Chapter 344: FTG Chapter 341: An Unexpected Result

"This is... what?!"

"Don’t tell me you know more than just Celestial Spirit Magic?"

"No, wait... you said earlier this is a ’Star Dress’?"

The scene appearing before his eyes completely overturned Macbeth’s understanding of Celestial Spirit Magic. He stood frozen on the spot, looking like a novice who had just encountered magic for the first time.

Below the arena, many students were drawn over by the commotion of Erzi’s transformation.

"Wow!! So cute!"

"Which grade is that senior on stage from? I want to get to know her!!"

"Where did she buy those clothes? I want to buy a set too!"

The corners of Erzi’s mouth curled up slightly. This feeling of "shocking the whole crowd" made her secretly proud, and she couldn’t help but become more talkative.

"This is magic that transfers the power of a Celestial Spirit to the user!"

She looked at Macbeth, explaining to him while also showing off to the audience below: "Just like Requip magic, I can summon combat gear with special powers. This current outfit is the Aries Star Dress."

"The Aries Spirit, Aries—her wool magic can, to a certain extent, ’undo’ other magics. So as long as I wear this outfit, you can no longer control my clothes to bind me like you did just now!"

I see! Macbeth understood.

"As expected of guild master Descartes’ daughter, truly impressive! But my Reflector magic isn’t something that can be broken that easily!"

Since he couldn’t control the clothes, he would control something else! With that thought, Macbeth raised his hand.

In the next moment, the ground suddenly became restless. A large amount of rock rose from the earth, continuously twisting upward into sharp spears that thrust toward Erzi.

Distorted Ground!

"Virgo!!"

"Princess, I am here!"

A girl with short pink hair, an expressionless face, and dressed in a maid outfit instantly appeared beside Erzi. The Virgo Spirit, Virgo, is a female who presents herself in the form that best fits the aesthetic sense of the key’s owner. She is also very skilled at digging holes; any rock or soil in front of her is easily eliminated like foam or tofu!

The moment she was summoned, Virgo immediately analyzed the situation. She then straightened her arms, turned herself into a "spinning top," and rapidly spun in circles around Erzi.

Pa pa pa—

The earth spears were all shattered the moment they hit Virgo, simultaneously escaping the control of the Reflector magic. In the blink of an eye, the earth spears were completely cleared away.

But Erzi’s attack was not over: "Sagittarius!!"

"Moshi moshi!"

The Sagittarius Spirit, Sagittarius—an archer wearing a horse-head suit. The moment he appeared on the dueling field, he drew his bow and fired an arrow, launching an attack at Macbeth. The sharp arrow was as swift as the wind, turning from one into ten, and ten into a hundred in mid-air, like a black wave.

Macbeth remained calm and unhurried as his Reflector magic activated again. The wave suddenly took a sharp turn downward and crashed into the ground. At that moment, Virgo took a large stride toward Macbeth and delivered a fast and ruthless hand-chop.

The hand-chop fell, but Macbeth nimbly dodged it.

"This is...?!"

Witnessing this, Erzi’s pupils shrunk: "Why did he dodge instead of using Reflector magic on Virgo like he did with me earlier? Could it be that his Reflector magic cannot be used on multiple targets?"

Through years of magic education at Fairy Academy, Erzi’s combat awareness was quite sharp. From the beginning, she judged that Macbeth’s Reflector magic could not be used on living organisms; otherwise, he could have directly distorted his opponent’s limbs to win the fight instead of using the extremely roundabout method of twisting clothes.

And now, she had discovered another major flaw in the Reflector magic. Being unable to use it on multiple targets simultaneously meant that as long as there were many people, he would be helpless.

"What a coincidence. My favorite way to fight is a gang-up!"

Erzi quickly formulated a tactic: Sagittarius would fire arrows from the back to interfere, while she and Virgo engaged in close-quarters combat. Three against one—the opponent definitely had no chance!

Three minutes later, Macbeth was indeed beaten into a wretched state, retreating step by step.

"D... Damn it...!!"

"If this continues, I’m going to lose..."

Macbeth gritted his teeth and decided to stake everything on one final move. He performed a back-jump to pull away, and magic power surged wildly from his body.

In the next moment, a massive beast tore through space from another world and lunged toward Erzi.

The onlookers below gasped at this scene, cold sweat pouring down, fearing that Macbeth would lose control and let the giant beast go on a killing spree in the academy.

"What kind of magic is this?!"

"He can actually summon such a terrifying monster?!"

"Truly a dangerous individual..."

However, facing the nearby, hideous, and terrifying giant beast, Erzi remained unhurried and composed: "Mere parlor tricks!"

"Star Dress: Leo Form!!"

"Regulus Lucy Kick!!!" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

With a light shout, Erzi instantly switched to the Leo Star Dress, gaining Loke’s power. Then, condensing her magic power, she struck out with a dazzling golden light!

The golden light enveloped the entire arena in an instant. The hideous beast and the space it had torn open shattered like a mirror at the same time, and peace was restored.

"So it was an illusion!" The audience realized.

That monster hadn’t been summoned by Macbeth after all; it was an illusion created by twisting light! The Leo Spirit can use Light Magic; the intense light from the previous move, "Regulus Lucy Kick," destroyed the illusion created by the Reflector magic, so the beast phantom naturally disappeared.

He had lost the gamble!

Macbeth looked frustrated, knowing the situation was hopeless and victory was out of reach. He simply raised his right hand, preparing to surrender.

However, before he could open his mouth, he saw a shoe rapidly approaching his face.

"Erzi Kick!!"

Boom—!!!

"Combat over! The winner: Erzi Lagrange!!"

"Hahaha... I won!"

...

Half a day later.

Erzi brought Gray back to the meeting point everyone had agreed upon.

"Alright, alright, stop being so mopey."

"Even though you were eliminated, you lost to Brandish. There’s no shame in that."

"Besides, didn’t I win? You should be happy for me right now!"

Hearing Erzi’s "consolation," Gray’s expression looked even worse.

Before long, Natsu, Gajeel, and Lyon returned, but their expressions were just as bad as Gray’s. It seemed like something big had happened?

"What happened to you guys?"

The three shook their heads without answering. Fortunately, Cana jumped out from the side: "They lost. They didn’t pass the knockout rounds."

Erzi: (ΩДΩ) Such a thing actually happened?!

Gray: (灬°ω°灬) I’m not the only one who was eliminated?!