'Perfume Magic?'
'Didn't Mira say Karen was a Celestial Spirit Mage?'
Juvia, whose information was completely outdated, was caught off guard by Karen's display of Perfume Magic.
But the Karen in front of her showed no hesitation.
Although they had a friendly conversation yesterday and could even be considered friends now, Karen had no intention of holding back.
She started the battle with everything she had.
The Speed Fragrance made her movement incredibly fast. In just a few steps, she arrived in front of Juvia.
She immediately raised her arm and threw a heavy punch toward Juvia's chest.
'The force is too weak.'
'What use is a soft, powerless punch like this?'
Just as Juvia was struck by the punch and this doubt appeared in her mind, a violent wave of magic power suddenly erupted from Karen's delicate fist.
The fierce magic power forcibly surged into her body.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, Juvia's upper body instantly transformed into countless splashes of water that scattered in all directions.
Karen, whose face was covered in droplets of water, froze for a moment before quickly jumping backward and creating distance again.
"Water transformation?!"
"Why did it have to be this kind of ability?"
Karen's expression became extremely ugly.
Her current combat style had already been completely perfected.
Her main method relied on the massive enhancement of her body and magic power through various perfumes, combined with her own improved close-combat magic.
At the moment she struck an opponent, she would inject her amplified magic power directly into their body, causing internal destruction that was extremely difficult to defend against.
This fighting style was highly praised by both her teacher Ichiya and Guild Master Bob. They believed it had great potential.
However, there was one type of person who completely countered her entire battle system.
Someone like Juvia, who could transform her body into an element or completely avoid physical attacks from close range.
The flowing water gathered again, and Juvia returned to her human form.
Looking at Karen, who was acting as if she was facing a great enemy, Juvia tilted her head cutely.
Then she revealed a sly smile.
"It seems my luck is quite good."
"I happened to meet an opponent that I completely counter."
'This is bad...'
Karen gritted her teeth.
She knew the current situation was troublesome.
Right now, the only way to defeat them was to wait for Jenny and Teacher Ichiya to defeat their opponents and come help her.
Thinking of this, she glanced toward Jenny's direction.
"Wow! Lord Ichiya, save me! I can't hold on anymore!!!"
Jenny, who was completely no match for Erza, was being crushed and chased around. She covered her head and cried out in panic.
Karen:
...
'That idiot. He's completely useless when I need him.'
With no other choice, Karen could only place her final hope on her teacher, Ichiya.
"Galactic Light!!"
Countless crystal balls from the future appeared in the sky.
Then, like a rainstorm, they launched a saturation attack toward Ichiya from every direction with no blind spots.
Under such an intense barrage, Ichiya, who had no particularly strong defensive method, could only run around in embarrassment, looking extremely miserable.
"No, this can't be!"
"Why is my unbeatable smile attack not working?! Ahhhhhh!!!"
Ultear, who was controlling the crystal balls and smashing them down on Ichiya, clenched her teeth when she heard his question.
"You disgusting bastard!"
"How dare you say something like that?! I will kill you to heal the psychological damage you caused me!!"
Karen:
'She's completely furious now.'
'Teacher, that idiot... your appearance really has absolutely no attraction to women at all!!!'
Karen had no idea where Ichiya got his confidence from.
He actually believed he could rely on his nonexistent charm to dissolve the hostility in this battle.
But as expected, his plan had the complete opposite effect.
Instead of calming Ultear down, it completely triggered her anger and caused her to attack with no restraint.
Seeing that neither their King nor Duke had any chance of coming to support her, Karen could only give up on struggling and decide to fight with everything she had.
'What kind of team is this, exactly?'
'Apart from Kabe, are all of them this strong too?'
'Could this be a team completely made up of S-Class Mages?'
Thinking about how three teams from Fairy Tail had entered the main competition this year, Karen suddenly had an ominous feeling.
'Don't tell me the top three spots of this tournament will all be taken by Fairy Tail...'
Ten minutes later, the members of Fairy Tail's A Team gathered together again.
Mira dropped the unconscious Thunder God Tribe member she had been carrying and glanced over the battlefield with a smile.
"Looks like everyone is finished."
"Yes. Thanks to Juvia controlling the rainwater for support, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to deal with that ugly man so easily."
Ultear glanced at Ichiya, who was frozen inside a massive ice sphere.
Although his actions had disgusted her completely, she still had to admit that Ichiya's strength and endurance were impressive.
While the girls discussed their respective battles, Kabe walked alone toward Karen and Jenny.
The two had been symbolically bound by their hands and feet, marking them as eliminated.
Looking at Kabe crouching down in front of her, Karen turned her head away and let out a cold hum.
Her voice carried a hint of resentment.