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"What?!"
Seeing the lightning orb rebound toward him, Orga's expression changed. Without hesitation, he opened his mouth and swallowed it whole.
Like Dragon Slayer Magic, God Slayer Magic also allowed the user to consume magic of the same element. The orb was enveloped in blue lightning—if he could eat the blue lightning, he could nullify the attack.
"Stop bragging. Let me show you lightning so powerful it can slay even gods!"
After swallowing the orb, black lightning surged across Orga's body. He transformed into a streak of dark lightning and charged straight at George.
His massive fist—twice the size of George's body—was wrapped in jet-black lightning and seemed powerful enough to smash through the earth itself.
"God-Slaying Magic: Thunderous Lightning Strike!"
"Get lost!"
Just as the fist was about to land, George didn't move an inch.
Instead, his golden tail suddenly swelled to the size of a pillar, crackling with blue lightning. Like a whip, it lashed forward and struck Orga's bear-like body first.
George had used Giant Magic to enlarge only his tail and reinforced it with lightning to boost its power and speed.
Orga's fist came within a centimeter of George, but his body was sent flying like it had been hit by a speeding train. He crashed hard into the stone wall beyond the arena and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"I already told you—we're not on the same level. I haven't even gone all out, and you're already down. Just give up and spare yourself the pain."
George retracted his tail and clasped his cat paws behind his back, looking every bit like a master.
The spectacle immediately drew the attention of the entire arena. Even the duels on the other platforms halted, as every mage turned to look at the center ring.
After all, Orga was an S-Class mage who had one-shotted a mechanical magic gorilla during the preliminaries.
Even among the top-tier guilds, Orga's strength was well acknowledged and respected.
What was expected to be an epic clash between titans turned out to be a total mismatch. George, the cat, knocked Orga down with just his tail—without even unleashing a powerful spell. The difference in strength was just too stark.
"You've truly angered me. Even if killing you means disqualification, I won't hold back anymore."
Staggering to his feet, Orga spat out the blood in his mouth and gathered all the magic power in his body into the palms of his hands.
"This is a technique I haven't fully mastered yet. I can't control its power, so if you die, don't blame me!"
With a furious roar, a black magic circle appeared. A colossal black lightning pillar, as thick as a water tank, surged toward George.
"God-Slaying Magic: Divine Thunder Particle Cannon!"
"Oho, now that's more like it. I've got something similar."
Seeing the black lightning bolt speeding toward him, George raised his paw. Instantly, a terrifying surge of lightning—so intense that every mage in the arena felt a chill—condensed in his grasp.
"Standard Magic: Plasma Rail Cannon!"
A blue lightning beam shot out from George's paw and collided head-on with the incoming black pillar.
Unfortunately, while one beam was condensed and nearly solid, the other was barely stable.
The clash lasted less than a second before the blue beam completely shattered the black one, then blasted into Orga's chest and sent him flying once more.
This time, Orga's entire body was driven through a three-meter-thick wall of enchanted stone at the arena's edge before finally coming to a halt.
"My… my lightning is God-Slaying… How could I lose… to ordinary lightning…"
Tears of disbelief welled in his eyes before Orga lost consciousness, his body severely injured.
"Your magic's decent, but you're just too weak."
Before Orga blacked out, George added one final jab.
Had they been of equal power, Orga's black lightning might've had the upper hand. But with such a massive gap in strength, even George's "ordinary" lightning—when amplified—was more than enough to completely overpower him.
This was like comparing two soldiers with similar physical strength: a soldier wearing armor would obviously be stronger than one without it. But when the armored soldier faces a hundred unarmored soldiers, he would easily be taken down.
"The first winner of our first match has emerged! George from Fairy Tail faces Orga from Saber-tooth, and George from Fairy Tail wins! Fairy Tail receives ten points!"
After a brief moment of silence, the host's excited voice echoed through the arena, and the audience cheered once more.
"Fairy Tail!"
"Fairy Tail!"
"Such a disgrace to our guild, this worthless loser doesn't deserve to stay in my guild!"
Below the stage, the leader of Saber-tooth, the muscular elder Jerman, had veins popping on his face as his powerful aura radiated.
In order to establish his guild's reputation in this Grand Magic Games, aiming to make Saber-tooth a top-tier guild, he had taken control after reorganizing the guild but had refrained from taking on the guild master position.
He had never expected that, in the very first match of the official tournament, they would lose so badly.
"After all, it was once the strongest mage guild, but it was just one guild. Their final score will never match ours, so there's no need to worry too much about them."
The woman beside Jerman, dressed in a qipao and holding a fan, resembling a noblewoman, spoke up to offer advice.
"We should focus on guilds like Cyan Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, and Cobra's Scales. Those are the real competitors for the title of strongest guild."
As for Orga, Jerman still needed his strength for the upcoming matches, and the woman, Minerva, continued, "Please bear with it, Father. Let him redeem himself."
Jerman, who was still fuming, paused to consider her words. After a moment of thought, he suppressed his anger and nodded.
"Minerva, we'll do it your way. Send him to be treated first."
"Absolute Territory: Spatial Transfer."
Minerva activated her space magic, and the heavily wounded and unconscious Orga vanished from the arena, transported to the medical room behind the scenes.
George jumped down from the stage and landed on Leqi's shoulder. Upon seeing Orga disappear through the spatial transfer, he turned his gaze to Saber-tooth's Minerva.
"Quite a rare spatial magic. It can teleport without touching the target. Looks like there's a lot of magic I don't know about outside."
Though George could teleport and even take others with him, it required physical contact. He couldn't perform a spatial transfer like that.
After George's match ended, the other nine platforms gradually wrapped up their matches.
The matchups were designed to group mages with similar strengths, so the battles weren't as quick as his match with Orga. Instead, they were hard-fought and intense.
In fact, one pair of mages, whose powers were nearly identical, fought until their magic power was completely exhausted. In the end, the fight was decided by sheer physical combat.
This left the audience thoroughly entertained.
(End of Chapter)