Chapter 280

The pumpkin man couldn't hear the voices of those mages and continued on his own:

"The rules of the competition are simple: the first 8 teams to reach the official competition venue will successfully advance to the official competition!"

At this moment, the inn where Ye Yu and Erza's group were staying began to transform.

And in the void outside the balcony, rows of stairs appeared out of thin air, seemingly connecting to somewhere.

"Wow, the inn is transforming!"

"The other inns are too."

"Is this asking us to have a race? Very well..."

Just as Natsu and Gray were bracing themselves, ready to rush out along the stairs on the balcony, Ye Yu walked over and directly shrank Erza, Mirajane, Natsu, and Gray, grabbing them in his two hands.

"Ye... Ye Yu, what are you doing, suddenly?"

"Put us down quickly!"

Natsu and Gray, who were grabbed in Ye Yu's left hand, immediately shouted.

However, Erza and Mirajane, who were grabbed in Ye Yu's right hand, trusted Ye Yu very much and didn't say anything.

They knew that Ye Yu must have some plan.

"Hearing Wendi, we're going first!"

"Brother Ye Yu, good luck!"

Hearing Ye Yu's greeting, Hearing Wendi clenched her fists and cheered for Ye Yu.

After speaking, Ye Yu's form disappeared from the spot out of thin air.

Although the teams from Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, and Sabertooth all had six people.

But according to the organizer's requirements, only 5 people were needed to participate in the competition.

According to the previous agreement, Hearing Wendi would rest for the first day of the competition.

So, Ye Yu put Hearing Wendi down.

After Ye Yu disappeared in front of Hearing Wendi, the next second he arrived at the finish line.

"Eh? Could it be, are you a mage participating in the competition?"

The pumpkin man, who was holding a microphone and reading the competition rules, saw Ye Yu walking over and asked tentatively.

"That's right!"

After receiving Ye Yu's confirmation, cold sweat broke out on the pumpkin man's forehead.

He was incredibly shocked in his heart.

There was a distance of over ten thousand meters from the mages' inn to this finish line.

In the pumpkin man's view, even the strongest Sabertooth would need at least several minutes to get from the starting point to here.

But right now, he hadn't even finished stating the competition rules, and someone had already arrived at the finish line.

How could the pumpkin man not be shocked?

However, the pumpkin man was not an ordinary person.

He was the old king of this Kingdom of Fiore.

Of course, others didn't know he was the king.

Soon, he figured out what was going on: "A Space Mage?"

If it was a Space Mage, it would be possible to arrive here in an instant.

"That... I haven't finished stating the competition rules yet. If five people don't arrive at the finish line at the same time, they will be eliminated!"

As soon as the pumpkin man said this, Ye Yu waved his hand, and the shrunken Erza, Mirajane, Natsu, and Gray appeared out of thin air in front of the pumpkin man.

"This way, the five people are all here!"

Hearing Ye Yu's words and looking at the five people before him, a large drop of sweat appeared on the back of the pumpkin man's head.

"Congratulations on passing the preliminary round!"

As soon as the pumpkin man said this, Natsu and Gray were immediately stunned.

"Eh?"

"We've already arrived at the finish line? When..."

"Ye Yu, you're really amazing!"

"Ahahaha, are we the first to arrive?"

Hearing Natsu's question, the pumpkin man answered: "Yes, you are first, pumpkin!"

"Ahahaha, first!"

After saying that, Natsu and Gray walked toward the official competition venue in a very arrogant posture.

And Erza glanced at Ye Yu, then shook her head with a smile: "Let's go!"

Watching the backs of Ye Yu and Erza's group as they left, the pumpkin man thought to himself: "The resurrected Fairy Tail? It seems this year's Grand Magic Games should be very interesting!"

Afterward, the pumpkin man continued to read the rules of the preliminary round.

Several minutes later, following Ye Yu and Erza's group, five more people came before the pumpkin man.

These five people were none other than Sabertooth's Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Yukino, and Orga!

"Yo, pumpkin man, I see you again this year!"

Sting, who was walking in front, looked at the pumpkin man and greeted him casually.

"Greetings, everyone from Sabertooth!"

The pumpkin man looked at the five people from the strongest guild and responded very enthusiastically.

"As expected, our guild is first place again!"

Beside Sting, Rufus, who was wearing a hat, said very elegantly.

Just as Sting, Rogue, and the others were walking past the pumpkin man, the pumpkin man said: "No, you all are not first place!"

Hmm?

As soon as the pumpkin man said this, the expressions of Sting, Rogue, and the others all changed.

In the seven years since the Tenrou Island incident, Sabertooth had always been the champion.

This pride of being the champion was almost carved into the souls of everyone in Sabertooth.

In the eyes of everyone in Sabertooth, they were the strongest guild.

No other guild could surpass them.

Now hearing the pumpkin man say they were not first, Sting, Rogue, and the others felt as if the dignity of the champion had been challenged.

"If we aren't first, who is first?"

Sting leaned over and asked the pumpkin man.

"Several minutes ago, five people from Fairy Tail arrived before you!"

Fairy Tail.

Upon hearing this name, Sting and Rogue's spirits were stirred.

A long time ago, Sting and Rogue had greatly admired Natsu and Gajeel from Fairy Tail.

But ever since they had been first for years, they already felt in their hearts that they had surpassed Natsu and Gajeel.

Now hearing the name Fairy Tail again, and learning that Fairy Tail had surpassed their guild in the preliminary round.

Sting and Rogue were not angry, but rather even more excited in their hearts.

"Fairy Tail, it seems this year's competition will be interesting, right, Rogue!"