Chapter 734 Popularity Grouping
Up to now, 'Blue Pegasus' and 'Heart of the Dragon' have been eliminated one after another, leaving four mages from 'Fairy Tail', two mages each from 'Emperor's Shield' and 'Witch's Sin', and one mages each from 'Scale of the Snake Princess', 'Four Hounds' and 'Raven Tail', a total eleven people left.
It was only then that the public belatedly realized how accurate it was that Fairy Tail was called the number one magic guild in the Kingdom of Fiore.
"Well, how sumptuous is the dinner tonight?"
Kira, who had returned to the position, had already entered his fantasy time. His boastful appearance made the magicians angry: "You... are still thinking about tonight's dinner?!"
"Why aren't you in the mood?"
The wizards from other guilds either successfully advanced but their team lost and could not attend the dinner, or their team won but they were eliminated. However, they won the game and were able to attend the royal dinner. Isn't this something to be happy about?
Makao, Wakaba and other uncles came over with dark faces, surrounded Kira and glared at him: "Think carefully, what did you just do to Mira-chan?!"
"Huh? What did I do??"
Kira was stunned, thinking back to the whole process, and suddenly realized: "It's just a sleeping magic, it's not a ruthless move, why are you guys so anxious?"
"Sleep magic? That's not what we're talking about!"
"In that situation just now, you actually let the cute Mira-chan fall face first?"
Oh, so that’s how it is…
"Don't worry, Wendy is here, so your appearance won't be ruined."
"Is this a question of whether or not your appearance will be ruined?! You little bastard!!"
All the uncles were furious, only Gildarts was friendly to Kira, patted his shoulder and laughed: "Kira, you did a good job! You know how to take my daughter to a higher level, it's worth all my teachings back then..."
I think you didn’t teach me anything back then... Oh, no, there is one thing!
"Yes, yes... Thank you for taking me to the women's bathhouse when I was less than 12 years old and teaching me the ability to hide in the water..."
After a while of noise, the host of the competition finally announced the rules of today's official competition.
“Popularity! Popularity! Still popularity!!”
"In this great demon fighting performance, the most important thing is popularity!"
"Today, we will divide the remaining 11 wizards into four groups according to their popularity, and decide the top four of this Grand Magic Fighting Performance!!"
At this point in the Great Magic Fighting Competition, it is no longer as simple as just selecting the 'First Magic Guild', because as long as you look up at the remaining number of magicians from each guild on the crystal screen, you will know who the First Magic Guild is.
But the match was supposed to last seven days, so it couldn't end like this, so the competition decided to select a 'First Wizard of Fiore Kingdom' at the same time to increase his fame.
Of course, they knew that the title was exaggerated. Those powerful wizards, such as the guild presidents like Makarov, long-established wizards like Gildarts, and several of the Ten Holy Wizards of the Kingdom of Fiore, were stronger than most of the wizards participating in the Grand Magic Battle.
But who asked them not to participate in the Great Demon Fighting Exercise?
Besides, the 'Holy Ten' belonged to the entire Ishgar, and now they were just selecting the 'First in Fiore'. The difference in level between the two can be clearly seen from the names alone.
As it stands now, the title of 'Number One in Fiore' will definitely go to Kira, because he is the strongest among all the wizards now!
In the past, Kira was called the best, and that was all praise from magic newspapers and entertainment news, but now, with the official involvement and witness of the kingdom, it is a real title.
This is actually a way for the royal family to enhance its influence.
The organizers had already made preparations for the 'Mage Popularity Vote' event a few days in advance - every day after the competition, when the audience left the venue, there would be some people voting at a location outside the venue - including people from each guild and each magician, and now they were just selecting a portion of them and then comparing them based on popularity.
Originally, the organizers only planned to keep it as a backup, but they didn't expect that too many people stayed over in the past few days, and yesterday's heavy rain caused the final showdown to be postponed. The original plan could not be used, so they could only use it first.
"Let the audience's preference determine the direction of the game? Shouldn't it be like this from the beginning? And we should continue to increase the intensity..."
Hearing the host's words, Kira complained, "But in this case, someone like me who is handsome and powerful will definitely be very busy today! Fortunately, I have enough magic power and a strong body..."
This is the trouble of being famous!
Kira looked up at the competition process on the crystal screen. The 11 people were divided into four groups, one group with two people, and three groups with three people. The winner of each group would become the top four. The semi-finals and finals would be held on the last day.
He also didn't know the specific popularity of each magician, but what was certain was that the organizers intervened in the schedule and controlled the direction of the Grand Magic Battle.
But this is normal, just like those talent shows. If the organizers do not intervene, the competition will become uncontrollable. If the script is broken, it will not be good to watch. If it is not good to watch, there will be no traffic, and they will not make any money.
Compared with making money, what does a little fame mean?
After a lot of preparation, half an hour passed and the official competition finally began at the venue.
"Let's start the first battle by voting based on popularity!!"
"Double team, 'Fairy Tail' Kira Hopelet vs. 'Four-Headed Hounds' Pacas!"
After hearing this duel list, the audience immediately understood the organizer's plan: to place an obviously powerful magician in each group to eliminate those magicians with weaker strength, so as to ensure the excitement of tomorrow's semi-finals and finals.
This is how most competitions in this world are conducted, so the audience doesn't think there's anything wrong. However, because Kira's performance was so powerful in this Great Demon Fighting Games, this duel was without suspense and there was nothing to watch.
Although Pakas's strength was not bad, anyone with a discerning eye could see that his ability to get to this point in the Great Demon Fighting Exercise was largely due to luck.
To be honest, Pacas is only an ace among the 'Four Headed Hounds'. Looking at the entire Fiore Kingdom, let alone trying to cheat 'Fairy Tail', he might not be able to beat even the people from 'Witch's Sin', not to mention the dark horse of this competition, the 'Emperor's Shield' of mysterious origin, and the old magic guild, 'Snake Princess Scale', whose reputation was only second to 'Fairy Tail'.
The Four Hounds is an old magic guild, but their performance in this Grand Magic Tournament was only disappointing. Perhaps for this reason, the organizers arranged for their last man, the ace, Pakas, to face off against the number one seed, Kira, in order to give them a dignified exit.
Kira on the field has already started fighting with Pakas, and the spectators in the audience have no interest in watching the game. Anyway, they have already seen the duel between Kira, Erza and Mira before, and they are satisfied. Watching it now will only reduce their beautiful yearning for Kira in their hearts.
This situation is like seeing your favorite singer singing a not-so-good song, which will only lower the impression of them in your mind.
So what are the audience doing during this time?
The answer is, after guessing, the 'predetermined candidates' for the next few groups of finals.
"First of all, there must be Jurasan. His strength is beyond doubt!"
"And there's Laxus from Fairy Tail!! Have you forgotten that on the second day, he defeated the Battle Bond of the Eighteen Fighting Gods of Evil with one punch! Just based on that one punch, his strength is not inferior to Jura!"
"Then there's only one group left. Who do you think will be the final four? Urrutia-san, Natsu-san, Kana-san, and Agil-san all performed very well in the previous competitions!"
"They can't be wizards from Fairy Tail, right? Three of the top four are from the group. It's ridiculous no matter how you look at it. If that's the case, it would be better to turn it into a civil war within Fairy Tail..."
"I think it must be Urrutia. Don't forget who is behind 'Witch's Sin'. It must be one of the top four, right?"
Hmm? That makes sense!!
The audience was shocked when they heard this speculation: I almost forgot this , Witch Sin is a member of the royal family! Who dares not to give face to the royal family? Maybe he doesn't want to stay in Fiore Kingdom anymore? ?
