Chapter 284 Poor Natsu (Update 1)
"Let's draw lots!"
On the island, Makarov took out a box that he had prepared in advance.
There were a total of 110 wizards who signed up for the competition, so 55 pairs of slips were prepared in the lottery box. Those who drew the same number on the slip would be the opponents in the first round.
Everyone took turns to draw lots, and George was no exception.
"Number 23."
Seeing the number on the slip, George glanced at the whole venue and quickly found the wizard who drew the same number as him.
"It turned out to be George, my luck is too bad!"
When the wizard knew that his opponent was George, he immediately let out a wail.
The wizards who drew Laxus, Erza, Thunder God, Natsu and others also wailed with him.
Because they all knew how strong they were, they knew that they would definitely not be able to beat them.
"Everyone, please enter your respective venues according to the venue numbers I divided."
After the draw, Mirajane said while flying in the air with a microphone.
Mirajane was one of the few wizards who did not participate in the competition, so she became the host of this competition.
The mountaintop plane cut out by George had a large area. Mirajane used a magic pen to draw 55 rings respectively, so that everyone could compete in their own rings at the same time.
So now everyone just needs to find their own rings according to the number drawn in their hands, and they can start fighting.
This competition was proposed by George at the last minute, without much preparation, and there are not too many complicated contents.
When it is perfected next year, it will naturally not be as casual as today.
In fact, it doesn’t matter. After all, they are all wizards of the same guild. Everyone knows and is familiar with each other. It’s just a competition.
Many wizards have a good idea of their own strength. They know that it is impossible to compete for the championship, and the chances of entering the top ten are very slim.
Except for a few, everyone has a good mentality.
That one naturally includes Lucy, because she really wants to enter the top ten to get the bonus to pay the rent, so she was very nervous when drawing lots and her hands were shaking, for fear that she would draw George and Laxus and end up in the first round.
"First round of preliminary competition, start!"
Each of them stood on the stage according to their numbers. Amid the cheers and encouragement of the densely packed residents on the shore and the sound of Mirajane's microphone, the competition began.
"Fall to the ground!"
With a flash of lightning, George came behind the opposite wizard and knocked him down with a stun spell.
With his current magic level, under the blessing of the magic wand, unless there are special physiques and magic, wizards below S level can be subdued with a simple stun spell.
After dealing with his opponent, George heard a thunder strike from the next stage.
Turning his head, it was Laxus who released lightning to stun his opponent.
Similar things were also happening in several stages. The opponents of Erza, Natsu, Gray and others were basically killed in one move.
This is the difference in strength.
The battles in other stages ended quickly.
For normal wizards, as long as they were hit by the opponent's magic a few times, the battle was basically over.
Only wizards like Natsu, who are close to dragon physique, can stand up and continue fighting after withstanding various magic attacks.
The first round of preliminary competition was over in less than ten minutes.
"Take a half-hour break, and then draw the second round!"
Mirajane announced after the preliminary competition was over.
The half-hour break is of course to let everyone recover their magic and physical strength. Not all wizards can defeat their opponents with one move like George, with basically no consumption.
Most wizards have tried their best to win in the previous battle, so they naturally need to take a break.
"The second round of drawing lots begins."
Half an hour later, the 55 winners came forward to draw lots again, and the 55 losers became the cheering spectators around.
This time there are 27 pairs, and one is bye.
"I am number 28, I have a bye, it's great!"
Lucy jumped up in excitement when she saw that she had drawn the number plate.
For her, she got a bye in this round, and she was directly promoted to the third round. If she could win the third round, she would be promoted to the top 14, and she would be very close to the prize money.
"Fainted!"
Another one-shot kill. Wizards who were not as fast as him basically could not avoid his stun spell.
Because he always used the magic wand to hit the back of his head to release the stun spell.
"Change clothes·Flame Emperor Armor!"
After dealing with his opponent, he heard a cry from the ring near the middle position, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and flew over there.
"Poor Natsu."
It turned out that in this round of draws, there was a strong-to-strong group, and Natsu and Erza drew the same number.
There was no way, the draws were random, even if he was drawn to face Laxus in the first round, it was possible.
So in this game, except for the championship, which was well-deserved, the rest depended on luck in addition to strength.
Just like this second round, one of Natsu and Erza will stop here, George guessed that it was most likely Natsu.
Because Natsu is the kind of person who can burst out extraordinary when facing enemies, but he can only maintain his original strength when facing his companions.
Especially when facing Erza, who has been beating him since childhood and almost has a psychological trauma, the strength that can be exerted will be several times weaker.
It can only be said that his luck is bad, which does not mean that he is only strong enough for the second round.
Sure enough, after fighting for more than 20 minutes, Natsu still lost to Erza.
But this wonderful battle also pushed the atmosphere of the game to a climax.
After another half-hour break, the third round of drawing began.
This time there were only 14 arenas and 28 contestants, and the rest were all spectators.
Among them, many powerful wizards met in advance and became the focus of the audience.
For example, Alba Green, a Thunder God with petrified eyes, fought against Elfman Strauss, who could receive the Beast King after the Phantom War.
Gray with ice style fought against Bigusro, one of the Thunder Gods.
Levi, who George had a good relationship with, fought against Gajeel who had attacked her but failed.
And George himself fought against Juvia, an S-class wizard who was once a Phantom.
"Even if it's George, I won't give up. Juvia wants to let Gray-sama see a more shining Juvia!"
Juvia fell in love with Gray at first sight when she first met him, and started a crazy pursuit and even joined the guild.
Juvia didn't give in when facing George, and directly entered the water mode that invalidated physical attacks.
Although she was there in the Phantom Battle and the Tower of Paradise, she knew George's strength was not something she could beat.
"Water restraint!"
The surging water completely wrapped George up from under his feet.
