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

On the mountain to the west of Culokas, in the quadrilateral arena built with four stone busts holding weapons as the corners, people were shouting and standing shoulder to shoulder.

More than ten thousand spectators, standing or sitting in the auditorium, talked about 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.

"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, of which the number of magicians only accounts for less than one percent, and 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, let alone 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 Rolla!

…”

Similar to the original work, the announcer of the competition is still the bald man wearing a wig, and the commentator Ajima, 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 randomly select players."

"But as you can see, there are a total of 66 guilds registered for the competition this time. Each guild is composed 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 about it. No one expected that such a thing would happen. However, after thinking about it more carefully, I knew that according to the competition process given by the competition,

It is impossible for so many people to compete one-on-one, so an elimination mechanism is necessary at the beginning.

“Then now, the opening match of the Great Magic Dou Yanwu [Snatch] begins!

!”

"The number of participants is one per team. After 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 so proud about this?!

Several "#"s 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?! Are you looking at what I do? Am I good at grabbing things? In your mind, that's the kind of person I am?! Even if I'm doing business, it's all transactions of equal value, okay?! Hey! If you keep reading, I will

Just hit 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 fell from the blue head: "Yes... I'm sorry... (Rouji sound)"

】

"Too late!

"

Winter! Winter!

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 playing? What a joke!"

This makes sense, not to mention that with Habib’s experience, the others knew not to take the matter of ‘being able to rob things’ lightly.

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, Dole, 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. No matter as the first president of the guild or because of her playful nature as a child, she is not willing to miss this rare event.

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

What kind of advice is this?! It’s the same as not saying anything at all!

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.

“Ehhhhh?!

!Together?!?!"

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

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

"Where are they now?"

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

"Well... after arriving at Kurokas, they said they sensed a familiar magic power, and then left together."
To be continued...