"I share the same view as Mr. Yagi."
Lahar nodded.
Though he had never met George, he had seen some basic information about the cat, George, in the new Magic Council.
The intelligence contains high praise for George's abilities, suggesting that he may have already reached the level of a Holy Ten Magic User.
With such strength, solving the problem of the mechanical magic gorilla below should be no problem.
"It seems that both of you hold great hopes for the current Fairy Tail guild. We also wish them success in advancing and performing better in the official competition."
The host nodded, then announced the beginning of today's ninth preliminary round.
In the Steel Room, Alzack observed the mechanical mage gorilla gradually standing up in front of him, and made a rational proposal to George:
"George, why don't we take this one, and you try to conserve your strength."
Other slightly stronger guilds try to conserve their strength as much as possible in the preliminary round, so that they don't get targeted easily in the later formal tournament.
How far the Fairy Tail Guild can advance this time depends largely on George's performance, and they four can only play supporting roles.
Therefore, if the four of them can work hard to defeat this mechanical mage gorilla, George will be on par with other high-level competitors from guilds and will not be easily targeted due to understanding their magic.
"There's no need for that. True strength doesn't fear being targeted. I'll take care of this guy. You four make sure to conserve your strength. Put in more effort in tomorrow's individual match!"
George shook his head like a cat upon hearing this, looked at the mechanical mage gorilla racing towards them, and took out a silver coin from his changing space, then lightly flicked it into the air.
He doesn't fear being targeted.
He is a magician with balanced development in intellect, morality, physical fitness, and aesthetics, unlike most mageusers in this world who only specialize in one or two types of magic.
Whether it's element magic of various types, or aspects involving close combat, physical form, soul, and more, he is basically proficient in all. With the same level of power, it's only him who would target others.
Moreover, "targeting" only applies to situations where the power difference is not too great. If the power difference is too large, there's no point in targeting.
Like water can suppress fire, but if fire is hot enough, it can also evaporate the water.
At the moment, among all the mageusers who are competing, none of them give him a sense of needing to be taken seriously as much as Sauron did.
So there's no need for such a difficult pretext, to hide his strength and make the four of them exhausted and battered.
Even if they score the most points later, they won't feel as satisfying.
He wants a complete victory from start to finish, making all the audiences and mageusers feel that Fairy Tail is powerful and excellent, even if most of the mainstays are not present, they are still invincible.
Only then can the guild attract more excellent mageusers to join after the competition, and more wealthy people to give them quests.
"Super electromagnetic cannon!"
George's body explodes with voltage of ten billion volts, lightly pointing towards the falling silver coin, and the silver coin immediately turns into a terrifying electromagnetic cannon, firing out.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion.
The mechanical mage gorilla that had only run halfway was suddenly lying on the ground.
A hole twice as large as a basketball appeared in its chest.
"Second Second. Second Kill!!!"
Le Qi and the other four people haven't reacted to George's words before they realize that the battle has ended. They watch the fallen mechanical mage gorilla opposite them and their voices are all stuttering.
They know George is very strong, after all, he defeated Fairy Tail's strongest mageuser, Laxus.
But they hadn't expected that George would be able to instantly defeat a magical monster that was nearly S-class, which had caused so many competing teams to suffer defeat.
The key is that it seems so easy, as if it's as simple as killing a fly with your hand.
"Alright, let's prepare for the official tournament."
George returned to Le Qi's shoulder and closed his eyes again to continue studying his fairy ball magic in his mind.
In his eyes, the large magical director has no challenge, and the preliminary round is even less so.
Even without using magic, with his superpower that has surpassed Mikasa's ability, he can effortlessly eliminate any ordinary S-level mageuser in this world with a single electromagnetic cannon.
If it weren't for the development of the guild, he wouldn't even bother coming to participate.
The world's current opponents he is more concerned with are the five divine dragons of the North Continent and the destroying black dragon.
When George, with Le Qi and the other four, stepped out of the Steel Room, the audience outside were still in shock. They all stared at the screen with their jaws nearly dropping.
You see, even the most popular guilds in the past had to spend a considerable amount of time, and even if they sent only one mageuser to fight, it took a long time to defeat the mechanical mage gorilla.
However, the Fairy Tail Guild has only sent a cat, and yet it was able to instantly kill the mechanical mage gorilla.
The contrast is too breathtaking!
In fact, most of the audience in the stand are ordinary people. They know about mageusers and magic, but they don't have a deep understanding of them.
Like many people know about Fairy Tail because they've heard about the big destruction caused by Fairy Tail mageusers in missions, and have seen Mila's sexy cover magazines.
Besides the hardcore fans and citizens living in Magnolia City, most people don't know about George.
Discovering that the least favored Fairy Tail guild, consisting of four people and one cat, the little cat that had been sleeping all along raised a paw and unleashed a powerful magic, instantly killing the fearsome mechanical mage gorilla.
How could one not be shocked?
"Fairy Tail!"
"Fairy Tail!"
"Cat Cat!"
"Cat Cat!"
Once they came to their senses, the entire arena erupted in thunderous applause and cheers.
George thereby became instantly popular, truly entering the eyes of all mageusers and ordinary people in the entire kingdom.
"The strongest mageuser of Fairy Tail, an opponent recognized by Gerald, it seems that it won't be easy for the guild to take the first place this time."
The Ten Divine Hawk of the Seraphin Scale, Jura, crossed her hands in prayer and sighed with a look of reverence.
Before the expedition against the Six Demons Generals, the Seraphin Scale, the Blue Heavenly Horse, and Fairy Tail had worked together. He had seen Gerald's strength and knew that another Ten Divine Hawk was not weaker than him.
"It turns out he's the cat that Lucy often talks about."
The three handsome boys of Blue Heavenly Horse remember that at that time, when they were caught off guard by the Six Demons Generals and were in a disadvantage, Lucy said that if George hadn't been on the hundred-year mission, they wouldn't have been caught off guard by the Six Demons Generals.
Similarly, the mageusers from other guilds watched the four people and one cat return to their original positions, starting to discuss among themselves.
From now on, their focus will not only be on the mageusers from the popular guilds but also on that cat from the Fairy Tail guild.
"I didn't expect that magical guilds have become so weak. A single attack could defeat such trash, and it actually surprised so many people."
Oga, in a moment, the trash will be handled by you alone. Let everyone know that the Tiger Bite Guild is the strongest mageuser guild in the kingdom!"
However, as George and his group of four people and one cat returned to their positions, a very audacious voice echoed throughout the arena.
Everyone turned their heads to look, it was an elderly man with a black hat on, the guild emblem tattooed on his forehead, a string of Buddha beads around his neck, white hair and beard.
And next to him, a muscular man wearing a tiger skin skirt and bare-chested shouted back:
"Don't worry, I'll let them know what the strongest thunder magic is!"
"The Tiger Bite Guild? I've never heard of this guild before. How dare they be so arrogant?"
Upon hearing the conversation between the two, the surrounding mageusers began to discuss among themselves.
An informed mageuser explained:
"You don't know that, right? The Tiger Bite Guild was originally a small, unremarkable guild. But recently, they joined five mageusers and became famous overnight."
It's said that the five newly joined mageusers each possess the strength of an S-class mageuser."
