Survival Battle Royale! Every Side Plots and Schemes
Chapati placed one foot on the commentary table, gripped the microphone tightly with both hands, and cut straight to the point.
"The special competition rules for the final day of the Grand Magic Games are now being announced!"
"The final day is a survival battle with everyone participating!"
"The battlefield is no longer limited to this small arena, but the entire city of Crocus!"
"Members of each participating guild could appear in any corner of the royal capital!"
Chapati shouted frantically at the top of his lungs.
"The rules are simple and straightforward!"
"Initiate combat immediately upon encountering members of the enemy guild!"
"Knocking out the opponent or completely incapacitating them constitutes elimination!"
"Each time an enemy player is successfully eliminated, the winning guild will immediately receive two points!"
"Furthermore, before the competition officially begins, each guild must secretly elect a captain internally!"
"Apart from your own guild members, no other guild will know who your team leader is!"
"In the chaos of battle, if you can successfully defeat the enemy captain, you'll instantly gain a massive ten points!"
"Therefore!"
Chapati turned sharply and pointed at the scoreboard hanging high in the air.
"Based on the current scoring system, theoretically, a team could score an astonishing ninety points in today's city battle!"
"With the right strategy, and by consistently defeating the enemy captain, even the team currently at the bottom of the rankings still has a chance to turn the tide and win the championship!"
Sabertooth's exclusive preparation area.
Minerva opened her folding fan, gently tapped her left palm, and spoke with certainty.
"Just as I thought."
Minerva turned to look at the guild members behind her and offered her comments.
"To ensure the final viewership ratings, the organizers would absolutely not allow any guild with a lower ranking to have even the slightest hope of winning on the last day."
"A theoretical ceiling of ninety points is enough to erase all the current huge point differences."
In the commentary booth, Yajima blew on the floating tea leaves while holding a cup of hot tea.
"With this complex and ever-changing competition format, the key now is to see what tactics and strategies each guild will adopt."
Clang--!
A massive opening bell tolled dully across the city of Crocus.
Chapati suddenly swung his arm down.
Grand Magic Games! Final Day Survival Battle!
"The match has officially begun!!"
Upon hearing "start," Natsu immediately exclaimed, "Yoshi! I'm off!"
Natsu turned and left Jiang Bai's side without hesitation.
"I don't want to be stuck with that pervert Jiang Bai as a boring spectator!"
Gajeel strode after the direction Natsu had disappeared in, shouting, "Don't even think about running away! Fire Dragon!"
Jiang Bai watched the two figures rushing away in a hurry, somewhat speechless.
"Seriously, are those two rushing to be reincarnated?"
"And Laxus, do I look like a hardworking person?"
Jiang Bai directly extended an invitation to form a team.
"Why don't the three of us team up and act together?"
"As long as you lead the way and initiate the fight, I absolutely won't compete with you for any opponents. How about I just take a stroll?"
"Sorry, I don't want to be your free bodyguard."
Laxus refused without hesitation.
"If you want to hire a game booster, you'll have to ask someone else for help."
Laxus erupted with blinding golden lightning, transforming into a bolt of lightning that shot up the wall at incredible speed, disappearing into the distance in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Bai crossed his arms over his chest, smacked his lips, and turned his head back.
"Then Juvia, you..."
Before he could finish speaking...
Jiang Bai turned his head and could only see Juvia's back in the distance, along with the sound of Juvia saying goodbye.
I'm sorry!
"If Juvia and you were together and Lord Gray misunderstood, that would be terrible!"
Jiang Bai stood alone in the wide, empty square, scratching his head.
What kind of nonsense is this?
Normally, he's treated like a strategic nuclear weapon by everyone in the guild, but how come he's become a plague that everyone avoids on the competition field?
"If there are more team-based activities like this in the future..."
"I need to force at least one of Erza or Mirajane into my party."
"Walking alone on the street is just too exhausting."
At the same time.
The top floor of a clock tower on the east side of Crocus.
The Blue Pegasus Squad.
Hibiki stood at the edge of the tower, rapidly striking the air with his hands to activate the Archive Magic.
A dozen or so translucent, dark blue holographic screens popped open one after another in mid-air, creating a detailed topographical map of the entire capital city.
We currently have 31 points, placing us second in the overall rankings.
Snap your finger and swipe the screen to bring up a data panel.
"Under this special competition format, the Blue Pegasus still has a very high probability of making a comeback and winning the championship."
The sound drew two red lines and marked huge bright red X's at both ends of the screen.
"The core premise of this operation is to completely avoid Jiang Bai from Fairy Tail and Mr. Jura from Lamia Scale."
"We will absolutely not engage in any direct conflict with them."
The sound closes the terrain map and displays the emblem icons of each guild.
"The remaining task is to find the right opportunity, focus fire on and defeat the hidden captains of the other two teams, and then take care of any lone ordinary enemy members as well."
"Once we complete these kills, we can immediately overtake Fairy Tail in points!"
"As for the captain, the Fairy Tail team must be ruled out first!"
"Without a doubt, Jiang Bai is the leader of those guys!"
"They will absolutely pin their most important ten points on this invincible monster; that's the most unbeatable strategy for securing those points."
"Man~ Therefore, once anyone sees Jiang Bai, they must immediately flee the combat zone at top speed!"
He struck an exaggerated pose overnight, pinching his chin with his fingers.
"Knowing when to let go is what makes a true man."
He snapped his fingers, revealing the final closed-loop plan for the tactics.
"As soon as we successfully overtake the first place in points, everyone should immediately go and find the last-place Quatro Cerberus team."
A strategist's signature smile appeared on Xiang's lips.
"After finding the Quatro Cerberus, everyone stand still and deliberately lose to them!"
"We will not allow any other competitive, high-scoring guilds any way or opportunity to take this large amount of points from us."
"That's called a perfect strategy."
On the other side.
Abandoned streets in the western part of Crocus.
The Sabertooth squad hides in the shadows of dark alleys.
After hearing the rules of the game, Minerva immediately closed his folding fan and pointed to the source of the distant gunfire.
"Sting, Rogue."
Minerva decisively issued the order.
"Act immediately and search the surrounding neighborhoods for members of other guilds."
"We need to hurry and eliminate these weaklings, and collect the remaining points as quickly as possible; we're far behind."
Without a word, Sting and Rogue set off.
Then Minerva turned to Rufus and said, "Rufus."
"Have you finished the task I asked you to do before?"
Rufus removed his large hat and gave a graceful gentlemanly bow.
"Just as the young lady said."
"Just after the match started, I accurately pinpointed Jiang Bai's exact location by reading his memory coordinates."
"Then, I precisely transmitted the information recording Jiang Bai's location to Kagura, Mermaid Heel, via ultra-long-distance information transmission."
Rufus closed the spellbook.
"Just as Miss predicted, as long as I provide Jiang Bai's location to Kagura..."
Kagura picked up her sword and headed towards those coordinates.
Rufus put his hat back on, his tone slightly questioning.
"However, young lady."
"Such an obvious attempt to shift the blame, Kagura actually fell for it."
After all, during the preparation period before the survival battle began, all guilds had basically reached a tacit consensus that they should never provoke Jiang Bai.
Minerva let out a clear, crisp laugh.
"This requires careful observation."
"During the previous match, Kagura had been intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Jiang Bai. Her intentions were already written all over her face, so we can take advantage of that."
"What we need to do now is avoid Jiang Bai."
The idea is good, but if they knew that Jiang Bai also had a Mental Detection technique, they would probably all be dumbfounded.
If you can't beat them and you can't escape them, who wouldn't break down?