"Someone from my old man's guild, huh..." Laxus's eyebrows rose involuntarily as he looked at Alexei (Ivan), who stood opposite him. He curled his lip indifferently. "Anyway, who the hell are you?"
"..." Ivan, disguised as Alexei, looked at the son standing before him, and the sinister grin beneath his mask grew wider.
"Forget it. None of that matters. Let's just get you out of the way." Laxus flexed his hands, making his knuckles crack sharply. "That monster on our team and his wife both finished their opponents easily. I finally got to go third, so if I waste too much time out here, those guys will never let me hear the end of it—"
"I don't have time to waste on you." Laxus extended his left hand and said with casual indifference, "Come on—"
Bang! Before he could finish, a blow struck Laxus in the face and sent him flying, his expression filled with disbelief and shock...
Alexei of Raven Tail stood quietly where Laxus had been.
The battle that followed defied everyone's expectations. Under the stunned gazes of the entire audience and the disbelieving eyes of Fairy Tail's members, "Laxus" was completely overwhelmed from the very beginning!!
"How... is that possible?!" The audience's shock was almost beyond words. "A Fairy Tail Mage is getting beaten that badly?!! Is that really a Fairy Tail Mage—"
Clearly, after these two days of competition, everyone's opinion of Fairy Tail had finally risen back to the heights it had reached seven years ago!
That was precisely why they found this so hard to accept. Yet Fairy Tail's members found it even more unbearable! They knew how powerful Laxus was!! He was unquestionably one of the strongest members of their guild! And now, someone that strong was being utterly crushed without even a