Fairy's Chess Game

Chapter 126 Fairy Celebration
The actions of the Gate of Hades have always been the key monitoring content of the Senate.And Woz can be said to be the only person who has come back alive from those demons in these years, so his testimony and report are very important.In addition, it seems that Woz also knows something about Gerald's situation-at least Woz always calls Gerald's real name in the council, but everyone else is fooled by Gerald's lies, thinking it is Woz unilaterally got it wrong.

If it were the past, the Supreme Council would be very willing to keep Woz in the council for a few days, and it would never stop if it didn't get to the bottom of it and restore all the details!

However, the Senate is now in chaos, the magical power of the strategic great magic elf has been destructively activated, and the huge magical power that has been accumulated for half a century has been absorbed by Gerald's R system.

To make matters worse, even the ground activation system of the elf's magic power and the council itself were destroyed by the woman Gerald was following, Urrutia, who was also one of the councilors.

The only thing to be thankful for may be the fact that "there were no serious casualties", right?
At least as far as Woz knows, in the original plot, the attack at the gate of Hades killed almost all the old and new councilors.This attack was considered "mild".

The current Senate is busy rebuilding and rebuilding their prestige in the hearts of the people.For a while, I really didn't have time to pay attention to Woz's affairs.

Woz and President Makarov stayed for less than a day before they let them go.

In the early morning of the next day, the guild hall was as lively as ever.Woz came to his old position.

"Good morning! Senior!" Rebby raised her head and greeted him. Her books and notes took up more than half of the large desktop, and she seemed to be studying something.

"Morning." Woz nodded, and at the same time habitually glanced at the books on the table—all of them had been read.

As time passed, more and more people were in the guild, and the noise filled the entire space.

"It's really lively in the guild recently." Woz sighed.Both he and Rebby were already immune to this level of noise, and looked at the books in their hands completely unaffected.But this does not affect the simple communication between them, "It feels like everyone in the guild has come back in a swarm. Even though the Ghost War is over, they didn't continue to work..."

Lebby put down the pen in her hand and looked at him strangely: "Because the goblin celebration is about to begin, everyone was going to come back at this time!" Seeing Woz's face suddenly enlightened, Lebby said in surprise, "No Will you? Have seniors even forgotten about the celebration?"

"Hey, is it because you worked too hard before?" Karna sat next to her smelling of alcohol, and carelessly put aside Leibby's book and put on her own barrel, "Woz, you need to rest! "

As she spoke, she pushed the huge barrel towards Woz.

Woz: "First of all, I don't think drinking is a form of rest."

"It's obviously very effective." Kana took back the barrel with a look of pity.

"Besides, in terms of time, my annual vacation has also ended." Woz shrugged helplessly.

Mirajane came over with a drink: "Woz, you really need to take a good rest. You have worked too hard recently. Just take advantage of the guild's celebration to relax."

"Fairy Celebration?" Hearing the word again in a short time, Woz turned his head to look at the people in the hall, and suddenly understood, "So that's it, it's the guild's birthday celebration again."

"Who told Woz that you have never participated in the celebration, and you still look like a stranger until now." Karna complained.

Woz's sabbatical usually skips the annual leprechaun celebration.It's not that he doesn't know about the celebration, it's just that Woz feels that he is not used to the overly lively environment, so he didn't change his rest time specifically for this.

Originally, the celebration should have been held two weeks ago, but due to the battle of ghosts and the busy rebuilding of the guild, it has been postponed until now.

At this time, probably because she saw Leibby at this table, Lucy also came over.She had spent a long time choosing in front of the task board just now, and finally found a suitable task, but was cut off by Gajeel forcefully. The girl who wanted to cry without tears could only come to Leibi for comfort.

Mirajane also sat down and looked in the direction of the task board: "It seems that the competition in the guild is very fierce now!"

"Is it because everyone is back, because there are too many people in the guild?" Lucy analyzed.

Kana shook her head: "No, those guys who seldom come back usually run away from the field, or are hired for a long time. They don't have a lot of demand for the tasks issued by the task board in the guild. Many of them work with Guilds in other areas have signed contracts and can receive suitable jobs in many places.

And we are now the number one guild in the kingdom, theoretically there will only be more tasks entrusted to us. "

Rebby laughed and said, "It's Lucy, aren't you too demanding? I always want to find a job with easy and high-paying tasks... Of course, that kind of task has long been targeted by everyone, and it is difficult to fall into your hands." of."

Lucy complained: "I don't want to do this either! But Naz and the others are all in training, and I can only work alone. Those weird tasks on the task board are all tricky and weird, and they are simply beyond the It's beyond my ability!"

Mirajane is the person in charge of issuing missions in the guild, so she can naturally learn more about the inside story: "Actually, the number of missions we have received has indeed decreased."

The girls around looked at her in surprise, puzzled.

"Affected by the war with the ghost earlier, the guild temporarily suspended its business." Mirajane began to explain seriously, "So Magnolia and several surrounding cities have also suspended issuing tasks to us. Originally, these The task list in the urban area accounts for half of our daily tasks. The other parts are all collected by the council and then sent out, but..." The girl spread her hands.

The Senate is also basically in a semi-paralyzed state now, and has no energy to deal with these tedious daily affairs.Therefore, the combination of the two has made Fairy Tail recently receive less mission orders than it did in the same period in the past.

After hearing the seemingly reasonable "official" explanation, Lucy became even more desperate: "No way! Could it be that the shortage of tasks will continue in the next few days? Then what should I do? The rent will be paid soon. !"

The blond girl looked horrified: "It's over, the landlady will eat me!"

Woz listened for a long time, and suddenly said: "You can participate in the competition, and there will be prize money."

"Huh?" Lucy only noticed that Woz was here, "Senior... what competition did you just say?"

She asked with some expectation, this is also an "insider" person, maybe there will be some inside news.The word "bonus" instantly touched the girl who was about to fall into economic crisis.

But except for Lucy, the other girls all had a clear expression, and seemed to have remembered this matter under Woz's reminder.

"On the way back yesterday, the president mentioned to me that there seems to be a beauty contest called 'Miss Goblin', which is held during the day of the celebration and wants me to be the judge. But I don't know the details, Mi Rajenne should know, right?" Woz looked at Mirajenne.

"By the way, the bonus amount is quite high, 100 million gold." Woz thought for a while, and made up the last blow.

I want to participate!I want to participate!I want to participate!The blonde girl's eyes instantly turned as brilliant golden as her hair, a year's rent!One year's rent!

Kana was surprised: "100 million? The price has increased? Isn't it all 50 before!"

"Has it been held before?" Woz was also surprised. He always thought that this event was only held this year!
"Because a sum of war money was made recently." Mirajani said with a smile.

"Competition is fierce!" Lebby recalled yesterday's swordsmanship exchange meeting. There seemed to be a lot of girls in the guild. If trainees were included, it would be even more serious—to be honest, Lebby felt that she was no better than those girls. The little girl is more competitive...

It's a really sad story.

beauty pageant?Isn't it a test of combat power?Lucy's eyes light up, there is a chance!With a perfect and beautiful girl like myself, she will definitely be able to win it easily!
Lucy, who was quite confident in her appearance, couldn't help snickering. Since it wasn't a competition of combat ability, there was no need to worry about "monsters" like Erza.

Woz asked again: "This Miss Goblin contest, can non-guild mages participate?"

"Of course not!" Kana shook her head decisively, "What's wrong? Do you have another recommendation?"

"No, I just saw why Jin Wenyue is still in the guild? Is there any news from Shouyan?"

Erza came over: "It was she who heard about the celebration and asked to stay and participate temporarily."

"Elusha also wants to participate?"

"Of course, as long as it's a competition, I won't admit defeat!"

Woz looked at Erza carefully again: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen you wearing clothes other than armor...Elusha, you don't really wear armor to participate in the competition, do you?"

Mirajane smiled: "Who told Woz that you have never participated in group activities? In previous competitions, Erza would also change into beautiful dresses."

Both Woz and Lucy looked at Erza in amazement. Woz's vague memory was no longer enough for him to remember what Erza looked like in dresses and skirts, while Lucy said that she couldn't imagine that. What kind of scene—after all, the image of the Fairy Queen Erza has been bound to the "armor" and is deeply rooted!
So for the subsequent beauty pageant, both of them began to have new expectations.

"By the way, where are Laxus and his Thors?" Woz asked Erza, "Didn't it mean that they came back long ago?"

When it comes to Laxus, people's faces are a little ugly.His domineering and unruly personality is not popular in the guild.

"They are basically a semi-independent small group, and they usually don't stay with us. They should be at Laxus' home now?" Erza replied simply, "It seems that they will also participate in this celebration. It's really rare, after all, he hasn't participated in the celebration for a long time, right?"

Kana nodded: "It's basically the same as Woz, and he has been absent for almost ten years. From this point of view, except for that guy Gildas who ran too far, this year's celebration turned out to be full of everyone. !"

"Mistgang will come back?" Woz asked back.

"...No, I almost forgot that there was such a person in the guild."

However, Mirajane felt that Woz actually had another purpose for inquiring about Laxus: "What's the matter? Laxus, is there any problem?"

"I think he might take this opportunity to make trouble."

"Laxus' ideas and intentions are basically known to the members of the guild. He is dissatisfied with the governance ideas of the old man of the guild. It is no secret that he wants to be replaced by a superior." Leby analyzed and tapped Desktop, "If he really wants to launch a 'revolution' to take over, this celebration is really the most ideal stage-this is the time when the guild members gather the most!"

Erza frowned: "It seems really possible! But it will be troublesome!"

Woz also just wanted to remind them that the plot is now in chaos, and he is not sure whether the events in the original plot will continue to develop according to the original direction.

"Okay, don't think about it, you should hurry up and prepare for the competition, the bonus is equivalent to the reward of a high-level mission guild." Woz clapped his hands, "As for Laxus, if something really happens, I will Will handle it."

"Woz, your current state... is it okay?" Kanna looked at the man's still pale face, very suspicious.

"Cough!" Woz was a little embarrassed when he was directly questioned, "You don't need to worry about this. I am indeed not in my best form right now. I can't beat Laxus, but I won't lose either. So don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)