It's now the 3rd day of the Grand Magic Games and the next event will start soon. There was no serious problem after Ben caused a ruckus in Sabertooth's lodging. It just kept Jiemma from attending today's event, that's all.
Yukino also spent the night in Fairy Tail's hotel last night. No one had the heart to let that poor girl stay outside without any place to stay by herself. They offered to let her stay there until the tournament ended, but she insisted on leaving in the morning, so they allowed her to do that.
Anyway, the announcer finally declared the first game. It's a game called Pandemonium, which means a chaotic situation. Ben thought hard about who he'll send because he can't really guess what this game is about.
"Laxus, do you want to play?" Ben asked.
Laxus seemed to be annoyed.
"So you want to push me into this because you don't know what the game is? Piss off, man, I won't play your game. Do it yourself." He said.
"Well, I just wanna give you a chance because you haven't played at all." Ben replied.
"I will play tomorrow if I don't fight in today's battle. I told you that I just want to fight, right? I don't want to play those games and just want a proper battle." Laxus told him.
"Hmm, fine, do whatever you please." Ben said before he jumped down to the arena.
He looks at Fairy Tail A and they sent Erza who hasn't played yet. There was also a small change in Team A's lineup. Wendy was taking Gajeel's place as he was recovering from his battle with Bacchus yesterday.
Strangely, he just felt all his injuries last night. He didn't feel it right away yesterday and only felt stiff. That's why he joined the bride and groom themed contest with Levy because he still felt fine even though he was covered in bandages.
Porlyusica said that his adrenaline was still high at that time, so he didn't feel the pain. But when he got relaxed last night, all the injuries that he received finally came up. Wendy had healed most of his injuries, but he isn't fit yet, so he was forced to rest today.
Anyway, the other teams also sent their members to compete. Surprisingly, Lamia Scale sent Jura, so this will be the 2nd time Ben competed with Jura in this tournament. It made him quite excited even though they might not fight each other.
Sabertooth sends Orga, Blue Pegasus sends Hibiki, Mermaid Heel sends Millianna, Quatro Cerberus sends Nobarly while Scarmiglione sends a short man named Glock. Orga is quite wary of Ben, but he didn't care and just stood there silently.
"I heard you caused quite the ruckus last night." Jura said while walking towards Ben.
"Really? I was greeting and cheering them up because they looked down after not getting any points yesterday." Ben replied nonchalantly.
"And your idea of cheering them up is causing their guild master to stay in the hospital?" Jura asked.
Ben just looks away while whistling, making Jura sigh. He then ignored Ben because nothing will change even if they continue to talk. Jura knows just how stubborn Ben can be when he believes what he did is right.
After they stop talking, the pumpkin man came over and told them about the game. When he starts talking about the Pandemonium game, a massive building came out of the sky. It came out upside down and covered the sky.
"This is Pandemonium, which has 100 monsters inside it. The monsters are categorized into different ranks from D to S. Each rank gives a different point when you defeat it. You choose the number and rank of monsters that you'll challenge in turns. Please think carefully of the monsters that you'll choose because the strongest monster here can even rival a Wizard Saint." The pumpkin man said, making the crowd excited.
"Ooh, you hear that, Jura? There's a monster as weak as you in there." Ben said while giggling.
Jura was pissed off by Ben mocking him and then he tried to hit Ben, but none of his attacks connected. He knew Ben said that because he is weaker than Ben. But it still pissed him off, mockery is still mockery, it will piss the one who was mocked off.
The pumpkin man resumed his explanation, ignoring the 2 Wizard Saints. Then he took out a draw lot made of some straws with a number on them. Jura finally stopped chasing Ben so they can take the straws.
Ben kept giggling as he took a random straw, but suddenly he stopped giggling. He got number 8, the last number, which will give him a disadvantage. Now, it's Jura's turn to laugh because he got number 2, causing Ben's expression to become dark.
Everyone reveals their number and the first one that will go is actually Erza. Ben grinned after seeing this because this will be better than he thought. He knew Erza's personality really well, so he knows what she'll do.
"Erza doing it will leave more of a impact than me doing it. No one will be surprised when a Wizard Saint achieves something great." Ben said.
Erza didn't disappoint him because she challenged all the monsters. She challenged 100 monsters in Pandemonium. It surprises everyone and it made the Fairy Tail mages smile because they expected Erza to do this.
She entered the building without any hesitation despite the warning from the pumpkin man. Then soon after she entered the 1st room, some D and C rank monsters appear. They are big and look strong even though they are the lowest levels here.
"What are you doing?" Jura asked Ben as he set up a beach chair and table in the arena.
"I just want to enjoy the show." Ben said nonchalantly before he sat down and took out a box of popcorn.
Ben even summoned one of his contracted Nikora to watch with him. The one who appeared was the yellow Nikora, which he named Dio. He put Dio on his lap and they start eating popcorn together, making the others sweat drop.
But their attention shifted to Erza as the battle finally started. The monsters finally attack her and she starts using her Requip Magic. Erza changes her armor and weapons a few times to judge the enemies' power.
After she understood the monsters' power a little, she increases her pace. Erza starts massacring the artificial monsters at a fast pace. The monsters get stronger as she climbs Pandemonium.
None of them posed any threat to her and she killed them quite easily. She didn't even look tired after fighting so many monsters. Well, if she became tired after this, Ben would subject her to hellish training again.
Ben has trained almost everyone in the guild one way or another. He also focused on training the ones who participated in this tournament before it started. So he has trained Erza too and he knows she will do well in this game.
Erza really did it well and she kills the D to A rank monsters in a few minutes. She didn't receive a lot of injuries and she still didn't look tired. Now, there's only a S-rank monster left which is said to be as strong as a Wizard Saint.
The S-rank monster is surprisingly the eyeball creature that kept following her and taking videos of the battles. Erza then fought it and it is a strong monster. But to say it can rival a Wizard Saint is incorrect. It can put up a tough fight against a Wizard Saint, but it was nowhere near their level at all.
Well, at least the current Wizard Saints who are stronger than the previous generations due to the yearly Wizard Saint tournament that forced them to continue improving in order to keep their titles from challengers.
Anyway, Erza defeated the monster and cleared Pandemonium by herself. As Ben though, her victory had a big impact. It was this display that caused people to see that Fairy Tail was a strong guild and not just because they had Ben as a member, it's because all it's members are strong.
