Ignoring Natsu, who was clamoring to burn Acnologia to ashes, everyone began to discuss what to do next.
Mavis's ghost said, "In that case, we'll have to change our approach to the Eclipse Gate."
Drake agreed. The most critical point of the future disaster was the birth of that dark magic life form. Solving the problem from this root cause was the most appropriate thing to do.
Mavis continued, "So what we have to do isn't to prevent the Eclipse Gate from opening, but to open the Eclipse Gate and release the huge amount of magic power accumulated within it."
Makarov continued, "That way, without that magic power, the dark magic life form won't appear!"
Drake couldn't help but regret it. If he had known about this, he would have simply destroyed the Eclipse Gate seven years ago. Now he could only do his best to remedy the situation.
Drake looked at Future Lucy, and said solemnly, "We will never waste the opportunity to change fate that you brought back from the future! I promise you, we will definitely create a future where everyone can be happy!"
Large tears flowed from Lucy's eyes, and she showed a smile through her tears.
"Yeah! I believe in you!"
After a long silence, Levy suddenly said, "Speaking of which, the Ryuzetsu Land in the royal capital is a very famous tourist attraction. Should we go and have some fun!"
"Levy, now isn't the time to say that!"
"I thought that this might change the mood a bit!"
"That's true. Then let's put aside the heavy things and have a good time!"
"Yeah!!!"
Even if they might face the worst future, they could still optimistically enjoy the present. That was Fairy Tail!
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And so, after having a wild time, the competition on the fourth day began.
However, Makarov received another compensation bill for Natsu and the others destroying the amusement park, and his eyes rolled back on the spot, turning black and white.
Future Lucy wasn't suitable to appear, and stayed at the hotel with the three members of Crime Sorcière. The others participated in the Grand Magic Games as normal.
The competition on the fourth day was a naval battle, and the victory was won by Minerva of Sabertooth.
However, the incident of Minerva committing violence against Lucy didn't happen this time.
Perhaps Drake's reaction yesterday had frightened everyone, preventing Minerva from doing anything out of line.
To be honest, if she had really dared to do that, Drake would definitely not have tolerated it, and it could be announced tomorrow that Sabertooth no longer existed.
In the afternoon's battle, because Raven Tail had been removed, the two Fairy Tail teams merged, and were joined by six teams. Fairy Tail appeared in the arena with the new team.
The members of Fairy Tail's new participating team were Laxus, Cana, Kagura, Sting, and Rogue.
Although this lineup was already very strong, everyone knew that this wasn't Fairy Tail's strongest combination.
Many people wondered why the Fairy Queen and the Fire Dragon Slayer hadn't gone on stage. They of course didn't know that most of Fairy Tail's combat power had been used to prepare for the upcoming action.
In the tag battle, the Black and White Dragons went on stage, and defeated Minerva of Sabertooth and the Thunder God Slayer Orga with a combined secret art.
And so, the competition on the fourth day also came to an end. There would be a day of rest next, and the final would be held the day after tomorrow.
And the day after that would be July 7th - which was also the day of the Dragon King Festival. At the same time, it was also the day when the solar eclipse would arrive, and the Eclipse Gate could be activated.
After night fell, Drake sensed that someone was following the Fairy Tail group who were returning to the hotel.
Drake and the others, who had also noticed, exchanged glances, and then continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.
And the person who was following them was also self-aware, understanding that they couldn't do anything in front of Fairy Tail right now.
Drake of course guessed who the other party was. It should be someone from the kingdom, most likely a subordinate of Arcadios, the commander of the Royal Knights.
In fact, Drake had also thought about whether, if he told the kingdom the truth, the kingdom might cooperate with them.
But since the start of the Grand Magic Games, the kingdom's actions had made it difficult for Drake to trust them.
The fact that they had condoned and even cooperated with Raven Tail's actions in order to achieve their own goals was enough to see the kingdom's style of doing things.
After all, if the Fiore Kingdom hadn't come up with the Eclipse Project, there wouldn't have been the troubles that followed!
And it was also very strange. Although the Fiore Kingdom was the main stage where the story took place, it was just an ordinary country on the Ishgar continent.
In terms of land area and national strength, the Fiore Kingdom could definitely not be considered top-notch.
He also didn't know where they got such a strong sense of mission. They actually wanted to solve Zeref and Acnologia and save the world.
Even the Magic Council, which managed the entire continent, didn't dare to think like that. To put it bluntly, the Fiore Kingdom's level wasn't high enough to worry about big problems related to the entire world.
It was like a commoner in a certain country. They could have patriotic thoughts, but they couldn't do things like represent the country and start a war with an enemy country!
Leaving aside this overestimation of their own abilities, what made Drake give up on the idea of cooperating with the kingdom was that the kingdom itself wasn't unified internally.
The faction led by Arcadios was fully promoting the Eclipse Project, while the faction led by the ministers opposed it. And the royal family's attitude was unclear.
Just thinking about it, Drake could feel the complex environment within the kingdom.
Drake believed in the shining points of humanity, especially when disaster struck. Qualities such as unity and strength could always illuminate the future.
But when danger hadn't appeared, humans were usually disappointing. Drake didn't expect to be able to convince everyone to cooperate with him in the remaining two days.
Moreover, the kingdom's cooperation wasn't necessary. Whether it was the opening and closing of the Eclipse Gate, or the accidents that might occur during this process, the kingdom couldn't provide any help.
After the day of rest, it was the final battle royale of the Grand Magic Games.
As the five participating members rushed to the arena, the others also began to act. As a result, many people noticed that the Fairy Tail audience seats were empty, and none of those noteworthy people could be seen.
Arcadios slammed his hands on the railing, showing an ugly expression. Lucy, the Celestial Spirit mage who held all twelve Zodiac Celestial Spirit keys, whom he cared about the most, hadn't appeared either, which gave him the feeling that everything was out of control.
In the previous few days, Arcadios hadn't tried to abduct Lucy. But Fairy Tail seemed to have known something, and Lucy was always surrounded by a large group of people.
Arcadios really didn't have the confidence to snatch Lucy away from these people.
Seeing that the Dragon King Festival was approaching, Arcadios had already decided to inform Lucy and Fairy Tail of the Eclipse Project, hoping to get her assistance.
But just then, Lucy suddenly disappeared, which caught him off guard. And what he didn't know was that Lucy and Fairy Tail's operation team had already begun to act, with the goal of opening the Eclipse Gate that he hoped for.
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