The mont the finger snapped.
Dong—!
Dong—! Dong—!
A distant and resonant bell rang out over the city.
The originally noisy and cheering hall instantly fell into silence, everyone's expression frozen.
"This bell..."
"And this way of ringing..."
Natsu subconsciously turned his head toward the guild entrance, his eyes filled with suspicion and wild joy.
"Could it be that Gildarts is back?!"
A single stone stirred up a thousand waves!
The hall imdiately erupted into a joyous cheer even more boisterous than before!
Even the cold and silent Laxus subconsciously turned his head, casting his gaze toward the entrance.
Gildarts Clive!
Fairy Tail's strongest Wizard!
If he were to return, this tournant would undoubtedly be Fairy Tail's battle for the strongest in na and reality!
"Gildarts?"
Regarding this guild mber whose na she had heard but whom she had never t in person...
Lucy couldn't quite understand why a single bell could make the lawless mbers of Fairy Tail so unsettled.
Before Natsu could clear up her confusion, Ron's voice rang out.
"Though I'd also love for Gildarts to participate, after all, with him here, this tournant would be even more exciting."
"But..."
Ron spread his hands, his expression helpless.
"Unfortunately, he hasn't returned."
"It's just that our tournant needs to use Gildarts Mode..."
Before he could finish, chanical sounds ca from outside the guild, broadcasting continuously over Magnolia.
"Magnolia is about to change to enter Gildarts Mode! All citizens, please proceed quickly to designated safety zones."
"Repeating..."
After several broadcasts.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble—!!!
The entire city seed like a giant beast awakening, letting out a deafening roar as if the whole city had co to life.
"W-what is this?!"
Lucy's eyes widened as she watched the scenery constantly changing before her.
"The city... is transforming?!"
"This is the Magnolia Gildarts Mode, specifically modified to prevent a spacing-out Gildarts from accidentally destroying the streets."
Mirajane explained with a smile.
Even though this scene felt shocking no matter how many tis one saw it.
All the buildings were like giant building blocks, being rearranged and combined.
Streets separated, houses moved, and walls rose!
In just a mont, the entirety of Magnolia had completely changed its appearance, turning into a massive, maze-like three-dinsional arena!
The citizens in the city were not panicked; instead, they excitedly gathered in designated safety zones, whispering and discussing heatedly through giant magic screens.
"Oh oh oh! Has it started? Fairy Tail's tournant!"
"What a grand undertaking! Fairy Tail's event this year!"
"Tsk tsk, using the entire city as the arena, only they could pull off sothing this crazy."
"..."
In the magic world of Fairy Tail, although not everyone could beco a Wizard, almost everyone had a heartfelt yearning and pursuit for magic.
Therefore, upon learning that the Fairy Tail guild wanted to borrow the city to host a tournant, and receiving a guarantee that all buildings would be restored after the event...
Every citizen, without exception, agreed.
These past few days, besides leaving all sorts of weird and wonderful Runic Traps all over Magnolia and partitioning the citizen safety zones...
Ron's main energy was focused on the Gildarts Mode.
He transford the shift mode, originally designed simply to make way for Gildarts, into this intricate and peril-filled—
Magnolia · Gildarts Mode · Tournant Edition!
Once the rumbling stopped and the arena was completely finished...
Ron looked out the window at the unrecognizable, steel-maze-like city and nodded with satisfaction.
He turned around, his heterochromatic eyes scanning the crowd below, a mischievous smirk curving his lips.
"The stage has been set."
"Everyone, the Elimination Round officially begins!"
Buzz—!
Almost the instant his words fell, a magic circle lit up beneath everyone's feet.
Before they could voice their questions, a teleportation force enveloped them.
"Ah—!!"
Amidst a chorus of screams, light soared into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, the originally crowded guild hall beca empty.
Everyone was randomly teleported to the edges of Magnolia city.
"Phew, finally sent all those energetic fellows away."
Ron stretched and turned to look at Makarov and Ur beside him.
"Old man, Ur, I'll be heading off first too."
"I'll leave the gatekeeping task to you two."
After speaking, his figure also vanished into thin air from the guild's second floor.
Looking at the empty hall, Makarov turned to Jason, a kind smile on his face.
"Mr. Jason, we have matters to attend to. Why don't you make yourself at ho for the rest?"
"No problem, no problem! I understand!"
Jason waved his hands excitedly, frantically pressing the shutter.
"Go ahead and don't worry. With the things that gentleman left behind, I can wander around on my own!"
"This is big news! COOL!"
Saying so, Jason touched the badge Ron had specially made for him and ran out of the guild like the wind.
"Yeah—!!"
"I sll... the scent of news, of headlines!!"
...
Sowhere on the edge of Magnolia.
The space rippled, and Ron's figure appeared out of thin air.
He rose with the wind, overlooking this completely scrambled city.
Towering walls blocked the line of sight, intricate roads distorted and turned, and with the ubiquitous Runic Traps, it was simply a perfect urban trap maze.
"Which way should I go?"
Ron, having landed, pondered to himself.
The entire city only allowed flight here at the edges to observe the paths.
Once inside, it beca a no-fly zone, and one could only weave through the city streets.
A mont later.
Ron casually snapped off a tree branch and tossed it into the air.
"That way? Fine, it makes no difference anyway."
Looking at the direction the branch pointed.
With hands in his pockets, he whistled and walked into the city maze with light steps.
Even though the city structure had changed drastically under Gildarts Mode...
And the locations of those Runic Traps had also changed...
Under his strange blue-gold eyes, all traps were exposed with nowhere to hide.
Ron's steps shifted slightly, elegantly avoiding the trap in front of him.
"Sigh, how boring."
Ron strolled leisurely while letting out a humble-bragging sigh.
"Is this the pain of an open-book exam? Not even a hint of a racing heartbeat."
"This life of being fast-tracked... is truly as lonely as snow."
"I'm definitely going to be the first to reach the finish line!!"
Natsu went full throttle, turning into a streak of fire as he advanced at high speed, when his body suddenly froze in place without warning.
In the air before him, a magic barrier rose out of nowhere, and a line of text slowly appeared on it.
[Trap triggered! Immobilized for 5 minutes.]
Natsu: "...Huh?"
At the sa ti, in various corners of the city.
[Trap triggered! Perform a Dance of the Little Swans.]
Fearing that soone might not know the dance, the barrier even thoughtfully included the dance moves.
A certain background character helplessly changed into the costu and began to dance on tiptoes.
[Trap triggered! Crawl gloomily through this area.]
"Whoa! What kind of movent is this! This is too perverted!!"
[Trap triggered! A real man should strike a hundred poses.]
"What are these shaful poses?"
"I'm not even a 'manly man', this is clearly Elfman's specialty, right?!"
[Trap triggered!]
[Trap triggered!!]
[Trap triggered!!!]
[...]
Various hilarious and irritating traps were triggered by everyone one after another.
In every corner of Magnolia, the sa resentful roar echoed one after another.
"This is so annoying!!!"
"Why on earth did Ron set up these things?!!!"
Inside the safety zones, the giant broadcast screens clearly reflected everyone's frantic and embarrassed states.
The citizens, watching this scene, all broke out into extrely joyful laughter.
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