Now, we divide one hundred and twenty-one teams into ten groups, with each group fighting ten mechanical magic beasts, and the last group having eleven teams.
"Teams with names, please come to the central position of the venue. The other teams will wait behind."
After Pumpkin Man introduced the rules, he took a piece of paper out of his pocket and started yelling.
"First group, Crocodile's Skin, Werewolf's Claws, Boar's Tusks."
Ten magical guilds have a total of fifty participants, who came to the center of the venue after hearing their guild's name.
At the same time, ten giant magical arrays rose on their side, and ten mechanical magic gorillas slowly appeared in the arrays. They roared loudly into the sky, creating a terrifying atmosphere.
Many magicians couldn't help but swallow their saliva upon seeing this.
After the mechanical magic gorillas appeared, a new magical array lit up again. Ten houses made of steel emerged from the array and trapped the gorillas inside.
Following that, ten magical projections appeared in the sky of the venue, displaying scenes inside each steel house respectively.
"Please members of the first group, each choose a house to enter. If you are unable to defeat our magical monsters, you may choose to leave the room or directly shout 'give up'!"
"If you persist and refuse to give up, any unexpected deaths will be non-responsible."
With the loud cheering from the audience, ten teams each selected the nearest house and went in.
After all the teams had entered the houses, Pumpkin Man waved to the host, who picked up the magical microphone and shouted:
"The first-ever Grand Magic Director Preliminary Tournament, NOW. It's officially started!"
As the host's voice fell, the mechanical magic gorillas in the projections immediately charged at the magicians who entered the rooms, launching a relentless assault.
And the magicians formed combat defense formations, beginning to cast their own spells for defense and counterattack.
Various types of magic exploded in the room, looking quite splendid and exciting. Many spells even caught the attention of George, who had seen almost every book in Fairy Tail Library.
For example, there was magic that could manipulate notes and sound waves to attack enemies, magic that could stick to enemies like a spider's silk, magic that spat out sticky saliva, and magic that used a long tongue as a whip.
Many magic have little use for George at the moment. In fact, just by looking at them, he can roughly understand the magical principles and reproduce them.
To be honest, it still allowed him to witness the diversity of magic.
It can only be said that in a world where magic is the main theme, the variety of magic and its applications are indeed constantly being updated.
For George, the mechanical magic gorillas may not pose a threat, but for most magicians, they are still terrifying creatures.
In the first group of ten teams, only one managed to barely defeat the mechanical magic gorilla. The other nine either surrendered in the end as they couldn't hold out, or all five were knocked down and unconscious.
The mechanical magic gorillas were obviously being remotely controlled by magicians, and they would not actually deliver a fatal blow to the competing teams.
What Pumpkin Man said was just to scare people and create some atmosphere.
However, this made the audience more truly aware of the strength of the mechanical magic gorillas.
"Now, please the second group of teams enter, the blue sky horse, black leopard, and lion's mane."
This group's strength is significantly stronger than the first group, with three teams successfully advancing, and the blue sky horse being the most conspicuous.
Because one of the five members of the blue sky horse, the team leader Yiye and the high-profile cover girl Jeannie, did not make a move, only three of the remaining handsome men teamed up and easily defeated the mechanical magic gorilla.
They did not do this to show off, but rather as a combat strategy. By solving the mechanical magic gorilla without revealing the top-ranking magic user's strength of their team, they could better deal with future challenges.
In the battle between magicians, if the strength is not too different, it's important to have good information.
Sometimes, by knowing the opponent's information in advance and formulating targeted combat strategies, you can achieve a kill shot even with roughly equal strength.
In the first-ever Grand Magic Director, there will surely be many talented people, even some of the Holy Ten participating. So, it's better to keep exposure to a minimum before the official competition.
Along with the blue sky horse, there are also some other relatively strong teams who have this mindset.
The snake queen's scales team sent out their doll magic user, Shirley Brandt, who through constant summoning of stone giants and tree giants, managed to fight for half an hour and eventually won when the magic crystal power of the mechanical magic gorilla ran out.
The other four magic users watched the entire match and did not reveal any of their abilities.
From morning till dusk, the teams from various magical guilds displayed their skills. The cheering in the venue never stopped.
Ordinary people don't get to see such spectacular battles in their everyday lives.
"Now, please the ninth group of teams enter, Fairy Tail."
Finally, when the ninth group's name was announced, Fairy Tail appeared.
Upon hearing the name Fairy Tail, most of the audience also turned their attention to the four people and one cat in the venue.
Some had prepared to see Fairy Tail, the former strongest guild, make a mistake, while others were simply curious. There were also a few die-hard fans who hoped that even without their main force, Fairy Tail could still make a breakthrough.
These die-hard fans had actually participated in the Harvest Festival a few months earlier and witnessed Fairy Tail's First Magical Director Tournament. They knew that even if the other four couldn't hold their own, they still had a cat who had defeated Laxus and definitely possessed S-level magical director strength.
"It's our turn to go on stage!"
George opened his wings and flew off from Leccie's shoulder, leading the four somewhat nervous people towards the nearest house.
The host, seeing the audience's attention focused on the four people and one cat from Fairy Tail, also appropriately asked the two guest speakers next to him:
"As everyone knows, Fairy Tail was once one of the strongest guilds in the kingdom, but their former guild master and main force disappeared along with theIsland of Canis.
"What do you two think about the members competing in this preliminary round, do you think they have a chance to pass?"
"But you probably don't know that Fairy Tail Guild hasn't lost all of their main forces due to the event on the Canis Island. I believe that even if they can't secure first place in this tournament, they still have a chance to pass through the preliminary round."
Yagima adjusted his chef's hat, speaking with great confidence.
As a former Fairy Tail Magician, after the event on the Canis Island, he was one of the first people to visit the guild.
Although he only met Makarov, he knew that George was working hard to crack the Fairy Tail Orb and save Macaro and the others who were trapped.
