A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"Oh no?! I forgot to mute it!!"

"What?! Who's firing a gun?!"

Kira, who fired the shot, and Timalia, who was shot, both cried out in surprise and then reacted simultaneously.

Timalia stopped time around her, then quickly lunged forward, crouched down, turned around and looked back at her original spot. When she looked up again, she saw a red paint bullet frozen in mid-air.

The red bullet represents that Kira was the one who fired the shot.

"That bastard!!"

With gritted teeth and burning with rage, Timalia identified the direction from which the bullet had been fired and charged toward it without stopping!

However, after taking only two steps forward, Timalia forcibly suppressed her anger and stopped.

"We can't go... we wouldn't be able to win!"

"Hold on! You must hold on!"

At this moment, Timalia was like a little girl who had been bullied by a bad uncle outside. She was furious, but powerless to fight back. She could only wait until she got home and asked her parents to intervene.

"No, I can't stand it! At least fire a shot to express my anger!!"

The more she tried to hold back, the angrier she became; the more she retreated, the more she felt she had lost out. Timalia could no longer contain her temper and raised her sniper rifle, firing a shot in the direction from which the bullet had come.

Bang!

"Not enough? Let's do it again!!"

Thud! Thud! Thud! ...

As one of the Twelve Shields, Timaria's magical energy is naturally immense. In the entire arena, she has the most magic energy besides Kira. In this hunting ground where magic is bullets, she essentially has the second largest ammunition arsenal after Kira.

After firing a bunch of random shots and finding no movement from the other side, Timalia resumed the flow of time.

Whoosh—smack!

The paused time finally resumed, and the red paintballs that had been frozen in the air finally landed, leaving a red paint stain on the ground.

Did they escape?

Looking at the lone red mark on the ground, Timalia was furious.

The audience seemed to awaken from a dream.

In their time, all they saw was Kira shoot Timalia, and Timalia vanished instantly after the shot was fired; the bullet had missed its target.

"That damn Kira! With so many people around, he was the first to shoot at a girl?!"

"What happened?! Where did my Timalia sauce go?"

"Look! Kira's gone too!!"

"There are so many paintball marks there! Timaria fired the shot!! But when..."

Before the competition began, Kira and the others had already tested the guns to ensure their functionality, so both the participants and the spectators knew the color of everyone's bullets.

Kira's paint bullets are red, while Timalia's paint bullets are gold, making them easy to distinguish.

Kira and Timalia vanished from the crystal screen in an instant, causing an uproar in the audience, but they quickly reappeared on another screen.

"Over there!!"

"When did they get there? They were so fast!!"

"Could it be spatial magic?"

"No... if it's spatial magic, then what's with the golden bullet marks there? Those were left after Timalia fired the gun, right?"

Although magic in the Kingdom of Fiore is not as widespread as in the Alvarez Empire, more than 70% of the spectators here are mages, so they are not surprised by strange and unusual magic.

However, even so, they did not associate it with the idea of ​​time stopping.

It's not that we couldn't think of it, but influenced by certain books, most people believe that it would be more reasonable for a man to be the user of the magic of stopping time.

"So... Kira and the other guy just had a shooting battle without us even seeing it?"

"No... it should just be Kira testing the waters, and then Timaria retaliating, because there are no more red marks on the ground."

At the 'Emperor's Shield' position, Agil looked at Timalia, whose face was full of anger, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha... I never thought Timaria would slip up! This is the first time I've ever seen that woman make that expression! That Kira guy is pretty good!!"

August shook his head. He only felt sorry for Agil, who was a terrible guy. His magical talent was quite good, but his temperament was too bad.

After yesterday's defeat, Inbel, who is of similar strength, has toned down his arrogance considerably. Shame has spurred him to action, and with his arrogance worn away, he should go much further on the path of magic in the future.

In comparison, Agil has not suffered enough. In his current state, he is far from being able to succeed the Alvarez Empire!

"Kira Hopelight is no ordinary person; her magical talent might even surpass mine!"

"Are you serious, Mr. August? That kid??"

Agil has yet to see Kira in action, so he has a very unclear understanding of Kira's strength.

"Don't underestimate the strong in this world, Agil, he's very strong!"

Inside the arena, the sudden gunshot startled the other six players.

"Is it starting already?"

"What a pity, it seems the first shot was unsuccessful..."

"Are you over there? Whoever it is, I'm coming!! WILD FOUR!!!"

(Audience: Doesn't that guy have any sense of self-preservation at all?!)

"It's the scent of a woman's anger, MEN~"

(Audience: What kind of nose is that?!)

……

"What a pity... that last shot."

Kira, who had already climbed onto another building, put down the magic sniper rifle that was aimed at his original position. "I actually forgot to turn on the silencer. In the end, Timaria didn't even rush up to check. We missed two opportunities for nothing!"

"But never mind, let's let her go for now."

Kira cast a distortion spell around himself to prevent bullets from sneaking in, and a silencing spell within three feet to prevent sound from leaking out, before starting to walk toward the next target within his magical perception range.

Chapter 682 Brian: These young people nowadays have no sportsmanship and resort to sneak attacks!

Mark Beth found Brian's hiding place.

"Is that place... the highest point in this virtual city? It's hard to imagine this guy going to a place like that... I thought he would just wreak havoc."

In his memory, his 'father' suffered from dissociative identity disorder. His inner personality was Wu, a madman who only knew how to destroy. In contrast, his outer personality, Brian, was more intelligent. He was a shrewd and calculating schemer and ambitious man. There must be a reason why he was standing so openly in such a conspicuous place.

'Chief' Brian possesses magical knowledge and wisdom far exceeding that of ordinary people, and is proficient in hundreds of spells, including extremely rare ancient texts, which greatly enhances his calculation ability.

Ancient texts are like magic, similar to using a network computer or a supercomputer. Depending on the user's magical power, this magic will exhibit different levels of transmission speed, storage capacity, and calculation modes...

Brian's ancient documents are undoubtedly superior to the 'Blue Pegasus'!

Through this magic, Brian can collect and calculate all the information within the arena, and then simulate the best combat strategy, essentially carrying a 'fairy strategist' with him.

Inside a building, by the window, Mark Beth leaned his magic sniper rifle against the windowsill, his eyes fixed on the white-haired figure in the distance through the scope.

"I'm sorry, although you haven't directly wronged me, for our future, it's best if you disappear!"

With a cold laugh, Mark Beth pulled the trigger.

Bang-!

The purple paintball shot out, leaving a faint purple trail in the air.

"Mark Beth struck first!"

Eric and the others looked grave. They knew that Mark Beth's move was tantamount to declaring war on Brian. "This guy is really decisive..."

"In Kira's words, it's 'a loving father and a filial son,' right?"

Lisa chuckled frivolously, but noticing the strange looks he was getting, he quickly suppressed his smile and coughed awkwardly. "Speaking of which, with so many people available to shoot, why bother looking for the 'leader'?"

"...Perhaps he wants to say a formal goodbye to the past?"

Brian reacted quickly, or rather, all mages who have cultivated magic to a certain level have enough experience in sensing danger to deal with sudden crises.

He suddenly ducked his head in an unbelievable way, and a purple bullet grazed his head.

"That was really dangerous!"

"Penetrating!!"

Having determined the direction, Brian made a decisive move, raising his hand and unleashing a piercing, emerald-green magic spell.

bang bang bang...

The powerful energy easily broke through the architectural barrier between the two, leaving a huge hole in each wall, but when it hit the last wall, the magic suddenly changed direction and fell straight to the ground.

"Tch! You're quite skilled at it..."

Brian muttered a complaint, then changed direction and continued waiting for prey to come to him.

This scene left the audience stunned. Although they had seen Mark Beth and Brian clashing before the competition began, they really didn't expect that the two of them would use such destructive magic as soon as they met... no, they hadn't even met yet.

Is the hatred really that great?

"Hey... this competition should be a 'hunt' using gunfights, not a hunt using magic, right?"

"Who cares, as long as we enjoy watching!"

As soon as Brian arrived at his new spot, he felt a breeze blowing from afar. His position was high up, with almost no shelter around him, so there was nothing to block the wind.

If it were just ordinary wind, that would be fine, but this wind is clearly not ordinary; it has something else mixed in.

"Hmm? This wind is strange!"

The moment Brian felt the wind on his skin, he immediately became alert and noticed its unusual nature.

If there were someone who could observe the microscopic world at this moment, they would see countless germs crawling on Brian's body, and the number of germs would increase, one after another, crawling into his body from his eyes, nose, ears and other places.

"What's wrong? My stomach is starting to hurt, and my head is feeling dizzy..."