"With an astounding set of matches so far! Let's welcome our next matchup, Mermaid Heel's Risley versus Quattro Cerberus's War Cry!" Chopati Lola announced.

"This ought to be another superb matchup," agreed Mr. Yajima.

Risley waved to the crowd, saying, "never underestimate chubby power or us mermaids!" to which the crowd cheered in approval.

Warcry then pointed to the Quatro Cerberus suite and shouted, "what are we boys?!"

"WILD!" they shouted back in unison.

They both came to the center of the arena as Mato then joined them, "remember, you have thirty minutes to win, good luck and let the battle begin!" Mato said, as a gong sounded, and he scurried away.

Then Warcry did something that surprised Zeldris and anyone else who isn't used to his magic. He began crying and bawling at an incredible rate, with tears that flowed like rivers.

"There he goes, it's Warcry's signature Tear Magic!" Chopati Lola announced.

"It's been 3 years since I first saw it and I still can't get over it!" Mr. Yajima said.

Zeldris was rather appalled as he watched the display, he turned to Romeo to say something but was still left speechless. Romeo just nodded, as even Gabriel and Terre mere were left dumb founded.

Risley knew of Warcry's magic but was still defensive, as he continued bawling, Warcry then said, "the more tears I cry, the more powerful I become!".

Risley then smirked. "Then we'll just change that!" she said, "Gravity Change!" and in a matter of seconds, Warcry's tears stopped.

"Risley changed the gravity in the arena and has stopped Warcry's tears from flowing!" Chopati Lola said in amazement.

"What can Warcry do to counter?" Mr. Yajima said in addition.

Risley then ran up and charged, and shouted, "Gravity Kick!" and landed a decisive kick with the weight of gravity behind it, sending Warcry flying.

"I'm out but I'm still wild!" Warcry said, defeated.

"Risley used her gravity magic to stop Warcry from powering up and then concentrated her gravity magic into a single attack to finish off Warcry" Mr. Yajima said, giving expert analysis.

"Quatro Cerberus may still be wild, but Mermaid Heel takes a decisive win in this battle and ends the day with 14 points" Chopati Lola said.

"Additionally, our last matchup of the day should be an interesting one," Mr. Yajima added.

"Right you are, as it will see Sabertooth's Rufus Lore versus Crime Sorciere's MacBeth" Chopati Lola announced.

Both men walked up to each other and stared each other down, thinking up strategies as Mato came up to them, "This is our last match of the day, you have thirty minutes to win it, let the battle begin!" he said, as the gong sounded for the battle to begin.

"Time to deliver the decisive blow! Memory make, Sword of Frozen Black Lightning!" Rufus said, and massive chunks of ice seemed to form from him to MacBeth, with streaks of black lightning inside of them. Rufus grinned with excitement as he figured this would land the decisive blow. The ice chunks and the lightning missed Macbeth.

"Surprised you, didn't I?" MacBeth said, "I'm not going to be a pushover like some of these guild wizards" he finished.

"Then why don't you fight me!" Rufus retorted back, "Flame of the Scorching Earth!" and the ground appeared to turn into scorching hot lava.

"Well folks, the heat index appears to be rising with this spell!" Chopati Lola said.

Macbeth did not move as the floor of lava came towards him. He just stood there, not doing anything, as Rufus then said, 'now for some Shrine of the Turbulent Wind fang!' as massive cyclones formed all around him.

Then, everything happened at once, as the crowd got even more glued to the action, it suddenly stopped. The lava floor, the cyclones, it all stopped and disappeared.

There, on the ground was Rufus, looking up at MacBeth in shock, as he smirked looking down at Rufus saying, "do you like my illusions?"

Zeldris then blurted out as the crowd murmured in silence, "it was all an illusion?!"

"Now that I think of it from my time on the council", Mr. Yajima said, "when he was a member of the Oracion Seis, Midnight, as he was known, had impeccable Illusion Magic!" he finished.

"So, you're a wizard who uses illusions" Rufus said, regaining his composure, "we will surely put a change to that!" Rufus said as he placed both his index and middle fingers on his head, using his magic to make people forget how to use spells that they know.

"I can control your memory, so I control the match," Rufus said, as MacBeth began using a different magic technique. This used Rufus's clothes against him and began binding him like a giant vice.

"I've already won," said Rufus as the clothes continued to bind him, smirking gleefully.

"How could you, when I'm the one binding you!" MacBeth said, seeming to think victory was in hand.

"Memory-make, shrine of the stormy wind fang!" Rufus said, as again the massive cyclones appeared, this time, they reached MacBeth and sent him flying, the stadium was in collective shock at what happened.

MacBeth crashed back first into one of the stadium walls and collapsed, groaning, and mumbling but not really getting up.

"This fight is over! Rufus Lore performs an incredible come from behind win and nets Sabertooth ten points. This brings them to 16 points for the day and nabs 3rd place on day 1!" Chopati Lola said.

"That was really something, though even I'm left confused why MacBeth backed off like that at the end" Mr. Yajima said, pondering what he just witnessed.

"How could he have lost like that!" complained Sorano.

"Unfortunately, he got cocky" Erik said, as the members of Crime Sorciere looked at him. "I could hear it, Rufus used his memory-make-magic to make MacBeth forget what worked and didn't work. This made MacBeth forget his illusions, or that he could only do one thing at a time" he finished.

"We shouldn't let ourselves get too airheaded like that," Jellal said. "Erik, I want you to do some digging on Alvarez tonight" he continued, "I have an uneasy feeling about something within that guild".

"I second that concern," Meredy said.

Erik then teased, "are you sure it just isn't about Zeldris" and laughed.

Meredy's brow furrowed, she huffed as she crossed her arms, slamming the heel of her boot into the ground, turning and walking out the exit as people were starting to stream out of the arena. The rest of the members glared at Erik, who rolled his eyes in response.

"What?" he retorted, looking at his glaring guild members, "I'm only teasing her".

Meanwhile, Chopati Lola announced, "here are the scores for the end of day 1 as follows. We will see you right back here in Domas Flau tomorrow for day 2's exciting event and battles''.

The scores read as follows:

1st Fairy Tail team A: 20 points.

2nd Fairy Tail team B: 19 points.

3rd Saber Tooth: 16 points

4th Lamia Scale: 15 points

5th Mermaid Heel: 14 points

6th Alvarez Guild: 8 points

7th Crime Sorciere: 7 points

8th Blue Pegasus: 3 points

9th Quattro Cerberus: 2 points

10th Twilight Ogre: 1 point

Zeldris, Romeo, Terre mere, and Gabriel all looked at the results as the guild members cheered and left the suite.

"Wow, that was a great first day," Zeldris said rather excitedly, his mind and spirit filled with eagerness for when he would get to participate in the games.

Zeldris did not see Meredy's storming off, though he was somewhat disappointed he did not see her before they left. Of course, he was a bit overwhelmed, the sights, the sounds, the events, and the ladies too.

"We should get something nice to eat and explore the city some more," Terre Mere suggested.

"That sounds like a plan" Romeo said, as Gabriel, and Zeldris agreed and joined them. All in high spirits and excited for the next day.