Chapter 408 Dessert Competition
Faced with Gray's baseless accusations, Kira just waved his hand perfunctorily after returning.
"Okay, okay, isn't it just a business deal? It's something we both agreed to, what's the big deal?"
"You're clearly deceiving the kids, aren't you?!"
Kira denied it seriously, "No way! 'Tricky 101 Series' is one of my most proud masterpieces, and the children in Magnolia love it! As long as the kid's parents don't take it away, I guarantee that he will become the king of the kids in this area!"
"Hey, hey... How bad are the confiscated magic toys?... You're clearly leading the kids down the path of becoming bad boys!"
"Don't worry! You see, I used to play pranks all the time, but now I am a famous wizard. Besides, that thing can also train their reaction speed, improve their IQ, and increase their passion for magic! Look at how weak the magic is on this continent. As a new generation of super wizard, of course I have to contribute to the promotion of magic!"
At this moment, Kira felt that his whole body was filled with the light of justice and love.
"Forget it, I don't want to deal with this kind of thing!" Gray was speechless, but he was used to it. "Anyway, just don't fool yourself. By the way, have you seen Natsu, Lucy, and Happy?"
"them?!"
Looking around, Kira realized that these guys were not around. Thinking about it again, he frowned and said, "Come to think of it, it seems that they disappeared since entering the town... Maybe they secretly ran off for a date somewhere?"
"Huh? A date?!"
"What else? Could he have been kidnapped by human traffickers? The kidnappers wouldn't want someone this old, right? He's already an adult..."
The second level of the dessert competition is for the challengers to make desserts that are eye-catching enough to satisfy the judges. As long as the total score given by the judges is sufficient, they will pass the level.
While Kira and Gray were talking, Erza and Wendy had already passed the second level at lightning speed, and their scores were also very high. Of course, judging from the happy faces and loving eyes of the judges, Kira felt that these scores were not just for dessert.
After two consecutive levels, most of the challengers have been screened out. Erza and Wendy come to the third level: conquer the tourists with desserts. They will pass the level if they get enough praise from tourists within a certain period of time.
This is also the reason why so many tourists gather here: even if they can't attend the game, they can still enjoy free sweets here, which is a great blessing for children and sweets lovers.
As soon as this level started, the atmosphere around suddenly became high. All the tourists gathered here were excited, especially the male tourists, whose eyes turned into pink hearts.
"Ms. Erza, here, here..."
"Wendy-chan, choose me, choose me..."
The shouts were so deafening that they directly suppressed the other challengers.
"Really... Is this a 'dessert competition' or a 'beauty pageant'..."
Gray was speechless and grabbed his hair while complaining. He thought Kira would agree with him, but he didn't get the expected voice. He turned his head curiously, "Kira, at least say something..."
Not far away, there was another familiar scene.
"Don't worry, little brother! This is the number one prank toy in Ishgar. It will definitely make you the king of children in this city!"
This time, it was a thin boy standing in front of Kira.
"But...but I don't have enough money..."
Kira gently touched the boy's head and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's your luck to meet me. You look a lot like me when I was a child. We are so predestined. Just give me as much money as you have."
The boy took out a handful of coins from his pocket, counted them, and said timidly, "I only have 7600J. Is that okay?"
“Sure!”
The two men took the money in one hand and the goods in the other, and completed the transaction quickly.
Gray pulled Kira back and said, "You're here again??!! This kid already looks pathetic, don't lie to him!!"
"I didn't lie to him!" Kira said proudly, "'Tricky 102' is one of my most proud masterpieces. Even if it meets 'Tricky 101', it can still compete . As long as it is not taken away by his parents, it will definitely become one of the top children!"
"You are such a jerk..."
"Ohhh!! Erza and the others passed!"
Kira interrupted Gray's unspoken words, so he could only focus on the game. Erza and Wendy fought their way through the levels and finally reached the fourth and final level.
This level is a ring battle. Challengers who pass the first three levels are eligible to attack the ring. Only by defeating the defender according to the rules can they be considered the winner - of course, such rules must be recognized by the competition organizers. At the end of today's competition, the one standing on the ring is the winner of today.
Challengers can choose any time to start their attack, but they only have one chance, and only one person can challenge at the same time.
The one defending the title now is a burly bearded uncle. His way of defending the title is "knife skills". The rule is that he has to use a kitchen knife to carve on the rock sugar, and the image must be better than his work.
The work that this bearded uncle used to defend the ring was a fire-breathing dragon. From head to tail, from whiskers to scales, from wings to claws, everything was exquisite, beautiful, and lifelike, which was breathtaking. The most important thing was that this carved dragon was only the size of a thumb!
This work was highly recognized by the judges and the audience. According to insiders, this uncle has been defending the title since the beginning of the competition today, and no one has been able to defeat him.
At this time, there were three contestants on the stage who had not yet challenged, in addition to Erza and Wendy who had just obtained the right to challenge, there were: a young man with short blond hair, a fat middle-aged cook, and a short uncle.
"I remember Erza and the others were over 1,000, right? And only three of them made it here?"
"I heard from the people next to me that there were originally two people, but they failed in challenging that uncle."
Kira watched for a long time and said, "For this kind of ring battle, if it is a fighting competition, the best choice is to wait until the time is almost up and then give it a try; but since it is a sword competition, there is no need to consider the time factor."
"That's right! I think those three people didn't choose to challenge the dragon because they didn't have enough confidence in defeating it? - Although they seemed to have almost completed their 'works'."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
"You ask why..." Gray looked at Kira strangely, as if he didn't know why he couldn't think of such an obvious thing. "It's very simple, right? As long as someone can defeat him later, maybe they will change their defense method. Then they will have a chance, right?"
Kira was speechless at Gray's idea: "But if he could defeat the dragon in these two ways, why didn't he choose to continue defending the title in this way?"
Gray was silent: "What you said... is also right..."
"According to Erza's personality, she will probably challenge directly."
Sure enough, just after Kira finished speaking, Erza on the stage had already taken action.
At this moment, she was wearing cook's clothes, with her long fiery red hair tied into a braid and thrown behind her back. She held a sharp kitchen knife about 20 centimeters long in each hand. Her expression was as serious as a praying nun , and her eyes were sharp and gleaming with a frightening cold light.
She looked not like a cook who was about to show off her knife skills, but more like a female knight about to step onto the battlefield.
The next moment, Erza suddenly threw two kitchen knives into the air, and her magic power instantly enveloped them, controlling the two kitchen knives in the air like controlling long swords in battle.
The kitchen knife was as fast as the wind and thunder, so fast that people could not catch its trajectory. The people below could only vaguely see two thin white lines shining, winding around the rock sugar up and down, rotating left and right, interweaving into a dense large net.
"Ohhhh!! This momentum is as worthy of Erza!!"
"This approach seems to be in line with her personality."
“So handsome!”
"That girl named Erza is actually a wizard? I've never seen such a powerful person before!"
Whether it was Kira, Gray, or the other audiences below, they were all shocked by Erza's move, and they praised her profusely.
Soon, the net left scratches on the rock candy. These scratches became shorter and thinner, and the appearance of the rock candy gradually became more delicate and exquisite.
Suddenly, a voice with some doubt rang out among the crowd: "I say, do you think that the things she carved look familiar?"
"Hmm? Now that you mention it, it is true..."
"It seems... Wait! Could it be..."
"It seems that what she carved is also a dragon!!!"
