Chapter 742: The Power of Awakening
"What... is going on?! I feel so sleepy!!"
It was also a physical desire, and was difficult to suppress, but Urrutia could clearly feel that the magic he felt was different from that felt by others. It was not the kind of desire that would become addictive.
"Oh right, that guy said before that his magic is desire, which means it includes more than just the desire to reproduce, so I should be experiencing other forms of desire! This drowsiness... the desire to sleep?!"
In just a moment, Urrutia guessed the reason for his body's changes, and also thought of a solution: "Since this is just to wake up my sleep desire, if I want to resist, I just need to stay awake! This is not difficult for me, I can do it easily with willpower!"
If Kira knew what Urrutia was thinking at this moment, he would definitely wonder why this woman was so Versailles and could casually say something that could make countless students cry.
Can you stay alert and study hard just by willpower? What a joke! If that were true, there would be no such thing as napping in class!
Urrutia forced his eyes open, his gaze fixed on the beautiful icy petal in his hand, but he hesitated to continue moving - when willpower was not enough to keep him awake, a certain degree of pain could also achieve the same effect - now Urrutia had another problem.
"Do you really want to continue fighting? I can feel that this is not a battle I can intervene in. If I stay awake, I will definitely be beaten badly!"
"Besides, that guy named Laquette just now deliberately used the magic of sleep desire to deal with me, which was already very considerate of him. If I provoke him later, he will really use the magic of reproduction desire on me, and the consequences will be disastrous!"
"How about just lie down and take a nap?"
Do it when you think of it!
Urrutia immediately sat down on the ground, using the acting skills he had learned over the past two and a half years, and naturally controlled his facial muscles and body language as much as he could, pretending to be under the influence of the sleep desire magic, physically exhausted and mentally depressed, and then he lay down with a "pop".
"Perfect acting!" Urrutia was delighted.
"Does she think her acting is perfect?" Kira pointed at Urrutia lying on the ground and said to Gray beside him speechlessly.
"Well..."
Gray looked around nervously and found that someone was not paying attention to him, so he whispered in agreement: "Perhaps only Erza can compare with her..."
Kira raised his eyebrows, his face full of surprise: "Wow! Are you so arrogant now? You even dare to complain about Erza's acting skills? You are really not afraid of death..."
On the other side, Jellal's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten something.
Of course, this is not out of anger, but out of shame, because Urrutia's behavior is simply surrender and defeat, and it can also be said to be a blatant match-fixing.
Although there is no rule against admitting defeat in the Grand Demon Fighting Competition, they are entrusted by the Fiore royal family and want to make a splash in this competition, so they definitely cannot do something like admitting defeat!
Fortunately, because the sleep desire magic is real, the fact that Urrutia pretended to be tricked could only be noticed by magicians who have a certain level of strength, sharp eyes, good acting skills, are familiar with her personality, and who happened to see this scene. As for those ugly people in the Fiore royal family, they would definitely not be able to find the flaw!
"This guy... is really a source of worry..."
"But this should be enough!"
Jellal couldn't help but recall what Princess Emerald had said to them after they participated in the tournament, when she came to ask them to participate in the tournament.
[“If possible, please try to get a higher ranking! It may be difficult to get the first place, but if you play well enough and show your differences from before, it should be easier for the people of the Council and the residents of the Kingdom of Fiore to accept the fact that you are exempted from the crime, right?”]
Translated, this sentence means: You don't want to be controlled by the royal family forever, do you? You don't want to bear the public's stigma and the supervision of the Council for the rest of your life, do you? If you have made up your mind, then give it your all to compete. Even if you can't beat Fairy Tail, you must try your best to get second place!
The other party had said so much. If Gerard still pretended not to understand, or really didn't understand, he would be ashamed of the years he had spent lurking in the Council.
With Urrutia's death, the three of them were left fighting each other, with Laquette and Natsu being the only ones left.
However, Natsu's current condition is not very stable. Those dark red flames belonging to END, created by the power of the devil, are obviously more violent and more difficult to control than Natsu's original flames. This has caused Natsu to be in a trance state.
Dark red flames enveloped the figure of the cherry-haired boy on the field. The white dragon scale scarf was also stained with a faint black gas because of the flames. The black gas continued to spread, corroding his eyes upwards and covering his hands and feet downwards. The whole person looked like a fire demon walking out of hell.
"Drink...ha..."
Natsu seemed to be struggling with some kind of consciousness, and at this moment he clearly showed an expression of trying hard to suppress discomfort. He was breathing heavily, and the violent and agitated energy of the dark red flame became extremely dangerous as he let it go. It not only burned the white magic tentacles wrapped around his body, but also melted and evaporated the shattered ice crystals at his feet, turning the arena into a sea of fire again.
Dark flames filled the air, the ground was melting due to the high temperature, and even Lacade himself was released unconsciously. The magic particles wandering in the air were also burned through, which made Lacade have to be wary of Natsu's current power.
"END..."
Before Lacade could finish his greeting, Natsu suddenly took action!
He didn't utter a word from beginning to end, and his movements were still as concise and direct as before, but because he didn't speak, he seemed much colder.
Moving at lightning speed, the forward straight punch weighing more than a thousand pounds landed heavily on Lacade's palm!
“So heavy…”
Feeling a completely different touch from before, Lacade was moved and couldn't help but exclaimed in a low voice. Then his body shook slightly and he staggered back half a step.
This punch looked powerful, but to Natsu it was just an ordinary punch. The second attack launched after being blocked was the real killer move of this punch!
boom!!
The wild flames exploded instantly, and the dark red flames quickly broke out from all over Natsu's body, but more of them appeared on his right arm, making him look like a car starting its engine. The roars came one after another, and the flames gushed out, increasing the power of Natsu's ordinary punch to the maximum!
“Drink aa ...
With a vague roar from Natsu, Laquette, who had been performing with ease before, finally suffered a setback and was knocked away by Natsu's punch. The powerful force dragged him to the ground for several rounds until the metal cross on his back left a long drag mark on the ground and he stabilized.
If you look closely, you can see that the palm of Laquette's palm was burned by Natsu's flames, and the skin and flesh were torn and blurred.
