Chapter 445: The Arena, Eight Dangerous Places
Last year’s competition was a tower defense game similar to King of Glory, but this year’s is different, it’s an elimination tournament similar to Chicken Dinner.
There are eight three-person teams, a total of 24 people. Although some of them seem to be just there to make up the numbers, there are also many popular wizards. Such a lineup is enough to make all the audience excited.
Under the shocked gazes of thousands of spectators, accompanied by a few metallic vibrations, pieces of magical, black mosaics rose from the huge square in front of them, gradually forming a huge black magic ball that enveloped the center.
Then, the magic crystal screen hanging in the air crackled, and after a flash, it revealed the competition field made of magic power in the magic ball.
Such a magical scene attracted the attention of thousands of spectators.
Even some of the more knowledgeable wizards among them were surprised by this. Such magic technology was never seen before, because magic technology has only made a major breakthrough in recent years, not the crystal display screen, but the technology of constructing a magic venue.
“Ohhhh!!!”
"What is this?? It looks awesome!!"
Even if you have never seen a pig run, many people have eaten pork. It was not long before they figured out how the stadium was built. Although it was a very novel method, they could still quickly figure out the clues.
"A competition venue materialized by magic? What an outrageous magic! But why is it surrounded?"
Why is it surrounded? Of course, it is because the competition venue is very different from the outside environment.
Since the competition is based on the game mode of Chicken, of course the venue design must be more complex, exciting, and diversified to add more meaning and fun to the competition.
In addition, there are considerations of proportion and safety.
The former is self-explanatory. The arena is not big. It is impossible to construct a large and complex terrain in a one-to-one scale. Therefore, the magicians who enter will make appropriate adjustments to the form. As for the latter, it is mainly because they are afraid that the magic of these contestants is too outrageous and thus hurts the audience.
You know, these people are wizards from Fairy Tail!
If nothing unexpected happens, they are the most lawless group of people in the entire Kingdom of Fiore, or even in the entire Ishgar!
Whether it's the long-famous Gildarts, or Kira with the title of 'Holy Ten', or the well-known 'Queen', 'Thor', and 'Demon', when these people fight, their might will shake the heavens and the earth, and they may even destroy the entire Magnolia, so they must be restricted!
This restriction is to control their magic power within the arena. Once there is a battle that triggers a strange phenomenon in the world, such as summoning meteorites, volcanic eruptions, etc., it will be generated by the magic power of the materialized scene, and no real strange phenomenon will occur. Otherwise, it would be too irresponsible to the audience who came to watch the excitement! Even if Volod, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, is present, he can't be so wasteful!
In this regard, Makarov felt that he was still very sensible.
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As the magic shield rose, Kira's eyes blurred and the scene around him changed accordingly.
In the last second, there was a clear autumn sky above my head, but in the next second, it turned into a scorching sun with a temperature as high as 30 degrees, and under my feet, there was a sea of sand that I could just see the edge of!
Unbearable heat blew towards . Beads of sweat emerged from his head, back, hands and feet, instantly soaking his originally warm long sleeves.
Kira looked around and found that he was the only one around. He sighed helplessly, "This is difficult! No one told me that we had to enter the competition separately! Aren't we participating in the competition as a team?"
Originally Kira thought that he should be able to , but now it seems that they need to fight on their own, so it’s not certain whether those two guys can hold on until the team gathers!
"Really? What on earth is the president doing? He didn't even tell me about this in advance. Is it because he's getting old and his memory is bad?"
"Ahem! Don't say bad things about me behind my back!!" At this moment, Makarov's voice suddenly rang out.
“President?” Kira looked at the source of the voice in confusion - the bracelet in his hand.
Makarov gave this bracelet to all the contestants before the game started, saying that by pressing it, a small map of the stadium would be displayed.
Kira pressed it without thinking too much, and suddenly a virtual screen appeared above the bracelet.
On the screen, there is a game map made up of irregular blocks of eight different colors. It is very simple and roughly in the form of left, center, and right.
At the top left and center is the Great Desert where Kira is now. Below the desert, on the left is a mechanical maze, and below the maze is a poisonous swamp; in the middle is a lava volcano, below the volcano is an ice realm, and below the ice is a gravity field. As for the far right, the upper part is a ghost cemetery, and the lower part is a steel jungle.
Judging from the names , the environments of these eight venues are very harsh and there are unimaginable dangers. So the contestants are not only facing enemies from other teams, but also the crises in these eight venues?
At this moment, in addition to this simple small map of the stadium, Kira's bracelet also showed three green spots. One was located in the Great Desert, one was in the Ghost Cemetery, and the last one was in the Ice Realm. Kira knew that these represented the locations of himself, Alba Green, and Marcus.
Judging from the surrounding environment, the place where he was should undoubtedly be the Great Desert. As for where the two teammates were specifically in dangerous situations, that was unknown.
"I didn't expect to end up in a place like this... But compared to other places, this place should be pretty good."
While he was thinking, Makarov's voice appeared again: "You are all very smart. You immediately thought of the bracelet I gave you before. That's right! As you can see, this bracelet has three functions, that is, to view the map of this competition, to lock the current location of yourself and your teammates, and to facilitate my broadcast."
As expected, you can see everything about the contestants from outside...
"This little map is really useless..."
Kira complained silently, but just as he finished speaking, Makarov's voice appeared again: "What? Do you think the small map I gave you is useless?"
Did this old guy install a bug?
"I didn't install a bug on the bracelet. I saw it from your expressions! Finally, I am helpless about the simplicity of the map. I can only say one thing to you - use it if you like!"
I am really impressed! When did this old man's temper become like this? ! He said such things in public, and with the old senior Volod right next to him, this president is too outspoken! !
But this is the style of Fairy Tail...
On the podium, Makarov had a sly smile on his face, holding the microphone in his hand and almost dancing, as if he was happy for tricking these mischievous kids.
"Is it really okay for you to say that, President Makarov?"
"Don't worry, Mayor! These little brats won't stop looking at the map just because of what they said."
Makarov was right. Even Natsu and Happy, who had the slowest reactions among the contestants, were now looking at the small map in their hands and heading towards their teammates.
"No matter what, let's go meet up with the others first. If we meet people from other teams on the way, we can just defeat them!"
"It looks very dangerous outside. Wouldn't it be terrible if I run into people from other teams? I guess I'd better stay here and wait for my teammates to find me..."
"This area seems interesting... Anyway, we don't know where our opponent is right now, so we can just explore and look for him at the same time."
The minimap is indeed very useful. The contestants either look for teammates, wait for teammates to find them, or simply ignore them, but they all make their own decisions and start taking action.
"So... who will be the first person I meet in this game? I'm really looking forward to it!"
