Fiore Kingdom Capital, Crocus City!
To provide the venue for the Grand Magic Games' finals, all the city's residents had been relocated to the main Grand Magic Games' venue.
Currently, the only people in Crocus City were the 6 teams participating in the finals.
After the match began, each team started moving.
Kagura was leading Milianna and the other Mermaid Heel's members, sprinting through the city.
"Kagura, for us to win the championship, we must defeat everyone in the other 5 teams!"
"That includes Kenichi and Erza and the others!"
While running, Milianna said to Kagura.
'Kenichi!'
When Milianna mentioned this name, Kagura's mind stirred, and her footsteps also stopped.
"Our main purpose for participating in the Grand Magic Games isn't the championship, but training!"
"This survival battle is the best training opportunity. From now on, we split up. Everyone find suitable targets to fight!"
As soon as Kagura said this, Milianna and the others all nodded.
"Understood!"
With that, Milianna, Beth, and the other three all headed off in four different directions.
'Kenichi...'
After the figures of Milianna and the other three disappeared from view, Kagura looked up at the sky, a complex expression appearing on her pretty face.
She both wanted to encounter Kenichi and didn't want to encounter Kenichi.
She wanted to encounter Kenichi because she wanted to see him.
She didn't want to encounter Kenichi because once she did, she would have to fight him, and she didn't want to fight Kenichi.
Just as Kagura was wrestling with these thoughts, a voice suddenly reached her ears.
"Mage from Mermaid Heel, fate really brings us together. I didn't expect the first one I'd meet to be you!"
Hearing the voice, Kagura immediately looked up.
She saw Bacchus, holding a wine gourd, walking towards her with a smile.
Looking at Bacchus, Kagura's expression shifted slightly.
In the previous official match, Kagura had fought Bacchus and defeated him.
"I remember you were already defeated by me before."
Kagura composed herself and spoke to Bacchus in a cool tone.
"That was a match before. This is a survival battle now. The situation is completely different!"
Bacchus grinned. After saying this, he lifted his foot and fiercely stomped on the bluestone pavement beneath him.
The moment Bacchus's foot landed, a loud sound echoed through the air.
Immediately after, pieces of the stone pavement were shaken into the sky.
Bang Bang Bang…
Bacchus's palms continuously struck those bluestone pieces, and the stones swept towards Kagura like a hail of bullets.
Facing the incoming bluestone pieces, Kagura didn't hesitate. She moved her feet, and her figure shot forward like an arrow from a bow, meeting the large number of incoming bluestone pieces.
The sword in Kagura's hand swung fiercely.
Boom-
A loud sound erupted from the location where Kagura and Bacchus were.
A dozen or so seconds later, Bacchus's body lay in a deep crater, while Kagura left calmly.
"Contestant Kagura defeats Contestant Bacchus! Mermaid Heel gains 5 points!"
At that moment, the live commentator in the Grand Magic Games venue loudly announced.
And the points ranking in the sky above the venue also changed.
Mermaid Heel's points changed from 26 to 31.
And their ranking also rose from 4th place to 3rd place.
"As expected of Kagura! Go, Kagura!"
The Mermaid Heel's members on the stands were overjoyed upon hearing the commentator's words.
And Fairy Tail's members like Wendy and Lucy were also very excited.
Of course, their excitement wasn't because they were familiar with Kagura.
They were excited because Mermaid Heel gained 5 points, meaning only 40 points remained.
Even if Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Quatro Cerberus took all the remaining 40 points, they still couldn't surpass Fairy Tail's 70 points!
This meant Fairy Tail instantly had three fewer competitors.
And Fairy Tail was getting closer and closer to the championship.
At this time, Kenichi in the capital raised an eyebrow upon hearing the commentator's words.
And Erza and Mirajane with Kenichi also showed a smile.
"As expected of Kagura, taking down an opponent so quickly!"
Erza first praised Kagura, then asked Kenichi: "Kenichi, are you planning to find Kagura?"
Erza had also sensed the magical power reaction from Kagura and Bacchus's fight earlier.
The direction Kenichi was walking now was precisely towards where Kagura's magical power reaction was.
That's why Erza asked if Kenichi was going to find Kagura.
But Kenichi shook his head and said: "No, I'm not looking for Kagura. I'm looking for..."
Before Kenichi could finish his sentence, a clear female voice came through the air.
"It's the three from Fairy Tail!"
Hearing the voice, both Erza and Mirajane looked in its direction.
On a bridge not far away stood two people.
These two were none other than Lamia Scale's Lyon and Sherria!
Even before the match started, Kenichi had used Sensory Magic to pinpoint everyone's location.
Kenichi's current target was Sherria!
To be precise, it was Sherria's Sky God Slayer Magic attribute.
Up until now, Kenichi hadn't obtained Sherria's Sky God Slayer Magic attribute, so he took the initiative to find Sherria!
When Sherria saw Kenichi, Erza, and Mirajane, she immediately said something to Lyon beside her.
Hearing Sherria's words, Lyon soon also noticed the three from Fairy Tail.
Although Sherria's little face showed no particular expression upon seeing the three, Lyon's expression became very grave when he saw Kenichi and the others.
Retreat!
That was the only thought in Lyon's mind at that moment.
But Kenichi didn't give Lyon and Sherria a chance to retreat.
Before Lyon could react, Kenichi's figure appeared at the other end of the bridge as if teleporting, cutting off Lyon and Sherria's escape route.