Chapter 710: Selecting Team Members
In the arena, 22 wizards and the host Mysterious Pumpkin Sauce stood together.
Kira and Laxus stood in the middle, looking at each other, and the air seemed to be filled with hot sparks.
"What are they doing?" asked Siduo, the innocent girl from 'The Heart of the Dragon'.
"This is a very dangerous competition of magic power, but it is also a test of concentration and endurance!"
Someone whispered nonsense in the girl's ear, pointed at the two people facing each other, and said, "Did you see that? When your magic is powerful enough, you can be like them, using your eyes alone to defeat thousands of moves..."
The girl glanced at Urrutia who was leaning against her ear, rolled her eyes speechlessly, and said, "Sister, I'm not a child anymore. I won't believe in this kind of plot that only appears in stories."
Another girl, Kolayi, echoed, "That's right... There's no such thing as using magic to fight a mental battle in this world! Have you read too many fantasy novels?"
Urrutia smiled awkwardly and thought: Little girls nowadays are not cute at all! Our Melty is much easier to fool!
The two girls, one black and one white, looked at each other and communicated with their eyes: Strange, I heard that she was Nadia-san's original body, why are their personalities so different?
Mysterious Pumpkin Sauce walked between Kira and Laxus with his short legs: "Now you need to select the team members. I will help you record them one by one and convey them to everyone, Pumpkin~"
"By the way, tomorrow's match will consist of three one-on-one matches and four two-on-two matches, a total of seven matches. The team that wins four or more matches will be invited to a grand dinner hosted by the Fiore royal family tomorrow night."
"What?! A grand dinner hosted by the royal family?!"
As soon as Pumpkin Sauce said this, the wizards who were not so concerned about the competition suddenly became excited, their eyes glowed and their mouths watered.
Kira confirmed again: "You just said that the team was invited. Does that mean that even if an individual fails, as long as the team wins, they can still attend the dinner?"
"That's right~" Pumpkin Sauce danced with joy and seemed to be in a good mood.
"In this case, I have no choice but to win..."
Kira sighed and looked around at the wolf-like guys. "In order to eat the feast prepared by the royal family, you know what to do, right?"
"Yeah... I definitely have to use my full strength!"
"Choose me, choose me!! I'm willing to follow you, Kira!!"
"That's right, with Kira here, it's like winning the game directly!!"
"No, but it's not our turn to choose in this situation, right?"
"That's right!" The magicians suddenly realized, and then they felt regretful, "Only the captain can choose the team members, but the team members can't choose the captain!"
Pumpkin Sauce was very satisfied with the wizards' reactions.
As a king who likes magic but has no magical talent himself, he is very fond of the profession of wizard. In addition, the "Eclipse Plan" he secretly planned requires a lot of magic power. Therefore, the more these wizards fight and the longer they fight, the happier he is.
"Well, are you two ready? If you are, shall we start selecting teammates now?"
"Can!"
"Let's get started!"
Kira and Laxus nodded.
"Then start selecting people from Laxus-san who has the lowest individual score. Please choose one of your teammates first!" Pumpkin Sauce made a 'please' gesture, then took out a pen and paper and started recording.
"Jura!"
Without any hesitation, Laxus first chose the famous trump card of 'Snake Princess Scale', Jura, who was ranked among the 'Ten Holy Wizards'.
The audience smiled and nodded. In their opinion, if they were in Laxus' position, they would probably make the same choice.
Pumpkin Sauce nodded, ticked Jura's name on the record board, and then looked at Kira: "Well, Kira-san, please choose your two team members!"
Kira smiled slightly, not caring at all about Laxus snatching Jura away: "I choose Timaria and Lakaide of 'Emperor's Shield'!"
Dimalia and Lakaide?
Pumpkin Sauce blinked his confused eyes, and the audience was also puzzled.
So far, they simply cannot understand, or rather cannot see, Timaria's fighting style. In the competitive mode 'Hunting', she shot Brian dozens of times in an instant, and was killed instantly by Kira in the next instant; in the subsequent double battle, she also instantly killed 'Blue Pegasus' Xiang and Ivan. It can be said that her strength has not been shown much at all.
But compared to Lacade, Timalia has shown enough.
You know, Lakaide has never played in a game, so his strength and the magic he uses are unknown. Is it really worth for Kira to bring such a person into the team at this time? ?
Is it a daring gamble? Or has he already known everything?
Everyone couldn't help but feel suspicious, and even Lacade didn't know why Kira chose him.
Among the people present, only a few who were familiar with Kira, such as Erza, Laxus, and Ultear, knew the reason why Kira did this. It must be that he had relevant information about the other party.
Speaking of which, before they went to the Western Continent, Kira had already revealed the information about the Twelve Shields, but he didn't go into detail about Lacade at the time.
After hearing Kira's choice, Laxus was silent for a moment, then continued to select two strong team members: "Erza, Mira!"
The two female demons of the guild grew up together, so their strength and tacit understanding are needless to say.
"Good taste!" Erza and Mira gave Laxus a thumbs up at the same time.
"Next two...Urtia, Natsu!"
Perhaps because of the influence of Kira, the current Urrutia is no longer the infinitely weakened auxiliary in the comics, but a genuine strong man who is powerful enough to serve as the "Holy Ten".
According to Gray, every time Urrutia uses ice shaping magic, he can vaguely see Uru's style in her.
"I knew it would be like this... But I shouldn't be at a disadvantage on your side. Even if we lose in the end, you will probably treat us to a big meal, right?"
Kira's expression changed. He felt that Urrutia's smile was very sinister, so he immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Don't say such things that are not conducive to morale!"
After defeating Ultear, Killer reached out to Natsu. Compared to the two weak shields, Ice and Sand, at the end of the twelve shields, Natsu is undoubtedly stronger now. As long as he doesn't encounter bug-type magic, basically no one can beat him!
After all, he is the protagonist of the original comic, so he does have some strength.
Hearing his name being called, Natsu immediately became eager to fight: "Becoming opponents with Erza and Laxus?? Ohhhh!! I'm excited!!!"
"Inbel, Agil!"
Sure enough, after Killer took down Natsu, Laxus reached out for the last two shields. He was not a fool and could see that these two men were much stronger than the remaining ones.
All the powerful wizards had been snatched away, and now they had to choose from the middle-level wizards. This time it was Kira's turn to choose first, and of course he took the two strongest ones directly.
"Richard, Kana!"
As one of the former 'Six Demon Generals', Richard's strength is definitely not weak. You know, he can be on par with Jola for a short period of time.
Soft earth magic is similar to Jola's rock magic. If it weren't for the slight difference in magic power, he would have been able to enter the Holy Tenth Echelon.
Speaking of Kana, although she was suspected of picking up a bargain at the beginning, her S-level title is real. Now she has broken free from the shackles of the past and created new cards, and her strength has reached a new level.
As a witness to the birth of the 'Kana Card', Kira knows best her current strength.
"You've only chosen me now, right? You two remember this!" Kana smiled wryly, forcing herself to suppress the anger in her heart.
I am an S-class wizard in the guild! Why am I the 11th one to be chosen? Do you really think I am weak? I will show you tomorrow!
Thinking of this, Kana unconsciously touched her right forearm. No one noticed that a black magic pattern was completely covered in the long sleeves of the white open-chested shirt.
Kira was speechless at this guy's reaction: "Idiot! Being called late already means that your strength is poor. The more angry you are at this time, the more embarrassed you will be..."
After this selection was completed, Laxus hesitated for a moment, because he was not familiar with the remaining people at all, and the scores were all 10 points, so there were basically no good parameters to consider.
He didn't have Kira's perception and intelligence, so it was not easy for him to choose a slightly stronger one from a group of noobs.
"Those two little girls!"
After some consideration, Laxus pointed at Siduo and Korai of the 'Heart of the Dragon'.
Laxus is a straight man and definitely doesn't remember their names. He chose these two people simply because they are second-generation Dragon Slayers like him, and they have the White and Shadow attributes that he is more familiar with.
This familiarity naturally came from Stinger and Rogge, who had recently joined the guild.
Laxus knew that these two guys who joined the guild at the Centennial Celebration had a tacit understanding far beyond that of ordinary people, strong attribute matching, and could even perform combination magic; and the two girls in front of him were twins, so their tacit understanding must be even higher, so putting them in a two-on-two match should have better results.
"Twins... Laxus, you are really good at this..."
Kira laughed a few times and continued to say two names: "Pakas! And...McKala!"
The reason for choosing Pakas is simple. That guy is somewhat famous, and this fame comes from his outstanding physical skills. After all, he is an Elfman, so he can be used.
As for Macara, the Star Dragon Slayer, his star power is a little stronger than the rest.
At this point, Kira's teammates' total score reached 75 points, while Laxus' teammates' score was 60 points.
At this time, there were only five wizards left out of the 20, namely Sawyer with 20 points, Yuka, Narubdinku and Breya with 10 points, and Toby with 5 points.
Kira is still short of two teammates, and Laxus is still short of three teammates.
In order to keep the total scores of both teams' players consistent, the distribution of these five people should be: Laxus gets Sawyer, Toby and a wizard with 10 points, and Kira gets another two wizards with 10 points, so that the total scores of the players of both teams are 95 points.
Now it is Laxus' turn to choose first, so he can prioritize choosing a stronger one from the three 10-point wizards.
"That guy!"
As expected, Laxus chose Yuuka, the 'Scale of the Snake Princess'. His wave magic is quite unique and his performance in the past two days of competition was also remarkable.
Kira had no choice but to accept the two remaining wizards of "Crow's Tail".
At this point, the team selection process has officially ended, and the lineups of the two teams are:
Team 1: Kira, Laquette, Timaria, Urrutia, Natsu, Richard, Kana, Pacas, Macara, Breya, Narubudinku
Team 2: Laxus, Jura, Erza, Mira, Inbel, Agil, Siduo, Korai, Yuka, Sawyer, Toby
"So……"
"Three one-on-ones, four two-on-twos, how do you put together this lineup?"
