"Humph!"
Jieman and Mineba let out a cold snort after hearing the results given by the host, and walked down the stage.
Although they won this time, they were not happy in their hearts, especially Jieman. He felt very ashamed that he was scared by George.
"Father, rest assured, the strongest guild will definitely be ours."
Mineba quickly adjusted her mindset and restored her composed demeanor.
Even though George is stronger than her father, he is just one person. The other four, she has seen through; they mainly boosted their combat power significantly with magical gadgets.
In fact, her inherent magic power is not strong.
The magicians present who have slightly stronger abilities should have also noticed this and had their own strategies in place.
In the subsequent battle, it would not be possible for them to unexpectedly replicate the effect they achieved in the individual competition.
The first match of the official tournament ended, and both Fairy Tail and Serpent's Fang tied for the top spot on the scoreboard with a total of 40 points.
The second place in the point ranking is Serpent's Scale, with 35 points.
Third place is tied between the Mermaid's Bell and the Azure Pegasus, each with 30 points.
The fourth and fifth places are many, mostly with 25 and 20 points. Among them, the well-known four-headed hound is particularly famous.
In individual competition, due to the existence of internal manipulation, they always tried to match opponents with similar strength when arranging battles during rankings. So even popular guilds like the Four-Headed Hound may not score highly if their luck is bad.
Of course, if the overall strength is high, the points will still be good.
Later on, team battles and colosseum, it's really a test of overall strength. Magical guilds with weaker strength may have difficulty getting high scores again, and top-tier guilds will become more prominent.
It can be understood that this kind of operation is adopted in the first match of the royal grand magical battle. It can increase the appeal. However, if this strategy is adopted again in subsequent matches, the audience won't be fooled for long. They will soon discover the problem.
If the strong guilds keep fighting each other and the weak guilds fight each other, then even if the weak guilds score high, it won't satisfy the audience.
Just like in the first round of the individual competition, there were many small guilds with similar points to the Four-Headed Hound. However, everyone knows that the true strength of those small guilds is far from the level of the Four-Headed Hound.
"Rapid Healing!"
After the match, George healed the severely injured Altszak with a healing spell.
Healing magic can heal injuries, which are considered lost magic in this world. Very few mages can master it, so when mages get injured, they are usually treated with bandages and herbs.
However, mages have much stronger bodies than ordinary people, and recover faster.
He heard from Makau that during his century-long quest, the guild had taken in a little girl named Wendy who could use the Sky Dragon's Destroying Magic and also heal injuries.
Unfortunately, they were sealed along with the old President and the others inside the Elf Ball.
"President, if possible, could you please treat the song of Azure Pegasus's Xiangye? He was injured severely by Mineba of Serpent's Fang.”
Seeing Altszak healed, Makau asked George.
Azure Pegasus and Fairy Tail had a good relationship in the past. The current president of Azure Pegasus used to be from Fairy Tail, and they even fought together against the Six Mage King.
Before George returned, the Blue Wolf Island disappeared. The president of Azure Pegasus led their mages in their magic ship, helping to search for the disappeared island in that area.
"Since we are allies, it's natural to help each other."
He heard about Azure Pegasus from Makau.
Anyway, for him, healing Xiangye of Azure Pegasus wouldn't affect the final outcome of the competition.
Among the five magicians of Azure Pegasus, three handsome magician members are at the level of near S-class, the cover girl Jenny is an S-class, and only the leader who uses perfume magic reached the top S-class level.
In fact, if all the participants of the other 29 magical guilds combined, they still wouldn't be able to match Fairy Tail.
Oh no, the accurate term is "not able to defeat him!"
At night, as George led the magicians of Fairy Tail away from the inn where they were resting at Azure Pegasus, he couldn't help but mutter a sigh.
"All of them are handsome and beautiful. It's no wonder they are called the most attractive magical guild in the kingdom."
"I've heard that the first requirement for Azure Pegasus members is not strength, but appearance. Even if you have strong strength, you won't be admitted if your appearance doesn't meet the standard."
The chatty Marcus couldn't help but indulge in gossip.
While the side's Leqi seems to have thought of something, she shook her head in disgust.
"But it's not always the case. Take their president, Bob, and the leader, Yīyè, for example. They don't meet their recruitment standards."
Azure Pegasus is indeed full of handsome and beautiful people, but their president is a obese transman who speaks in a strange manner.
Their leader, Yīyè, is short and slightly chubby, and his appearance is rather unimpressive.
"You don't know that, I heard the old president say that before he left our Fairy Tail guild, he was the most popular guy in our guild."
As for Yīyè, I don't think he is as simple as it appears. You see Xiangye, Ewan, and Lin San all call him teacher and admire him very much.”
Makau and Vakaba, the two oldest mages of Fairy Tail, explained.
As they walked and chatted, they soon arrived at the rented inn. After Makau and the others went up, George also teleported the four of them back to their dormitory.
The second team battle of the official competition began after one night.
As before, the Jack-o'-lanterns introduced the rules of the competition to everyone.
"Today's team battle is also known as the team defense battle."
"We have selected the six strongest guilds based on the preliminary competition and individual competition as the current target guilds."
The remaining twenty-four guilds are randomly divided into six groups, with four guilds in each group. They can challenge the matched target guilds in a one-on-one rotation.
"One member who beats the host guild can earn ten points."
"If a guild defeats all five members of the host guild, they will not only earn fifty points but also become the new host and continue defending to earn more points."
As the host guild, for every challenger defeated, they will earn three points. If they defeat the four guilds challenging them, that is, twenty challengers in total, they will earn a full sixty points."
"Team Defense Battle?"
After hearing the Jack-o'-lantern's rule explanation, most magicians and audience members were somewhat confused. They had never heard of this competition format before and originally thought it would be a team draw battle.
However, after understanding the rules, they all became excited again.
For the weak guilds, they knew in advance that they couldn't get the first place. If they could beat one or two famous mage practitioners of prominent guilds through this way of consumption, it would also greatly enhance their reputation.
For strong guilds, if they strategize effectively, they can secure a significant number of points in this round, potentially narrowing the gap caused by lower scores in the individual competition.
For the audience, this new competition format is also very exciting and entertaining.
