Fairy's Chess Game

Chapter 256 The preliminaries are about to begin

The roses on the ice shell gradually became clear, one after another, slowly blooming into a garden around Woz.

The ice crystal flowers change from flat to three-dimensional, and the solid ice shell is silently eroded between blooms.Woz watched everything in front of him silently. At this rate, it would take at least a month to completely unlock the seal.But I have even spent hundreds of years of time, and I don't care about this short month.

The changes in the ice seal quickly alarmed Lululuya who was sleeping soundly.Spirit Bird stared at the past with wide-eyed eyes, meeting Woz's gaze.Woz is still unable to make a sound, but the long-term tacit understanding makes them no longer need too many words.

"Lu~ Lulu!" Lululuya spread her wings and screamed excitedly, her huge body filled the entire cave space.

Lululuya saw that it would take some time for Woz to unlock the seal, so she went out early to prepare a welcome ceremony for Woz.

The spirit bird, who has mastered the talent of space, moves very quickly, and returns to the cave every few minutes. At the same time, it brings special food, drinks, brand new clothes and other supplies from all over the world, filling the entire cave. and lit a bonfire,
After finishing all this, Lululuya sat in front of Woz expectantly and waited for him to come out.

Woz smiled helplessly, and now there is no way to tell Luluya that he needs a month.Also, how did she get so much food?Stealing with the precious and powerful space ability is too bullying!

Woz was a little worried whether Lululuya's behavior would cause people to panic.After all, her size is too big, which is a bit shocking.

After waiting the whole night, after the bonfire was burnt out, Luluya realized that Woz needed a longer period of time, and she was a little disappointed.But fortunately, she has also experienced the baptism of time, and she is somewhat psychologically prepared for waiting.

Thanks also to the fact that Lingfeng Armani is located in an alpine region, and this cave is a dry ice cave, the food that Lululuya brought back will not spoil soon.Otherwise, after a month, she will inevitably have to go out to clean up again.

So Woz and Lululuya could only count the roses in the ice shell to pass the time in the following days.Woz felt like he was wasting his time so extravagantly for the first time.

During the period, Woz also thought about using this time to review his magic, and then discovered a serious problem-his magic book was missing!
Not the one before time travel, but an "endless book" that Woz painstakingly imitated in ancient times.Because he was in a hurry at the time, the imitation version was naturally not as powerful as the original magic book. Woz knew that his original magic book was not destroyed, and he could find a way to get it back after he got out.

However, the imitated book recorded the original manuscript of the dragon slaying technique developed by Woz!That was written word by word with painstaking effort, hundreds of millions of words!If it is lost, it is not an ordinary trouble to make it up.

Woz could only smile bitterly in his heart again.There is no way, my situation was not optimistic before I was frozen into hibernation, and I didn't care about that book. Who knows where it was lost... 500 years later, it is still unknown whether it can be preserved.

It seems that it can only be copied again.

The dragon slaying technique developed by Woz is essentially a kind of ice modeling magic, which is the concrete embodiment of his concept of "slaying the dragon".

But this magic has already blatantly involved such lofty levels as "concepts" and "rules".Pure ice modeling magic can't control it well, so Woz can only use his own text magic as a supplement.Utilizing the weaving framework of text magic that can interfere with concepts, and with ice modeling magic as the core, Woz wrote this unprecedented "dragon slaying technique" into words.

Because it is a magic developed by himself, Woz remembers all its contents, so he can write it out again.In fact, if it is more straightforward, it is not impossible to release this magic without writing it on paper.Chanting incantations, drawing magic circles, making handprints... No matter what method is used, as long as the concept of dragon slaying technique can be clearly described, anyone can cast this powerful anti-dragon magic.

But after all, that is a terrifying amount of [-] million words. Even Woz himself would have to read for half a month to use the magic skills of "Speed ​​Chanting" and "Quick Casting"... It has no practical significance at all.

"So...the first thing to do after going out is to implement the dragon slaying technique in the magic book...well, you have to find the magic book first. And after seven years of 'cooling', the original numbered magic in the book has also disappeared. Is it all ready to use?"

Through the calendar brought back by Lululuya, Woz also knows the current time.Knowing that he had "slumbered for seven years" like the Sirius group, and hadn't benefited from time travel, Woz inevitably felt a little lost for a while.

A month later, Woz successfully unlocked the seal and left Lingfeng Armani.

The Northern Continent, also known as the Kingdom of Ice and Snow, is a beautiful world covered in silver all year round.Even if it is sunny, the mountains and rivers are always covered with thick snow.Only areas with human activities such as villages and towns will be consciously cleaned out, adding a touch of color to this pure white world.

Xueguo Town is the only town in the vast snow-capped mountains. There is a large-scale market in the town, which is the most frequented place for people from nearby mountain villages.Whenever the snow passes and the sky clears, it is the time when the market opens, and it is also the busiest time in the town.

"Shop No. [-]" is still the most famous shop in the town. It is run by the beautiful owner Leonor, and it specializes in selling various grains, breads, fruits and other staple and non-staple foods.

Although more than 20 years have passed, Leonor still has the same beautiful appearance as before. Except for a little more mature charm between her eyebrows and feathers, her appearance has not changed much—this has become the North Country’s One of the twelve wonders.

"Hey, but you, Woz, you have changed a lot." Leonor leaned lazily on the counter, "I was such a small child back then, but now I am so mature."

Luluya, the size of a pigeon, sits at the counter, savoring a delicious dessert from Leonor.

"However, why does this bird get smaller every month? It can't be the offspring of that year, right?" The beautiful boss teased the spirit bird.

Woz explained with a smile: "Luluya made her size smaller, otherwise her real size would scare people."

Leonor said in a leisurely tone: "Oh, that's right, someone seemed to be looking for you not long ago. It was two confused girls who couldn't tell who they were looking for. Now that I think about it, I was looking for you." Woz you!"

Woz thought for a while: "It must be the person from Fairy Tail?"

Leonor shrugged: "I don't know much about the mages, but they are indeed mages, excellent female mages. Just like Ulu back then."

When Ulu was mentioned, the two fell silent.

After a while, it was Leonor who spoke first: "By the way, some people have come back to pay homage to Ulu in the past few years. There is a tomb built next to the house where she lived before. Why don't you go and see it?"

Ulu's house is located deep in the snow-capped mountains, and the terrain is relatively remote.But this is not difficult at all for the ice shape wizard.Although this road has not been traveled for nearly 20 years, Woz still remembers it vividly.

The small wooden house that used to live in is still standing there firmly, with bright and clean windows - Leonor often comes to take care of it.

In the open space in front of the house, there is an exquisite ice monument.

Although Leonor said it was a tomb, both Gray and Leon believed that Ulu was not really dead, so they didn't actually build a tomb, but just built an ice monument to commemorate it.

In front of the monument, there are three delicately shaped roses, which are the product of the magic of ice modeling.

Gray, Leon, Urrutia.Looking at the three slightly different flowers, Woz immediately recognized who made them.

So he did not hesitate to create a rose and placed it in front of the monument.

"It's great to be back..."

Leonor has been watching from the side, and said enviously: "That's great, Ulu is a very happy woman... Is this the benefit of having children?"

Woz looked at her: "Shouldn't the proprietress find someone to marry? If it doesn't work, you can adopt a few children."

"No, no, it really doesn't work." Leonor shook her head again and again, "I'm not as gentle as Ulu, and I don't have the patience to raise children. It's so rare to have a child who is as sensible as you were when you were a child, Woz. Don't let Ulu her."

Woz said: "Don't worry, when I retire, I will come back here to retire, and I will take care of you when the time comes."

Leonor rolled her eyes and waved Woz out again and again: "I'm not that old yet, don't mention things so far away now! You must be busy now, hurry up!"

"Hehe, then, I'll go first." Woz said goodbye and patted Luluya on the shoulder.

The spirit bird spread its wings, broke through the space and took Woz away.

……

Today is the day before the preliminaries of the Damo Dou Yanwu audition.The two girls, Mirajane and Lebby, were not late at last, and arrived at the capital of Crocas at night.

Zhu Bian and Philip were waiting for them at the gate of the city.Laxus, Kana, Gajeel, Ebagarin, Bigusro and others have already entered the city to find a place to stay.

Because at this time, Krokasri gathered mages from all over the country and even the entire continent, and there were more spectators and tourists. I am afraid that booking a hotel or something really depends on robbing.

Felid and the others asked with concern about the schedule of the two girls and how the special training was progressing.

Because they spent too much time collecting magic book fragments and finding people, the two girls, Mirajane and Rebby, had very little time to practice.However, Lebby is not a head-to-head combat mage, and she is not so competitive, so she is quite satisfied with the three-month itinerary.As for Mirajane, in fact, for S-class mages, the effect of this kind of surprise special training is already very limited. Their strength improvement does not depend on overnight success, so it doesn't matter.

"By the way, what about the others?" Mirajane asked.

Kana was still in a state of drinking, and said slightly drunk: "Everyone is training separately, so they come separately. As for the left-behind members, they probably won't arrive until tomorrow... After all, everyone is very busy!"

Mirajane nodded in understanding.During the trip, they also learned something about the current world.

One of the biggest changes is that one month before the official start of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts, all regular guilds will unify and launch a crazy cleansing of the Dark Mage Guild.Use the most violent means, even unscrupulous attacks to wipe out the dark guilds in various places, and reduce the power of the Barham Alliance to the extreme.

And this was done with the acquiescence and even the implicit encouragement of the senate—during this period, the senate would relax the prohibition of "prohibiting wars between guilds".

Because during the holding of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts, all the elite forces of the regular guilds will be concentrated in the capital Crocas, which will inevitably lead to the emptiness of defense forces in various places.It is really not reassuring to not eradicate the local dark guild.

The remaining members of Fairy Tail are also carrying out such clean-up work.Different from other guilds, Fairy Tail has been engaged in such wars throughout the seven years.

Because this is the continuation of the second generation chess game.

Neither Mebis, the second-generation player who represents the light, nor Jeff, who represents the darkness, officially participated in the chess duel.So the second chess game didn't actually start!

Until now, a fierce conflict broke out between Fairy Tail, a guild that inherited Mebis' will, and the Dark Guild that believed in Zeref, and the root cause was this late chess game.

Originally, the council was also the main force of the light side, but gradually, the council began to move closer to the third-generation chess game.Order and chaos!The Senate represents extreme order.But it is precisely because of this order that the entire operating system of the Senate has gradually become rigid.

Speaking of which, why was the guild Sword Biting Tiger able to become the new No. [-] guild quickly after Fairy Tail fell silent?Why did the council not only didn't look down on Fairy Tail like it did before, but instead strongly supported this guild?
The reason for this is because Sword Biting Tiger is also a guild that upholds order.The internal order of this guild is well-organized, and the hierarchy is strict. The president Germain has the supreme authority, and no one dares to go one step further!It is precisely this high degree of agreement between the concepts that makes the Senate favor this guild.

Moreover, their strength is not weak at all, and they are truly worthy of the throne of the first guild.

It's Fairy Tail capped to capture the title with the most threatening opponents!

Laxus and the others are also very aware of this, so if they want to win, they must send the strongest team and do their best!
Laxus looked at the few companions around him: "Since the others haven't arrived yet, let's do it. It's relatively easy for the people here to form a 5+1 team."

"So, now let's decide who should be sent for this qualifier?"

(End of this chapter)