's me", were instantly stunned: "He denied it...?? Could it be that President Makarov made a mistake?"

Before they could react, Warlord smiled and said again: "I'm joking!"

“Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

"So, are you really the legendary lord?"

"Hehehe... I am indeed Warlord Hinken!"

Warlord smiled very easily and happily, without any airs of identity or the posture of the legendary "monster".

After receiving a positive reply, the mayor took a deep breath: "Hiss...it's...it's really shocking!! I heard that you have gone into seclusion, why did you agree to attend this competition?"

Warlord showed a mysterious smile to the mayor. From his grinning mouth, you could clearly see that the centenarian man's teeth were not very good.

"Ask me why I appear here? It's because..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he attracted the attention of everyone on the stage. All the audience were also full of curiosity and stared at the old man on the stage, hoping to hear some explosive news from his mouth.

"because??"

"Because... they gave me money."
Chapter completed!