"Aaaaaahhh!!"
Lucy let out a scream of pain. Her body went flying toward the edge of the water sphere, but just as everyone thought she was about to fall out, she was instantly pulled back in front of Minerva.
"That woman! She can clearly knock her out, why is she purposely pulling her back..."
"To make Lucy suffer more..."
"The winner was decided long ago, wasn't it?"
"Stop it right now!!"
After a while, just before the time was about to end, Minerva used space magic to teleport Lucy out.
[The match is over! The winner is Minerva!!]
"Lucy!!"
Natsu and Gray immediately ran to Lucy's side. Lucy had already lost consciousness.
Gray hurriedly called out to her, "Lucy, are you okay? Pull yourself together!!"
"What are you trying to do? You bastard!!"
Natsu shouted angrily at Minerva.
"This one didn't do anything. I followed the rules perfectly."
Minerva said with total indifference.
"You bastard!"
Natsu immediately prepared to attack, but several members of Sabertooth appeared and blocked Minerva's path.
At that moment, Kael's figure appeared. He stopped Natsu and said, "Enough. She's right; she followed the rules. So, from now on, we'll just follow the rules as well."
Kael's gaze swept over the Sabertooth members. "It seems I've been living peacefully for too long. I've let any old trash bully us."
"I was too merciful in the previous matches. From now on, we'll play by the rules."
Hearing Kael's words, Natsu could only stop unwillingly and turn to leave.
Kael gave Minerva a cold glance, then turned and walked away.
"Kael... those guys..."
"Don't worry. Since the opponent plays by the rules, we'll do the same from here on."
Kael was also harboring a fire in his heart. The opponent could have just knocked Lucy out, but insisted on pulling her back for torture. And Lucy, that stubborn girl, refused to speak up and surrender no matter what.
He participated in the Grand Magic Games mainly for the S-class mission. He earned many points on the first day to make the competition easier for everyone else later, so they wouldn't have too much pressure and could enjoy the fun of the matches.
Points were not important to him. If he were obsessed with points, he would have just participated in every single day's event.
Minerva's behavior had genuinely annoyed him. If he encountered her in the next matches, he would make her realize exactly how terrifying it was to provoke him.
"What should we do? Young Lady, it seems we've angered them."
Orga said to Minerva.
"It doesn't matter. Although Kael is strong, he can be defeated as long as we make a good strategy. As for the others, none of them are worth worrying about."
Minerva said dismissively. In her view, although Kael's strength was terrifying, he would surely consume a large amount of magic power. Moreover, the final was not just one team. By using a good strategy, they could take first place.
[Today's event portion has ended!]
[The overall rankings are as follows:]
Fairy Tail Team A — 43P
Fairy Tail Team B — 41P
Mermaid Heel — 36P
Sabertooth — 35P
Lamia Scale — 34P
Blue Pegasus — 27P
Quatro Cerberus — 22P
Infirmary
"Is Lucy okay?"
Everyone from Fairy Tail Team B came over.
"Thanks to Wendy, her life is not in danger."
Ms. Porlyusica said.
Natsu grit his teeth and said, "Those guys... I'll never forgive them!!"
"Everyone... I'm sorry..."
Lucy struggled to open her eyes.
Yukino said, "Young Lady Minerva's magic is 'Absolute Territory' space magic. She can manipulate space at will. This means she can move or swap any object or person within that space. She could have easily moved all the participants out of the water sphere."
"I see! It seems I overstretched myself."
Hearing Yukino's words, Lucy understood. She never had any hope of winning from the very beginning. From start to finish, she was just being used as a punching bag, yet she still wanted to struggle a bit.
Erza said, "No! Lucy, your spirit was great. It's just that the opponent's magic was too advantageous in that kind of match."
Lucy soon fell into a deep sleep.
"It seems she's fallen asleep."
"Those guys really make me mad!!"
At this time, Makarov walked over. "Are all members of Teams A and B here? Perfect. I have something to announce. Just now, the organizers issued an order for Teams A and B to merge. Because Raven Tail was disqualified, only 7 teams are left, which makes the duel portion hard to distribute. But if the two teams merge and pick five people, the problem will be solved."
Carla asked, "What about the points?"
"It seems we will use Team B's score as the standard, which is 41 points. Overall, the difference between A and B isn't big."
Because there were only 7 teams total, even though Lucy was in last place in the event portion, she still earned 1 point. Adding that to the original 42 points, it totaled 43 points, which wasn't much different from 41 points.
Mira said, "Since it's the organizer's request, we have no choice."
Wendy asked, "Then which five people will be chosen?"
Natsu grit his teeth in anger. "I'm definitely going to teach those guys a lesson. To bully my comrade... I'll never forgive those bastards!!"
Makarov nodded. "Then let's go with this: Kael, Laxus, Erza, Natsu, and the last one..." His eyes turned to Mira. She was a Fairy Tail S-class mage; in this situation, he needed to consider her.
Mira shook her head. "Forget about me. I haven't fought in a long time, so I'm a bit rusty. Besides, I've already been on stage, so I'm satisfied."
"I'll do it!!"
Gajeel raised his hand. He hadn't had a proper fight since joining the tournament. His performance in the Chariot event on the second day was way too pathetic. He needed a victory to prove himself.
"Gajeel? Then you'll be the one!"
Makarov nodded. Gajeel was originally Phantom Lord's ace, with S-class strength. Iron Dragon Slayer Magic was also a very powerful magic. In terms of strength, he was even a notch stronger than Mira.
"Alright, I'll submit the list with these names."
Makarov turned to go submit the team roster to the organizers.
Kael glanced at Lucy, then said to the others, "Let's go! It's time for us to appear."
[The Fairy Tail team reorganization is complete! Finally, we are reaching the duel portion of Day 4!]
[What will the chosen pairings for Day 4 look like? We are now revealing the match-ups!!]
[Match-ups]
[Blue Pegasus VS Quatro Cerberus]
[Mermaid Heel VS Lamia Scale]
[Sabertooth VS Fairy Tail]
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