The third day of the competition continued in full swing, with the Pandemonium event.
Pandemonium was a special building made with magic, containing a total of 100 monsters of four ranks: S, A, B, C, and D.
According to the order of the draw, each person entered Pandemonium in turn, choosing the number of monsters to challenge. That number of monsters would appear randomly, and the rank was unpredictable.
It was said that one of the S-rank monsters possessed the strength of a Wizard Saint! But that was just talk. The kingdom lacked an understanding of powerful mages after all.
Although the Wizard Saints did perform a bit poorly, as if anyone could come and try to take their place, everyone was top-notch in terms of magic power level, magic skills, and combat literacy.
It was just that every time the Wizard Saints appeared in the original plot, it was either against people of the same level or against people who were breaking the mold, so they seemed unworthy of the title of the best in the continent.
That S-rank monster in Pandemonium, if it was pulled out, would just be a toy for the Wizard Saints.
This time, Laxus stole Erza's script. After drawing the first spot, he directly challenged one hundred monsters.
Erza had indeed experienced a bitter battle in the original plot, mainly because she had overused her magic power.
Laxus had it much easier. After all, as a Dragon Slayer, he could devour magic of the same attribute to replenish his own magic power.
A few of the one hundred monsters in Pandemonium used lightning magic, allowing Laxus to find an opportunity to replenish his magic power, and finally sweep through Pandemonium.
Then the progress was the same as in the original plot. Laxus took all the points, and the other contestants could only determine their ranking through a magic power test.
Cana used Fairy Glitter, which the First had authorized her to use, and scored an explosive value, taking second place.
But then an accident occurred in the subsequent battle.
Raven Tail cheated in the competition with Fairy Tail, using illusion magic to cover the arena.
Although Drake saw through their tricks, he didn't do anything, because Laxus was on the field.
Although he had experienced a bitter battle in Pandemonium, Laxus would definitely not lose to a hidden and sneaky guy.
Sure enough, after the illusion magic was dispelled, what was revealed was the entire Raven Tail team lying on the ground.
And the black-robed person in the lead also revealed his true face.
In the last match of the first Grand Magic Games, someone had used the same means to besiege Drake, wanting to learn the location of Fairy Tail's secret - Lumen Histoire - from Drake's mouth.
That person was Makarov's son, and also Laxus's father, Ivan, who had betrayed Fairy Tail long ago.
In that competition, Drake had revealed that the members of Raven Tail were demons from the Books of Zeref, so Raven Tail was directly redefined by the Magic Council as a dark guild.
He didn't expect that he hadn't given up, and had occupied Raven Tail in a cuckoo's nest fashion, returning to the Grand Magic Games arena again.
But he wouldn't think that Laxus was still dissatisfied with Fairy Tail in his impression, and could be used by him?
For those who had been expelled from the guild and still wanted to harm the guild, Laxus didn't show any mercy, even if the other party was his own father.
And Raven Tail was directly stripped of their qualifications to participate in the competition because they had violated multiple competition rules.
To be honest, Drake felt that he was being targeted. The fact that Laxus was arranged to go on stage revealed a strange aura inside and out.
This match was Ivan's last chance to contact Fairy Tail alone before the final on the last day. And the opponent was Laxus, which was clearly what Ivan wanted.
It was hard not to associate this with the kingdom intentionally cooperating with Ivan.
Coupled with his lack of energy, Drake was particularly irritable. After hearing this news, even his companions were startled by the sudden burst of magic power from Drake.
Drake controlled his emotions, and squeezed Stella's hand, which had grabbed his, to indicate that he was alright.
Fortunately, the bad things finally came to an end. When Drake returned to the hotel, he saw the three members of Crime Sorcière, who had brought a familiar yet unfamiliar person.
"So it's still you who came back from the future? Lucy!"
That's right, the person in front of him was Lucy, but she was completely different from the optimistic and strong Lucy that Drake was familiar with.
Sadness, pain, despair... just by seeing Lucy's haggard face, everyone could feel these emotions.
For a moment, Drake didn't know how to ask what had happened in the future. The others also remained silent, not knowing what to say.
Lucy looked at her face, and remembered the nightmare she had had last night. That might not have been a nightmare, but she had seen part of her future self's memories.
Future Lucy wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and forced a smile, saying, "It's so good to be able to see everyone again!"
Natsu gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "It's not good at all. You've become unlike Lucy!"
If it were normal, there would be many people in the guild who would jump out and ridicule Natsu's statement, but no one was in that mood now.
This time, Future Lucy's smile had a bit more of her former feeling, and she said, "As expected, Natsu is still the same!"
Future Lucy took the hand of her past self, and said, "I came back to prevent everything from happening! Even if it's already a different world, it's enough as long as you don't suffer our tragedy!"
Drake said, "So our plan went wrong? The Eclipse Gate was still opened?"
Future Lucy shook her head and said, "No, Drake, you protected me from the kingdom, and the Eclipse Gate wasn't opened!"
Lucy suddenly said, "Then Acnologia appeared, and did he kill everyone?"
Future Lucy looked into Lucy's eyes, and guessed that this past self of hers might have discovered something.
However, Future Lucy shook her head and said, "Acnologia was indeed the cause of everything, but not entirely Acnologia!"
Even Drake showed a confused expression at this. But he didn't ask any further, and just quietly waited for Future Lucy's explanation.
Future Lucy had come to change the future in the first place, and didn't keep anyone in suspense, saying directly, "I actually came from seven years later. Acnologia suddenly appeared, but Drake was already very strong at that time. Although the battle was difficult, he still defeated Acnologia with everyone's joint efforts."
Everyone couldn't help but look at Drake. To be honest, Acnologia was still everyone's psychological shadow, and they didn't expect that Drake could actually defeat him!
Future Lucy didn't have any smile on her face. Instead, she became even more sad, and continued, "But the nightmare had only just begun!
Later, we learned that the magic power fluctuations that had changed on the day of the Dragon King Festival, combined with the powerful magic power that had already gathered in the Eclipse Gate, had created a magic life form.
That magic life form took over Acnologia's corpse, becoming the Undead Black Dragon - the true source of disaster in this world.
The Undead Black Dragon not only possessed all of Acnologia's abilities, but even devoured Zeref, eventually becoming the undying and indestructible Wings of True Despair.
In the end, even Drake couldn't defeat It anymore. If you want to defeat It, there's no other way. You have to prevent everything from happening before It appears."
After listening to Future Lucy's words, Drake began to think.
In the original plot, that black life form that had caused Rogue to turn evil in the future was said to be Rogue's own dark side, and Drake also suspected that it was related to the Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic he possessed.
But now it seemed that it couldn't be separated from the Eclipse Gate.
However, it turned out that it still needed the growth of Rogue's own dark side to affect Rogue, but this time it could actually cause such a great disaster.
Drake's eyes lit up. Perhaps whether the Eclipse Gate was opened or not was the key!
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