Freed's purpose in participating in the tournament was to clear the way for George, an obstacle for Laxus.
Even if they ultimately lose, the large amount of magic power they consume can lighten the burden on Laxus.
Although Laxus would certainly disdain him doing this, he had to do it for Laxus's sake. This wasn't cheating; it was simply a strategy.
"Your skills are quite good, so let's begin."
George nodded and beckoned to Freed with his cat paw.
He wasn't very clear about Freed's True Magic. Not only was he unclear about it, but the other mages in the guild were also unclear about it, only knowing a general idea.
Because the Ravem, like Laxus, are rather solitary and don't really hang out with the others.
George only knows that Freed is proficient in spellcasting and dark Runic Magic.
He had already experienced the spell at the guild gate; it was indeed very powerful. It took him and Levy quite a while to break it together.
He had seen Freed use Dark Script in the battle just now; it involved using a rapier to leave True Magic texts like "fear" and "pain" on enemies, causing them to feel fear and pain.
This way, Freed can easily defeat opponents who are affected by the Dark Script.
Freed's close-combat and swordsmanship skills are also very impressive.
However, given that Freed is the leader of the Ravem and has a record of defeating S-Class Mage multiple times, his methods are probably not limited to this.
"Forbidden Dark Script - Darkness!"
Freed immediately unleashed his ultimate move, casting dark Runic Magic on himself with his rapier.
A dense Dark Power entered his body through Dark Script, and in the blink of an eye, his body transformed from a human form into a Demon with two horns on its head.
Physical strength and magical power have been greatly enhanced.
"Dark Script - Wings!"
Immediately afterwards, a second Dark Script was engraved on his body, and black energy wings stretched out from his back.
With a flash, he transformed into a streak of black light and attacked George.
"Interesting."
George was also pleasantly surprised to see that Runic Magic could be used in this way.
The Runic Magic he had always studied was similar to Levy's Runic Magic, using words to unleash various True Magic effects.
Unexpectedly, it was able to cast Runic Magic on itself to strengthen itself.
Indeed, many of the True Magic in the library are just the foundations of various True Magic. Truly powerful mages, after learning these foundations, will develop them further according to their own circumstances.
Just like Erza developed ordinary Requip Magic into more powerful Knight Magic.
It's no wonder that most mages in this world only learn one type of True Magic.
Because apart from true geniuses like Jellal, it is already extremely difficult for an ordinary mage to develop a high-level way of using True Magic.
"It's over!"
Just as Fred circled behind George, intending to launch a sneak attack, George's body suddenly expanded rapidly, transforming from a palm-sized kitten into a behemoth over thirty meters tall.
Surrounded by electric sparks, the cat's paw slapped Fred, who had transformed into Demon, with lightning speed, as if swatting a fly, knocking him unconscious onto the arena floor.
One-hit kill!
The Fairy Tail mages who were initially worried about George were instantly dumbfounded, and even Laxus, who had already finished his battle, had wide-eyed stares.
Laxus had a feeling that Freed might not be able to defeat George, but he never expected that he would be defeated by George in one move.
Freed, who transformed into Demon, has defeated several S-Class Mages, so his strength is definitely not weak.
"The winner is George!"
Mirajane, regaining her senses, flew over George and announced the result of the match.
George also returned to its normal cat size.
Freed in his Demon form is indeed not weak, but unfortunately, his gigantic form, combined with the stimulation of his physical body by lightning and the physique he inherited from the dragon, makes his overall strength surpass that of Makarov, the Ten Wizard Saints Giant Saints in his giant form limit.
Even if Freed were Demon, he still wouldn't be nearly as good.
In addition, cats are naturally quick to react, and Freed didn't even have time to use his speed advantage to attack before he was swatted down.
The fifth round of competition has ended, and the final round of the draw has begun.
Laxus will face Erza, George will face Lucy. The winners of these matches will be crowned Champion.
The losers then compete to determine the runner-up and third place.
Half an hour later, the semi-finals began.
In the semifinals, as Makarov requested, the matches were not played simultaneously, but rather split into two games.
In the first match, George will face off against Lucy.
Without a doubt, Lucy lost. However, Lucy did not admit defeat directly. Instead, she used the lake water outside the arena to summon Aquarius, which almost flooded the entire island.
This also proves that when she unleashes her full potential, her strength is indeed formidable.
In the second match, Erza off against Laxus.
To be honest, this was the most exciting fight, even George watched it very attentively.
Erza and Laxus are both S-Class Mage truly passed the guild master's test and were promoted within Fairy Tail.
Their strength is at the top of the S-Class Mage, and they may even have the strength of the Ten Wizard Saints.
Erza may not have been as strong as Laxus before, but after the Tower of Paradise incident, she defeated the top S-Class Mage Ikaruga and saw her true self. It's really hard to say who would win or lose.
Anyway, George is now unsure whether Erza or Laxus will win this battle.
As the battle began, Erza immediately donned the Lightning Emperor Armor, which has extremely high resistance to lightning.
Erza, clad in the Lightning Emperor Armor and wielding Lightning Spear, with her hair braided with ribbons, looked dashing and heroic, drawing cheers and encouragement from the spectators on the shore.
Laxus also used his Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic very seriously.
The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce, with both sides exchanging blows.
In the end, Laxus's Dragon Slayer Magic prevailed, absorbing the lightning released by Erza's Thunder Spear, destroying Erza's Thunder Emperor Armor, and stunning her before she could change her clothes.
However, he was also exhausted, and it can only be said that he won by a narrow margin.
"I never imagined Erza's strength would reach this level!"
At this moment, Laxus realized that he had really underestimated the guild's mages.
Erza, whom he had previously looked down upon, turned out to be only slightly weaker than him.
In the previous battles, Natsu and Gray's strength was much greater than he had anticipated.
Could it be that his ideas were really wrong, and the old man's ideas were right?
Half an hour later, Mirajane flew through the air and announced to everyone via microphone:
"Now, we will have the final match."
This match will determine the strongest mage in our Fairy Tail Guild this year.
At the same time, the next president of Fairy Tail will be decided.
Is it Laxus, who possesses Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic, or our future Cat Guild Master George? Stay tuned!