A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"Those guys in the guild are even more gossipy than entertainment news reporters!"

Boom! !

Kana slammed a bottle on the table: "Stop talking nonsense! Just tell me if you're going to do it or not!"

Kira nervously inspected the wooden table, worth tens of thousands of J, and after confirming that there were no cracks, he looked at Cana and said, "Doing it... isn't out of the question."

"But I remember you're making pretty good cards yourself now, right? Do you still need my help?"

After becoming an S-class mage, Cana never slacked off in her training. Although she was always drunk in the guild, Kira knew that she was actually secretly working harder than anyone else.

According to several female mages who also lived in the girls' dormitory, Cana often stayed up all night to train her magic, read spellbooks, and make cards. She worked harder than others, hoping to one day make a name for herself, but unfortunately, she never had that opportunity.

"I mainly wanted to learn from it!"

"As you know, the attack power of a magic card depends on the mage's own magic power and the quality of the magic circle in the card. The magic circle I can draw has limited power, so if you can provide me with better magic, it will be better to use yours."

So that's how it is... That's more like your personality!

"So... what happened to all those Warcraft cards you used before? Are they just being phased out like that?"

Kana chuckled and shook her head, saying, "How could that be?! Those things cost me a lot of money, how could I just leave them unused? For now... I'll keep them as backups."

"Why? Is it not working well?"

"No, those cards are indeed very powerful, but they are not the most suitable for me!"

"Compared to magic power, they require a higher level of mental strength from the user, which is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse for a mage! As it turns out, during the time I neglected my magic power training and turned to training my mental strength, my strength did not increase much."

Okay, that makes sense.

Kira finally felt relieved: as long as it's not a return request, it's fine!

"So, I still want to go back to using the original battle cards!"

"If I rely solely on those mechanical monsters and neglect my own improvement, what difference is there between me and the Edolas people who have no magic?"

Snapped! !

"Well said!!"

Kira slammed his hand on the table and stood up, startling Cana: "Can you stop being so jumpy?!"

"As expected of an S-rank mage, he has ambition! Every word and action of his is far superior to those guys in the guild who only know how to drink, brag, and look at girls!"

"So... how many cards have you made by now?"

The expectant yet enthusiastic gaze made Kana uneasy: "What do you want to do?"

"I happen to have a deck of cards here, would you like to try it out?"

Kana was taken aback at first, then seemed to realize something, and her eyes twitched with anger: "You bastard...didn't you say last time that you wouldn't make any cards for at least three years? How come you 'just happen' to have a set of cards?!"

This guy must have anticipated that I wouldn't like those Warcraft cards, so he secretly made new ones, just waiting for me to come and buy them!! In other words, what he said about 'the cards being usable for seven years' was all bullshit!

While Cana was still raging, Kira had already headed towards the warehouse, and soon emerged carrying a card box.

"These cards are based on the magic I've seen, and the magic they produce is closer to your original fighting style. The cards can be roughly divided into three types: red magic cards, green item cards, and yellow phenomenon cards, eight of each type, for a total of 24 cards."

"Phenomenon Brand?"

"These are non-elemental ability-based magic cards, while magic cards are elemental magic cards, and item cards are purely magical items."

Upon hearing this, Kana took out all the cards from the box and placed them on the table. She discovered that they were indeed tarot-like magic cards, with illustrations on the front and magic circles on the back. There were twenty-four cards in total:

Magic Cards: Water, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Wood, Light, Dark

Item cards: sword, shield, gun, whip, gloves, boots, armor, mask

Phenomenon Cards: Flight, Trap, Illusion, Inversion, Gravity, Reflection, Purification, Shattering

By the time the functions of these cards were explained one by one, it was already late at night.

"You're really amazing. It's indeed very concise and clear, and easy to use. How did you come up with all of this?"

Kira took a sip of hot milk: "Is it difficult? Once you've seen more magic, you'll naturally know which magic is more powerful. With a direction, it becomes much easier."

"But... even if you get all of this now, it won't do you any good, right?"

"Why do you say that?"

"You ask why... because even including the reserves, there are only six spots in the Grand Magic Games team, right? You probably can't make it, can you? The reserve should be Natsu, after all..."

Unless that old man Makarov has gone blind!

"Hehe...that's not necessarily true!"

Cana confidently left Hope Hut, leaving Kira looking completely bewildered.

Girl, where does your confidence come from?

The next day, Kira found out where Cana's confidence came from.

That's the situation!

"Since you want the guild to show a 'new look,' then this old man won't interfere in your young people's game. Kira, you six have fun on your own!"

Gildarts said this in the guild.

"Eh??!!!" ×N

"Gildas, you...aren't you going to participate in the Grand Magic Games?!"

"Yes!"

"Did the chairman agree?"

"Hahaha... Don't worry about him! He's from the 'old era,' the new era belongs to you young people!"

Kira wiped the sweat from his brow, looking at Cana who was smugly watching him from a distance, and felt a deep sense of admiration.

It's so great to have a loving father!

Chapter 651 How much of the 30 million bonus can we get?

This summer, Crocus was more than ten times more lively than in previous years.

"Is it because of the Grand Magic Games?"

"Before this, many people had already gathered here because of the 'Great Treasure Martial Arts Competition'."

On the flat, wide streets, Kira and his companions strolled among the crowds, experiencing the prosperity of the capital of the Kingdom of Fiore, and the hustle and bustle that far exceeded that of other times of the year.

In the next few days, which are the first few days of July, the 'Grand Magic Games' will be held here. Since magic is a more valued profession than treasure hunters, there will be far more participants in this competition than in the 'Grand Treasure Games'.

"I heard that more than 60 magic guilds have signed up!"

As the guild leader and the team leader for this tournament, Makarov was well aware of all the information related to the tournament, something Kira, who never left his house, could never match.

His news surprised the several mages who were with him.

"What?! There are 60 magic guilds?!"

"What?! Only 60 magic guilds?!"

"??"

Natsu and Killer exchanged a glance, noticing the strange look in each other's eyes: What's wrong with you?

"What are you thinking, Natsu? This is a tournament involving the entire kingdom of Fiore. Sixty magic guilds are already a small number, okay?"

Happy flapped his white wings and nodded in agreement beside Natsu, "That's right, that's right..."

"Huh?! Is that so?"

In the original manga, the Grand Magic Games in X791 had over 110 magic guilds; now there are only 60, which is really a small number.

Although the original story had a rule that "a guild can only send a maximum of two teams to participate in the registration", in reality, very few magic guilds could assemble two strong teams. Most guilds only sent one team, so the number 110 should not be too exaggerated.

But after thinking about it carefully, Kira suddenly remembered something else: the Pumpkin King in the original work said that the number of teams participating in the Grand Magic Games was increasing year by year. This means that there weren't many magic guilds participating in the games at the beginning, and it was only later, as the games became more and more popular, that the number of participants increased every year.

Currently, there are probably fewer than a hundred magic guilds in the Kingdom of Fiore. With Fairy Tail at its peak and its fame spreading far and wide, most magic guilds felt they had no hope of winning and therefore did not participate in the registration. It is already quite a lot that more than 60% of the guilds participated in the competition.

So Natsu's exclamation was actually correct.

"Forget it, instead of being shocked by the number of magic guilds, let's think about how to take first place!"

Kira ignored the awkwardness and turned to another topic, "Which guild do you think will be our formidable rival?"

The others around her were indeed drawn to the topic. After a few seconds of contemplation, Erza was the first to speak up, "Blue Pegasus and Snake Princess Scale, perhaps?"

One night from 'Blue Pegasus' and Jura from 'Snake Scale' were the two most powerful mages in their respective guilds. In the past, they were equivalent to Gildarts's position in 'Fairy Tail', and both were figures that Erza found troublesome.

"And then there's 'Four-Headed Hounds,' they're a veteran guild too, they should be a formidable opponent for us, right?"

Mira smiled and brought along this guild that had a good relationship with Fairy Tail, even though Kira felt that she didn't take them seriously at all.

That makes sense. The strongest mage in the 'Four-Headed Hounds' is Pacas, who, seven years later, is only at a similar level to Elfman. The guild's overall strength is much weaker than the other two.

"Don't worry! I'm not bragging..."

The group looked at Kira upon hearing the sound, knowing he was about to start bragging.

"Those three guilds combined aren't enough for us!"

As expected... Oh, this isn't bragging.

Laxus nodded quietly, tacitly agreeing with Kira's statement.

"Speaking of which, with over 60 guilds, how do we even begin to compare them?" Erza, who always took things seriously, was the first to ask.

"Who knows?"

Makarov frowned and shook his head. He hadn't received any relevant information, only knowing that the organizers would use a special method to select teams on the day of the competition.

"Aren't there any qualifying rounds or anything like that?"

"I haven't heard of that!"

Kira was puzzled, but according to the original work, the tournament format was different every year, so it was not impossible that there was no preliminary round.

As they were talking, the group arrived at their hotel.

The rest of the guild had arrived earlier. They had gone to register for the tournament, familiarize themselves with the environment of Crocus, and... check if there were any strong players online on the streets.