Chapter 181 Night Party
The fire blade and the glacier collided. After the battle between Gray and Kana the day before yesterday, a day later, the arena saw the confrontation between ice and fire again.
boom!!
The flaming blade cut through the glacier, and the endless cold froze the flame; the glacier gradually melted, and the flame began to go out... The red and white tug-of-war lasted for nearly a minute, and gradually, the flame became weak and could no longer continue, and white immediately gained the upper hand.
Sensing the change, Mira no longer held back and increased her output. An even more powerful glacier instantly rushed out, completely extinguishing Natsu's flames and freezing the entire arena!
Feeling the cold air blowing in his face, Kira exclaimed: "This power is at least as powerful as two or three of Gray's ultimate moves!"
Poor Gray had unknowingly become a unit of magical measurement.
Bang!
With a loud bang, Natsu was knocked away by the ice. In the end, he still failed to defeat Mira, which completely shattered his idea of "completely defeating the devil Zonya and proving his strength."
Competition between wizards with opposite attributes is helpful for the training of magical skills, so the Ice Wizard is undoubtedly the best helper for Natsu on his path to growth. Although he often fights with Gray, their strength is similar, so his efficiency is still a bit low.
Those demons from Zonia are undoubtedly Natsu's best experience packs. Since he came back that time, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Now he can even challenge Mira. If Mira hadn't taken in Ace, with the help of the fire mode, Natsu might have succeeded in challenging Ace.
The battle was over, Mira exited the receiving state, and walked over considerately to help Natsu up. This also meant that today's game had come to an end, and only the final battle remained in the entire tournament. With the final expectation, the audience dispersed one after another.
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Late at night, Fairy Tail Guild.
In the entire tavern, only a dim light was left, shining on a rectangular table. Several figures whose faces could not be seen clearly were sitting around a table, and they were talking about major events related to the game.
"Tomorrow is the final battle, you guys should prepare and clear all the bets you placed previously."
The leading man had charming red hair, cold blue eyes, and two swords on his waist. His face was extremely handsome, but he spoke the most terrifying words. His casual words were enough to make half of the guild go bankrupt.
The man's words made the dozen or so people sitting opposite him stiffen and start whispering to each other, with some even wanting to sneak away.
Boom!
A slight sound attracted everyone's attention. To the left of the man, a wheat-skinned girl smashed a wooden barrel with only half a barrel of wine left on the table and threatened: "If you dare not pay, you know what will happen to you, right?"
To the right of the man, a short figure, only as big as his head, flew onto the table. The flickering candlelight revealed his appearance: blue skin, white belly, pointed ears, long whiskers, two wings on his back, and a tail. He did not look like a human at all!
The short figure retracted his wings, put his hands together and said, "Since you chose to bet like that, you should have thought of the consequences. I advised you to bet on Natsu!"
The cold words chilled their hearts. Several people looked at each other and thought to themselves: Who would have thought that with Natsu's strength, he could actually make it into the semi-finals?
An uncle who was smoking narrowed his eyes and hammered the table with his hand: "Damn it! Who would have thought that Erza, who had such a good chance of winning, would be eliminated in the top 16? I'm so angry!"
"Hehe..." A voice that didn't sound like a good person rang out, "This shows that she is only at that level!"
The voice was unclear, and everyone knew that he was eating iron. Although it was not the first time to see such a situation, the thought of a person eating iron as if it were a delicacy made people want to vomit.
"You can't say that..." The orange-haired man said, touching the ring in his hand, "Erusa is just unlucky."
The shirtless pervert was also unhappy: "That's right, you yourself didn't even make it through the preliminary round."
"You bastard, you wanna fight?"
"I'm at your service any time!"
On the other side, the old man smoking a cigarette said, "But, isn't it too hasty to close the market like this? Look, Laxus didn't even make it through the preliminary round, this ranking is not convincing enough!"
"That's right! My babies are very dissatisfied with this..."
"Dissatisfied? Everyone here, who dares not give me face?" The red-haired man stood up, with his sword half drawn, and said, "Want to test the sharpness of my sword?"
"Humph!" The dark knight with long green hair drew out his rapier, "You test me with your sharp sword, but my sword is not bad either!"
At the same time, a man and a woman raised their guns and said, "What era is this? Talk about guns! Guns! Do you understand?"
Just as they were about to fight, an elderly voice stopped them: "Enough! Stop it! Don't you see where you are?"
The appearance of the voice startled everyone, and they asked tremblingly: "Why...why are you here?"
The old man said, "Heh... Do you think there is anything in this guild that I don't know?"
Several people were silent. This person was someone they couldn't afford to offend!
"Could it be that you are also participating in this gambling game?"
"Participate?" The old man opened one eye and glanced at the person who spoke. "You are too naive!"
A thought popped up in the minds of several people: Could it be...
"That's right!" said the red-haired man in the lead, "There are more than three of us who opened the bet this time. He is one of them."
Unexpected, but reasonable! Because except for the woman who was drinking, the rest were judges of the competition! Shady dealings! There must be something shady going on in this gambling game!
Several people present thought at the same time: "They must have rigged the rankings for this competition! In order to make a fortune in gambling, they deliberately arranged unsuitable opponents... Damn it! The more I think about it, the more likely it is!"
Everyone who thought of this looked at each other silently, but did not dare to say it out loud, because once it was revealed, they might have a hard time moving forward in the days ahead.
This bet is based on everyone's final ranking. Each person has seven possibilities: champion, runner-up, top four, top eight, top sixteen, preliminary thirty, and failed preliminaries. You can only bet once on the same person, and the number of people in the same position cannot exceed the corresponding number. For example, if you bet on Kira's championship, you cannot bet on Kira's runner-up, nor can you bet on Laxus's championship.
There is no doubt that most people chose Killer and Laxus for the champion and runner-up, the top four chose two of Mystogon, Erza and Mira, and the top eight included Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Juvia, Elfman, Cana, Loki, Felide and other options, and there were even some who chose Lucy.
Even though the odds are low, it's better than nothing, and any money earned counts.
But now, Laxus, Gajeel, and Juvia were eliminated in the preliminary round, Erza was eliminated in the quarterfinals, Natsu advanced to the semi-finals, and Killer and Mira competed for the championship. It can be said that the mastermind behind the opening of the market made a huge profit.
Before they could say anything, a fat man as big as a ball rushed over and shouted, "Oh no! That guy is coming!"
"What? Not good!"
Everyone began to pack their things in a hurry, but the vision was unclear in the dark, and the more anxious they were, the slower their efficiency became. Some people were even knocked down by tables and chairs, or bumped into by people who couldn't see clearly, and there was an immediate quarrel.
Outside the Fairy Tail Guild, Kira, who couldn't sleep at night and went out for a walk, heard the noise inside and wondered secretly: "Strange, why is the tavern so dark at this time?"
Although it is late at night, the Fairy Tail Tavern is open all day and the waiters work in shifts, so it shouldn't be dark .
At this moment, a familiar voice came from the roadside: "Drink... continue drinking..."
Kira looked over when he heard the sound and found Kana lying drunk on the street. She was holding a wine barrel that was half a person's height in her hands and leaning on it weakly.
Why is Kana here at this time? And so drunk?
Just as Kira was about to go over to check on the situation, he heard Kana waking up: "Hmm... How embarrassing, you're drunk here... Hey, isn't this Kira?"
Kira shuddered and stopped immediately, while slowly retreating: "Something's wrong! It's very wrong!"
He was a sensitive person. He met a drunk woman late at night and was seen by her. He had to leave, otherwise he didn't know what would happen next! What if he was blackmailed? It would be better to go to the guild first to see the situation!
Kana seemed to sense Kira's thoughts and stood up immediately. The drunken look on her face disappeared. She rushed over with long legs, pretending to take the barrel in her hand, but she couldn't bear to do it in the end. She just shouted: "Stop right there, you bastard! Don't go over there!"
This guy is really pretending!
Kira ran into the guild and broke open the door of the tavern.
Bang!
Under the moonlight, the dark tavern was silent, with only a chandelier swaying in the air, and underneath were crooked tables and chairs, as well as a few pieces of iron filings, a few smears of cigarette ash, and a few drops of wine.
Touching the still warm chandelier, Kira looked towards the second floor...
Kana caught up, blocking Kira's view, "Why are you running?"
"I think something is wrong with you tonight!" Kira said bluntly, "What just happened here..."
Kana's heart skipped a beat: "Something's wrong with me! What happened here just now?"
"Nothing, why are you so nervous?"
"Am I... am I nervous?"
Kira nodded: "You were a little nervous just now."
"Hahaha..." Kana laughed awkwardly and turned around to continue drinking.
The alcohol on her body is not enough to make her pass out on the road. This guy must be hiding something from me! No, not just her, there are others as well! There was clearly someone else here just now!
