"If eight teams pass the preliminaries, maybe this Grand Magic Games will turn into an internal war of our guild."
"You're still thinking about this…" Gajeel had black lines all over his head.
The pumpkin man projected in the sky stretched out his finger and continued to open his mouth.
"The rules of the competition are very simple!"
Boom——!!
As the pumpkin man's voice fell, bursts of rumbling sounded, and countless pre-arranged hotels were lifted up by the mechanisms under the houses and began to rise towards the sky.
Finn and others grabbed the edge of the balcony, watching their bodies gradually move away from the ground.
The hotel stopped rising at a height of nearly twenty meters.
Then, neatly arranged wooden boards appeared out of thin air in front of Finn and others.
Forming a road.
"First of all, I would like to ask everyone to compete in a race, the starting point is the hotel where everyone is located, and the finish line is the venue for this competition that countless people are looking forward to [The Domus Flau]" The pumpkin man said.
"The first eight groups to arrive can participate in the official competition, everyone can freely use magic, there are no restrictions at all."
"However, all five people must reach the finish line together, otherwise you will be eliminated."
Seeming to have thought of something, the pumpkin man reminded again.
"If you lose your life in the maze, we will not be responsible for it!"
The pumpkin man raised his little short hand, and his voice began to become passionate.
"Then, the Grand Magic Games preliminary round, the aerial maze, officially begins!"
The pumpkin man disappeared after saying these words.
However, the crowd didn't care, countless gazes turned to the huge maze that had been pieced together in the air.
At the hotels where each participating guild was located, there were roads paved with wooden boards connecting to the huge maze in the air.
The entire maze could be seen as a sphere, and its volume was abnormally large, the entire sphere seemed to be pieced together in a messy way with some kind of metal.
"A huge maze suspended in the air? This is a big deal!" Laxus said with emotion.
"Don't worry about so much, since it's a competition, let's hurry up and go," Gajeel said impatiently.
Finn raised his head, and a trace of flames flickered in his eyes.
"Then let's set off, Fairy Tail, let's go!"
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Finn and others crossed the entrance of the maze along the wooden board passage.
The entire maze that came into view was made up of countless intersecting stairways, except for the road under the feet of the few.
There were roads floating in the air all around the top of their heads, if they accidentally stepped into the air, they might fall from the aerial maze and smash into the town hundreds of meters below.
Moreover, the space here seemed to have no meaning, up, down, left, and right were completely reversed, making it impossible for people to know which side was the front and which side was a dead end.
"What's behind this door?" Gajeel opened the door in front of him.
But his eyes widened instantly, there was no road behind the door, but a piece of high sky, that is to say, if he didn't concentrate, he might step into the air and fall into the abyss.
"What, this is a bit too complicated…" Gajeel closed the door and complained.
"Well, after all, we have to select eight groups from 113 teams, it's understandable that it's a bit difficult," Mirajane said.
"But which way should we go next?" Laxus frowned and said.
"I remember that the Domus Flau is located in the east of Crocus, if we can determine the direction of the east, we can arrive accurately," Finn said.
Juvia said helplessly, "But this maze is terribly big, we can't confirm which side is the east."
"Perhaps… we're still missing a compass," Finn's gaze glanced at a team that had just appeared below everyone, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, the team on the road below Finn and others seemed to be a guild called Twilight Ogre.
Because it was a rising star guild opened in a city next to Magnolia.
So Finn had a little impression.
Of course, the main thing was that a small compass they were holding in their hands attracted Finn's attention.
Following Finn's gaze, Laxus seemed to understand what Finn meant.
A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Although it's a bit unethical to do this, there's no way at the moment."
It wasn't just Finn and others who discovered the traces of Twilight Ogre, the other party also discovered Finn and others.
"That crest… they are Fairy Tail!" One of them exclaimed.
"Ha? Fairy Tail, I didn't expect you to participate in this competition too, you guys who are always at the bottom of the list," The man in the middle carrying a mace said with a smile.
As soon as his voice fell, the surroundings seemed to fall into silence.
Traces of lightning flickered on Laxus's body.
Finn sighed, "I was originally just planning to steal the compass and let you go, but it's a pity…"
"You have to be prepared to be punished for daring to laugh at Fairy Tail," Laxus raised his head.
Although that face was smiling, it revealed an incomparable cold.
"What kind of look is that?" The figure carrying the mace frowned.
Taking down the mace behind him, the figure said with an evil smile, "I hate it the most when others look at me with this kind of look."
Pointing the mace at Finn, he said loudly, "Kill them for me!"
"Oh oh oh!!" The four people behind him roared in unison.
All kinds of weapons appeared in their hands and rushed towards Finn and others.
"Be careful, don't break the compass," Finn reminded.
"Understood!" Laxus grinned.
"Be careful, everyone," Mirajane said with a smile.
Boom——!!!
In the next moment, a huge explosion rang out in the aerial maze.
The explosion stirred up huge smoke and dust, diffuse around, the man holding the mace widened his eyes.
He could vaguely see in the smoke that his companions were being held high by the neck by a yellow-haired man.
"I said, you guys, remember in the future, which guild you shouldn't provoke!" Laxus said in a deep voice.
Seeming to notice his gaze, Laxus's scarlet gaze looked over.
Instantly, an inexplicable fear enveloped him, and cold sweat seeped out uncontrollably.
In the next moment, a big hand grabbed him.
"Where's the compass?" Finn asked.
"Here… here…" The man enveloped in fear hurriedly took out a small compass from his arms.
Finn took the compass and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"It can still be used."
"Then these guys are useless, right," Gajeel said, looking at the Twilight Ogre members who had fallen into a coma in his hands.
Finn nodded slightly, "Do as you please."
"Ridicule!" Gajeel grinned.
"This is the first shot to win back the glory of the guild!"
Bang—— Bang—— Bang!
Ignoring the few people who had completely fainted behind him.
Finn compared the compass in his hand and determined the direction of the east.
"It's over there, let's set off!" Finn pointed in one direction and said.
"Oh!"
Along with Finn's words and the response of the crowd, a group of five people began to move purposefully.
Perhaps considering that there were mages who could measure the direction, this maze was still arranged with corresponding measures.
That was that the entire maze would rotate every once in a while.
Letting the people who had already measured the direction lose their coordinates.
At the same time, it would also cause those mages who hadn't stood still to fall out of the aerial maze.
Although the organizers said that they wouldn't guarantee the safety of everyone, that was also a statement made considering the battles caused by the mages.
The organizers would still use magic circles to lift up the mages who fell from the maze, and then safely send them to the ground.
However, because of the rotation of the direction, it also caused some trouble for Finn and others.
After all, this team was basically all combat personnel.
They weren't good at break into maze.
This situation even made Finn have the idea of completely destroying the aerial maze, but he was stopped by the crowd.
Of course, it was just a thought, if he really did this, more than half of the people might die in it.
So Finn and others could only try to get closer to the east, and re-measure the direction once there was a change.
However, combat personnel also have the benefits of combat personnel.
They didn't have to choose to detour when they encountered obstacles, they directly demolished them violently.
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