"If it's about luck, maybe it'll work."
Lucy felt a glimmer of hope upon hearing this. Every participant in this trial was very strong. Although she had promised to help Cana become an S-Class Mage, truthfully, she lacked the confidence in her strength to win against them.
"The probability of 'Silence' is only one-eighth."
Cana wasn't optimistic, that probability wasn't high.
Evergreen said, "Theoretically, a maximum of six teams can pass."
Elfman shook his head. "Impossible. With Takeshi and Gildarts present, those two paths are absolutely impossible to pass. And trying to pass through Erza's path is also nearly impossible."
"Maybe only three teams..."
Levy had completely lost confidence by now.
"Interesting."
Gajeel draped his arm over Levy's head. The higher the difficulty, the more thrilling it was.
"Get ready!"
"The trial begins!!!"
Makarov announced the start of the trial.
"Huh?"
"We're still out on the sea, aren't we?"
Everyone was still a bit confused.
When they looked up at Makarov, he gave them a malicious smile.
Natsu was the first to react. "I see. Happy, let's go choose a path first."
"Aye!"
Happy immediately grabbed Natsu and flew up, ready to fly straight towards the island.
"Woah, that's sneaky."
"Natsu, you jerk."
Bang!
Before Natsu could fly out of the ship's perimeter, he slammed into an invisible wall.
A barrier surrounded the ship.
Freed and Bickslow had already flown toward Tenrou Island.
"Don't worry, it will be dispelled in five minutes."
"Freed! You bastard!"
Everyone on the ship was instantly furious.
Bickslow said, "Wouldn't it be better to keep them locked up?"
The guys on the ship weren't monsters like Takeshi and Gildarts, the barrier could keep these guys trapped indefinitely.
"That wouldn't be a trial then." Freed said with a relaxed tone.
"Hey! Old man, is this allowed?"
"It's not a race." Makarov was completely unconcerned.
"If you let that guy get to the island first, the whole place will be covered in barriers."
"Waaah!"
"Damn it!"
Just then, Levy used a pen to rewrite the barrier. "Mhm, I've rewritten it."
"Levy!"
Several people were overjoyed upon hearing this.
"But only Gajeel and I can go."
"What?!"
Levy and Gajeel jumped into the water and quickly swam towards the island.
"Hmph, I've known Freed for a long time too. Of course, I can rewrite a barrier of this level."
Evergreen also finished rewriting the barrier at this moment.
"Evergreen!"
"Let's go, Elfman!"
"Ohhhhh! Man!"
Evergreen and Elfman also departed quickly.
"Damn it!"
Seeing that three teams had already left, Natsu immediately became frantic.
"How much longer?"
"Four minutes remaining."
Soon, the five minutes were up, and the barrier dispersed.
"It's gone!"
"Happy!"
"Aye!"
With the barrier no longer obstructing them, Happy immediately carried Natsu and flew towards the island.
Ice-Make: Floor!
Gray froze the sea, forming a path leading to the island.
Lisanna transformed into a small fish, and the sea was Juvia's home field. The two quickly headed toward the island.
Finally, only Lucy and Cana remained.
...
Path C.
When Lucy and Cana landed on the island, there was only this path available. They walked in and immediately ran into Freed and Bickslow.
"The Thunder God Tribe!"
Cana and Lucy were startled.
Although every participating team was strong, the team with the Thunder God Tribe combination was undoubtedly the most powerful among them.
Path D.
Juvia and Lisanna ran into Erza. Even teaming up, they were easily defeated by Erza.
"So strong... Has she always been this powerful?"
Since Juvia joined Fairy Tail, she only considered Takeshi stronger than herself. She didn't pay much attention to anyone else.
Only after truly facing her did she realize Erza's strength. No wonder even Aria lost to Erza.
Erza said, "What's wrong, Juvia? With only this much strength, you won't be able to become an S-Class Mage."
Path E.
"Erza! Come out quickly! Let's settle this!"
When Natsu and Happy arrived, four paths were already blocked. Seeing Path E, he immediately thought of Erza, and excitedly issued a challenge to her.
At that moment, the path entrance opened. Natsu and Happy walked in and saw a figure that stunned them.
"Gildarts!"
"Yo! Natsu, tough luck."
"We're doomed." Happy said despairingly.
They had drawn the Death Ticket.
"I'm all fired up!"
Path A.
"Evergreen, we chose the right path, didn't we?" Elfman asked weakly.
He felt his right eyelid twitching constantly, as if he had a bad premonition.
Evergreen said, "Don't ask me. You chose this path. Aren't you a beast? Then use your beastly intuition."
"As long as we don't run into those three guys, we'll be fine. It would be best if we could take the 'Silence' path."
Just then, a familiar figure appeared before them. Both their pupils instantly contracted.
"Yo! Elfman, what a coincidence. Congratulations, you hit the jackpot." Takeshi smiled as he looked at Elfman and Evergreen.
Evergreen and Elfman looked stunned. At this moment, both their minds were blank.
Takeshi!
This wasn't just a jackpot, this was a super jackpot.
Elfman and Evergreen, having snapped back to reality, were trembling all over.
"Fate is truly amazing. Not long ago, Elfman was defeated by Evergreen, and I defeated Evergreen. Now, the two of you are teamed up to fight me."
"Elfman, aren't you and Takeshi on good terms? Your sister Mirajane is even Takeshi's girlfriend. Quickly ask him to go easy on us." Evergreen said to Elfman.
"Ta... Ta... Takeshi..."
Elfman felt like he couldn't even speak properly.
"Don't say anything more. Even if you are Mira's brother, I won't go easy. If you want to pass the trial, use all your strength to defeat me."
Elfman wanted to cry but had no tears.
Defeat you?
What a joke!
If he could defeat Takeshi, he wouldn't be participating in the S-Class trial in the first place. Takeshi was a monster who defeated two Wizard Saints, and even that monster Gildarts openly conceded defeat.
Could such a monster be defeated? He had never seen Takeshi defeated before.
Full Body Take Over: Uchiha Itachi!
Takeshi's appearance began to change: black hair, a Konoha rogue ninja headband, slightly deep tear troughs, a black robe with red clouds, and most conspicuously, a pair of blood-red eyes, with three mysterious black tomoe surrounding the pupils.
"Come on. Let me see how much your strength has improved lately."
"Another new transformation!"
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