A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

“Kirasan, this guy…”

"Don't worry! He can't cause any trouble!"

Kira shook his head: "Let them settle their own scores!"

"In today's match!"

Chapter 680 Hunting

In order to prevent the reputation of the competition organizers from further declining, the announcer decided to start the competition at the organizers' request.

"Before we officially begin, please have the eight contestants take this!"

The mysterious pumpkin man appeared on the judging panel at some point and came to Kira and the others, followed by several staff members carrying special sniper rifles.

"firearms??"

"What are they trying to do?"

The South Chinese man gestured with his hands to explain, "Today's competition is called 'Hunting,' and since it's hunting, there naturally needs to be guns, like pumpkins!"

Kira raised his hand in a gesture of protest: "Even for hunting, isn't using firearms a bit too dangerous?"

Upon hearing the sound, the air fell silent, and everyone stared at Kira with strange looks: "..."

Is it dangerous to use a gun?

You mages from Fairy Tail really have the nerve to say that...

Yesterday, Laxus was able to punch that big guy to pieces. You're even stronger than him. The danger posed by mere guns is nothing compared to your magic, right?

"Cough cough..."

The pumpkin man shook his head and explained, "This is a magic gun with a maximum range of one kilometer. Just pull the trigger, and it will automatically absorb the magic power of the mage and turn it into paint bullets."

"These paint bullets are not very lethal, but they can leave colored marks on the target that require special methods to remove."

"Originally a toy for playing games, a pumpkin~"

Kira understood now. It was live-action CS, right? Although he had never played CS, he roughly knew what it was all about.

Pumpkin Man continued his commentary: "The paint on these eight guns is different, and each player corresponds to a color."

"The rule is to hit others as much as possible while avoiding their shots. In this process, all players are both hunters and prey."

"When the game time ends, the player who gets hit the fewest times will be in first place and will receive 10 points; the player who gets hit the most times will be the one with the most eliminations and will receive 5 points; if it's the same person, then they'll get 15 points, Pumpkin~"

After the explanation, everyone finally understood the rules of the game.

"So that's what 'hunting' is all about..."

"This doesn't feel like the 'hunting' I imagined. This should be called 'shooting,' right?"

"I've suffered a great loss; I'm not good at shooting..."

The participants took the guns and began whispering among themselves.

Because today's event was titled 'Hunting,' several guilds and many viewers assumed it was an encounter battle. As a result, most of the participants today were rough guys like Yi Ye and Pacas, who were not good at handling delicate firearms.

At this moment, the mages in the stands also heard the rules of the competition and all looked regretful.

"I should have let Jenny play. Her mechanical magic is more than enough, and she has plenty of experience using firearms."

"If it were Alzak and Bisca, they should be able to do a great job, right?"

"Is Toby alright? I thought that since it's a 'hunt,' he, being closest to the wild animal, would have the biggest advantage..."

"What a pity, our guild is full of tough guys who only use their fists, none of us know how to use firearms, WILD FOUR~"

Actually, both simple shooting and simple skirmishes are easier to arrange personnel for than the current sneaky shooting. But now we thought it was a skirmish and sent out people suitable for skirmishes, only to be told it was shooting. This is very frustrating.

Kira strongly suspected that this was intentional on the part of the organizers, who wanted to make these strong men who were not good at shooting compete in order to increase the excitement of the competition.

Just imagine, if a powerful mage, close to the Ten Wizard Saints, such as Jura or Laxus, were to be shot in various colors and look disheveled during a competition because they didn't know how to handle guns or were bad at shooting, how much of a reaction and how much buzz would that generate?

However, Kira was no match for such scheming, because he was an all-around mage with almost no weaknesses!

After the Pumpkin Man left the field, accompanied by the sound of iron clang, the competition officially began. The hunting ground slowly opened up, revealing city streets materialized by Crocus.

"What?!"

"It actually materialized a city?!"

"Wow...that's amazing!!"

"Hey, Lastiros, this is far more powerful than your magic!"

"Nonsense! How can I, alone, compare to an officially organized group? They must have used a lot of magic crystals!!"

Lastiros looked displeased. His proud magic had been outshone, and even though the other party used the power of money and technology, and was a member of the kingdom, he still felt a little embarrassed.

Because in the past few days, he has learned that there are mages in this world who can easily cause mountains to crumble and the earth to split apart with their own power. That means that as long as he is strong enough, it is possible for him to create a city using the Arc of Manifestation.

The town that the tournament organizers created for this hunting competition is a one-to-one architectural model of Crocus. Of course, this is only a part of the city, not the entire City of Flowers, since the competition venue is not that big.

The group was scattered across different locations in this materialized city, surrounded by empty streets and towering buildings. Their only means of receiving outside information was through broadcasts coming from overhead.

"The competition is now officially underway. Hunters, please conceal yourselves, try your best to spot your opponents, and then fire a shot from a distance!"

As soon as Chapati finished speaking, everyone sprang into action.

"Shooting? How boring!" Brian cursed in frustration, but still obediently carried his gun and walked towards the highest point in the city.

He was a learned man who knew where the best sniping spots were for a marksman.

One night, Packers and Toby ran around the streets with guns in their hands, searching for other people like headless flies, making so much noise that it could be heard several blocks away.

"Anyway, as long as I run fast enough, you won't be able to hit me!!"

"Idiot, how could you possibly miss!" From the shadows behind a building, Mark Beth grinned. "I've got the secret to making bullets curve!"

Since this competition wasn't a direct confrontation, he was confident that he could achieve good results with his twisting magic.

On the other side, Dixi Zu stared blankly at the gun in his hand, his expression indifferent.

When he was at the research institute, he had tried using Silver's magical firearms a few times. Therefore, although he was not an expert in shooting, he was not completely clueless either.

"Wait! This competition doesn't seem to prohibit the use of magic, does it? I need to think carefully about how to use my magic to maximize its effectiveness..."

Desizhu is the Fly Dragon Slayer.

In this world, "fly" refers to the concept of plague and disease.

In Kira's understanding, the prototype of this concept most likely comes from Beelzebub, the "Fly King," who was regarded as the demon who caused disease in the myth of the seventy-two demons of Solomon in the West.

Just like Natsu eats fire and Laxus eats lightning, Decezhu eats anything that can cause disease, usually a collection of germs or viruses, so his magic is naturally the same.

Generally, it manifests as the ability to multiply and detonate pathogens within an opponent's body in various forms, causing them to become ill and lose their ability to fight, which is somewhat similar to the poisonous properties of Mark Beth.

"As expected, releasing germs with the wind at the right time, or implanting germs the instant the bullet is fired, is the simplest method, right?"

Thinking of this, Dixi Zu looked up to sense the wind direction for the day, then turned and walked towards the upwind side.

There are only eight people on the field, and everyone except yourself is an enemy.

Kira had already unleashed his magical perception; with his strength, covering the entire city with his perception was no problem at all, so he immediately locked onto everyone's location.

Brian, who was heading to the highest point, Mark Beth, who was hiding, Dixiezu, who was getting further and further away, and One Night, who was running around aimlessly, all knew the exact location of everyone.

It's as satisfying as having a cheat code like X-ray vision in a game!

"The closest person to me right now is... Timaria?"

In Kira's perception, Timalia was only two or three streets away, less than 300 meters away as the crow flies, making her the closest one, and she was still moving towards his location.

That immense and unique magic was more dazzling and eye-catching than anyone else's, like a piece of incredibly delicious lean beef. Just the smell alone was enough to make one's mouth water, and it kept tempting one, shouting, "Come eat me... come eat me..." How could one resist it?

"Hehehe... Since you delivered yourself to my door, you can't blame your brother for not giving you face."

Chapter 681 Timaria: I believe Kira is a sensible person.

As a toy gun, Kira's magical gun doesn't need to be loaded; it can be fired as soon as it's raised, greatly reducing the difficulty of the game.

Kira glanced at the surrounding buildings, then picked up his gun and used flight magic to take off, quickly arriving at a high and concealed location.

Looking down, a figure dressed in light clothing came into view.

Timalia held a gun in her hand, looking around warily. Her short blond hair swayed as she shook her head, and her half-naked chest swayed rhythmically. Although it was a coincidence, it became the best prop to confuse the hunter.

Whether it's her immense charisma or being the only female shooter in the match, Timalia has attracted the attention of many viewers from the very beginning. Her position and actions are the primary focus of the competition, even surpassing Kira's presence.

And now, even Kira's gaze is on her.

"Great, great... just walking around on the street like that, it's like they don't even consider other archers as opponents!"

Kira knew this was because Timaria had absolute confidence in her magic.

The Time Seal can stop time within the area covered by magic. This almost bug-like magic allows Timaria to easily complete a series of actions the instant she detects a bullet attack: dodging bullets, locking onto the gunman's position, moving behind the opponent, firing wildly, and gracefully leaving.

Just thinking about it makes me realize how much of an advantage this process would have in such a competition. As for the extent of Timalia's magical influence…

She is a 'female knight who gallops across the battlefield'!

In the original manga, she led a large army to invade the Kingdom of Fiore and could move freely in and out of a massive army of unknown numbers. Therefore, the range of her magic must cover at least the entire army. Covering this venue would be a piece of cake for her.

In fact, she could have stopped time right now, slowly found the other people, and then opened fire, but Timalia didn't do that because she knew Kira was there.

During the last S-class assessment of Fairy Tail, Kira clearly broke through Timaria's Time Seal, so she knew that her move was useless against Kira, and might even be broken by him directly, which would be counterproductive.

So Timalia's current idea is simple: avoid Kira as much as possible and get shooting points from other people.

Timalia straightened her back and strode forward: "Hmph! Kira Hopelight... As long as you don't hit me, I won't bother you. I hope you'll behave yourself!"

She believed Kira was a sensible person and wouldn't act rashly!

Kira raised his gun, ready to take the first kill of the match: "Take this, Timaria!"

Bang! ! !

A sudden gunshot shattered the silence of the street.