Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
The Fairy Tail Guild was bustling, with almost all members gathered in the main hall.
Natsu, Gray, Elfman, and the others all looked excitedly at Makarov standing on the raised platform.
"Everyone, the time has finally come!"
"In three days, the Grand Magic Games begin! Now, I announce the list of participants for this year's Games!"
Hearing Makarov, the Fairy Tail's members below all perked up.
"Kenichi, Erza, Mirajane, Wendy, Natsu, Gray!"
Hearing Makarov call their names, Natsu and Gray both grinned.
And Macao and the others below were extremely excited.
"The 100-Year Quest group plus Natsu and Gray? That's incredible!"
"So strong! We might actually win the championship!"
"Kenichi, Erza, do your best!"
…
While everyone was excited, Makarov cleared his throat and continued: "Next, I announce the list for the second team participating in the Grand Magic Games!"
Hearing this, a curve formed on Kenichi's lips, and he showed an expression of having expected this.
But Macao, Romeo, and the others were very surprised.
After all, they had participated in the Grand Magic Games before, and other guilds only fielded one team.
"Second team?"
"There's another team?"
"Does the Grand Magic Games allow two teams from the same guild?"
Addressing Macao and the others' questions, Makarov said: "I checked the Grand Magic Games rules. The competition does allow two teams to participate!"
"Having two teams participate simultaneously increases our chances of winning the championship!"
"Gildarts, Laxus, Freed, Gajeel, Elfman, Cana!"
After hearing Makarov read the second team's list, the hall were boiling with even more excitement.
"Gildarts? Gildarts is participating too?"
"Gildarts and Laxus? That's really powerful!"
"With Team Kenichi and Team Gildarts, the championship is definitely ours!"
Macao and Wakaba were excited to the extreme.
At that moment, they seemed to already see the scene of winning the championship.
Bzzzt, Bzzzt!
While everyone was excited, Team Kenichi (Kenichi, Erza, Mirajane, Wendy, Natsu, Gray) and Team Gildarts (Gildarts, Laxus, Freed, Gajeel, Elfman, Cana) stood facing each other from a distance.
At that moment, the temperature of the surrounding air seemed to have a tendency to rise.
"Tch, Kenichi, Salamander, we're not teammates but opponents. Let's see which team wins the championship!"
Gajeel stared at Kenichi, Natsu, and the others, saying with an excited grin.
"Perfect! But the winning team will definitely be ours!"
Natsu made a fist, his face full of excitement.
"No, the winners will be our team! If we meet you on the field, I won't hold back!"
"Same here!"
As they spoke, Natsu and Gajeel kept moving closer, until their heads bumped together.
Seeing the two teams start competing even before the Games began, Wakaba said worriedly: "I never thought it would turn out like this!"
After all, they had originally hoped that Team Kenichi and Team Gildarts could cooperate.
But who would have thought that even before the competition started, the two internal teams were already...
However, Macao was more open-minded: "That's just how our Fairy Tail teams are! No matter which of the two teams wins the championship, it will be Fairy Tail's championship!"
"Now that you mention it, that does make sense!"
While everyone was discussing, Kenichi looked at Gildarts opposite him and said: "Gildarts, I didn't expect you to participate in the Grand Magic Games."
In Kenichi's memory, Gildarts did not participate in these Grand Magic Games.
But now, Gildarts was participating.
Naturally, Kenichi was a bit curious.
"Well, that... hahaha…"
Hearing Kenichi's question, Gildarts spoke evasively, then moved closer to Cana: "Cana-chan…"
Although Gildarts didn't say anything, seeing this, Kenichi understood.
'Father and daughter have acknowledged each other?'
'This should be interesting!
Now, Kenichi felt even more anticipation for the Grand Magic Games.
Since it was a competition, the system would definitely drop many Magic, Magic Power, and Combat Power attributes.
If Kenichi collected those attributes from the Grand Magic Games, his strength would undoubtedly advance further.
Additionally, Kenichi knew that after these Grand Magic Games ended, many dragons would emerge from the Eclipse Gate.
The main reason Kenichi was participating in these Grand Magic Games was precisely these dragons.
Thinking of those dragons, Kenichi clenched his fist, a fiery light also shining in his eyes.
'Before facing Acnologia, I'll use these dragons to test the effects of complete Dragon Transformation!'