Chapter 660: Marcus, you should set your goals higher!
"The following are the rules of the competition!!"
"Eight teams of contestants, including substitutes, each player has 5 points, which means each team has 30 points!"
"The 'fighting mode' on the first and second days is a single-player battle, and the 'fighting mode' on the third and fourth days is a two-player battle. We will randomly select players to fight. The winner of the battle can get the points of the loser. In the case of a tie, the points of both parties remain unchanged."
"Once a contestant's score is cleared, he or she will not be able to participate in the next game, and of course he or she will not be included in the randomly selected target of 'Fighting Mode'!"
"By the way, the people who participate in the 'competitive mode' cannot be duplicates. The 'robbery' just now also belongs to the 'competitive mode'."
The rules are very simple and both the contestants and the audience can understand them immediately.
'Fighting Mode' is used to eliminate opponents. Unless the team is extremely weak and unlucky, with six players eliminated in the first four days, it should be possible to make it to the fifth day.
If someone really can't hold on, they will be at the bottom and miss the fifth day of the competition.
After briefly describing the upcoming match, the announcer changed the tone and drew the audience's attention to the emphasized "fighting mode".
"What's about to take place is a one-on-one fight between the eight official teams!!"
As he broadcast, a huge crystal screen appeared in the venue. The guild name and player names kept jumping, and every instant change tugged at the audience's heartstrings.
Finally, the beating stopped at two names——
"The candidate for the first battle is..."
"Pacas of the 'Four-Headed Hounds'!! ... and the black snake of the 'Tail of the Raven'!!"
Who? Pacas?
Kira was stunned for a moment, and it took him a few seconds to remember this minor role: "I feel... there's nothing interesting to see in this scene..."
Pakas, the legendary top wizard of the 'Four Headed Hounds', uses the 'Drunken Fist: Chopping Palm'. The more alcohol he drinks, the more powerful his fighting becomes. He is a master who uses pure physical skills.
My impression of him is based on the fact that 'Erusa said Pakas was no worse than her' and 'Pakas tied with Elfman seven years later'. He is an overhyped character.
"Pakas..." Erza's face suddenly became serious when she heard the name.
"Eruza, do you know him?"
Lucy had never heard of this kind of person before, so after seeing Erza's reaction, she immediately became curious: What kind of person could make Erza show such an expression?
There was a gleam of light in Erza's eyes, and she became interested and started talking about the past to the newbies around her.
Back then, Erza was still a young girl, and her strength was far less than it is now. One day , she went out to work, and by chance she met this man named Pacas.
At first glance, the other party was just an ordinary drunkard, staggering in a tavern. But after a group of thugs walked into the tavern to collect protection money, Erza discovered that the other party was more than just a drunkard.
The bully was tyrannical and bullied the weak. He even made advances towards the waitress at the tavern. Just when Erza was about to help, Pakas asked the waitress to pour him a glass of wine, then stood up and faced the bully.
"I have killed 56 people like you!"
The bully had a mustache and held a knife in his hand, looking extremely arrogant. However, it took Pakas less than three minutes to knock dozens of bullies to the ground, making them waile incessantly.
Afterwards, he casually sat astride the 'meat chair' that was stacked up by the bullies, took the wine handed over by the waitress, and drank it in a gulp with his head tilted back - the wine was still hot!
At that time, Erza compared her own strength with that of her opponent and found that they were only on par with each other.
“So awesome?!!”
Lucy's eyes lit up when she heard this, although she had done this kind of thing before, but hearing it from Erza's mouth, with the admiration faintly revealed in her tone, it gave people a completely different feeling.
"So...what happens next?"
"After that? He hugged the waitress and went somewhere unknown."
Lucy: “…”
Everyone: “…”
"It was not until later that I understood why they ran away after beating people up. It must be because they broke things in the tavern and were afraid of being chased and beaten for compensation!!"
Erza smiled slightly and raised her head confidently. "Now that I think about it, I was really slow! It took me several years to figure it out when I broke someone else's things at work..."
Now she has a lot of experience in this area, so she is very sure of her ideas.
"Well... I don't think they were afraid of being sued for their debts at that time..."
Lucy is a smart person. She immediately thought of something that Erza couldn't think of. Her face turned red with shame and her eyes avoided, but she couldn't help the soul of complaint in her body.
"Huh? Impossible? If you're not afraid of being beaten, what's the reason?"
Eluza blinked in surprise, glanced at Makarov cautiously, and made sure that the old man was not paying attention to this side, then whispered, "Don't we often break other people's things and run away? You should be very clear about this kind of thing."
"Haha...right, right..."
There's no need to lower your voice when talking about this kind of thing! ! Who in the guild doesn't know about this? !
"In the following years, Pacas and I met at work several times and sparred with each other several times, but we never won. He is really a strong man!"
Gray's expression was immediately touched: "To be able to get Erza's evaluation of 'very strong', it seems that this Pakas will be a big enemy in the future..."
Kira turned his head and looked , thinking that he must have forgotten that Erza also said that he was strong, that Lucy was strong, and even that Ye Ye was strong.
Erza is indeed the "strong appraiser of someone", right? Although the results of the appraisal are not particularly accurate.
On the field, the battle between Pakas and Black Snake has begun.
Both of them are slender wizards, but compared to Black Snake who is dressed tightly, Pakas looks more powerful.
对手实力未知，但帕卡斯丝毫不惧，身为‘四头猎犬’的最强魔导士，他遇上过的强者不知凡几，从来没有怯场过！
He raised his thick eyebrows and smiled playfully, then Pakas rushed forward as if ignoring gravity, pushed out with both palms, and danced with one hand to chop and hang with great vigor. His posture was as relaxed, comfortable, elegant and concise as a butterfly flying through flowers.
Looking at the black snake again, its speed was also extremely fast. It kept moving left and right with flexible steps, dodging all the palm strikes. It also used mimicry magic to perform Marcus' sand magic, and was not at a disadvantage in the fight.
"That's my magic?!"
Marcus was very surprised. He didn't expect that his magic could be used so powerfully.
Mavis was well-informed and quickly identified Black Snake's magic: "This is mimicry magic. Its characteristic is that it can imitate other people's magic to fight. It is a relatively rare type of magic."
"It seems that Ivan has done a lot of research on the people in our guild... What a despicable method!!"
Makarov became angrier and angrier, shouting without caring about his image, "Come on! Pakas! Beat up that guy from Ivan's Guild!!"
Things did not develop as he wished, and the battle between the two on the field became tense for a while.
"Since he can imitate other people's magic, why didn't he imitate the magic of Kira, Laxus or Erza, but imitated Marcus's magic instead? Isn't this missing the point..."
"Hey, hey... saying things like that is so hurtful!!" Marcus was powerless to refute and shed weak tears.
"I say, Marcus, this should be your most glorious moment, right? He used your magic to fight that Pacas back and forth! How long do you think it will take you to achieve this level?"
Hearing Kira's words, Marcus was embarrassed again: "Well... um... it probably takes that long, right? But I'm also very strong..."
"If you are hesitant in speaking, it's a sign of guilt!"
Kira's words immediately aroused Marcus's competitive spirit: "Damn it! One day, I will beat those two people down to prove my strength!!"
"Ohhh well said!!"
"Marcus is so ambitious!! I'm rooting for you!!"
Such a bold statement immediately attracted the booing of a group of wizards: "What black snake, what Pacas, you should set your goal higher! Did you see that Agil who just fought with Natsu? You should target him!!"
“Huh?!”
Marcus was immediately scared: "But...but that person...I remember he was one of the Twelve Shields, right? In other words, his strength is at least Saint Ten..."
"Kira is right! Since we have to work hard anyway, why not just set a higher goal?"
"Um... well, I think people should not aim too high..."
Kira shouted, "Don't feel inferior! Have you forgotten what the relationship is between them and us? Let's follow the path of Mr. Augustus and let you learn a few tricks from him first. It won't be a problem for you to surpass him in the future!"
Marcus: “…”
