"So popular… that Jura guy," Levy muttered in surprise as she listened to the endless cheers and praises coming from all directions in the audience.
"Levy, you don't know?"
"He's one of the Ten Wizard Saints," Jet and Droy responded to her question.
"He holds the same title as our Guild Master and Noel."
Meanwhile, in the center of Fairy Tail's spectator area, the First Master suddenly pouted, looking quite displeased.
Seeing this, Makarov hurriedly explained, "There's no need to make that face, First Master. Noel also holds the same title as Jura, and I can guarantee you—Noel is far stronger than him."
However, even after hearing Makarov's words, the First Master still looked unhappy.
Makarov found this quite strange, and after a long silence, the First Master finally mumbled, "I… I want to go to the bathroom."
"A ghost needs to use the toilet?!" The entire Fairy Tail group collapsed in shock.
Over in the Lamia Scale stands, their Guild Master, Ooba Babasama, stopped drawing circles with her finger and looked down at the battle arena with a serious expression.
"Since it's Big Brother Jura who's up, we've got this match in the bag."
"Yeah! Jura is currently the strongest wizard in all of Fiore. This will definitely be an easy win!"
The Lamia Scale members surrounding Ooba all spoke excitedly at once, their voices filled with absolute confidence in Jura's victory.
"Master, what's wrong?" Sherry from Lamia Scale asked curiously, noticing Ooba's somewhat grim expression.
"This match… Jura might not necessarily win," Ooba said softly.
"Master, you must be joking, right?"
"There's no way Big Brother Jura could lose!"
With a single motion of Ooba's hand, all the chatter instantly stopped.
She sighed and explained, "Seven years ago, when Jura underwent the evaluation for the Ten Wizard Saints, Noel Rutherford was one of the evaluators. His evaluation of Jura was based on actual combat."
"You mean… Big Brother Jura has fought that Fairy Tail wizard before? What was the result?" Sherry voiced the question that was on everyone's mind.
Ooba fell silent for a long time before speaking in a low voice, "That match ended in Jura's crushing defeat. The entire battle lasted only fifteen minutes. If it had been a real fight, it would have been even shorter."
"WHAT?!?!"
All the members of Lamia Scale were left in shock by this completely unexpected answer.
............
On the battlefield, the battle between the two Wizard Saints had completely erupted.
Under Jura's command, the soft sand hardened as if it were steel, transforming into massive stone pillars that lined up in formation and shot straight toward Noel.
The sheer force and momentum of the attack were enough to instill fear and despair in an ordinary wizard.
Facing the incoming assault, Noel paused briefly before his body suddenly transformed into radiant white light, streaking through the incoming stone pillars like a shooting star.
Then, spreading his arms wide, he unleashed several beams of light from his hands, surging toward Jura.
"[Rock Iron Wall]." Jura waved his hands, and a steel-like rock wall swiftly formed in front of him, completely blocking Noel's attack.
Then, without hesitation, Jura dissolved the wall and reshaped it into a massive stone pillar.
"[Rock Iron Pillar!]" Jura shouted, and the enormous stone column shot into the air at high speed, hurtling toward Noel.
The moment Noel shattered it, Jura immediately followed up with another move—the ground beneath Noel surged, and chunks of rock rose up, attempting to encase him completely.
"[Holy Sword of Light]!"
A radiant white sword appeared in an instant.
With a single horizontal slash from Noel, the sacred light burst forth, shattering the encroaching rock and iron formations.
Up in the stands, Laxus rubbed his chin as he watched the battle unfold below, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"What's up?" Gajeel asked, puzzled.
Laxus shook his head slightly. "Neither of them has gotten serious yet, so there's nothing too exciting to watch for now. But from their exchanges so far, we can already see the overall tone of this fight—it's just a matter of whether Noel breaks through Jura's 'turtle shell' first, or if Jura manages to trap Noel."
"So whoever gains the upper hand first will win?" Juvia asked.
"No, that's not it, Juvia." Mira smiled and shook her head.
"Hm?" Juvia looked at Mira in confusion.
Laxus snorted. "The outcome of this match depends entirely on how much strength Noel decides to use."
.............
After dodging the giant fist formed from rock and iron, Noel halted his movement and looked at Jura not far away.
With a smile, he said, "So you've already mastered the ability to freely control fine sand? Your progress over the past seven years truly surprises me."
"Is Noel-dono finally going to use his true strength?" Jura asked calmly.
"Yeah." Noel rotated his wrists and stretched his fingers.
"The warm-up before the real fight has been enough. If we keep playing around, our guild masters might get angry."
"True enough. Let's get serious." Jura chuckled.
"Oh, oh, oh! Is it just my imagination, or did I just hear something absolutely shocking?" Chapati, the commentator, exclaimed excitedly.
"That dazzling battle just now was merely a warm-up for these two? Is this the true power of the Ten Wizard Saints? This is absolutely incredible!!"
"No way! That was just playing around?"
"Jura and that Noel guy are absolutely terrifying! Is this the true strength of the Ten Wizard Saints?"
The audience erupted into a frenzy, but their noise had no effect on the two fighters in the arena.
At some point, the sky above the Grand Magic Games arena had subtly changed color.
Two torrents of magical energy surged into the heavens, forming towering pillars of power.
The invisible clash of their magic generated fierce winds, whipping their clothes wildly.
The entire battlefield seemed to be split into two distinct domains, and the overwhelming magic pressure made the air in Crocus feel oppressively heavy.
It is no exaggeration to say that when two of the Ten Wizard Saints clash, even the heavens and earth may tremble.
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