This sentence directly exposed everyone's tacit thoughts.
Swish--!!
More than a hundred lines of sight, like searchlights, fell neatly on the sparkling starlight frame above Lucy.
"Wait, wait a minute!!" Lucy shivered in fright and shrank into a ball.
She frantically tried to cover the star frame above her head, but the bright starlight didn't go her way, and frantically flowed out from between her fingers.
"Don't look at me like a big fat sheep!?"
'Damn it... when the competition starts, I will find someone to give up this poor ranking! Safety first!'
"However, if according to this rule, if someone immediately finds a place to hide to avoid the battle as soon as he gets the first place, wouldn't it mean that no one else will be able to take his place away for the rest of his life?"
Gray crossed his hands on his chest and pointed out the loopholes in the rules keenly.
"Don't worry, there is one more thing to say." Blanc stretched out his index finger and shook it.
"The above rules only apply to the 'qualifiers' stage, and the time limit is three hours. If within these three hours, the entire town can be eliminated until there are only sixteen people left, then the tactic of hiding to protect the ranking is indeed effective."
Lucy's eyes lit up slightly. He thought of a way to hide. It seemed like he could be among the top 16?
However, before she could laugh, there were a lot of disdainful boos from the audience:
"Tch--! Who would advance in such a shameful way!"
"That's it! Stop looking down on others! Wizard will speak with his fists!"
Lucy shrank his head in embarrassment.
Blanc clapped his hands to suppress the commotion:
"But if the three-hour time limit ends and there are still more than sixteen active people left in the town, then the top sixteen will be automatically selected based on the 'number of defeats' during this period."
"The top sixteen who have made it to the final stage will enter the final 'stage knockout', and under the attention of the whole town, the real final ranking will be determined!"
"Are you done?" Natsu couldn't hold it any longer. He raised his fist and smashed it at Gray: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's just start fighting!"
"You guy!" Gray reacted very quickly, raised his arm to block, and then swept over with a side kick.
The two of them fought directly in the crowd.
"Don't worry..." Blanc rubbed his temples, sighed, and looked at Erza downstairs.
"Erza, please."
"Hmm."
Boom! Boom! Two dull blasts sounded, and the hall fell silent for an instant.
"A duel cannot be fought randomly."
The voice of Blanc fell in time.
The picture on the left side of the light curtain changed and turned into an overhead thumbnail of Magnolia.
Streets, bridges, squares, the open space in front of Cathedral, South Gate Park... Dozens of purple haloes lit up on the map.
"Ranking Battle, it can only be carried out in the Jutsu Shiki venue arranged in the town. Any private fight outside the venue will be invalid."
"What you all have to do is to find these combat areas, then kill your opponents there and grab the ranking."
"We need to find a venue in the town. It sounds like we are playing hide-and-seek." Mira smiled, not seeming to reject such interesting activities.
However, in the audience, Freed's action of beating the wall suddenly stopped, and he began to grit his teeth.
He stared at the purple circles on the map, almost every place covered with his sweat. They were supposed to be traps that trapped everyone and forced them to kill each other.
But now, it has turned into a competition venue. Isn't this robbing him of the fruits of his labor?
He didn't understand how Blanc could rewrite so many Jutsu Shikis in one night.
Blanc naturally wouldn't go out of his way to answer his questions.
In fact, Freed was targeted by Blanc from the first day he arranged Jutsu Shiki. After that, whenever he arranged a place, Blanc took Levy to modify it. There is a ready-made Jutsu Shiki, so you can use it after modification. Don't be too relaxed.
In contrast, Blanc himself forcibly added several special venues in order to increase the fun, which consumes more energy.
"Article 3." Blanc continued, "Different Jutsu Shiki venues have different 'mechanisms'."
"Of course, most of them are ordinary battle venues, but there are also a small number of special areas. There, what is tested is not the destructive power, but the courage, wisdom, and resilience of the contestants."
His eyes circled around the hall, his smile full of meaning, "So... in this game, the person with the strongest fist may not necessarily have the last laugh."
Erza crossed his arms, a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and nodded in agreement. "Is it a test of spirit and resilience? Interesting!"
Lucy, who had originally planned to mess it up, his eyes lit up slightly when he heard this:
'It doesn't necessarily depend on combat prowess? If it's a competition of wisdom, then wouldn't I...'
But soon, she shook her head like a rattle:
"No, no! What am I thinking! Now I am a living target of the entire guild! There is no chance of finding a special place."
"The top priority is to quickly find someone to lose and get out of this nonsense game!"
'By the way, let's just Erza. When the game starts, I will follow Erza and then find a venue to admit defeat directly. That way everything will be fine!'
'Whoever wants to take part in this crappy competition, I will never accompany you!'
"Finally - since it is a grand event that attracts the attention of the whole town, how can there be no rewards? The following rewards are specially sponsored by me!"
Blanc slapped the railing.
Three lines of golden characters suddenly popped up on the light screen in mid-air, even with the special effect of sprinkling gold powder:
[First place: Prize money of 10 million J!]
[Second place: Prize money of two million J!]
[Third place: Prize money of 500,000 J!]
Lucy's brain suddenly shut down.
How many, how many?!
Ten million J?!
How many months' rent is that? No, how many years is it?
The blond girl who had been shrinking into a ball suddenly stood up. Her timid expression changed into a fighting expression instantly, and the light in her eyes was even more dazzling than the stars above her head.
"The first place belongs to me!!" Lucy clenched his fists, exuding an undeniable violent aura. "No one can try to steal my rent--!!"
Happy looked at her in disbelief. "Lucy... Calm down, you will die..."
"Shut up, don't dampen my fighting spirit!"
"In addition to the bonus, there is also a second reward."
Blanc pointed to the dim white frame above his head. "The ranking effect above everyone's heads will last until the end of the parade."
"In other words, as long as you can advance to the top 16, you can walk through the entire parade with the coolest and most impressive ranking effects in the town, under the cheers and attention of the residents of the town and even tourists from out of town."
"I think the reputation of these sixteen people will spread throughout the country as word of mouth spreads among the residents~"