Chapter 680 Hunting
In order to prevent the official reputation of the competition from continuing to decline, the announcer decided to start the competition at the official's request.
"Before we officially start, please take this, eight contestants!"
The mysterious pumpkin man came down from the judges' seat at some point and came to Kira and the others. Behind him followed several staff members, holding special standard sniper rifles in their hands.
"firearms??"
"What is this for?"
Nanhua explained, gesturing with his hands: "The name of today's competition is 'hunting'. Since it is hunting, we naturally need guns, pumpkin~"
Kira raised his hand and said, "Even if it's hunting, isn't it a bit too dangerous to use a gun?"
Hearing the voice, the air in the room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Kira with strange eyes: "..."
Are guns dangerous?
You mages from Fairy Tail are so shameless to say that...
Yesterday Laxus was able to blow up that big guy with one punch. You are more powerful than him. The danger posed by a mere gun is no match for your magic, right?
“Ahem…”
The Pumpkin Man shook his head and explained, "This is a magic gun with a maximum range of one thousand meters. Just pull the trigger and it will automatically absorb the magician's magic power and turn into paint bullets."
"These paint bullets don't have much lethality, but they can leave a colored mark on the target, which requires a special method to wash off. "
"It was originally a toy used for games, pumpkin~"
Kira understood now, it was just real-life CS? Although he had never played CS, he roughly knew what it was.
Pumpkin Man continued to explain: "The paint on these eight guns is different, and each player corresponds to a color."
"The rule is to shoot as many people as possible while avoiding being shot by others. In this process, all contestants are both hunters and prey."
"When the game time is over, the person who has been shot the least times will be the first place, and his personal score will be increased by 10 points; the person who has been shot the most times will be the one with the most eliminations, and his personal score will be increased by 5 points; if it is the same person, naturally 15 points will be added, pumpkin~"
After the explanation, everyone finally understood the rules of the game.
"I see, this is the kind of 'hunting'..."
"This doesn't seem like what I imagined 'hunting' to be. This should be called 'shooting', right?"
"I'm at a big disadvantage. I'm not good at shooting..."
The contestants took the guns and started whispering to each other.
Since the title presented today was "Hunting", several guilds including many viewers thought it was an encounter battle, so most of the people who took part in the battle today were rough guys like Yiye and Pakas, who were simply not capable of handling delicate work such as firearms.
At this time, the wizards in the stands also heard the rules of the game and showed regret on their faces.
"I should have let Jenny play earlier. Her mechanical reception magic makes her have plenty of experience in using firearms."
"If it's Arzak and Bisca, they should be able to do it well, right?"
"Is Toby okay? I thought since it's 'hunting', he would have the most advantage since he's closest to the beast..."
"What a shame! Our guild is made up of men who only use their fists. No one in our guild knows how to use guns. WILD FOUR~"
In fact, whether it is a simple shooting or a simple encounter, it is easier to arrange people than the current sneaky shooting. But now we originally thought it was an encounter, and we sent out candidates suitable for encounters, but then we were told it was a shooting, which is very uncomfortable.
Kira strongly suspected that this was intentional on the part of the organizers, who wanted to allow these strong men who were not good at shooting to participate in a shooting competition in order to increase the appeal of the competition.
Think about it, if a wizard with strength close to that of the Ten Saints, such as Jura or Laxus, is shot all over by others during a game because he doesn't know how to use a gun and is not good at shooting, how much of a response would that cause and how much attention would it generate?
However, this kind of calculation does not pose a problem for Kira, because he is an all-round wizard with almost no weaknesses!
After the Pumpkin Man left the field, accompanied by the sound of iron, the game began, and the hunting ground slowly opened up, which was a city street materialized by Kurokas.
"What?!"
“A city actually materialized?!”
“Ohhh…that’s amazing!!”
"Hey, Lastiros, this is much stronger than your magic!"
"Nonsense! How can I compare with the official organization? They must have used a lot of magic crystals!!"
Lastiros looked unhappy, as his magic, which he was so proud of, was outdone. Even though the opponent used the power of money and technology, and was a kingdom, he still felt a little embarrassed.
Because, in these few days, he has learned that there are wizards in this world who can easily cause mountains to collapse and the earth to split by themselves. That means, as long as he is strong enough, it is possible to use the Arc of Materialization to build a city.
The town that the official competition created for this hunting competition is a one-to-one architectural model of Kurokas. Of course, this only takes up a part of the city, not the entire Flower City, after all, the venue is not that big.
Several people were separated into different locations in this materialized city. There was no one around them, and there were tall buildings all around them. The only channel for them to receive news from the outside world was the broadcast coming from overhead.
"Then the competition officially begins. Hunters, please hide yourself, try to find the opponent, and then shoot from a distance!"
After Chapati's voice ended, everyone immediately took action.
"Shooting? How boring!" Brian cursed unwillingly, but still walked towards the highest point of the city obediently with the gun in his hand.
He was a learned man who knew where the best sniping spots were for a gunner.
One night, Pakas and Toby ran around the streets with guns in their hands, looking for other people like headless flies. The noise was so loud that it could be heard from several blocks away.
"Anyway, as long as I run fast enough, you won't be able to shoot me!!"
"Idiot, how could you miss the target!" In the shadow behind a building, Markbeth grinned, "I know the secret to making bullets turn corners!"
Since this competition was not a head-on battle, he had enough confidence to achieve good results with his twisted magic.
On the other side, Disizu stared blankly at the gun in his hand with an indifferent expression.
When he was in the research institute, he also tried to use Silver to make magic guns several times. Therefore, although he was not proficient in shooting, he was not blind either.
"Wait! This competition doesn't seem to say that magic cannot be used, right? I need to think carefully about how to use my magic to achieve the greatest effect..."
Decizu is the Fly Dragon Slayer.
Flies, in this world, refer to the concepts of plague and disease.
In Kira's cognition, the prototype of this concept is most likely derived from the myth of the 72 Demons of Solomon in the West in his previous life, in which Beelzebub, the 'Lord of Flies', was regarded as a demon that caused diseases.
Just like Natsu eats fire and Laxus eats lightning, Decizu eats everything that can cause disease, which is usually a collection of germs or viruses, so his magic is naturally the same.
It generally manifests itself as being able to increase the value and detonate the germs in the opponent's body in various forms, making them sick and losing their ability to fight. To some extent, it is similar to Markbeth's poison attribute.
"Sure enough, releasing the germs with the wind, or implanting the germs at the moment the bullet is fired is the easiest, right?"
Thinking of this, Disizu looked up to feel the wind direction today, then turned and walked towards the upwind side.
There are only eight people on the field, and except for himself, they are all enemies.
Kira has released his magical perception. With his strength, it is not a problem for him to cover the entire city with his perception, so he directly locked the location of everyone.
Brian who was walking to the highest point, Markbeth who was hiding, Disizu who was getting farther and farther away, Yiye who was running around, and others, the positions of all of them were clear to him.
It feels just like turning on the perspective cheat when playing games!
"Who's closest to me right now is... Dimalia?"
In Kira's perception, Timalia was only two or three streets away from him, less than 300 meters in a straight line, the closest one, and the other party was still moving towards his position.
That huge and special magic power is more dazzling and eye-catching than any other, just like a piece of delicious lean beef that has been cooked. Just the smell makes people salivate. It keeps tempting oneself, shouting "Come eat me... Come eat me..." How can one control oneself?
"Hehehe... Since you came here on your own, you can't blame me for not giving you face."
