This summer, Kulokas is more than 10 times more lively than usual.

"It's because of the relationship between the Great Demon and the Martial Arts, right?"

"Before this, because of the 'Great Secret Treasure Martial Arts', a lot of people have gathered here."

On the flat and wide streets, Kira and his party wandered among the crowds, feeling the bustle of the capital of the Fiore Kingdom and the hustle and bustle that is now far greater than in other seasons.

In the next few days, the first few days of July, the 'Great Demon Martial Arts' will be held here, and since magic is a profession that is more valued than treasure hunters, there are many more people participating in this tournament than the 'Great Secret Treasure Martial Arts'.

"I heard that there seem to be more than 60 magic guilds signing up!"

As the guild leader and the leader of this competition, Makarov is very aware of the information related to this competition, which is completely incomparable to Kira, who stays at home.

His news made several of the following magicians stunned for a while.

"Nani?! There are 60 magic guilds?! ”

"Nani?! It's only 60 magic guilds?! ”

“？？”

Natsu and Kira glanced at each other and saw the strangeness in each other's eyes: What's the matter with you?

"What are you thinking, Natsu? This is a tournament involving the entire kingdom of Fiore, and 60 magic guilds is already a small number, right? ”

Harpy waved his white wings and nodded his head next to Natsu, "It's just ......"

"Huh?! Is that so? ”

In the original comics, there were more than 110 magic guilds in X791, and now only 60 are really few.

Although the original work had the influence of the rule of 'a guild can have a maximum of two teams to participate in the registration', in fact, there are very few magic guilds that can make up two powerful teams, and most of the guilds still only send one team, so the number 110 should not be very large.

But after recalling carefully, Kira suddenly thought of another thing, that is, the pumpkin king in the original work said that the number of teams in the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts is increasing year by year, which shows that there were not many magic guilds participating in the martial arts at the beginning, but later because of the increasing popularity, the number of registrations every year is increasing.

Nowadays, there are probably less than a hundred magic guilds in the Fiore Kingdom, and the 'Fairy Tail' is in full swing and famous, most of the magic guilds feel that there is no hope of winning the championship, so they do not participate in the registration, and there are more than sixty percent of the guilds participating in the competition.

So Natsu's exclamation was actually right.

"Forget it, instead of shocking the number of magic guilds, let's think about how to win the first place!"

Kira ignored the embarrassment and turned to another topic, "Do you think that guild will be our rival?" ”

Several people around her were really attracted by this topic, and after pondering for a few seconds, Elusa was the first to express her opinion, "Teal Pegasus and Snake Queen Scales, right?" ”

The Teal Pegasus has a night and the Snake Scales has a Gura, and these two are the most powerful mages in their respective guilds, and in the past, they were the equivalent of Gildarth's status in Fairy Tail, and they were both characters that Elusa found tricky.

"There are also 'four-headed hounds', they are also old guilds, so they should also have the strength to become our fierce rivals, right?"

Mira smiled and brought the guild with which Fairy Tail had a good relationship, although Kira felt that she didn't take the other party seriously at all.

However, the strongest sorcerer in the 'Four Hounds' is Pacas, and after seven years, he is about the same level as Elfman, and the overall strength of the guild is much worse than the other two.

"Don't worry! It's not that I'm bragging......"

Several of them looked at Kira, knowing that he was going to brag about it.

"The three guilds together are not enough for us to fight!"

Sure enough...... Oh, that's not bragging.

Laxus nodded quietly, acquiescing to Kira's statement.

"In other words, there are more than 60 guilds, how can they compare?" Elusa, who has always been serious about things, was the first to ask a question.

"Who knows?"

Makarov frowned and shook his head. He didn't hear from him, but he was told that on the day of the competition, there would be a special method for selecting the teams.

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"Aren't there qualifiers or anything like that?"

"I haven't heard of it!"

Kira was puzzled, but according to the original game, the format of the tournament is different every year, so it's not impossible to have no preliminaries.

While talking, several people came to the hotel where they were staying.

The rest of the guild had already arrived here first, and they had just gone to the tournament venue to sign up, and by the way, they were familiar with the environment of Kulokas, as well as ...... Take to the streets to see if there is anyone who has the strength to be online.

The hotel is connected to the tavern, that is, the type of hospitality on the first floor and accommodation on the second floor or above, so as soon as a few people returned to the hotel, Kana, who was already drunk, came up directly.

"How? Have you ever met someone who looks strong? ”

This guy ...... It's really where you go, where you drink......

"Not at all!"

"I haven't seen anyone who can fight!"

"It looks so weak......"

Kira, Laxus, and Natsu replied at the same time, three pairs of eyes revealing boredom.

"Don't take it lightly!"

Makarov smiled and took a glass of ale from the waitress who walked by, and turned his head to look serious: "This world is bigger than you imagined, and there are not many powerful magicians, but you haven't encountered them!" ……”

"......Shh What a nag ......."

"Really? I'm on fire!

”

"Strong? Hehe...... How strong is it? ”

This statement is actually true, but Kira and the three of them said that they were not panicking, they had even met a magician of the level of Ogast, how strong could the magician outside be?

Kira is the least panicked, and now at this time, because of the change in the plot, most of the people of the 'Sword Biting Tiger' have dispersed, and the 'Mermaid's Heel' has not yet grown, and minus the cyan Pegasus, the scale of the snake queen, and the four-headed hound just mentioned, there are few guilds that can fight in the entire Fiore Kingdom.

The other is Laxus, who has been concentrating on cultivation for the past half a year, and from time to time he has the guidance of Serena, and his strength has already improved by leaps and bounds.

In comparison, Natsu, Elusa, Mira and Kana have been slower to improve, but in this kind of tournament where the overall strength is obvious at a glance, it is more than enough to win the championship together.

"Hey!

Be serious with the old man, you little ghosts!

”

Makarov shook his beard and pointed at the careless Kira trio and shouted, "There are 30 million J winners in the competition, if you miss out on the enemy...... You know the seriousness, right? ”

"30 million?? Do we have a share in it? ”

Kira's soul struck a blow and directly choked Makarov's question: "This...... What's this...... While...... Dangdang...... Of course! ”

As soon as they heard this, the eyes of the remaining five people all lit up: "Really?" ”

Makarov frowned again, feeling that the wine in his hand was no longer fragrant: "Really...... There really is! ”

"How many?" Kira raised her eyebrows, put her face directly in front of Makarov, and asked unrelentingly.

"Ahem...... Why do you ask so much?! Kira, how many times has the old man said you, young people should focus on cultivating magic and improving their strength, and don't care too much about money, it's all outside the body! Don't always think about what you get from the guild, think more about what you bring to the guild......"

Kira was speechless, and interrupted Makarov's chicken soup in a loud voice: "President, have you read the Magic President's Cultivation Manual?" That's the book I wrote! ”

Nani?! How could such a thing happen?!

Makarov froze instantly, and his old face turned red: "Isn't your pen name 'Light of Hope'?" When did it become 'money first'? ”

"Look at what you're asking...... As an author, it's normal to use two more vests, right? ”

"So...... Thirty million, how many can we have? ”

This time it was Laxus who asked, and the appearance of his grandfather and grandson was touching.

Makarov's old face couldn't hold back, a pair of old hands trembled like Parkinson's, his eyes rolled, and after thinking for two seconds, he said: "Don't worry, the old man will reward your opponent according to his strength!" ”

"How?"

"The stronger the opponent, the harder you fight, and the more money you can share! If you want to get more money, you have to fight for it yourself!

”

Hiss...... The old guy is very calculating!

Not to mention Kira, even the three daughters of Elusa, who had only been watching since just now, were shocked, after all, they were saying a minute ago that few people could play in this tournament.

It's not up to us to fight for it, it's for the opponent to fight for it!

"Where's the guarantee?"

"No guarantees! The old man will not back down on this! ”

Makarov proudly straightened his back.