Fairy Tail was still in 1st place in overall ranking on the 3rd day. They have 50 points now, but the 2nd place team Lamia Scale, had 49 points, one less than Fairy Tail. Team Lamia Scale always got high points in every event.
The 4th day's event finally starts and it was another difficult event for Team Fairy Tail. The event's name is Hidden Fox. It's a event where the participants need to infiltrate a place full of monsters similar to Pandemonium last year.
Their objective is to retrieve a orb hidden inside the building. They are given maps, so they know where to go. But it's still difficult because they need to move stealthily and then return to where they started.
Their points will be decided by their time. The fastest will obviously get the most points. Each mistake that leads to them being discovered by the monsters will give them a time penalty with each mistake giving them a different time penalty.
Bella represented Team Fairy Tail because Wendy knew she was the best candidate for this job on their team. She often went on infiltration missions that required stealth with Ben. Also, Ben liked to hunt with Bella in the past when they were still living in the forest, so Bella was very stealthy.
She goes last after picking a random lottery number for the playing order. The fastest right now is Rogue from Sabertooth who finished it in 1 minute 13 seconds. His gap was big with Yuka from Lamia Scale in 2nd place at 3 minutes 37 seconds.
Bella started her turn and she immediately flew to the massive castle that was summoned. Exceeding everyone's expectations, Bella didn't enter the castle through the main door. She flew higher outside the castle and kept flying to the top floor.
Then after flying around for a moment, she shocked the spectators. Bella entered the top floor through a hole that other participants can't use. She can pass through it easily because of her small size and she can also fly. This spot was inaccessible to others because they couldn't fly.
"Is that even allowed?" Demien from Orochi's Fin protested.
"Well, the goal is to retrieve the lacrima ball undetected. There's no rule saying that you are required to enter through the main door. The starting point is this start line too and you can use any method you want as long as you aren't detected." The pumpkin man pointed out.
Bella came out soon and returned to the starting line which also acted as the finish line. Her time was 1 minute 16 seconds. She was three seconds slower than Rogue because she still had a problem moving past the monsters on the top floor while Rogue easily bypassed everything as a shadow.
It's good enough though because they got eight points. So now their total points were 58, while Lamia Scale is still 2nd with 54, and Sabertooth was 3rd with 53. They might not get more points in the battle round because their opponent is strong.
Wendy was chosen for the battle round and her opponent was Mermaid Heel's ace, Kagura. Both of them are on good terms, but this is a competition, so they will fight seriously. Ben told Wendy not to hold back in this tournament and fight with everything she had.
Their battle starts and Kagura immediately rushed to attack Wendy with her sword. Wendy quickly evaded her attack. She had buffed her speed to move a lot faster.
She got a good distance away from Kagura by moving near the wall. Wendy then added buffs to increase her attack and defense. Then she assumed a fighting stance with her palms again.
Without saying a word, Wendy dashed towards Kagura and began her attack. She attacked Kagura with her palms which are coated in wind. The wind made her attack faster because it reduced the air resistance.
Kagura fought back with her sword which was still sheathed in it's scabbard like usual. She only removed it when her sheathed sword isn't enough to defeat her opponents. Her sword is extremely sharp, so it's very dangerous because it would likely kill her opponents.
That sharp sword is coming out in this battle, and only a minute after it started. Wendy is a lot stronger and more fierce in battle than Kagura though. She used her wind magic to reduce Kagura's attack power and made her attacks faster and stronger.
Kagura needs to unsheathe her sword soon if she wanted to win. Wendy's martial arts style is unique because Ben made it specifically for her. It uses her wind magic and is very compatible with her small body.
Her martial arts style mainly consisted of evasion and deflection for defense. The main attacks are counterattacks that utilizes the chances she made after evading and deflecting. But she can still attack first and if she lands the first hit, then the battle will turn around in her favor.
That's exactly what happened to Kagura after they started their battle. Wendy evaded her attack and struck her in the stomach with a palm. She was pushed back and her rhythm was immediately broken because Wendy didn't give her the chance to strike back.
Wendy kept disrupting her attacks before she could even execute them. By attacking at a very close distance and aiming at Kagura's hands, Wendy could prevent Kagura from attacking her. Then she landed small but fast hits on Kagura's body.
Kagura also had a hard time escaping because Wendy was very fast. Only after being able to use her Gravity Magic on Wendy could she escape. Then she immediately unsheathed her sword and became serious.
Facing Kagura's sharp sword forced Wendy to be a lot more careful. Kagura with a unsheathed sword is a lot different than when her sword was still sheathed. Her attacks are deadlier and swifter, so Wendy needs to be very careful, but it destroyed her rhythm.
She realized it, so she made some distance between herself and Kagura. Wendy pushed Kagura away with a strong wind and she also moved back really far. She approached the wall to catch her breath and heal her injuries while preparing her next attack.
Ben's eyes widened when he saw Wendy's magic power spike. He smiled widely as he saw a bright white aura cover his sister's body. Other mages were also surprised because they've seen it before, a Dragon Slayer's Drive.
Wendy's Sky Dragon Slayer Magic has some buff spells. So Ben thought she could use Drive because it's also a kind of buff. Dragon Force is difficult to achieve, so he taught her Drive first and she was finally successful after attempting it for a few months.
Kagura was a lot warier now and knew she needed to attack. She can't allow Wendy to regain her momentum because she knew how dangerous Drive was. Wendy already predicted Kagura would attack immediately, though.
So Wendy immediately made her move while Kagura rushed towards her. She spread her legs a little and pointed her left index finger to the sky while pointing her right index finger to the ground as she lowered herself. A pair massive white magic circles appear in the sky and on the ground beneath Wendy.
Then she chanted his spell, "Original Dragon Slayer Art! Tearing the Sky, Destroying the Earth: Sky Dragon Ascension!"
The magic circles break like glasses and then the parts spread out all over the arena. Then from each part, a whirlwind appeared. The whirlwinds get bigger and bigger before merging with each other, creating massive tornadoes that were very powerful.
Kagura can't move forward because she was sucked up by the tornadoes that moved towards her. She tried to slash and break the tornadoes, but all her attempts fail. She tried to stay on the ground with her Gravity Magic, but the suction was too strong for her Gravity Magic to work.
Finally, Kagura can't hold it anymore and she was sucked into one of the tornadoes. She defended herself, but the tornado's wind was as sharp as her blades. So her defense was broken and she was thrown around in the tornado.
Wendy had full control of her tornadoes and she can see what happened inside them. She stopped her spell when she noticed Kagura was receiving a lot of injuries. Kagura fell to the shattered ground with many cuts and blood on her body.
She looked at Wendy for a moment before losing consciousness. The referee stopped the battle and Wendy won the battle round. The meek and clumsy girl that everyone saw before now looks very formidable.