Chapter 167: Erza and Mistgang's Second Clash
After the Tower of Paradise incident, the identity of "Jellal" was wanted by the Council. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Mistgon specifically asked the guild members not to announce his identity to the public, otherwise the Council might send people to keep an eye on him because of his face.
Everyone agreed readily, including Kira and Disper, although he had already written these things very vaguely in the novel.
Without a clear statement of his identity, ordinary people didn't know what Mistgang looked like. They had only seen his magic for the first time yesterday, and originally thought that was his full strength. But after the battle between Gray and Cana just now, the unaware crowd felt that their view of the magical world had been refreshed, and they developed a strong curiosity about the true strength of Erza and Mistgang, the two S-class wizards.
On the stage, Erza looked at Mistgang and said sincerely, "I'm looking forward to today's match!"
Mistgang was silent for two seconds, then said, "I remember we should have fought yesterday."
Erza shook her head: "There was no winner yesterday, and due to other reasons, you didn't use your full strength!"
"I am not interested in meaningless battles, and you should have felt yesterday that my magic has little effect on you. If possible, I would rather admit defeat directly."
"That's a shame. The competition doesn't allow surrender in this situation," Erza said with a smile. "So many people are watching. If I give up directly, they disappointed. And I might even be scolded by the president later."
Mistgang nodded silently. Indeed, if he gave in like that, then there might be situations like "audiences demanding refunds" and "Fairy Tail's reputation damaged", and he would be committing a serious sin.
"You have been working for Edlas's conspiracy for so many years. This is a rare opportunity. It won't hurt to indulge yourself a little!"
"This is a rare opportunity, so come and fight me!"
Erza continued to seduce Mistgang with words. The smile on her face and her light-hearted words were just to hide the uncontrollable fighting spirit deep in her heart.
Throughout the entire Fairy Tail, Mystogon has never had a serious fight with anyone!
The most exciting duel should be the one yesterday, but the two of them only fought to a certain extent and did not have a satisfying fight because of the competition!
"It seems that this is the only way!" Mistgang sighed, pulled out a magic wand from behind and held it in front of him, looking straight at Erza.
"The third match of the Fairy Tail Mage Tournament quarterfinals, Erza vs. Mistgang, starts now!"
“Ooooooh!”
As Disper announced the start of the match, the audience began to cheer, and the two fighters each used their swords and staffs to start the battle.
"Change clothes, black feather armor!"
Erza put on a light black armor, galloped like the wind, quickly passed half of the arena, and slashed at Mistgang with the black feather sword in her hand.
clang!
Mistogon held the staff in his hand at an angle to block the incoming blow.
The moment he caught it, his hands did not tremble, his feet did not retreat, his eyes were calm and steady. In that slender staff that looked like wood, there was a metal mineral as hard as iron. At the same time, a magic was released from it: "Dreamland!"
In the past, every time he entered the guild, Mr. Gang would use the Mist Illusion Naraku to make his companions fall asleep. The power of this dream illusion was even greater than that of the Mist Illusion Naraku. However, the sleeping magic that always worked in normal days failed for the first time today.
Having been well prepared, Erza calmed her mind and strengthened her will, intending to rely on her own perseverance to resist the invisible magic. The bat-like armor gave her the ability to fly at high speed. Erza went behind Mistgan and slashed upwards with the sword in her hand again.
“You fight sleepiness with action? That’s amazing!”
This is the advantage of fighting with Mistgang. No matter what tricks you use, he will praise you sincerely and politely.
Erza was distracted during the battle for the first time: "As expected of a prince, he is well-mannered... Wait! He didn't want to talk so he didn't fight, did he?"
The sneak attack from behind naturally failed. Mistygang was able to identify the location by hearing the sound, as if he had eyes on his back. He did not turn his body, but was fully aware of the attack from behind.
He pulled the staff in his hand back and accurately hit the front of the sword, deflecting the attack. At the same time, he pulled out another staff with his other hand and hit Erza's head.
"Distracted in the middle of a battle? That doesn't seem like something that would happen to you!"
Only after a close fight did I realize that Mr. Gang’s strength was indeed extraordinary.
First, the familiar voice sounded in Erza's ears again, reminding her of Jellal. She couldn't help but feel agitated, and the strength of the sword in her hand weakened a bit; then two attacks came from the lower left and upper right respectively, with such tricky angles that even she, a veteran, found it difficult to deal with.
But Erza quickly calmed herself, pressed hard on the ground with her left hand, turned her body sideways, and used the force to flip to the right, barely avoiding the attack from two staffs in an almost impossible posture. She spun around, landed on the ground, and thrust her sword into the ground to offset inertia. Her movements were continuous, without a single pause, and her breathing was not disordered, as if she had practiced this hundreds or thousands of times before.
"Sorry, and I'm going to be serious from now on!" Erza looked up with a serious look in her eyes.
"This is amazing, it's worthy of being a fight between S-levels. Their speed, reaction, attack, and dodging are so much stronger! They are so different from the two who just used magic and special effects bombardment!"
"Hey, that's not what you just said!"
"Erza is worthy of the title of 'Fairy Queen' for being able to perform such thrilling and exciting actions!"
The audience was amazed, but on the stage, the fight did not pause because of the end of this move.
Mistgang held two magic wands, one horizontally and the other in front of him, and said calmly: "Maple Dance!"
The voice was low, but seemed to be full of magic. The audience was unconsciously caught up in it. Countless crimson maple leaves flew out from the magic circle, and with a gentle breeze, they instantly spread across the entire stadium.
It is early summer now, but the scene before our eyes seems to be late autumn. The summer heat has dissipated, the weather is clear and cool, the flowers are withering, and maple leaves are dancing. A feeling of calm, leisurely, and indifferent comes to mind, making people want to put down everything in their hands and throw themselves into the endless maple leaf marsh.
"What is this?! What is this?!" Disper shouted and enjoyed it. "This is the magic that Mistgang has never shown to anyone! Look, how beautiful it is! This deep red maple leaf makes me see autumn..."
Except for a few people with strong mental strength, all the spectators on the scene forgot the tension and excitement just now, put aside all the thoughts in their minds, and immersed themselves in this peaceful scenery, muttering to themselves: "It's so beautiful..."
Even in the Fairy Tail Guild, many people were bewitched by Maple Dance and immersed in the false illusion.
Kira nodded secretly as he watched the scene in front of him: "This magic is of high quality, only Mistgang can do it. Speaking of which, he is really talented in this area!"
Then he looked at the dazed Lucy, Natsu and the others, and couldn't help thinking, "If I punch them secretly at this moment, they might not wake up..."
clang!
Suddenly, like thunder, the sound of swords echoed throughout the entire arena!
Erza tore through the illusion with her two swords, stepped on the ground, stirred up a small cloud of dust, and flew rapidly at a low altitude, attacking Mistgang again!
Everyone woke up in shock and found that the maple leaves in front of them had completely disappeared, as if they had never appeared.
"What kind of magic was that just now?"
"It must be some illusion magic... I completely forgot I was watching a game!"
"I seem to see a beautiful woman waving at me..."
"Don't mention it. I was already holding hands with her, but I realized it was fake when I woke up..."
While the audience was communicating, they turned their attention to Mistgang on the field again. They knew that he was the one who cast the illusion magic just now.
One of the audience members stared at the magic wand in Mistgang's hand and said, "I really don't know what kind of magic will happen next. I'm really looking forward to it..."
The person next to him rolled his eyes at him: "Are you expecting magic? I'm embarrassed to point it out to you!"
"I've decided. I want to learn magic too!"
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