A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"It would be so embarrassing to lose to him..."

"But he can fly!!"

In terms of long-distance travel speed, even with the best stamina, one can normally not outrun a flying creature; this is a racial difference!

"So what if it can fly? Just shoot it down! I don't want to lose to that kind of guy..."

"Speaking of Beyonders... they're not exactly human, are they...?"

Sherry seemed to be deep in thought, a sly glint in her bright eyes.

As soon as Er Ye entered the arena, he felt an inexplicable malice. His body trembled involuntarily three times, and he took half a step back, looking warily at the group of tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves around him.

Then the group turned their attention to the last person, from 'Emperor's Shield', the guild that is ranked first alongside 'Fairy Tail'. Today, they sent a middle-aged man dressed in a suit who looked like a gentleman.

"Speaking of this uncle... he doesn't look like someone who can run a race..."

Jacob Scholeo, a legendary assassin in the world of assassination!

Noticing the gazes of the crowd, Jacob simply smiled. His appearance was somewhat comical, but he seemed gentle and elegant, without any hint of menace: "Don't let my appearance fool you, I have plenty of stamina!"

How could a qualified assassin be physically weak?

Amid cheers from the audience, a long track appeared in the arena.

The track is built around the inner side of the arena and is 5 kilometers long. It has many obstacles, and you need to overcome these obstacles to reach the finish line, which looks very challenging.

Chapati, once again radiating enthusiasm, announced the rules of today's competition to the eager contestants and the passionate audience.

"Today's competition will determine the winners through a 'race,' with the top three finishers receiving 15, 10, and 5 points respectively."

"Now, everyone to your positions! Ready—!!"

Bang! !

With the sound of a gunshot, the race officially began.

Laxus took the lead, transforming into lightning and speeding along. His figure appeared and disappeared intermittently, and all the others could see was a streak of golden lightning rushing forward on the track at an astonishing speed.

"What is that??"

"It's Laxus, the one who defeated the Eighteen War Gods of Calamity the day before yesterday!!"

"That's going too far! It can actually turn into lightning. Lightning is so fast, what's the point of the rest of us comparing ourselves to it?"

"Wow, that's amazing!! Laxus truly lives up to his reputation as the fastest man in the guild!"

As the people around him gasped and gasped, Laxus grew increasingly smug, a cold smile playing on his lips, completely absorbed in the honor of being the 'fastest man'.

"Why does that guy look like he's really enjoying himself...?"

Kira couldn't understand. Was being called the 'fastest man' really an honor? A man... shouldn't be too fast, right?

Leading the pack in second place was Sawyer of the Witch's Sin. The new magic he had developed over the past two years could both reduce the perception of others and increase his own speed. In addition, his magic power was not low—at least at the Fairy Tail A-rank level—so he seemed to be doing it with ease.

"Apart from that guy, I'm very confident in my speed!!"

Sawyer has faced Laxus before. When the guild alliance attacked the Oración Seis, Laxus intervened and punched one of them, knocking the Oración Seis down. This left a deep psychological scar on Sawyer, which hasn't completely faded even now.

He even remembers that the punch was aimed at his nose!

"Every time I see news about that guy, my nose starts to ache... Ugh! It's hurting again now!!"

Looking at the golden lightning ahead, Sawyer felt that no matter how much magic he channeled, he could never catch up with it.

Running in third place on the track is Kolai, a second-generation Dragon Slayer Mage from the 'Heart of the Dragon', also known as the Shadow Dragon Slayer Mage.

She transformed into a shadow and lurked underground, her speed equally astonishing. Moreover, in this state, she could ignore the obstacles on the track, achieving two goals at once.

And if there are people underground, then there are naturally people in the sky.

"Look! What's that in the sky?!"

A gasp suddenly rang out from the crowd. Everyone looked up and, sure enough, saw another... no, two figures in the sky!

One of them was Niya, who used wing magic to spread his wings and fly ahead with all his might. He looked distressed and was in tears. Since he couldn't move his body, he could only use his expression to tell everyone how unwilling he was at this moment.

The other one is... Sherry, who used the magic 'puppet show' on Niya and controlled Niya to fly with her.

"what……"

"This……"

One night, in a fit of rage, he stood up for his best friend. If Hibiki, Jenny, and others hadn't stopped him, he would have jumped onto the judges' stage to compare heights with Chapati.

"That's too much! That's too much!! That's a foul! A foul!!"

"Calm down, One Night Boss! Magic has never been prohibited in this competition, so it's perfectly normal for the opponent to use magic. If you leave the stage, we'll be the ones who are truly committing a foul!!"

What could he do all night? He could only swallow his tears and watch his good brother being driven around in the air, feeling immense pain in his heart.

"Women are truly terrifying..."

"That's too absolute a statement! But that guy's actions were indeed outrageous!!"

Kira thought of the story from his past life about the order of the twelve zodiac animals. The cunning rat bullied the honest and simple ox and took the first place of the twelve zodiac animals. It seemed that the rat used the same method!

The only difference is that the rat rode on the ox's head and stole his zodiac chief—a scheme known as the 'ox-head scheme,' which is often used by later generations to describe acts of encroaching on other people's property; while Shirley in front of them was being held captive by Erye.

Wow! Look! What's underneath that skirt!

"Oh, oh, oh!! I'm sorry! I suddenly don't think she's so awful anymore..."

"Me too!"

"Me too……"

"What? A wicked woman? Open your eyes and look closely! She's so beautiful, flying in the sky, with white wings on her back—what is she? She's clearly an angel!!"

"That's right! It's an angel!!"

"Angel!! Angel!!..."

Chapter 702 Assassination on the Track

"What angel?!"

"Do these people even have eyes?!"

"With such heavy makeup, such pink hair, and such a fiery aura, how could this woman possibly be an angel?!"

"I don't understand!!"

"No matter how you look at it, I'm the one who looks more like an angel, okay?!"

Sora was so anxious that she stomped her feet and her chest ached with anger. She was so angry that she wanted to fly up to the sky and show those blind fools who was more like an angel.

Looking at their angry companion, the others ultimately swallowed back their sarcastic remark, "You're actually more like a goose." Having known each other for so long and collaborated so many times, they could already imagine what would happen if they said those words.

It's best not to say too much that could undermine unity.

On the track, Laxus transformed into lightning, Sawyer lowered his senses, Niya took Sherry into the sky, and Kolai burrowed underground. The remaining two, Jacob and Nobali, could only follow behind and run slowly.

Augustus sent Jacob, something Kira hadn't anticipated.

But upon closer inspection, the only people the opponent could send out were Jacob and Larcade. Larcade... although he was very strong, he was clearly not suitable for participating in a physical competition like 'speed racing', either mentally or physically.

"This gentleman, who seems to have such elegant manners, is incredibly fast?!"

The audience was quite surprised to see that figure on the track who remained calm and composed.

As a professional assassin, Jacob's physical skills are second to none among the Twelve Shields. As for the others... August's magic automatically replicates physical skills, Larcade has a special physique by nature, and Irene has a special physique acquired later in life. These three are all cheat codes and cannot be compared. As for the others, none of them can compare to Jacob.

In the manga, he was the only one who demonstrated the ability to overpower a group of Fairy Tail mages with his physical skills, while the other members of the Twelve Shields, such as Imber, Timaria, and Neinhardt, were all sent flying by a single punch. This alone is enough to show that there is a significant difference in their physical skills.

Jacob didn't disappoint August; he made his move not long after the match started!

"Disappear..."

With a gentle wave of his right hand, the 'assassination' magic was silently activated, banishing Nobali, who had been ignored since the start of the competition, to another dimension.

Pick the softest persimmon first. Current opponent: -1. Number of remaining opponents: 5.

Having done all this, Jacob nodded in satisfaction, then made himself invisible and disappeared from the track.

Only then did everyone realize that something was wrong.

"Odo—!"

"They're gone! Drivers Nobali and Jacob have disappeared from the track!!"

"Where did they go? Ugh~ I have absolutely no idea! But they should still be on this track, right? They should still be participating in the competition, right?!"

"Ah!! Look!! Kolai is gone too!!"

"What on earth is going on?! What kind of magic is this?!"

"It's spatial magic, isn't it..."

Some people with a little knowledge, such as Mavis, Makarov, Jura, and Brian, had already recognized the magic that Jacob was using and were secretly alarmed.

"I never expected that this 'Emperor's Shield' would have a mage of this caliber!"

"They have far too many high-end combatants, even more than Fairy Tail! Every single one of them who has appeared so far has the strength to rival the Ten Wizard Saints. This guild might even be stronger than Fairy Tail!"

"They might just win the Grand Magic Games like this... It's so frustrating! It's supposed to be a competition by the Magic Guild of the Kingdom of Fiore, but a bunch of newbies who came out of nowhere stole the show..."

"Our only hope now is Fairy Tail..."

Unbeknownst to them, some viewers, in their unconscious conversations, elevated the competition to an unwarranted level.

Three minutes passed quickly.

The obstacles on the road are increasing, to the point where they can no longer be overcome by simply charging around. Instead, one must use parkour-like techniques to traverse obstacles such as iron rocks, iron nets, and iron pillars in order to continue moving forward.

This forced Laxus to stop using his lightning transformation and start using a more agile method to clear the level.

"He's stopped! Laxus has stopped because of an obstacle!!"

"Sawyer, who was following behind him, seems to be catching up soon. Will he get stuck on the obstacles like Laxus? And what about Jacob, Nobali, and Kola, who are currently hiding somewhere, preparing to launch a sneak attack..."

Chapati was unaware that the people she had just mentioned were actually banished by Jacob's spatial magic. She simply assumed they were hiding, preparing to snatch the winning spots at the last minute.

The transparent Jacob raised his hand, his gaze fixed on Niya and Sherry in the air: "Come on! Let me see where your weakness lies..."