"Poor Mystogan..."
Ron muttered under his breath, looking at Mystogan with pity.
"Getting randomly matched against Laxus was unlucky enough, but to have a guy throwing the match on your team too!"
Although not too excessive, Loke had indeed held back during their previous exchange.
Otherwise, as the head of the Zodiac, would he really only have physical attack thods?
As Lucy's spirit, would he not know about that Spirit Armor?
Isn't that just a joke?
While Loke was defeated, the battles of the other mbers of the Black and Yellow teams were also drawing to a close.
"Knuckle Plant: Spiky Fist!!!"
Droy threw the seeds tucked between his knuckles and clapped his hands together violently.
After the seeds hit the ground, they grew rapidly, and several green plants with giant fists burst from the soil.
Like boxers, they swung their thorny vine fists, whistling as they smashed toward Cana.
"Young girl lost on the path of life, taste the whip of love!"
Laki adjusted her glasses, speaking in strange, confusing phrasing.
"Wood Make: Dam of Shaful Love!!!"
Dozens of giant wooden stakes appeared out of thin air, quickly assembling like building blocks to form a semicircular wooden wall, attempting to seal off Cana's retreat.
One attacking, one trapping—the coordination was quite skillful.
"Oh my..."
Facing the incoming plant fists and the wooden wall about to enclose her, Cana remained unhurried.
She quickly drew three cards from the card holder at her waist and threw them forward with a stylish motion.
Swish!
"Magic Card: Sun, Judgnt, Justice—Sanction of Blazing Flas!"
Boom!
As the cards were thrown, a violent firestorm erupted out of thin air.
Plants fear fire; that is common knowledge.
The plants summoned by Droy were swept up in the firestorm while clawing and scratching, instantly turning to ash.
"It's not over yet!"
Cana tapped her toes lightly, her body retreating nimbly to dodge one of Laki's piercing wooden stakes, while simultaneously flicking out a card.
"Magic Card: Emperor's Wind Blade!!!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
That card transford into dense erald wind blades, precisely striking the wooden wall created by Laki, cutting smooth, flat gaps into it.
"So strong, she broke through in one go!"
Droy wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Don't get distracted, Droy!"
Laki shouted, pressing her hands down as a magic circle appeared.
"The love of two people is eternal and immortal!!!"
Massive wooden feet appeared out of thin air, continuously stomping down toward Cana.
Cana dodged while jumping, her head covered in black lines as she retorted irritably.
"Don't say weird things while fighting!"
"Knuckle Plant: Binding Vines!!!"
Green vines slithered along the ground like poisonous snakes, attempting to entangle Cana's agile figure.
"What a nuisance..."
Cana narrowed her eyes in mid-air, her gaze instantly turning sharp.
Card magic, through the coordination between magic cards, could produce various effects, making her combat style versatile and changeable.
While in mid-air, Cana slightly shifted her fingers, spreading out the four cards she was holding.
"Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles..."
She took a deep breath, magic power surging wildly, her wavy hair moving without wind.
"Fire, Water, Wind, Earth—Four Elents Rotation!!!"
The mont the four cards were thrown, their light surged.
The next second.
Flas, gale, water pillars, and pointed stones rotated alternately, forming a fused, powerful shockwave that rushed downwards.
"What?!"
Laki and Droy were shocked.
Bang, bang, bang!
Before they could dodge, they were covered by this powerful firepower.
The smoke cleared.
Laki and Droy already had spirals in their eyes, collapsed on the ground.
The outco was decided!
"It's about ti to end it!"
Ron stood up and stretched his body, looking into the distance.
Fried from Mirajane's team arrived at the Black team's area and successfully found the flag shortly after.
Chico, who had a crush on Laxus, also took advantage of everyone being tied up in battle and snuck off to steal the base.
Chico's magic was called Urban Legend, capable of gathering wandering souls in Magnolia City, and with the help of ghosts, she quickly found the Black team's flag.
Thus, when Ron pulled out the flag belonging to the Red team, marking the end of the preliminary round.
Above Magnolia, the chanical competition announcent sound imdiately rang out.
[Announcent! Announcent!!]
[Fairy Tail Harvest Festival Competition: Preliminary Round, officially concluded!!!]
"It's over?!"
Magic claws and a greatsword collided in the air, both pausing before pushing off with effort.
The two figures tacitly jumped back simultaneously, stopping this warm-up battle that had only lasted for a dozen minutes.
That's right, for both won, the battle just now was rely a warm-up.
It was just unexpected that it would end right after they finished warming up.
Erza changed back into her daily armor, and the longsword disappeared from her hand.
Although it made her sowhat uncomfortable that her team lost, she had to stop since the competition was over.
"Looks like we can't fight anymore; we'll have to leave it at that for today."
"Sure, sure."
Mira dispersed her Satan Soul, returning to her usual gentle appearance.
"Erza always starts fighting without a word; that habit isn't good."
The others who had stopped fighting nearby: "..."
You're one to talk, weren't you doing the sa thing just now...
Although they thought this in their hearts, everyone tacitly didn't say it out loud.
Lest they suffer so "care" from the Demon!
At this ti, the chanical voice continued to sound, broadcasting the final results of the preliminary round.
[The Purple Team, Yellow Team, and Blue Team successfully pulled the target team's flags and won the preliminary round! Congratulations to these three teams!!]
[Individual score statistics complete, please look at the big projection screen!]
Hearing this, everyone looked up at the sky.
A huge screen appeared out of thin air, displaying the scores of everyone on the six teams.
According to the rules, each mber of the winning team receives 5 victory points;
Individual performance points are comprehensively scored by the judging panel based on performance during the match, giving 0~20 points,
Therefore, everyone's score is—
Blue Team (Won): Ron 25 points, Bickslow 15 points, Reedus 10 points, Jet 10 points, Warren 8 points;
Purple Team (Won): Mirajane 23 points, Fried 20 points, Wakaba 12 points, Max 12 points, Nab 7 points;
Yellow Team (Won): Laxus 25 points, Juvia 18 points, Lucy 17 points, Cana 16 points, Chico 8 points;
Black Team (Lost): Mystogan 17 points, Gray 15 points, Loke 14 points, Droy 6 points, Laki 6 points;
Scarlet Team (Lost): Erza 18 points, Elfman 13 points, Evergreen 14 points, Macao 10 points, Bickslow 5 points;
Red Team (Lost): Natsu 16 points, Gajeel 16 points, Bisca 10 points, Alzack 10 points, Levy 8 points.
[Everyone is ranked according to their scores; in case of a tie, mbers of the winning team are ranked ahead of those from the losing team.]
1st Place: Ron, 25 points; Laxus, 25 points
3rd Place: Mirajane, 23 points
4th Place: Fried, 20 points
5th Place: Juvia, 18 points
6th Place: Erza, 18 points
7th Place: Lucy, 17 points
8th Place: Mystogan, 17 points
9th Place: Cana, 16 points
10th Place: Natsu, 16 points; Gajeel, 16 points
12th Place: Gray, 15 points
13th Place: Loke, 14 points; Evergreen, 14 points
15th Place: Bickslow, 13 points
16th Place: Elfman, 13 points
[The above are the top sixteen in the rankings, congratulations to them for entering the semi-finals!!]
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