"Let's confirm the matchups for the battle portion," Chapati said, pointing to the display screen as he began his explanation.
"Each team will have one match like this. This is not an elimination tournament, and the matchups have already been decided. The first duel on the first day will be Fairy Tail A's Lucy Heartfilia vs. Raven Tail's Flare Corona."
"Me?" Lucy muttered to herself upon hearing Chapati's announcement, then turned her gaze toward her opponent.
"Blondie~" Flare Corona from Raven Tail noticed Lucy's gaze and responded with a strange expression.
Meanwhile, Natsu and Elfman immediately began shouting excitedly upon hearing Lucy's name—
"Lucy, show them the results of your training!!" Natsu yelled.
"OOOOHH!! Knock that guy out!!" Elfman roared.
The only one who remained relatively calm was Erza, who spoke with a serious expression, "If we win this match as well, we can widen the point gap and secure our first-place position."
Watching all of this, a confident smile appeared on Lucy's face.
"Leave it to me! I'll definitely win."
...............
"The leaders of these two guilds seem to have a father-son relationship, Mr. Yajima," Chapati suddenly said after flipping through some documents.
Yajima nodded. "However... since they bear different guild emblems, that has nothing to do with whether they are father and son."
"Both contestants, please step forward," the pumpkin-headed referee called out to Lucy and Flare.
"As the entire arena will now become the battlefield, all other guild members must move to the waiting area," Chapati announced.
"The time limit is 30 minutes. Within this period, victory goes to the one who renders their opponent unable to continue fighting. Now, the first match begins!!"
"I'm going in!" As soon as the battle started, Lucy swiftly reached for her keys representing the Twelve Zodiac Gates, channeling her magic into them.
"Open, Gate of the Golden Bull—Taurus!"
With a mighty swing of his battle axe, the minotaur-like Taurus made his grand entrance, immediately launching an attack at Flare.
However, she dodged it effortlessly.
Unfazed by the miss, Lucy quickly activated another gate—
"Open, Gate of the Scorpion—Scorpio!"
A violent sandstorm erupted from the tail of the Scorpio spirit, blasting toward Flare, who was still off-balance from dodging Taurus' attack.
However, Flare simply tilted her head slightly, and her long red hair wriggled as if it had a life of its own, blocking the sandstorm head-on.
"Taurus, use Scorpio's sand!"
"Understood! Absorbing!"
The minotaur bellowed as he spun his massive axe, gathering up the sandstorm unleashed by Scorpio.
"Lucy can already open two gates at once?" Noel, watching from the audience, looked slightly surprised.
Mira smiled. "Lucy has been working really hard."
"OOOOHHH!!"
Taurus raised his axe, now swirling with a vortex of sand, and swung it down toward Flare.
"Sandstorm Axe—Golden Bull A!"
The powerful attack sent Flare flying, her expression shifting from shock to rage mid-air.
"Blondie— Scarlet Rain: Wolf Fang!"
Her long red hair extended and twisted, rapidly forming into a ferocious wolf's head, lunging straight at Lucy.
Yet Lucy showed no sign of panic.
Instead, she calmly raised another key. "Open, Gate of the Crab—Cancer!"
"Trimming time, yeah," said Cancer, the expert hairstylist, as he lifted his scissors.
With a few swift snips, Flare's hair-formed wolf head was effortlessly shredded to pieces.
"My hair! You bastard!" Seeing her hair cut to pieces by Cancer, Flare's expression changed.
She then plunged her hair into the ground, allowing it to slither underground toward Lucy's position.
Suddenly, her hair shot up, wrapping tightly around Lucy's ankle and hoisting her into the air.
"Ahhhhhh!"
A smug grin appeared on Flare's face. "I can freely control my red hair—take this!"
Her crimson locks whipped violently, slamming Lucy onto the ground with force.
"This kind of move—my Star Whip can do the same thing!"
Lucy quickly reached for the whip strapped to her thigh.
With a flick of her wrist, the magic-infused whip lashed out like lightning, coiling around Flare's wrist.
Both women found themselves spun around by each other's attacks, before simultaneously crashing back down to the ground.
"This first match has already turned into an intense, breath-stealing battle of offense and defense! A clash between father-and-son guilds! A duel between women! Neither side is backing down!!"
Chapati shouted excitedly from the commentator's box, marveling at the series of fierce exchanges.
"Lucy has the upper hand," Ed observed from the stands, arms crossed.
"But the opponent still has a chance."
"There's only a slight gap in strength."
................
"Ugh, my boots are ruined." Lucy touched her foot, noticing that her boots had been torn to shreds by Flare's attacks.
With a sigh, she took them off, muttering in frustration, "Seriously..."
On the other side, Flare whispered in disbelief, "My... fire-like hair... only did this much damage to you?! Blonde!! Oooooh!!"
Flare once again plunged her hair into the ground.
Lucy immediately tensed up, bracing for an attack.
But instead, she saw Flare give her a twisted grin and then—point toward the stands.
A terrible sense of dread crept over Lucy.
Slowly, she turned her head—and saw it.
Near Bisca and Alzack's daughter, Asuka, a strand of red hair was slithering toward her.
"Asuka...!" Lucy gasped, but before she could say another word, Flare's hair suddenly shot forward, covering her mouth and hurling her into the air once more.
"Do not speak. That's an order." Flare gazed down at Lucy, her voice slow and commanding.
"Even a dumb blonde like you should understand what happens if you disobey me."
"That's despicable!!" Lucy clenched her teeth, anger rising.
..............
Inside the Tower of Domus Flau Arena
A tall, slender figure stood silently by the window, gazing down at the battlefield below.
"Fairy Tail... Lord Nord..." A faint sigh escaped the figure's lips.
As the sunlight streamed in, it illuminated his face—revealing none other than Garlos, the Third Throne of Demon God's Soul.
Garlos's gaze remained calm as he muttered to himself, "Seven years, huh...? The timing is almost too much of a coincidence. If they had appeared just half a year later, our plan would have been completely unchallenged."
"No one can stand in our way."
A cold, emotionless female voice suddenly rang out—despite the room appearing empty except for Garlos.
"We will claim ultimate victory. This is fate."
"I understand," Garlos replied, his tone steady.
"I am merely doing my duty, ensuring our success rate reaches one hundred percent."
The cold voice did not respond again.
Garlos remained alone, standing silently in the dimly lit room.
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