"Hey, hey, hey..."
"Medivh VS Gildarts? Is that for real?"
"If these two monsters start fighting here..."
"They'll probably destroy the entire Tenrou Island, won't they?!"
"Master, aren't you going to stop them?"
Ur looked at Medivh and Gildarts, who were subtly facing off, her fair forehead covered in sweat.
If a Magic Council member were to see Ul Milkovich, who they had bestowed the title of 'Ten Wizard Saints' Fourth Seat, and who countless magic magazines had crowned as the fourth strongest person on the Ishgar continent, showing such a flustered expression when facing other Magicians' battles, they would surely be incredulous.
These Council members had never imagined that there could be a strong person in this world who could make a 'Ten Wizard Saints' Magician feel terrified...
However, the truth was, Ur, who was no different from a monster in the eyes of countless people, was not much stronger than Natsu and the others when Medivh and Gildarts were going all out.
If Ur was a monster, then Medivh and Gildarts were monsters among monsters.
"Do you think I don't want to?"
Makarov frowned deeply...
He felt particularly powerless to stop Medivh and Gildarts from fighting.
Once a person gets old, some things are beyond your control, no matter how much you want to control them.
"Actually, as early as in Magnolia Town..."
"It was when you returned to Magnolia Town and hit me with a meteor last time, that's when I wanted to face you at full strength..."
"However, considering the dense population in the town, with your and my combat power, a casual spar would likely turn into a major disaster! Therefore, I've always restrained my desire to fight."
"But now that we're on this uninhabited island, known as the Fairy Tail Guild's sacred ground, there aren't so many concerns!"
"Originally, it was just to find a secluded place to properly conduct the S-Class Mage Examination, but now it has given us both a chance to fight without worries."
Gildarts paused his words here, organizing his thoughts.
"So, Medivh..."
"Between you and me..."
"Who is the true strongest Magician of the Fairy Tail Guild?!"
"Although it's never been openly mentioned within the Guild! I'm afraid everyone has always had this question in their hearts."
"Why don't we make this question disappear completely today?"
Gildarts' lips curved into a smile, and fierce battle intent burned in his eyes. He looked up at Medivh in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Today, between the two of us, on the Guild's sacred ground, Tenrou Island! A victor will emerge, becoming the true strongest Magician in the Fairy Tail Guild."
"Is that so?"
"So Gildarts, you thought the same?"
"That's truly wonderful!"
"To be honest, I've been impatient waiting for this day..."
"Let's decide this!"
Medivh stretched his shoulders, letting out a crisp 'crunch, crunch' sound. His gaze towards Gildarts held a hint of battle frenzy.
He was truly excited!
How did that saying go?
Ah, yes, it's burning up!
Yes, Medivh also wanted to know, how big was the gap between him and Gildarts right now?! All of this was unknown to everyone...
Of course, Medivh would not compare the Gildarts from the original story, who was covered in injuries and had half his internal organs dug out by the black creature, to the Gildarts standing in front of him now, completely unharmed and at his peak.
How strong was Gildarts today?!
Only by fighting would he know.
"Boom!!"
Once Medivh and Gildarts reached an agreement.
The atmosphere between them suddenly became heavy.
Endless magic power slowly spread out from between them...
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."
Powerful magic power continuously collided in the air, centered around Medivh and Gildarts.
On the ground, some broken stones close to them were swept up the moment their magic power erupted, floating in mid-air, then exploding into countless fragments and dust barely visible to the naked eye.
"The sky is wailing!"
"The atmosphere is weeping..."
"Even the ocean is subtly aching..."
Although Mavis was only a spirit, her eyesight remained. She could feel the powerful magic power collision between Medivh and Gildarts.
"First Guild Master, are you really going to let them fight here?"
"This is the sacred ground of the Fairy Tail Guild, and also your burial place."
Just then, Makarov came to Mavis's side. After bowing slightly to the ghostly Mavis, he asked with a serious expression.
Given Medivh and Gildarts' strength, fighting on Tenrou Island was no different from dancing in front of the First Guild Master's grave!
"Hmm..."
Mavis pondered upon hearing this. Her little angel ear ornament, which looked like a decoration on her head, swayed slightly twice...
Mavis said excitedly, "Let them fight! Because I also want to know, between Medivh and Gildarts, who is the strongest Magician in the Fairy Tail Guild."
"Ah, First Guild Master..."
"Why are you like this too?"
"Fairy Tail is beyond saving."
Makarov was numb. He really didn't expect that Mavis, the First Guild Master of their Fairy Tail Guild, also had such a personality that seemed to revel in chaos.
After all, no matter how kind Mavis was, it couldn't change the fact that she was taught by Black Wizard Zeref. Simply put, their Fairy Tail Guild had problems at its root...
Perhaps in the world of Light Magic, their Fairy Tail was the biggest troublemaker on the Ishgar continent. But from the perspective of the Dark Magic world, their Fairy Tail had pure bloodlines~
Hmm...
On the other side.
"Go, Father!" Erza and Ere, the good sisters, were holding hands and standing together. They looked at Medivh, who was subtly facing off against Gildarts not far away, and shouted loudly, "Don't you dare lose."
"Rest assured."
Medivh nodded, saying nothing more.
Medivh would never say that classic line!
I'll win.
"Gildarts..."
"If you lose to Medivh, I'll be angry."
Cana glanced at Erza and Ere, who were cheering for Medivh beside her. With encouragement from Erza's eyes, she blushed and looked at Gildarts in the distance, shouting loudly.
"Don't worry, Cana!"
"Just wait for my good news!"
"I am the strongest..."
Upon hearing this, Gildarts repeatedly winked in Cana's direction.
"So disgusting."
Cana was so startled by Gildarts' wink that she kept backing away...
She only stopped when she retreated behind Erza, taking a breath.
At this moment, Cana couldn't help but wonder...
How did her mother, a top beauty renowned in several surrounding towns, fall for Gildarts, this sloppy, incredibly philandering uncle who only bathed once a week and smelled awful all the time?!
And those women who were completely smitten by Gildarts during missions, were their eyes blind? What was so good about Gildarts anyway?
Hmm, once Cana's enchantment with Gildarts wore off...
In Cana's mind, Gildarts had fallen to the same level as a homeless person.
"Hahaha, Cana is shy."
Gildarts, who was currently facing off against Medivh, completely missed the disdain in Cana's eyes. He mistakenly thought Cana was shy because she was conquered by his invincible and magnificent fatherly figure...
At this moment, Gildarts was pouting, continuously blowing kisses at Cana.
"Laxus, are you feeling better?"
"Look! That Medivh is actually going to fight Gildarts..."
"Who do you think will win between Medivh and Gildarts?"
Freed helped Laxus sit up from the ground and asked.
"Yes..."
"I never thought that Medivh would actually fight Gildarts?"
"Who will win?"
Under Freed and Bickslow's care, Laxus, who was gradually regaining consciousness, was now sitting in the shade, enjoying Freed's massage and the breeze from Bickslow's babies. His eyes, undisturbed by external factors, were fixed firmly on Medivh and Gildarts in the arena, quietly awaiting this rare and unparalleled showdown between the continent's top powerhouses.
Laxus had a premonition that the battle between Medivh and Gildarts would open the door for him to the Saint Ten Wizard level.
At the same time, Gray, Lyon, and Natsu, who emerged from the passage covered in injuries, widened their eyes in astonishment upon hearing that Medivh was going to fight Gildarts, exclaiming incredulously, "Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me?"
"Brother Medivh is actually going to fight Gildarts here to determine the strongest Magician of the Fairy Tail Guild?!"
"What will happen if these two monsters start fighting? They'll probably destroy the entire island, won't they?"
Gray, wearing Kuroko's basketball jersey and holding the burnt fragments of his clothes from Natsu, looked nervous and flustered. Yes, in the end, Gray still couldn't put on his clothes properly.
"Aye!"
Beside Gray, Happy flapped his small wings, and he and Natsu shouted almost simultaneously.
Yes, Natsu was so excited at this moment that he had turned into a Happy-like state.
On the other side.
"This is incredible, I have to let everyone in the Guild see it clearly."
Warren pressed one hand to his head, his eyes bloodshot and red as if they were about to burst at any moment. He held a huge magic crystal in his hand. While absorbing the magic power from the crystal, he used a crystal ball beside him to transmit everything he saw to the crystal ball in the Fairy Tail Guild hall, which was far away from here.
Yes, Warren was willing to bet all his possessions and exhaust all the magic power in his body to transmit the scene he saw back to the Fairy Tail Guild.
Warren, what a good person, I'm crying my eyes out...
Magnolia Town.
Inside the first-floor hall of the Fairy Tail Guild.
"I wonder what the results of this year's S-Class Mage Examination are?"
"It's really boring without Natsu and the others in the Guild!"
A group of Fairy Tail Magicians were idly drinking and chatting together...
Perhaps it was because Guild Master Makarov had taken Medivh and the main forces of the Fairy Tail Guild to Tenrou Island for the S-Class Mage Examination, leaving only the old members like Macao and Wakaba in the Fairy Tail Guild hall, which seemed exceptionally deserted.
Sometimes, people are just like that…
When Natsu and the others were in the Guild, they found them too noisy, always fighting, with no time to even drink in peace; it was incredibly irritating. But once Natsu and the others left the Guild, they became incredibly bored because they weren't there.
After they had been gone for a while, they started to miss the noise of Natsu and the others…
"Come quickly and look!"
"There's a picture coming from the magic crystal ball in the Guild…"
"It looks like it's from Tenrou Island."
"What did you say?"
"Let us see quickly…"
Just as these Magicians of Fairy Tail didn't know what to do…
In the Guild hall, many Magicians suddenly noticed clear images appearing on the magic crystal ball that Makarov usually used to peek into the 'women's bathhouse.'
Yes, at this moment, this crystal ball had not yet been smashed to pieces by Mirajane's punch.
"This is…"
When everyone heard the commotion and gathered around the crystal ball, they were all shocked by the scene displayed on it.
In the image projected by the crystal ball…
The sky was dim, clouds rolled, the sea churned with wave after wave, and the entire island was enveloped in an apocalyptic atmosphere.
At the center of this terrifying atmosphere, Medivh and Gildarts were faintly confronting each other.
"What's going on?!"
"How did Medivh and Gildarts end up confronting each other?"
"Are these two scumbags fighting over a woman?"
For a moment, both Macao and Wakaba were stunned by the sight before them. Their pupils trembled as they asked in confusion.
"Can you hear me?"
"This is Warren Lacou…"
"I have an important announcement to make now!"
"In X778, the Fairy Tail Guild's S-Class Mage Examination officially concludes!"
"And now, the battle for the strongest Magician in the Fairy Tail Guild between Medivh and Gildarts officially begins…"
With bloodshot eyes, Warren conveyed everything he saw and heard to everyone in the Guild.
"What?!"
"The battle for the strongest Magician in the Fairy Tail Guild?"
"Oh my goodness?! This is too amazing?!"
"It's like New Year's, it's truly like New Year's…"
When everyone remaining in the Fairy Tail Guild hall heard…
That Medivh was actually going to fight Gildarts, these fun-loving people, who feared nothing more than peace, immediately went into 'ecstasy.' They looked up at the dilapidated, patched-up ceiling of the Fairy Tail Guild and cheered loudly.
"Place your bets! Place your bets…"
"Bet on Gildarts with red tickets, bet on Medivh winning with white tickets…"
"Ah! Ah! Ah! It's such a shame I couldn't be there!"
"Don't even think about it. With your strength, even if you were there, you'd be killed by the residual magic."
There was no time to hesitate; these gambling addicts of the Fairy Tail Guild immediately started a new round of betting, shouting excitedly.
"By the way, you still haven't told us…"
"What's the result of this year's S-Class Mage Examination?!"
At this moment, some more perceptive individuals noticed something and looked at Warren, asking.
"The winners of this year's S-Class Mage Examination are…"
Warren took a deep breath and spoke with firm eyes.
"Shh…"
As Warren spoke, the entire first floor hall of the Fairy Tail Guild, all the gambling addicts, held their breath. They focused intently, waiting for Warren to announce the results.
"…Ur and Erza."
Seeing that everyone's interest was piqued, Warren decided not to keep them in suspense and directly gave the answer.
"Yay! We won…"
As Warren's words fell, countless gambling addicts in the Guild leaped up from the ground, cheering loudly.
"Damn it, I lost terribly!"
Of course, countless Magicians also slumped onto the ground, their eyes flashing with despair, speaking unwillingly.
"Damn it! Victory and defeat are common in war. Where you fall, you must get back up. All in, all in, I've bet all my possessions on Gildarts…"
"Gildarts, you must not lose! Behind you stands not just you, but countless gambling addicts—I mean, countless Fairy Tail companions' hopes for a comeback."
Will gambling addicts give up gambling because of a single loss?!
No, they won't. They will only double down and continue to gamble. They always hope their next hand will turn things around; this is the classic gambler's fallacy.
A friendly reminder: no matter what you do, never get carried away…
Small bets bring joy, big bets harm, and reckless bets lead to ruin.
"Boom!"
On the other side, Medivh and Gildarts' battle, under the gaze of countless eyes and the fervent expectations of many, finally began.
"True Heavenly Body Magic: Star Collapse!"
Medivh didn't hesitate, starting directly with Star Collapse.
"Rumble!!"
Accompanying the cracking sky, a massive fissure opened beneath the rolling clouds, as if the sky itself had split apart…
"It looks like something is falling from the sky?"
At the same moment, Laxus looked up at the sky, muttering to himself.
It was the instant Laxus's words fell!
A meteorite, burning with crimson flames and trailing a long tail, fell from the cracked sky, plummeting directly towards Gildarts.
"Is that a meteorite?"
"This is too exaggerated, isn't it?"
"He's using this level of super magic right from the start?"
The moment the meteorite descended from the sky, all the Fairy Tail members present tensed up. Under this faint heavenly might, they could do nothing but tremble…
"Crush!"
Gildarts looked up, observing the meteorite faintly imbued with heavenly might, his brows slightly furrowed. A meteorite of this level was merely child's play to him.
"Rumble!!"
As Gildarts waved his hand, releasing the highest-level destruction magic, 'Crush'…
The meteorite summoned by Medivh, a hundred meters in diameter, traveling faster than sound, and enveloped in flames from its high-speed friction with the air, was instantly crushed into countless fragments.
"The meteorite was crushed?"
"Is that old man some kind of monster?"
Gray and the others had already widened their eyes when they first saw the massive meteorite streak across the sky and descend. Upon seeing Gildarts Crush the meteorite with a wave of his hand, they were at a loss for words, filled with an indescribable shock.
"Wait a minute…"
"Did you notice?!"
"After these meteorites were crushed, they seem to be coming towards us?"
"Oh no, run quickly…"
Then, before Gray and the others could think further, they suddenly realized that the meteorite fragments crushed by Gildarts had turned into countless shooting stars, plummeting towards them.
At this moment, everyone panicked…
"Heh heh! Leave it to me!"
To this, Warrod merely chuckled softly. As he waved his hand, adorable saplings seemed to break through the ground, growing at a visible speed, instantly transforming into towering trees…
In an instant, they formed a barrier, blocking the falling meteorite fragments for everyone.
"We're saved, thankfully we have Warrod-senpai."
Seeing this, Lisanna and the others slowly exhaled, wiping the sweat from their foreheads.
In the battlefield.
"Don't use such childish tricks, Medivh."
After Gildarts crushed the falling meteorite, he tilted his head, looked at Medivh, and said coldly.
"Oh dear…"
"As expected, ordinary meteorites can't threaten you, Gildarts, can they?!"
"If that's the case, then there's no choice…"
"Take this, Gildarts!"
As Medivh spoke, he clasped his hands in front of him, continuously mobilizing the magic power within his body.
"Hmm?!"
The sheer magnitude of that magic power even caused a flicker of surprise on Gildarts' face.
"Rumble…"
As Medivh's magic power continued to surge, the entire Tenrou Island trembled at this moment.
"An earthquake?!"
"No, that's not right…"
"The island is trembling under Medivh's magic power."
Lyon grabbed the tree trunk beside him to steady himself. He looked at the shaking island and said in a deep voice.
"I have a strange feeling, as if something bad is about to happen…"
"What level of magic requires such an immense amount of magic power?"
Makarov was puzzled. The magic Medivh was using at this moment, in terms of magic power consumption, already surpassed Fairy Law, one of Fairy Tail's Three Great Magics…
At this level of magic, even Makarov didn't know much about it.
"Heavenly Obstacle Shattering Star!!"
As Medivh's magic power boiled to its extreme, reaching its peak, he suddenly opened his eyes and spoke loudly.
The next second, the sky turned dark!
"Ah, this is…"
Laxus looked up at the sky; he seemed to have seen something incredible.
"Are you kidding me?"
"Is this magic that a Magician can use?"
Lyon and Gray fell into contemplation, thinking about how much they would need to train their Creation Magic to block whatever was coming from the sky.
"Are our strengths not on the same dimension?"
"The road ahead is truly so long that one cannot see its end!"
Even Ur helplessly pressed her tingling scalp, forcing a bitter smile repeatedly.
"Haha, that brat Medivh…"
"Is he planning to completely destroy Tenrou Island…"
"And kill all of us along with it on the island?!"
Makarov laughed. He suddenly realized that when people are in extreme despair, they really do trigger a protective mechanism and laugh.
"This is troublesome."
Even Gildarts, at this moment, had become uncharacteristically serious.
In the sky.
The ethereal clouds were kneaded and torn apart by an immense force.
A divine power, unlike anything a human could wield, descended from the heavens!
It was a meteorite!
No, at this level, it could no longer be called a meteorite.
Just as Medivh said, 'Heavenly Obstacle Shattering Star,' calling it an asteroid would be no exaggeration.
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