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The match officially began.
However, the moment Chabati announced the start of the match from the podium, every spectator present fell silent, looking at one another with utterly baffled expressions.
It was not only the surrounding audience. Even the mages from the major guilds stared at the situation in the center of the arena in shock, seemingly unable to process what had happened.
Looking closely, a massive sphere of water over a hundred meters in diameter hovered in midair above the arena.
Inside the enormous water sphere were two girls in swimsuits.
One wore a daring red bikini that displayed her perfect figure, yet she stared solemnly at Erza across from her.
The other wore a conservative swimsuit resembling a training uniform. Floating in the water, Minerva wore a smile that suggested victory was already hers.
Aside from Erza and Minerva, the remaining contestants from the other guilds, also clad in swimsuits and soaked from head to toe, lay sprawled on the arena floor outside the huge water sphere, their faces blank with confusion.
Watching this bizarre scene, Chabati reported from the podium with immense surprise and bewilderment.
"Th-the moment the match began, every contestant other than Erza of Fairy Tail and Minerva of Saber Tooth fell out of the arena and was immediately eliminated. What exactly happened?"
Chabati's report immediately set the spectators whispering among themselves.
Only Erza, still inside the water sphere, continued to stare gravely at Minerva and spoke in a low voice.
"What did you do?"
The fourth day's event of the Grand