Moonlight sprinkled over the royal capital, and atop the huge statue outside the royal palace, a man and two women, all cloaked in black robes, stood silently, observing the movements of the royal palace.
The illegal guild Crime Sorcière, formed with the mission of eliminating the sins left behind by Zeref, would naturally appear after learning that the magic device created by Zeref, the Eclipse Gate, was about to be activated.
Ultear looked at Jellal and said, "Fairy Tail is staying not far away. Are you sure you don't want to take a look at her?"
Jellal was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The current me isn't qualified to see her. Let's finish the task at hand first."
Ultear shook her head and said, "What a twisted man!"
However, Ultear really didn't have much say on this issue. After all, she was mainly responsible for causing the current situation.
Meredy on the side quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, will the special situation that Master Drake asked us to monitor definitely appear?"
Ultear said, "According to my knowledge, it should be impossible. But after all, it's something created by Zeref. Anything could happen."
Ultear could be said to be an authority in the field of time. The Lost Magic she possessed, "Arc of Time," was one of the few known time-based magic.
Based on Ultear's understanding of time, it was impossible to travel through time with a mage's magic.
After all, she had thought more than once about going back to the past, before she and her mother Ur separated, to change everything.
It was precisely because of this that she knew that it was a forbidden area that would invite the curse of the gods just by trying it.
But Zeref was different. He was already synonymous with taboo, and had carried the curse of the gods for who knew how long.
If anyone could achieve interference in the realm of time, then Zeref was definitely the only one.
So even though Drake had said that it was unbelievable that someone might travel through time, they still came to monitor it in person.
Just when the three thought that they would get nothing, Jellal suddenly took a step forward, and his expression became serious.
"Ultear, did you feel it?"
Ultear showed the same expression, and nodded, saying, "Yeah, a strange magic power fluctuation and a weak Zeref magic power reaction! It seems that Drake was right again!"
Jellal said, "According to Drake's words, this shouldn't happen if everything goes smoothly.
We have to quickly find that person and ask what happened in the future!"
Ultear agreed and said, "Then let's split up and search! After finding that person, go directly to Fairy Tail's place of residence and meet up."
The three looked at each other, and then instantly disappeared from the spot.
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Crocus Garden Hotel. Luvia had made things quite difficult for her in today's competition, so Lucy had gone to bed early.
But the Lucy on the bed had a painful expression on her face, and her brows were tightly furrowed, as if she was having a nightmare.
That was indeed the case. The perspective in Lucy's dream was dark and gloomy.
Flames and darkness collided back and forth in mid-air, and finally the darkness completely devoured the flames.
On the ruins of Fairy Tail, a claw covered in scales slapped down on it, and the burning Fairy Tail flag turned to ashes in mid-air.
Tears blurred her vision, and there were no companions around her.
A familiar figure walked over from behind, standing between Lucy and the black claw.
"Hey! You bastard, how dare you hurt my family, my comrades!"
"Natsu, don't push yourself. There's no way. Even Drake has failed. We have no hope anymore!"
Lucy felt that she must have suffered the most severe blow to say such a thing, but then Natsu turned his head and showed his usual smiling face.
"I will never despair!"
As Natsu spoke, the owner of the black claw lowered his head, and powerful magic power gathered in his opened mouth.
In the next second, Lucy woke up with a start, sitting up straight.
Wiping away the tears that had flowed down her eyes, Lucy couldn't shake off that feeling of sadness and despair for a long time.
"That's strange. Was I too tired today? Why would I have such a dream!"
Lucy yawned in confusion, and lay back down in the quilt.
In another room, Drake received a magic communication from Ultear, and couldn't help but sigh.
He now had the same thoughts as Jellal and the others. Since someone had come from the future, then that meant that something had gone wrong with his plan. It was very likely that it had also led to some tragedy.
Compared to questioning what he had done wrong, Drake was more worried about that future visitor.
No matter who that person was, they must have experienced unimaginable pain to choose to travel through the Eclipse Gate back to this time, hoping to change something.
And all he could do was to use the information he obtained from that person to create a future where the tragedy wouldn't happen.
Drake really couldn't be sure where his plan would go wrong now. He could only wait for news from Jellal's side.
The jumbled thoughts kept Drake awake all night, and he came to the audience seats the next day, yawning.
With Drake's mental strength, he wouldn't feel a lack of energy even if he didn't sleep for a month. It was just that he was now mentally and physically exhausted, so he looked particularly tired.
What was strange was that Lucy also had dark circles under her eyes, looking like she hadn't gotten enough sleep. Levy thought that she hadn't recovered from yesterday's battle yet, so she worriedly asked her if she was alright.
Lucy showed a wry smile, and waved her hand, saying that she didn't need to worry. Levy saw that she was indeed just a little tired, so she didn't ask any further.
Drake comforted the worried Stella, and then began to watch the competition on the second day.
The first competition on the second day was Natsu and Kagura, but what was bad was that the content of the competition was chariot racing.
All the contestants would walk on fast-moving carriages connected end to end, and would be scored according to their ranking when they passed the finish line while not being thrown off.
This was hitting Natsu's weakness head-on. Not to mention walking, it was already amazing that Natsu could move normally on the chariot.
Although Fairy Tail had two teams participating, everyone had agreed before the competition that everyone would be opponents on the field, and they wouldn't cover for their teammates in the same guild.
Everyone had their own pride, and wanted to win the victory, but they wouldn't rely on dishonorable means.
So Natsu didn't ask Kagura for help, and Kagura didn't help Natsu, so the result was naturally that Natsu only got last place.
What goes around comes around. This time, Gray mocked Natsu to his heart's content. As a result, the two started fighting again.
While the two were fighting, the battle portion of the second half also began.
Because the participating players in the battle portion were designated by the organizers, there was no room for strategy.
The first to go on stage for Fairy Tail was Gajeel, and his opponent was Bacchus from Quatro Cerberus.
In the first Grand Magic Games, Bacchus's mentality had been broken by Drake because of his foul mouth. However, it seemed that he had recovered in the past six years.
On the field, he also expressed his regret for not meeting Drake, and seemed to want to regain face here with Drake.
But his Drunk Four-Legged didn't break through Gajeel's steel defense, and he eventually lost the match.
The second match for Fairy Tail was more magical. Jenny from Blue Pegasus proposed to decide the victory not by fighting, but by a pin-up girl showdown.
Given Erza's occasional off-the-rails behavior, she naturally agreed.
According to Jenny, the opponent she most wanted to meet was Mirajane. Seven years ago, the two had been competing for the title of number one pin-up girl. And now, she was indeed sitting firmly on that throne.
But Erza looked very interested. God knows why there were so many strange clothes stored in her Requip magic.
As a result, she actually won against Jenny with her versatile style.
Jenny, who had a strong desire to win, was about to attack immediately, but there was no way a cover girl could be a match for the Fairy Queen, and she was instantly killed.
Fairy Tail thus achieved a complete victory in the battle portion.
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