"So... so powerful!"
"Who is that person?!"
"I... I remember her. Fairy Tail's strongest female Mage, Erza Scarlet."
"The Fairy Queen, Erza!"
Everyone in the audience was buzzing with excitement.
[The cheers rose and fell, one wave after another! This is the Fairy Queen, Erza!]
"It leaves one speechless."
Yajima rubbed his forehead and sighed with emotion.
After all these years, this girl was still as formidable as ever.
"Truly, one can't help but yield in admiration." Lahar remarked with a sigh.
He didn't know Erza personally, but that didn't stop him from knowing about Fairy Tail. After all, Fairy Tail had been on the guild blacklist since the new Magic Council was established.
Fairy Tail was a guild that caused a lot of trouble, yet was incredibly powerful, contributing significantly to the peace of the magical world.
"As expected, I'm still not as good as her." Mirajane shook her head helplessly.
She and Erza used to be arch-rivals, neither willing to back down. Although she had long given up competing for the title of the strongest, she still harbored a slight desire to test herself against Erza.
Setting aside their strength, she couldn't have made such a bold and spirited choice like Erza did. In that regard, she had already lost.
"As expected of Ichiya-sama's girlfriend." Hibiki said with a look of admiration.
Nobarly from Quatro Cerberus was startled by Hibiki's words and looked at him in terror. "After seeing how formidable that woman is, there really are fools who don't know the meaning of death."
"Brilliant." Jura praised.
As expected of Erza. She was already strong seven years ago. Even though she had lost seven years, it didn't mean she had become weaker than anyone else.
"It's annoying to watch." Orga felt very annoyed seeing this.
The audience was cheering for Erza, which completely stole his spotlight.
"That's Erza for you."
"So cool!"
"Simply amazing!"
The Fairy Tail members were all cheering and jumping for joy.
"How interesting... Fairy Tail, huh? To think there's someone this powerful besides that Takeshi. Erza Scarlet, I'll remember that name." Minerva looked at Erza, etching her appearance into her mind.
[Well then, according to the discussion results, the remaining seven teams must also determine their rankings. So, we've arranged a simple competition, though it might be a bit dull and uninteresting.]
[Magic Power Finder: MPF]
Mato pointed to the floating device behind him and said, "This device can express the power of a magical attack in numerical form. We will determine the rankings based on these values."
Hibiki had a bit of a headache. "Isn't this just a simple test of strength? It's a bit disadvantageous for me."
His magic was Archive Magic, and he wasn't particularly good at combat to begin with.
"The order of competition will follow the order of the draw we just had."
"Then I'll start. Here I go."
Millianna quickly used her magic.
Nekosoku Tube!
Millianna conjured a magical tube and struck the device.
The device displayed a value of '365'.
The audience was a bit confused, not knowing if this value was high or low.
[Since we have no point of reference, we have no way of knowing if this value is high or low.]
Lahar explained, "This device is also used in our knight training. This value is quite high, equivalent to a unit captain level."
"Millianna's true strength doesn't lie in power." Beth said helplessly.
Risley also felt that this ranking was going to be bad. "This is a bit disadvantageous for us."
[Next is Nobarly from Quatro Cerberus. The value is '124', which is a bit low.]
"It's my turn."
Hibiki straightened his tie and then used his magic.
95!
Ren couldn't help but complain, "Is this the result of trusting a comrade? I told you I should have gone for this one."
[Next is Obra from Raven Tail.]
"It's that guy from Raven Tail."
"What kind of magic does he use?"
The members of Fairy Tail couldn't help but focus their attention on him.
Obra spread his arms, and a small imp-like creature flew out and crashed into the device with force.
Beep beep!
4!
"Hah?!"
"Is this guy a joke?"
Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the number displayed.
"What are you doing, Obra! Are you an idiot?!" Flare shouted upon seeing this.
Ivan scolded, "Shut up, Freya. His magic cannot be shown in public."
"Great! I'm in first place!"
Millianna was very happy that she could rank first in power, which she wasn't good at.
"It's hard to say about what's next." Orga said.
[Now, Orga takes the stage! What a passionate cheer!]
The crowd in the stands cheered loudly. Although Sabertooth's performance this time was at the bottom, it didn't hinder their high popularity. After all, their strength was evident, they just hadn't had the best luck.
Orga gathered his hands together, positive and negative charges forming black lightning.
120mm Black Lightning Cannon!
Boom—
Beep beep!
3825!
A number appeared that was exaggeratedly higher than before.
[Three... three thousand...]
"Ten times mine?!!"
Millianna was instantly dumbfounded. She had just been in first place, and in the blink of an eye, there was a value ten times higher than hers.
"What is this?!"
Everyone in the audience was shocked by this value.
Lahar was also full of disbelief. "A value like this... we've never even seen it in our unit."
"As expected of Orga-kun. He's the strongest when it comes to power."
"Frosch thinks so too."
The two small cats, Lector and Frosch, were jumping with joy.
[Next to face the challenge is the Wizard Saint, Jura. We're looking forward to seeing if he can surpass this value!]
"If it's Jura-san, he can win, right?" Sherria asked Lyon with some concern.
Lyon said confidently, "Of course. What I'm worried about is something else."
Jura looked at Mato and asked, "It's alright if I use my real power, right?"
Mato nodded. "Of course."
Jura stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and his magic power rapidly gathered.
Rumbling Mt. Fuji!
Boom—
A violent explosion erupted, the ground shattered with a roar, and a terrifying shockwave burst from the earth, engulfing the Magic Power Finder and destroying everything around it.
Beep beep!
9588!
An extremely high value appeared above the device.