Fairy Tail: Starting with Fairy Queen Erza

"If you've got the guts, take off your armor and fight me!"

Mirajane, with a roguish look on her face, leaned close to Erza and said disdainfully.

"You guy..."

"It seems we must curb your arrogance."

Erza was furious, and the magic within her surged forth at that moment.

"Come on then, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

Although Mirajane knew that her magic was inferior to Erza's, she still spoke toughly.

"Alright! Alright..."

"Stop arguing, or you'll miss the game."

"In short, whatever the conflict may be, let's talk about it after the game."

Seeing this, Cana looked somewhat helpless. She moved between Erza and Mirajane, forced a smile, and tried to persuade them.

"Humph."

Mirajane and Erza both snorted softly upon hearing this and said no more.

The two of them were giving Kana and the competition face.

"Grey, I won't lose to you."

On the other hand, Natsu and Gray also had a conflict.

"Hehe, same to you..."

"I will never lose to you, no matter who I lose to."

Gray sneered, a hint of competition for Natsu in his eyes.

Perhaps it's because Gray is an ice mage and Natsu is a fire mage that they inherently possess a competitive spirit due to their opposing attributes.

"Ugh……"

As for Ian, who was in charge of leading the team...

He first looked at Natsu and Gray, then at Erza and Mirajane.

In the end, he sighed helplessly.

Sure enough, let's win the 24-hour endurance race first!

The second and third prizes are a matter of luck.

It would be a mistake to place your hopes on these guys.

Not long after...

Amidst this atmosphere of quiet competition, everyone finally arrived at the venue for the Fairy Tail 24-Hour Endurance Race.

When Ian and his group arrived, Makarov, the guild leader, and the guild members who were willing to risk everything for the high prize money of the endurance race had already been waiting for them for quite some time.

Lacussas was among them.

"This time, I won't lose."

"Let me show you the speed of lightning..."

Laxus looked at Erza, a hint of competition in his eyes.

"Heh, a defeated opponent."

Erza held her head high with a smug look on her face, as if she didn't take Laxus seriously at all.

Erza knew all too well that she and Laxus were still rivals at the moment...

After all, both Erza and Laxus were the top seed candidates for the Fairy Tail guild's S-class mage exam this year, also known as S-class mage candidates.

According to Fairy Tail guild rules, only one person can pass the guild's S-rank mage exam each year. Even if other participants are strong enough to qualify as S-rank mages, they can only wait for the next exam...

Both Laxus and Erza believed that they were the only ones who could pass the guild's S-rank mage assessment this year.

"This person is very strong."

Just as Erza and Laxus were facing off...

Mirajane followed Erza's gaze and looked at Laxus. She could sense that the blond-haired man in front of her, who was about the same age as them, was terrifyingly strong.

"Is this the Archmage's Guild?!"

“There are many peers who are more capable than me…”

"This is truly exhilarating..."

Mirajane felt her blood pumping; she loved the challenge.

"Now that everyone has arrived!"

"Then I'll reiterate here the rules of the Fairy Tail 24-Hour Endurance Race..."

"Whether you run or fly!"

"Or perhaps using all sorts of strange and unusual magic..."

"If you can travel 100 kilometers to the mountain within 24 hours, obtain the scales of the wyvern, and return here, you will have completed the endurance race..."

"The top three finishers in the endurance race will receive a bounty from the guild! The last finisher to return will be punished by the guild! Believe me, you definitely don't want to know what the guild's punishment is like."

Makarov stood on the high platform, facing the Fairy Tail guild members present, and loudly announced the rules of this endurance race.

"Did everyone understand the rules?"

Makarov looked at the Fairy Tail mages and asked loudly.

"Listen carefully!!"

Makarov was met with a tidal wave of shouts.

"Then, everyone to your positions..."

Makarov took a deep breath and raised his starting pistol high as he spoke.

"Ara~"

"Looks like we made it in time!"

However, just as Makarov was about to pull the trigger...

Accompanied by an extremely powerful chill...

Three figures, one large and two small, appeared before the Fairy Tail guild's mages.

“Who are you?!”

For a moment, all the Fairy Tail members present were stunned...

They seemed somewhat unfamiliar with the identities of these three people.

"Oh! It seems you've returned from your cultivation."

When Makarov saw the newcomer, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes...

He waved to the three figures, one large and two small, and greeted them with a smile.

"Yes! The training is over."

As Makarov continued his questioning...

The woman who was leading the group of three, tall and with a beautiful face, smiled and nodded slightly to Makarov.

Then, this woman, who was beautiful and charming from every angle, looked at Gray, who was standing stunned in the crowd, and smiled, "Gray, it's been a long time! You haven't fallen behind in your training lately, have you? Your senior brother Leon and your senior sister Ultear are very strong now."

"Master, it's been so long..."

As Gray spoke, he gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Yes, the people who came were Uru, Urutia, and Leon.

If Yin, who is currently traveling, and his mother Meihua could also return at this moment, then his family would all be reunited.

"at last……"

"Ian, it's been a long time."

Finally, Uru gave Ian a deep look and spoke with a complicated expression.

"Hey! Uru, long time no see."

Ian seemed to understand Uru's deeper meaning; he smiled, proving that he had returned.

"Um?!"

Erza, who had been staying by Ian's side, seemed to smell something unusual in the air. She thought to herself, "Oh no! Mother, come back quickly! Someone's trying to break into our house!"

Chapter 39 Sorry, Fairy Tail people have never had teammates!

What happened over there?

"It seems like a mage guild is having a group activity?"

"Speaking of the Archmage Guild in the town of Magnolia..."

"That must be the legendary Fairy Tail!"

"What?! It's that Fairy Tail, the one with the title of the number one mage guild in the Kingdom of Fiore?!"

"Then we have to go and take a look..."

On the street, many tourists, after discovering that the Fairy Tail guild's mages were holding a 24-hour endurance race, showed curious expressions. With the mentality of joining in the excitement while traveling, they ran towards the gathering point of the Fairy Tail people.

"Ha ha……"

"They are still too young."

The locals in Magnolia simply scoffed at this.

These tourists didn't seem to notice...