Chapter 71
After a good meal, Makarov asked the two to meditate and recover. After all, the second round was very challenging.
While the two were meditating, Makarov left the tent and winked at Gildarts and Ulu, signaling them to start preparing.
When Laila and Laxus walked out of the tent, there was only a lottery box in front of them, and Makarov was sitting next to them waiting.
Makarov noticed that the two had recovered, so he said, "In that case, the second round of assessment begins. First, there are two routes over there."
The two looked in the direction of Makarov's finger, and there were two passages standing there, with a sign on the door of each passage.
"There are two magic stones in the box in front of you. There are corresponding route signs on the two magic stones. The signs of the magic stones are all painted, and the patterns of the magic stones are almost the same, so don't think you can find them out. Later, you need to decide who will draw the lottery first in a very fair way."
"Grandpa, what about Gildarts and Ulu? They won't be..." Leila interrupted Makarov and asked doubtfully.
"Well, Leila's brain is very fast, that's right." Makarov praised. The last thing Leila wanted to hear was a positive answer.
"I... knew it wouldn't be that simple!" Leila felt that she was already blushing and wanted to cry, but she had to accept this fact and could only pray that her luck would be better.
Laxus also heard the meaning. Unlike Leila, he was quite interested in it. He clenched his fist and couldn't hold it back.
"Of course, you don't have to defeat them, as long as you get their approval. If one party is not recognized, the other party can get one point. If you both get recognition, the one who passes first wins. As for the last case, I believe that you will have no problem with your strength."
"Okay, let's decide who will draw first!" Makarov said, and then paused. The two were waiting for him to tell them how to decide.
"Rock, scissors, paper!" Makarov looked at the two people with a serious expression and a hint of firmness in his eyes, and said seriously.
Both Leila and Laxus were speechless, and finally had no choice but to accept this method.
"Rock... scissors... paper!"
"Ha, Leila, I won." Laxus held out a rock, and Leila held out scissors. Laxus smiled contemptuously.
"Don't be happy too early." Leila stared at Laxus's back, secretly cursing Laxus for drawing Gildarts in her heart.
Laxus reached his hand into the hole of the box, and after feeling the magic stone, he took it out and put it in his palm. There was a snowflake mark on it.
"What is it?" Leila immediately ran up to check the mark of the magic stone in Laxus's hand.
Laxus smacked his lips. He had guessed his opponent at a glance.
After seeing Laxus's magic stone, Leila walked forward in a daze and took out the last one inside. There was a stone mark clearly drawn on it.
"Okay, since the route has been chosen, I won't say much. The second round of assessment begins, and the content is to obtain the approval of the examiner." Makarov saw that the two had finished drawing lots and began to announce the start.
"Alas, it's over." Leila looked at the magic stone in her hand. The mark on it was particularly obvious. She looked at Laxus's again, and despair instantly swept over like a tide.
"Come on, Leila." Laxus walked to Leila easily, patted Leila on the shoulder, and comforted her with a forced smile.
The two walked into their own route, first a long tunnel, as they walked in, the cave suddenly became much darker, and then the aura insects inside began to emit a little light, illuminating the cave.
Leila walked forward nervously, and suddenly, a figure gradually became clear under the illumination of the aura insects, and a dark green and slightly old cloak also appeared in front of her. It was vaguely seen that there was a cute puppy pattern patch on it, which was sewn by Kana.
The orange big back hair, the resolute face, and the hearty smile: "It's you, Leila!"
"Uncle, why?" Leila didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although she had guessed it long ago, she still couldn't accept it.
"Okay, Leila, take this opportunity to let
Let me see your magic. "Gildarts said with a smile.
"Oh, it's really troublesome." Leila sighed with a bitter look on her face, and then her eyes became serious.
After that, a figure appeared beside Leila, and it was Gildarts when she looked closely.
"Okay!" Gildarts laughed twice, looking at Leila's manifestation, rubbing his hands, eager to try.
The two Gildarts stood opposite each other, their eyes burning with fighting spirit, and as they punched at the same time, their fists collided, making a loud noise that shook the earth.
At the beginning, both of them were testing, and Gildarts had already felt the strength of Leila's manifestation. His strength was close, but still slightly inferior, because there were few opportunities for Gildarts to take action, and Leila's manifestation of Gildarts was still a little insufficient.
On the other side, Leila was watching the fight between the two seriously. Gildarts had experienced many battles, Such a wonderful match benefited him a lot. Moreover, he could observe Gildarts closely and improve the combat power of his clone.
Gildarts and his clone started a fierce fight. At the beginning, the clone's strength could not keep up with Gildarts's rhythm. Each attack was half a beat slower than the original body, but soon the clone's strength gradually increased and was comparable to him.
Every time the fists collided, the surrounding air vibrated violently, as if to tear the entire space apart. The ground under his feet would crack with each attack.
"Hahaha, Leila, not bad, can you increase the strength a little more?" Gildarts became more and more excited as he fought, and then he cast a magic. A white light hit the clone like lightning, and the clone was not to be outdone and released magic to respond.
"Don't force me. I've been working hard. "Lila stood far away, avoiding the aftermath of the fight between the two, feeling extremely depressed.
His magic power was consumed crazily in the battle with Gildarts, and now it was already very good to be able to tie with the original body.
Gildarts showed a regretful expression when he heard Leila's answer, and then stopped smiling. His eyes became sharp, staring at the clone closely, and an unimaginable pressure burst out.
Gildarts' whole body was wrapped in white magic power, condensed into a force, and then released. Leila could feel the desperate magic power from a distance.
Gildarts quickly moved forward and arrived in front of the clone in an instant, giving it a heavy punch. At this time, a deafening sound came from behind.
The clone tried his best to take the punch, and the ground was shaking under his feet, Shattered by the aftermath of the two, the gravel and dust flew up, forming a misty dust fog.
However, the two people who were wrapped up, their eyes were firmly locked on each other. They continued to attack each other with their fists, and each attack would roll up a gray fog.
As the battle became more and more intense, the clone began to gradually fail. Leila's magic power was desperately output in such a high-intensity battle.
Considering the consumption of magic power, the clone tried to avoid Gildarts's edge and used magic from time to time to distance the two, but Gildarts was like a shadow, chasing closely, and Leila could only continue to increase the output of magic power to take on Gildarts's attack.
Finally, after Gildarts's continuous powerful attacks, Leila's magic power was exhausted and she sat aside.
"Okay, Leila, you passed!" Gildarts stretched his body, slowly walked towards Leila, and stretched out his hand to pull Leila up.
"Finally it's over. "Lila let out a long sigh, held Gildarts's hand tightly, and stood up.
Then the two walked out of the cave. Gildarts was still teasing that he must find a chance to practice with Leila next time. He was so satisfied with Leila's magic.
Gradually, the light from the cave entrance came through. The two walked outside. The light dissipated. The two saw the things outside clearly and found that Laxus and Ulu were already standing there waiting.