Chapter 447 Makarov: I won’t do anything in secret, this is fate!
In the center of the entire stadium are two completely opposite areas: the lava volcano and the ice realm.
The lava volcano occupies the northwest of the center. The temperature here is higher than that of the desert. Just standing on it feels like your body is about to be burned. Even the surrounding mountains have turned red due to the high temperature. What's more terrifying is that these mountains will erupt with magma and flames every once in a while.
The flames burned the entire sky into a dark red color, which seemed extremely depressing. As for the magma, it flowed along the terrain to the southeast until it encountered the cold air in the icy land, and then gradually subsided.
The Ice Realm occupies the southeast of the center, where there are many icebergs, constant wind and snow, and it is difficult to see the sun.
The unimaginable low temperature and snowstorm made it difficult for the contestants to move forward, but they could not stop here, because once they stopped to rest, they would be "frozen to death" and eliminated in no time.
Affected by the heat from the lava volcano, the icebergs near the northwest are gentler and the temperature is slightly warmer, but even so, the nearest iceberg is hundreds of feet high.
This is of course not a real iceberg, but an illusion created by ice magic!
Unless it is a wizard with superb perception, it is impossible to detect it, which is enough to deceive the contestants and the audience. But then again, the audience knows that the scene here is fake, so who really cares whether it is created by materialization magic or illusion magic?
This scene was designed by Kira based on Punk Hazard, an anime next door to his. One fire, one ice, one red, and one white. The visual impact alone is very strong. If you are in it, it goes without saying, the experience is amazing!
"Look! This place is so cool!"
"A volcano and an iceberg next to each other... How could such an environment exist in reality? Magic is really powerful!"
“I give this scene 100 points!”
"The ticket money was well spent, this trip is worth it!!"
At the intersection of the lava volcano and the icy land is a huge lake. To the northwest of the lake is black rock formed by the magma meeting the cold air, and to the southeast is the ice field where the snow was swept away by the hot air.
A rock passage that had been washed by the lake for who knows how long, ran across the lake in a northeast-southwest direction, dividing it into two halves. This rock passage was very smooth and wide, and in the center it was a circular stone platform.
This design is mainly to enhance the atmosphere of the battle and make the audience feel more excited.
And now, on this stone platform, there happened to be two people fighting, and the fight between these two people also attracted the audience's attention away from the ugly sandfish.
"Fire Dragon's... Wing Attack!!"
"Ice-made... Lancer Dance!!"
Boom! Magic roars, and the battle between ice and fire begins again!
As the white mist gradually dissipated, the two fighting figures appeared before the audience's eyes.
"It's Natsu and Gray!!"
"I didn't expect them to meet here. What a fitting scene!"
"Hey, hey, hey... No matter how you look at it, this is just too coincidental, right? Is there really no backstage operation for this?"
Listening to everyone's complaints, Makarov replied with a righteous face: "This competition is absolutely fair and just, there is no cheating at all, don't worry!"
Seeing that the old man looked serious and didn't seem to be faking it, everyone believed it a little more.
"Sure enough, I said the president wouldn't do such a thing!"
"So this is what it is, right? The so-called fate and destiny..."
"Natsu and Gray fighting in a place like this is definitely fate!!"
Hearing that everyone was no longer paying attention to these unexpected coincidences, Makarov remained expressionless, but his hand hidden under the table wiped the sweat off his clothes, and he also felt relieved .
"It's great that I can get away with it! If everyone finds out that I'm doing this secretly, I'll be finished! My reputation will be ruined! Really, if it weren't for those betting games, I wouldn't have to do these things! That person who talked about fate really helped a lot! ! Who is he?"
He secretly glanced at where the voice came from, only to find that the voice came from the audience seats of Fairy Tail, and then... Makarov saw a familiar red-haired figure.
In the crowd, Disper waved to Makarov with a smile, blinked his eyes, and finally patted his chest confidently. The meaning was self-evident.
Makarov's eyes widened instantly: "When did this guy come back?! Wasn't he in the mountains teaching his disciples sword skills?! Wait...what did he do just now? ? Could it be that he was involved in this bet?! When did this happen?! How come I didn't know?! That brat Kira..."
Makarov, who understood the trick, held back and did not explode on the spot. After all, he knew what he should and should not do.
The battle between Natsu and Gray continues, and with the help of the surrounding environment, both of them use their magic to the fullest.
boom!
Fire and ice collided again, and two thick and powerful fists pierced through the white mist and punched each other. Natsu and Gray jumped back at the same time with a tacit smile on their faces.
"How long has it been since we last fought?"
"Don't you fight every day?"
"I'm talking about a serious fight like this!"
"I take every fight seriously!"
"Huh... I really can't do anything with you..."
"Hehe... I'm on fire!!!"
Same time, different place, same things happened one after another.
Ghost cemetery.
With a loud bang, a series of tombstones were smashed to pieces. In the smoke, a muscular figure shot out like an arrow, followed by several sounds of breaking through the air, chasing after the figure.
"Thunder Dragon Jaw!!"
In mid-air, Laxus, whose whole body was wrapped in lightning, clasped his hands together and slammed down. The violent power of lightning instantly knocked down more than a dozen silver-white swords.
Boom!
After landing, Laxus did not take it lightly, but instead showed an interesting smile: "It seems that you have become a lot stronger in this year!"
"Everyone is making progress, and I don't want to lose to others!"
A gentle and cold voice sounded from the smoke and dust, and then a long black leg wearing silver-white iron boots stepped out, bringing out a heroic red-haired girl.
The armor is interwoven with gold and white, engraved with lightning patterns, and has a pigtail tied with a ribbon. It is Erza wearing the armor of the Thunder Emperor.
Erza had a faint smile on her face, holding the Wind God Sword that was said to be able to dispel everything, and stared at Laxus who didn't even take off his cloak in front of him: "This is a rare opportunity... Let's have a serious fight!"
Hearing this, Laxus grinned, lightning flashing in his hand, representing himself to take on this battle: "Then you must be prepared to lose!"
In the audience...
"Ehhhhhh??!! Did Erza face off against Laxus?"
"Hahaha... How interesting! I'm really looking forward to their battle!!"
"Who of the two of them is stronger? I've wanted to know for a long time."
"I think it should be Laxus?"
"Not necessarily! That's Erza!! Anyway, I'm betting on her... ahem, I mean, I support Erza!!"
The air suddenly became quiet, and then the people around smiled in tacit understanding.
"Look over there! It looks interesting!"
"Huh?! Who?"
Everyone looked up and saw another battlefield south of the Ghost Cemetery, obscured by fog.
Boom! Boom! Boom! …
Huge rocks fell down with a loud bang, and then two figures ran out from the fog, one chasing the other.
"What the hell is going on? Wake up, Lucy!"
The person running in front turned around and shouted, but the person who said this was actually Lucy herself. At this moment, she was running forward in a panic, shouting as she ran, trying to wake up her friend behind her.
The audience was stunned and looked at each other in confusion: "What's wrong with Lucy? Why is she shouting 'Lucy wake up'? And who is chasing her?"
Soon, these questions had answers.
A familiar figure driving a mechanical monster jumped out of the fog. She had long brown hair and wore only a bra on her upper body and brown shorts on her lower body. Such clothes were a little cool in the late autumn, but perhaps because she drank all day to ward off the cold, she didn't even sneeze.
This person is Kana!
But at this moment, Cana looked like she was drunk and acting crazy, her face was red, she was laughing with her head back, and she ignored the shouts of Lucy in front of her.
"Hahaha... come drink with me, Kana!!"
What's going on? Lucy calls Kana 'Lucy', and Kana calls Lucy 'Kana'? The audience is confused.
Makarov explained to the audience who didn't know what was going on: "There are many strange ghosts in the ghost cemetery. These ghosts can use curses. Once you get entangled with them, it will be very troublesome."
"Lucy and Cana must have triggered the curse of the twin ghosts, so they switched bodies!"
The mayor continued to ask: "Then why is Kana... No, it should be Lucy, why did Lucy who occupied Kana's body become like this?"
"It's being haunted by a drunk ghost!" Makarov said with certainty, "According to the setting, it's a ghost that died from drinking."
No one asked why it was entangled. Since it was Kana's body, wasn't it normal to be entangled by a drunken ghost?
Poor Lucy.
Kana was very depressed at this time.
If it was normal, if Lucy asked her to drink like this, she would definitely drink with her without hesitation! Even if it wasn't Lucy, if someone else asked her to drink like this, she would also consider it.
But this is not the case now!
Not to mention that he was using Lucy's body, this place alone was not a good place to drink! A ghost cemetery, and he was invited under a ghost curse, who could drink like that? !
"If you don't want to drink from the bottom of your heart, then there is no point in drinking!"
For Kana, is there ever a time when drinking is not fun?
Anyway, no one in the guild would believe such words, so when they heard Kana say such words, their expressions were very calm, and some even sneered faintly.
"Why didn't Sister Kana fight back but kept running away?" asked 7-year-old Romeo puzzled.
Makao thought about it and explained to his son: "Could it be because she can't use Lucy's Celestial Spirit Key? I remember that it can only be used by people who have signed a contract with the Celestial Spirit."
"Sign a contract with a celestial spirit...? But isn't this Lucy-sister's body? Look, Lucy-sister can even use Cana-sister's summoned beast."
“…”
This time, Macao was stumped.
"Just watch the game, why are you asking so many questions, kid?"
