prynovel Chapter 319 Lucy's Partner Revealed: The Phoenix Priestess!
Chapter 319 Lucy's Partner Revealed: The Phoenix Priestess!
Chapter 319 Lucy's Partner Revealed: The Phoenix Priestess!
Early that morning, at the port of Harujón, a coastal city.
A hybrid sailboat moored on the shore attracted a lot of onlookers. Magic crystals with rotating magic circles were embedded on both sides of the hull.
Sunlight streamed onto the unfurled white sails, making the Fairy Tail guild logo and Heartfilia Foundation trademark shine brilliantly.
Upon learning that his beloved daughter was about to travel to Tenrou Island to participate in the Fairy Tail S-Class Mage Exam, Jiude generously offered to cover all the expenses for the event and gifted her this luxurious sailboat that looked incredibly valuable.
Makarov said there was no need to be so polite, but he acted incredibly quickly, bringing the boat to shore early in the morning.
"Having a wealthy and powerful boss to support you is truly a blessing."
On the sailboat observation deck, Makarov, dressed in a floral dress, leisurely sipped his black tea, quietly waiting for the participants.
The first to arrive at the port were Mester and Wendy, both of them traveling light, carrying only essential personal items.
After greeting the chairman, the two boarded the sailboat one after the other.
"Xia Lulu, look! The boat that Lucy's dad sponsored is huge!"
Wendy's big eyes were filled with surprise as she excitedly looked around.
"Hey, isn't our guild's magical weapon much bigger than this?" Xia Lulu crossed her arms, looking experienced and mature.
Mester is Mister Gonne's apprentice, and Wendy couldn't refuse him for that reason alone, so she wanted to help him as much as possible.
Despite having a very bad feeling, Charlotte couldn't resist Wendy's insistence and had to come along.
Fortunately, the chairman agreed to her request to board the ship, and her role was to be an observer who would use the maneuverability of high-altitude flight to record the entire assessment process.
Compared to Wendy's liveliness, Mester casually found a shady spot and sat down, her darting eyes revealing a hint of disgust.
"Using a hybrid ship for just a regular assessment, damn Fairy Tail, they're definitely plotting something sinister!" he thought to himself.
In order to better infiltrate the Council, he, who was already a member of Fairy Tail, erased his own memories and devoted himself to working for the Council.
After the Devil's Heart incident, feeling that Fairy Tail was too dangerous, he used memory magic to implant his own existence into the memories of guild members, impersonating a Mystogan disciple to infiltrate Fairy Tail, hoping to find incriminating evidence against them on Tenrou Island.
The goal is to get promoted and make money.
The reason Wendy was chosen as a partner was simply because the child seemed innocent and easy to fool, and it was not easy to detect anything unusual.
In short, this guy is a complete goofball.
For example, now, seeing other contestants appear on the shore, he pretends to be stupid and gnaws on the deck to taste it. It's really hard work for him. I told you there's no need to go to such lengths. In the distance, Makarov, who knows the whole truth, puts down his teacup and looks at the second team that has arrived.
Fried and Biguslow.
After a week apart, Fried hadn't changed much, except that his magical aura was a bit thicker. However, there was an extra cube-shaped puppet floating behind Biguslo, with a doll-like pattern in the center.
The Cursed Doll of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, Huayuan, is similar to Lalabai of the Magic Flute, belonging to a type of forbidden black magic. After he was killed by the black dragon, the Cursed Doll's effect disappeared.
However, Biggleslow secretly asked the omnipotent Dark Mage to create a zombie artifact without side effects at the cost of weakening some of its functions.
The time leading up to the S-rank assessment allowed him to fully adapt to the new puppet's combat style.
"The Thor team has a pretty good chance of standing out in the assessment—"
Watching Fried wander aimlessly along the ship as soon as he boarded, Makarov pondered to himself.
He did not stop Fried from secretly inscribing the spell, which was not considered a violation of the assessment process.
Before long, Elfman, clad in the heavy armor of the sacred beast, and Abbagrien, in a sexy green dress, also arrived.
Elfman excitedly shouted "Manly!" while Abba Greene made a sarcastic remark with a look of disgust, their rhythms inexplicably in sync.
Following closely behind, Juvia and Lisanna, Levy and Gajeel, and Gray and Loki arrived one after another.
The quiet deck began to get noisy. Seeing that everyone had grown to some extent, Makarov suddenly felt that he should take back his previous evaluation of Fried and Biguslo—it was really hard to guess which pair would advance before the results were in!
"Oh dear, I thought we were the last ones, but is there anyone later than us?"
Cana, wearing a bikini, boarded the boat, her excited gaze sweeping across the scene. "What are those two, Nazuna and Lucy, up to?"
Her luggage was even simpler, consisting only of a large wine barrel carried on her shoulder.
"Hey Lili, what are you doing here?!"
Gajeel immediately noticed the black cat sitting on the wine barrel, its face studded with iron nails and filled with disbelief.
"Miss Kana's invitation was so kind, I couldn't find a reason to refuse, so I apologize, Gajeel."
Riki jumped off the barrel and looked at Gajeel seriously, saying, "From now on, we are rivals!"
"Hehe, that sounds interesting. Even if it's my cat, I won't hold back when we meet~"
Gajeel, eager to try, patted Levy's little head. "I'm going to help this little bean sprout ascend to the S-class throne!"
Levy: ·_·?
You're the little bean! Your whole family are little beans!
"Kana's partner is Riki? Wouldn't that make her invincible in running events?"
"You can't say that, can you? Didn't Natsu already choose Happy?"
"Riri is no match for Happy at all. Don't forget, this guy's swordsmanship is good enough to hold his own against that monster Erza!"
"Damn it! A real man won't lose to you!"
The other contestants were also shocked, and a sense of urgency immediately arose.
Just then, a blue dot of light appeared in the sky above the city, and Happy, holding Natsu, descended from the sky and landed precisely on the ship.
Then·-
With a loud crash, wood chips flew everywhere, and a deep crater was smashed into the deck.
Everyone was speechless. Makarov, feeling utterly distressed, yelled, "Natsu! Couldn't you, you idiot, have chosen a more normal way to make your entrance?!"
Natsu, who had just crawled out of the pit, seemed oblivious to everything, raising his arms in a frenzy of excitement: "Hahaha! S-rank Magic Soil, I'm coming to vomit!"
Before he could finish his victory declaration, the violent rocking of the sailboat caused by the impact made him gag on the spot.
"Damn, the assessment hasn't even started yet, and you already want to take down me, your strongest enemy? Damn, damn fire dragon, ugh~" Gajeel then vomited.
"Well, you're probably overthinking it," Levy said with an awkward laugh, scratching her head.
Natsu himself was vomiting too.
Two seasick friends shakily reached out their arms to Wendy, hoping to ask for a magic spell to prevent seasickness, but Wendy politely declined, saying that she couldn't help her rivals.
sad.
"Speaking of which, Lucy is so slow. Is she still in bed sleeping in?" Gray wondered.
At some point, this guy had entered a state of complete nudity that Juvia found utterly infatuating.
"Could something have delayed him?" his best friend Levy asked with concern.
"Oh my god~ I think she must have forgotten that today is the assessment day. What a careless little devil!" Happy raised her paw with a serious expression.
"Uh—" Levy was speechless for a moment.
Although this possibility is unlikely under normal circumstances, it seems to fit perfectly on Lu Jiang.
"They're here."
The sharp-eyed Cana was the first to spot Lucy running towards them from the port street, then her pupils suddenly contracted, "Hey, wait, who's that person next to her—"
Following her shocked gaze, one could see Lucy's red and yellow-trimmed shrine maiden uniform fluttering as she ran, with a small yellow rag doll duck flapping its wings beside her.
"Eclair?!"