Chapter 140: Harvest Festival Battle
The Harvest Festival is Magnolia's annual celebration day and also the most lively costume parade event of the year in Fairy Tail.
The whole city was decorated with lights and the citizens changed into almost uniform clothes in preparation for the carnival days.
In recent years, under the promotion of Kira, Magnolia has developed rapidly and become a magical city in the Kingdom of Fiore that is almost comparable to the royal capital. Therefore, more and more people come to visit at this time.
As the only magic guild in Magnolia and the number one in the kingdom, Fairy Tail has participated in parades, performed magic shows, and even held beauty pageants in previous years, but this year is different!
A few months ago...
"You said you were going to hold a guild competition?"
In a certain villa, the short mayor looked at Kira strangely, "Hasn't your guild always held beauty pageants? Magnolia has been developing very well in recent years. I originally wanted to use this gimmick to promote it and attract a wave of tourists. Why did you suddenly change it?"
After deciding to choose the strongest wizard of Fairy Tail at the Harvest Festival, Kira went to the mayor and told him about his plans for this year.
"It's too boring to have a beauty pageant every year!" Kira drank his tea and glanced at the short mayor across from him. "Even if you are an LSP, you will find it boring to always watch the same beauty pageant."
Mayor: How can it be boring? It’s obviously great!
"A so-called magic guild should hold magic competitions to make it interesting. Believe me, in the near future, competitions between wizards will become a popular event across the country. By then, we, as the first to host it, will surely become famous!"
"And holding a magic tournament can also promote Fairy Tail and Magnolia. We can change it to a beauty pageant next year. This will not only whet the appetite, but may even increase popularity!"
Soon, the mayor agreed to the plan because Kira had never made a mistake in his decision-making.
"So now, please ask the mayor to publicize it and try to attract more tourists to watch. It will definitely be very lively then!"
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Two days ago, Fairy Tail Guild.
Kira stood on the second floor, holding a megaphone and shouting to his companions below: "That's it, everyone! The mayor has agreed. This year's Harvest Festival will be kicked off by our Fairy Tail with a wonderful magic competition!!"
“Yeah!!”
"sharp!!"
“I’m on fire!!”
Cheers echoed throughout the guild!
Kira handed the speaker to Markov beside him, with a mixed expression of joy and sorrow on his face.
The good news was that he was looking forward to this event and had the support of the mayor; the bad news was that he was really afraid that these kids would destroy Magnolia, and then the loss would outweigh the gain.
Fortunately, Kira told him that the competition would be held in a fixed venue, which slightly reduced the worry on Marklov's face.
"Ahem... Now I will announce the rules of the competition!"
Led by Kira, Erza, and Laxus, everyone fell silent and looked at Markov.
"Except for me, Gildarts who is not here, and the Harpy, everyone in the guild must participate in this event. No one can refuse!"
Some people turned their eyes to Mr. Gang in the corner. He was still silent as usual and covered himself tightly. It was obvious that he had to participate in this event as well.
Natsu yelled, "Why can't Happy join us? He's one of our companions too!"
"Then, this competition will be judged by the mayor, this old man..." Marklov said, raising his hand, "Disper, Harpy, and reporters from magic newspapers, a total of five people!"
“Yo!”
"Why!"
Disper and Happy appeared beside Marklov one after another. The former was considered half a member of Fairy Tail, while the latter did not participate because he had no fighting power .
"By the way, Happy will also serve as the mascot for our Fairy Tail's first Magic Tournament!"
Habib was so proud that he put his paws on his hips and showed off proudly: "That's it! From now on I'm a star!"
"In this competition, you can only use your own magic and are not allowed to use other magic items."
Everyone turned their eyes to Kira again, as this one was obviously aimed at him.
Unexpectedly, Kira seemed to have known this for a long time. He nodded and said, "This is my request for the balance of the competition. Except for the possession-type mages who can use their original equipment, no one, including me, can use special magic items this time."
"Finally," Markov's voice once again attracted everyone's attention, "The winner of this competition will receive a reward of 1 million J and the trophy of [Fairy Tail's Strongest Person]!!!"
“Ohhhhh!!!!”
“I must get it!!!”
"What do you mean by strongest? Obviously, the president and Gildarts are not involved..."
Although everyone knows that this honor is not very prestigious, they do not care, because with it they can show off in front of others with justification.
Laxus is determined to win, Erza is very excited about it, Natsu, Gajeel, Gray and others have also made bold statements, saying that they must get it, and as for Killer, he is already thinking about how to spend the 1 million J prize money, where to put the pure gold trophy, and how to insert various advertisements into the game.
Unlike others, he is currently busy planning advertising, action figures, and future endorsements with the mayor.
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Now, Magnolia Race Course.
A few years ago, at Kira's suggestion, the mayor designated a large piece of land in the city as a venue for various activities and events. Now, after several months of preparation for this competition, the renovation was finally completed before the Harvest Festival .
The entire competition field is similar to the venue for the great magic battle in the original time and space, but the area is a little smaller. However, this scale is sufficient to accommodate the residents who come to watch the game and the tourists who come from nearby.
There was a lot of noise and cheers.
On the judges' podium, in the middle sat President Markov, the mayor of Magnolia, the host of this competition, Disper, and on both sides sat reporters who were invited to visit and the mascot Habby.
The reason for letting Disper be the host was mainly out of consideration for the president’s advanced age and lack of energy; as for the other two, the reporter was a special guest and an outsider, so it was not appropriate; as for the mayor... who would dare to let the mayor be the host?
So in the end this task had to fall on Disper, of course, also to take advantage of his handsome image and facilitate product placement.
Behind them was a huge screen that was divided into several sections. It was shooting the competition venue from different directions, with images transmitted through the magic crystal.
Under the enthusiasm of the audience, Disper, Marklov, the mayor and reporters explained the schedule of this [First Magnolia Magic Conference] to the audience word by word.
The schedule is divided into the following points:
Preliminary [Escape the Maze]:
A five-story maze with four entrances and one exit. The maze is full of traps and mechanisms. Only the first 30 members who escape from the maze are eligible to enter the preliminary round.
If the number of people is less than 30 at the end, the person closest to the maze exit will serve as a supplement;
In addition to the trap rules, you cannot attack other wizards;
The maze cannot be destroyed;
PS: Although the maze is made of special materials and cannot be easily destroyed, wizards must also be careful.
Preliminary [Territory Attack and Defense ]:
The 30 members who enter the preliminary round will be divided into six teams, each with 5 people, and will conduct a territory attack and defense battle in the same terrain;
Each team guards their own territory and attacks their own target, that is, three one-on-one games are carried out simultaneously, and it is invalid to capture other people's territories;
When one of the two opposing teams captures the other's territory, the game between the two teams ends and the players come out;
After discussion, the judges will evaluate the contribution of the magicians in each team, and each will receive 10/8/6/4/2 points. The three winning teams will each receive 2 points, and then, based on the length of the game, each will receive an additional/subtraction of 2/1/0 points.
Rematch [Hostile Battle]:
After the preliminary round, the top 16 players will be ranked according to their scores to determine the top eight.
Then came the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. Each event took up one day, and the entire competition lasted for six days. The seventh day happened to be the harvest festival.
Streamers were flying, cheers were heard, the crowd was noisy, and Dispel stood up with the microphone.
"The first Magnolia Magic Conference has officially begun!!!"
