"Good morning everyone, I'm ABA and it's an honor to be the host of the first-ever Grand Magic Director tournament."
"I represent the kingdom and welcome everyone's arrival!"
As the voice of the magical megaphone echoed throughout the venue, the grand magic director tournament officially commenced.
"Let's start by introducing our special guests for this event."
They are Mr. Yajima, former member of the Council of Magic Review, and the current leader of the fourth force monitoring team of the Council of Magic, and Mr. Rahal, leader of the Lyon Knight Order."
On the hosting stage, next to the golden-faced host, Mr. Yajima, who has turned to a chef, and Mr. Rahal wearing spectacles and the uniform of the Council of Magic, rose simultaneously and waved a greeting to the audience below.
After the two people sat down, the host continued to introduce:
"At this time, the total number of teams competing in this conference is one hundred and one, all hailing from one hundred and one magician's guilds within the kingdom."
The guilds are: The Scales of the Serpent Queen, the Blue Pegasus, the heel of the Mermaid, the Four-headed Hound, the Tiger Biting with a Sword, the Fin of the Serpent Demon, the Nose of the Giant, The Head of the Headless Horseman, The Wheel of the Earth Elf, and The Fangs of the Poison Demon. Elf's Tail."
When reporting on some of the guilds in advance, especially those as famous as the Serpent Queen and the Blue Pegasus, which are on par with the Elf's Tail, there were continuous cheers and applause from the audience platform.
Even when reporting on small guilds such as The Headless Horseman and The Wheel of the Earth Elf, there would be sporadic applause.
But when the guild Elf's Tail was reported, the entire venue suddenly fell into a hush, and all eyes turned to the four humans and one cat below, George and his group. Including the competitors from other guilds nearby, they also looked over.
Then various discussions began to sound.
"It was said that the main members of Elf's Tail guild were lost at sea, and haven't been found yet."
"What? I heard that the main members have all died."
"I heard that the whole guild has died, I didn't expect there would still be magicians participating."
"Are these the Elf's Tail magicians participating? I don't recognize any of them."
As the most powerful magician guild in the kingdom, Elf's Tail is often involved in major events that make the news, so everyone is naturally aware of them.
The major news that the main members of Elf's Tail disappeared on the Dragon Island spread across the entire kingdom a few months ago.
However, the audience and other magician guilds participating at the event did not expect Elf's Tail to take part in this grand magic director tournament under such circumstances.
Because this is bound to result in an unsatisfactory performance, and it would unnecessarily tarnish the reputation of the once strongest magician guild, it would have been better for them to stay quietly at least, preserving some good memories for everyone.
Among the participating magician guilds, there were many who looked at George and his four-member group with a sinister smile.
Some are magician guilds that have a poor history with Elf's Tail, and some others are trying to gain some illusion of prestige by trampling Elf's Tail's guild at this opportunity.
As the once strongest magician guild, it's inevitable that they would have some friction with other guilds. In the past, with their formidable strength, there were no problems. But now that they are down, these cunning dogs all want to kick them while they're down.
Of course, there are also guilds like Blue Pegasus and Serpent Scale, who are friendly with Elf's Tail, still greeting them warmly from here.
Similarly, there were some die-hard Elf's Tail fans in the audience who cheered and shouted upon hearing that they represented Elf's Tail.
But because there were not many of them, it didn't stand out.
After reporting the names of all one hundred and ten participating guilds, the host took a sip of water to moisturize his throat and continued:
"Next, we have Mr. Pumpkin, our mascot, who will explain the rules of this competition to us."
As his words faded, a small fellow with a pumpkin hat jumped onto the arena and stood in front of the one hundred and one competing teams.
His magical image was also enlarged and projected onto the air, allowing all the audience in the venue to see it.
"Timescale for the grand magic director tournament is four days, with one match per day and a total of four matches."
The first match is the preliminary round, and only teams that pass the preliminary round are eligible to compete in the official matches.
The official matches will be divided into individual matches, team matches, and deathmatch, with rankings determined by points.
"The team with the highest points at the end will receive the Grand Guild Cup awarded by the kingdom and a prize of thirty million! "
After a pause, the pumpkin man continued:
"Today we will be holding the preliminary round, and the rules are very simple."
"Shortly, we will release the magician monsters manufactured by the Kingdom's Magic Development Bureau. These monsters have considerable strength and even S-level magicians would struggle to defeat them."
The preliminary round consists of each team of five members fighting against one magician monster. Those who can defeat the monster can proceed to the official matches, otherwise, they will be eliminated."
"Magical monsters?"
The magicians participating in the competition and the audience in the stands all looked puzzled.
To facilitate everyone's understanding, the pumpkin man waved his hand, and a magical projection appeared above the venue, showing a mechanical magician gorilla towering over twenty meters tall in the eyes of everyone.
As seen in the magical projection, the gorilla in the image charged at an incredible speed, directly crushing a house in front of it and leaping dozens of meters to the ground with a punch that created a large crack in the earth.
Finally, the mechanical magician gorilla opened its mouth and formed a magical array. Terrifying flames gushed out.
"How powerful!"
The powerful destructive force demonstrated by the gorilla in the magical projection caused screams from the audience seats, and some magicians on the stage also began to sweat profusely.
This included the four members of Elf's Tail, Miko and the others.
Because, to be honest, even with the combined strength of the four of them, they might not be able to deal with this gorilla.
Alzaca and Biesca used dual guns and sniper rifles, with fast speed and long range, but weak destructive power. Even if they hit it every time, it might still be difficult to break through the defense of the ten-meter-tall mechanical gorilla.
And Marcus, using sand magic, is even worse. He's just scabbing.
Loki's wood-shaped magic is also not known for its destructive power.
In fact, if they team up against some other magician guild, their coordination is not bad.
But facing a mechanical magician gorilla with extraordinarily high defense, it's really powerless.
"Don't worry, it's just a show-off."
George stood on Leci's shoulder and negligently waved his cat claws.
To him, the mechanical magician gorilla looked quite imposing, but it was just that.
Its overall strength is far from that of an S-class magician, and even those subpar S-class magicians outside of Elf's Tail would not find it very challenging to fight.
To him, it's even more of a non-issue.
