The son of the dragon who walks

Chapter 579: The start of the game and the kingdom’s small moves

Everyone returned to the hotel in the evening, and Ciel also heard about the raven of thorns.

According to Erza, the black-robed man's malice was definitely more than just jealousy.

Ciel had several guesses, but he couldn't be sure which one they were. But Ciel still told everyone to be extra careful with the Raven of Thorns during the game.

But there was no time for everyone to rest. The signal for the start of the preliminaries in the middle of the night woke everyone up.

Just like in the memory, the preliminaries were a maze breakthrough. After the two teams entered the magic-shaped maze, Ciel also started to take action.

With Fairy Tail's current strength, it would be strange if they lost. And everyone is not as burdened as in the original plot, they just need to show themselves to their heart's content.

So Ciel is now focusing more on the Eclipse Gate.

Seven years ago, Ciel figured out the location of the Eclipse Gate and sneaked all the way in.

Perhaps because the plan was about to be completed, the guards around the Eclipse Gate were much tighter.

However, it was easy for Charles to sneak in, and he successfully bypassed the guards and arrived at the Eclipse Gate.

Sure enough, the magic power gathered at the Eclipse Gate was much larger than seven years ago, and it was indeed able to be activated.

Ciel had previously investigated and found that the Eclipse Gate had indeed been held by the Heartfilia family for generations. It's just that Lucy's father's business failed and the family went bankrupt, and Eclipse Gate was sold by him.

It was eventually acquired by the Kingdom of Fiore, so there was a solar eclipse plan.

Speaking of which, Teacher Anna also traveled through the Eclipse Gate with her group and came to this era. Ciel has also been looking for her but there is no news at all.

In the original plot, she discovered the time and space rift and planned to use it to deal with Acnologia. She was also afraid that the time and space rift would be used by other people with malicious intentions, so she has been guarding it.

After all, he is an excellent magician recognized by Ignilu. Although he has lost the contracted star spirit key, his magic level is definitely not low.

It was really difficult for Ciel to find her even if she wanted to hide it.

The state of the Eclipse Gate is still normal. It is probably due to the special magic power fluctuation on the day of the Dragon King Festival that caused the abnormality.

Unfortunately, he didn't meet anyone to discuss the plan in front of him this time. Ciel left after confirming the basic situation.

When Ciel returned to the hotel, he unexpectedly learned the news that the two teams had passed the qualifiers at the same time.

Everyone was shocked when the results were announced. Although the competition did not limit the number of participating teams, it was not easy for elites from other guilds to form a team. Fairy Tail actually came up with an entire team composed of dragon slayers. Another team can be sent to pass the preliminaries.

The showdown made everyone clearly aware of Fairy Tail's strength.

Ciel noticed that Lacusus' mood was a bit strange, and the first person to notice this was Gajeel.

Gajeel tells Ciel that they encountered the Raven of Thorns again in the preliminaries. But there was no conflict between the two sides. But after that, Lacusus became weird.

At the same time, the Raven Guild of Thorns also passed the preliminaries this time.

Ciel confirmed something in his mind and told Gajeel not to worry.

Lacusus' reaction confirmed Ciel's guess about the Thorn Raven that did not appear in the original plot. It seemed that that person had never given up on targeting Fairy Tail.

But Lacusus is very reliable, and there will be no problem in leaving this matter to him.

After one night, the official competition of Da Mo Dou Yan Wu began.

The game still adopts the mode of indefinite competition and battle, and the first game on the first day is a hiding game.

The sword-biting tiger's memory-shaped mage Rufus targeted Fairy Tail just like the original plot, and Gray was indeed tricked into getting the lowest score.

Even though Gray fought back, he really didn't get any points. Gajeel from the other team scored six points for third place. And it was precisely because of this that Natsu came into play after the game. This time the two were not on the same team, and Natsu directly mocked Gray in front of him like a winner.

"Wahahahaha! What's going on? Someone came on the field with full confidence, but he didn't get a single point!"

"hateful!"

Gray picked up Natsu's scarf and said loudly: "You didn't play, don't act like you defeated me, you bastard!"

"Well, what did you say? If I were to play, I would never be like you, the droopy-eyed bastard, and not be able to score a single point!"

Natsu and Gray's foreheads were directly touching each other, and they were about to act like normal, but after Erza scolded them, they immediately calmed down and faced the wall.

Ciel laughed and said nothing. Gray was still a little guilty and disappointed after losing the competition, but he immediately cheered up after having a fight with Natsu.

Natsu was indeed extra attentive at times, maybe he just noticed that Gray was in a low mood, so he "comforted" him in his own way... although the person being comforted was also very angry!

After the rough and tumble, the battle in the second half began.

Because the contestants for the battle portion are designated by the organizers, there is no room for strategy.

As for Fairy Tail, Stinger and Lucy are on stage.

Ciel felt that the organizers intended to suppress Fairy Tail, and Stinger's opponent turned out to be Jura from the Scales of the Snake Princess.

Jura was the Holy Ten seven years ago, and he has become a lot stronger in the past seven years. Stinger's laser can't penetrate Jura's steel-like rock wall at all.

Although he was defeated, there was nothing worthy of criticism about Stinger's performance. Even Jura, his opponent, expressed his appreciation!

Compared to Stinger, Ciel was more worried about Lucy, who was coming next. Her opponent was the Thorn Raven who had the most ill intentions towards Fairy Tail.

Ciel couldn't help but look at the mascot pumpkin on the rostrum, and began to wonder whether the royal family knew the identity of the person among the Thorn Ravens.

If they knew it, it would be unreasonable to sign up Thorn Raven, unless they deliberately let in this guy who has irreconcilable conflicts with Fairy Tail.

If this is the case, then the Kingdom’s little moves have really gone over the line.

Lucy comes on, and her opponent is a woman with dark eyeshadow wearing a swimsuit-like tights.

The magician of Thorn Raven, Lubaka, uses siren magic, which belongs to the same branch of magic reception as the three Mirajane siblings.

She can absorb the limbs or abilities of various sirens into herself. She received the soul of Kraken from the beginning and turned her arms into a large number of octopus tentacles to curl towards Lucy.

Ciel slapped his forehead. Does Lucy have any special attributes? Why do some scenes that need to be mosaic always appear every time she fights?

In public, she was entangled by a bunch of tentacles, which were still secreting mucus that dissolved clothes, making Lucy make strange noises... What kind of shameful play is this!

Logically speaking, it would be more appropriate for this ghostly scene to appear in the drama!

However, Lucy still found an opportunity to summon the Cancer Celestial Spirit, cut off the tentacles and put on the Celestial Spirit Clothes.

But then Lubaka took over the spirit of the Siren and tried to hypnotize Lucy with a strange song.

Fortunately, the clock constellation star spirit contracted by Lucy appeared automatically after sensing that she was in danger, and put Lucy into a soundproof body.

Lubaka didn't expect this to happen, but was punched away by the Leo star spirit Loki summoned by Lucy, allowing Lucy to get ten points.

This time, the Raven of Thorns did not use any extra moves, and Ciel also withdrew the magic power that was ready to go. The first day of competition ended successfully.

(End of this chapter)