### Chapter 20: I Surrender
"To be able to reflect my attack, what amazing Magic!"
Riku exclaimed. The opponent reflecting the lightning just now had startled him. Fortunately, he wasn't a mage, so lightning attacks naturally had no effect on him.
"As expected of Riku. Ordinary Magic seems ineffective against you. It seems I can only use this move."
As Mystogan spoke, he pulled out all five staves from his back and stabbed them into the ground.
"Oh? There are more moves?"
Riku was somewhat curious.
"Skyscraper!"
Mystogan activated his Magic. A Magic circle lit up on the ground beneath Riku's feet. Beams of light shot up from the ground, and the ground began to distort.
Immediately after, the ground beneath his feet exploded with terrifying force.
BOOM————!!
The powerful impact sent Riku flying high into the sky.
Then, Riku saw straps binding his body, rendering him immobile. The sky slowly cracked open.
A gigantic monster tore the sky apart, its massive claws grabbing towards him, intending to feed him into its mouth.
BOOM————!!
Powerful lightning burst from Riku's body, and everything before his eyes shattered with a crash.
"What a powerful illusion!"
Riku felt his heart pounding violently. Although illusions had no physical lethality, as long as they couldn't be broken, the feeling was indistinguishable from reality.
"Truly remarkable, but you realized it a step too late. You are already within my spell."
At this moment, a total of five Magic circles appeared above Riku's head. The five overlapping Magic circles generated pillars of light that sealed Riku's movements.
"Sleep!! Five Layered Magic Circle: Sacred Song!!"
A powerful laser descended from the sky, falling towards Riku below.
"Lightning!"
BOOM—————!!!
A terrifying explosion erupted. The blast shattered the ground, and the powerful shockwave spread outwards, kicking up a large amount of dust.
"How... how is it?!"
"Riku didn't lose, did he?!"
"I didn't expect Mystogan to be so strong!"
The strength Riku displayed didn't exceed their expectations; after all, Riku had shown powerful strength when he first joined the guild. But they didn't expect Mystogan's strength to be this great as well.
"Riku, your strength is great, but this time I win..."
Mystogan said, looking at the destroyed center.
Suddenly!
A voice rang out from the center of the explosion.
"Phew~! So dangerous! So dangerous! I almost got taken out!"
"?!"
Mystogan quickly looked up ahead.
The smoke was slowly blown away by the wind. Riku's figure appeared before everyone's eyes. He looked exactly the same as before, unchanged, without a trace of injury.
"Impossible?!"
Seeing Riku unharmed, Mystogan couldn't believe it. That was the Five Layered Magic Circle: Sacred Song. Even if Riku could withstand it, he shouldn't be unscathed.
This feeling was like unleashing an ultimate move, only to find it caused absolutely no damage to the opponent. Anyone would feel incredulous.
Zzzzt!
Riku's figure turned into lightning and vanished, appearing in front of Mystogan in the next instant.
"Not good!"
Mystogan immediately swung the staff in his hand to strike Riku.
Smack!
Riku grabbed the staff directly with one hand.
Immediately after, he released a powerful high-voltage current.
"Ughhhhh!!"
The current flowed along the staff onto Mystogan's body, and Mystogan cried out in pain.
Soon, Riku stopped attacking. Mystogan knelt on the ground, his body paralyzed by the intense current, losing the ability to continue fighting.
"I... surrender!"
Mystogan spoke to surrender. If he thought he had a chance of winning before, seeing that even the Five Layered Magic Circle couldn't do anything to Riku, he knew he had lost.
Riku extended his hand.
Mystogan paused, then grabbed Riku's palm and stood up.
"Your strength is very strong; I had to fight seriously too."
To be honest, that illusion really scared him. If he weren't a Goro Goro no Mi user, which has strong resistance against illusions, he might have really fallen for it.
Sure enough, no one should be underestimated. Although Mystogan wasn't a mage (in the traditional sense), the Magic released using Magic tools was also very powerful.
He was a Goro Goro no Mi user, not a mage. If he were truly hit by a Magic attack, the damage he took might be higher than a normal mage.
He needed to be more careful in battles in the future.
Mystogan shook his head: "You're joking. I tried my best, but didn't harm you in the slightest. I know the gap in strength between us is too big."
Riku's teleportation, coupled with those powerful lightning attacks, made him extremely difficult to deal with. Illusions and Sleep Magic were also ineffective against him. Mystogan simply didn't know how to win.
"Winner! Riku!"
Gildarts announced Riku's victory.
"It's a pity for Mystogan. If his opponent weren't that little monster Riku, his probability of becoming S-Class in this exam would have been very high."
Makarov said with some regret. He knew Mystogan's background. Mystogan joined the Fairy Tail guild when he was young. Although he was reticent and didn't communicate with others, he was a good child.
"Just brag! The children in your guild are all so excellent. If I had one child as strong as this in my guild, I would wake up laughing from my dreams."
Bob looked envious. Although the young children in his guild were also not bad, he couldn't find a single mage with top-tier strength like Riku or Mystogan.
In Makarov's guild, there were several mages with top-tier strength, and quite a few with first-rate strength. Mira, Mystogan, and that Natsu who used Dragon Slayer Magic were all good seedlings for S-Class mages.
"Hahahaha! They are mages of Fairy Tail! Hahahaha!!"
Makarov laughed proudly. Nothing made him happier than watching his children grow.
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