SWDnovel Chapter 417: Demon fighting and martial arts? Fairy Tail Civil War!
Chapter 417: Demon fighting and martial arts? Fairy Tail Civil War!
Chapter 417: Demon fighting and martial arts? Fairy Tail Civil War!
"Merging teams? That's way too sudden!"
"And it's not fair to us at all!"
"Even if the number of guilds doesn't match, shouldn't the one at the very bottom be eliminated?"
The news brought by Makarov caused a great stir, and the tavern was immediately filled with heated discussions.
Mira and Erza also calmed down, their delicate brows furrowing in surprise.
Chase, standing between them, also looked troubled, but what concerned him was not the merging of teams, but the timing of this news.
If I remember correctly, the announcement should be made after tomorrow's competitions are over, right?
After a brief moment of thought, Chase quickly figured out the root cause of this change:
Compared to the original story, influenced by those who traveled through time, Fairy Tail's performance in the first three days was truly outstanding, showing a vague sign of being "invincible".
This dampened the morale of the bottom-ranked guilds (such as Four-Headed Dogs) to some extent, making what should have been an exciting Grand Magic Games predictable and failing to meet the original expectations of the organizers (the King).
"Well, there's no need to get so worked up. It's not really a bad thing for us."
In the future, Makarov weaved through the crowd, effortlessly leaping onto the bar counter, and explained, "Because not only can we form a stronger team, but we also have more flexible substitutes!"
Upon hearing this, Future Marcao, Future Levy, and the others' eyes lit up immediately.
The chances of winning would actually increase significantly if the S-class monsters from teams A and B were combined into a completely new team.
Although the decision was made with the aim of reducing the number of teams, the organizers' actions might cause other guilds to experience even deeper despair!
Once everyone understood the stakes involved, smiles appeared on their faces as their initial excitement gradually subsided.
"No! Grandpa, I won't accept this!"
Natsu jumped out at this moment, protesting with a disgruntled expression, "This way, there's no way to defeat those bastards, Chess and his gang!"
Well, with his limited brain cells, he couldn't even imagine the impact of merging teams; he was simply annoyed because he lost the chance to punish Chess.
"Me too, we have an eight-point advantage over the Fire Dragon's team!" Gajeel added.
Juvia stared intently at Future Lucy with eyes full of regret and disappointment.
Future Lucy got goosebumps from her stare: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Inspired by Mira at the Demon Temple, Juvia wants to crush them in the upcoming competitions and show off her charm to the two Lord Grays!" Juvia said with a gloomy expression.
"How many times have I told you, don't treat Wadashi as a love rival!"
Future Lucy crossed her arms and loudly complained, "There are two more Greys...you're being way too greedy!"
"Ah~ because Lord Gray doesn't distinguish between himself and others~"
Juvia instantly switched into her fangirl mode, mimicking Erza's words with hearts in her eyes.
"Can't you learn something good?!"
"We're the same in that respect, Xia Lulu is Xia Lulu~" x2
"Get the hell out of my way!" X2
At the bar, Future Makarov coughed twice, interrupting the eccentric woman and the dead cat's beautiful fantasy.
"Well, about the punishment."
He put his hands behind his back, put on a very regretful expression, looked at Natsu and Gajeel, and sighed deeply, "It's a pity, but it's the organizer's decision after all, so there's nothing we can do but cancel it."
Natsu and Gajeel lowered their heads helplessly, clenching their fists in preparation for accepting this reality.
Chess, who was holding little Asuka, suddenly walked over and asked with a smile, "Grandpa, after the first day of the Grand Magic Games, it seems you guys started a betting game about the outcome of Team A and Team B, right?"
Upon hearing this, Makarov immediately lost his composure, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
"That's right! I remember the president bet on Team A to win!" Future Wakaba suddenly realized.
"Back then, they were saying Team A had high odds, and you could make a fortune!"
Future Macao stepped forward and nudged Future Makarov with his elbow. "Third Generation, you're not trying to renege on Team B's advantage, are you?"
Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately cast suspicious glances at the future Makarov.
Asuka, nestled in Chess's arms, darted her eyes around and said in a clear, sweet voice, "Grandpa Chairman, Mommy told me that cheating is bad!"
In the future, Makarov glared fiercely at Chase: You born evil and treacherous card brat!
"Alright, alright, then the internal competition within the guild will remain as it is, and teams A and B will continue to compete for victory."
Having his little scheme exposed, he suppressed his heartache and solemnly warned, "However, this must be done on the premise that Fairy Tail wins the championship!"
"Of course!!"
The gamblers and members of Team AB cheered loudly, their fighting spirit soaring.
"Hehehe, you've finally been ruined by that brat Chase too~" Old Ma in the card laughed heartily.
Although he also favored Team A, which had the highest odds, he felt inexplicably good looking at his other self's helpless and miserable expression!
Just then, the wooden door outside was gently pushed open.
"They really haven't changed at all; they're still this noisy no matter the time—"
The short, future Yajima walked into the tavern with a smile.
The scene immediately fell silent as Natsu and the others, recognizing each other, greeted each other warmly.
"Xiao Ya? What brings you here?"
Makarov was startled and jumped off the bar to greet him.
"The accommodations arranged by the organizers aren't far from here. I was just killing time anyway, so I came to visit you all," Future Yajima said, waving his hand.
"Haha, welcome, welcome! These little brats are so annoying! Come on, let's go to a private room and have a good drink!"
After all, they were old friends of several decades, and Makarov immediately sensed something unusual in that casual tone.
Since Ajma had this intention in the future, he naturally did not refuse.
And so, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two old men went up to the second floor of the tavern one after the other.
"That's strange. Was Mr. Yajima such a quiet person?" Future Lucy wondered.
"There must be something important to say, right?" Mira said.
"Hehe, Happy, let's go, let's go eavesdrop!"
Natsu immediately became interested and, pulling Happy along, secretly began to follow them.
Then, the human and the cat were amused to receive a muffled punch from Erza, the disciplinary committee member.
"As expected, there was no way to hide it from Grandpa Yajima—" Chase sighed, having roughly guessed the reason.
Because of the seven-year gap, others might not see anything amiss, but Yajima will be an exception in the future.
After three days of intense martial arts competition, it's impossible that no one noticed anything.
That's why there's no worry about the other world exposing this problem—even if they knew the truth, Yajima would choose to keep it a secret.
Or to be more precise, this old man came specifically to visit because he cared about Fairy Tail!
Thinking of this, Chess glanced at Natsu and the others.
"While wandering around the Grand Magic Games venue today, I stumbled upon a really interesting place. Want to check it out together?"
It was already late at night on the third day, and there was still no movement from Princess Emerald.
Although it is almost certain that this is not the future where "ten thousand dragons destroy the world" that Rogue and Lucy had in the future.
But just to be on the safe side, he felt it was still necessary to go out and investigate.