Ben and Jura enter the arena with big grins on their faces. Both of them knew that if the organizer wanted to make this tournament interesting, they will pair the 2 of them. Although they are quite surprised that they get chosen on the first day.
"You seem happy, bald guy," says Ben while grinning.
"So are you, blondie," says Jura while grinning too.
"Has it been 6 years since I beat you up?" asks Ben while cracking his fists.
"You seem to have a memory problem there. It was me who defeated you 6 years ago," says Jura while smirking.
"Your win? I won't say that the one who get beaten up badly was the winner," says Ben with a tick mark on his forehead.
"It's the last man standing rule, so I won because you lost consciousness first," says Jura with a tick mark too.
Both of them are talking about their sparring session 6 years ago when Ben was still a Guild Master. They want to test each other's power, so they fought in a hidden sparring match. That was a very fierce battle that they did on an uninhabited island that get destroyed after their battle.
Jura was beaten up very badly, but Ben lost consciousness first. Ben was already strong back then because he has became a Wizard Saint. However, Jura is tougher and has a lot more experience than him.
The crowd is surprised that the 2 of them have fought in the past. They wonder how fierce that battle was because it's said that a battle of 2 Wizard Saints can shake the entire continent. Well, it's just an expression to show that the battle must be very destructive.
But it doesn't matter because now they all can finally see these 2 fight directly. Everyone here is excited to see what kind of battle these 2 will present. Even the Mages from Sabertooth who are hostile toward Fairy Tail still respect Ben for his strength and they want to see his power with their own eyes.
The tension rises and silence hits the whole stadium. Everyone looks at Ben & Jura who stands in the center of the arena without saying a word. Both of them don't say anything, but their auras are enough to make everyone there tense.
"PAPA, LOOK!" The silence suddenly breaks as Ariel suddenly shouts from Fairy Tail B's stand.
Ben looks at her and sees her standing proudly with a flower crown that she made on her head. An imaginary arrow suddenly stabs Ben's heart and he falls to the ground. He just gets attacked by the strongest attack, Cuteness Magic.
"PAPA, ARE YOU OKAY?" asks Ariel worriedly, but it gives Ben more damage instead.
Ben suddenly flashes below Fairy Tail B's stand and smiles like an idiot. "Of course, I'm okay. Papa is the strongest, you know. I was just get defeated by Ariel's cuteness. Why don't you make a flower crown too, Gabriel?"
Everyone sweatdrops at the sudden change of atmosphere. The scary aura they felt from Ben has gone and they can only see a doting father now.
"I don't want to make a flower crown, I want to make a real crown," says Gabriel with his innocent smile.
Ben suddenly gets serious, "Alright, I will take the King's crown. That midget doesn't need that crown."
*TAK*
A pebble suddenly hits Ben's head. Mira is the one who throws it and Ben can see her demonic expression now.
"I-I'm just joking, hahaha. We will make a crown for you after we go home, Gabriel. Now Papa will play with Uncle Jura, you guys stay with Mama, alright?" asks Ben before running back to the center of the arena.
Now everyone is getting speechless. The great Wizard Saint who becomes one at the age of 17 is a doting father who is afraid of his wife. Many are stupefied, but right at that moment, all married men who see it become Ben's supporters in an instant because they are in the same situation.
The battle will finally begin soon, but the tense atmosphere has gone from the stadium. Both Ben & Jura is staring at each other while grinning. Then finally the pumpkin-man starts the battle after all barriers around the arena get activated.
Ben & Jura still stand in their positions even when the battle has started. But they suddenly release their massive magic power. The clash of their magic power shakes the entire city even though there are many barriers around them.
"Let's skip the nonsense and start it right away, Ben," says Jura while raising his hands in front of him.
"Exactly what I think," says Ben while lowering his body while grinning widely.
The massive magic power release is suddenly gone as the 2 of them get ready for a real fight. Jura's hands glow white before he suddenly slams them to the ground. Numerous rock spikes come out of the ground below Ben.
Ben moves to the side to avoid the rock spikes, but they still chase him. So he runs at high speed as Jura's magic keeps chasing him. Jura suddenly pours a lot more magic power and now rock spikes come out everywhere, covering the whole arena.
So Ben jumps up to avoid them. But then the ground on his left & right gets cut into square shapes and they move toward him. The spiky squares will sandwich him, and it is very dangerous with all the spikes there.
"You were the one who gave me the idea to make this spell, Ben. Iron Rock Maiden!" says Jura while clapping his hands.
"Then don't use it on me," says Ben before the 2 spiky rock walls crash onto him.
The normal people flinch seeing Ben gets hit by the spiky walls. But the experienced Mages know he won't get defeated just with this. They are right because suddenly, the walls that sandwiched Ben explode after Ben used an explosion spell.
"My turn, right?" asks Ben before taking a deep breath.
Jura immediately prepares a spell because he knows what Ben will do.
"SUN DRAGON'S ROAR!"
Ben shoots a golden solar energy beam from his mouth. It moves toward Jura at high speed and is about to hit Jura before a thick wall comes out of the ground to block the beam. However, the wall is not straight, it's tilted 45 degrees.
It's not a mistake that Jura made, but he made it to redirect Ben's roar attack to the sky. He succeeds and Ben's roar attack gets redirected to the sky. The earth wall gets destroyed a little, but it would get destroyed completely if Jura made it straight to block, not to redirect the attack.
"Your Dragon Roar is ridiculous as always," says Jura while smiling.
"You think it is?" asks Ben while smirking.
Jura's smile gets bitter as he asks, "Don't tell me that wasn't your strongest Dragon Roar?"
Ben just keeps smirking and says, "No need to reveal all our cards right from the start, right?"
"Damn monster," says Jura.
"Yo, don't call me that. You are also a monster by normal standard," says Ben.
"I can't deny that. Rock Avalanche!" says Jura while extending a hand toward Ben.
The rock spikes all over the arena and suddenly get crushed into many parts. They fly toward Ben at high speed. It's an unavoidable attack from all angles that will hit the target. But that's not the case for Ben because he can evade the rocks with his speed.
It won't be interesting though, so he won't evade, he will destroy them all. Ben covers his whole body with his Sun Dragon's golden solar energy. Then he focuses on his senses and starts attacking the incoming rocks.
*BAM BAM BAM*
Ben hits the rocks that come from all sides using his whole body. Fists, claws, elbows, feet, knees, and even his head. He moves around to hit every rock that comes his way and his movements are very fast that those who can't see such speed can only see flashes.
No rock hits Ben's body even after Jura sent all the rocks he made. Everyone is speechless when they see the stack of destroyed rocks around Ben. The ground below him is clear and not even a pebble can be seen there.
"I think it's time for you to stop fooling around. Use your real attacks, Jura. This kind of thing won't be enough to defeat me," says Ben while removing the golden solar energy from his body.
"Well, I can say the same to you," says Jura.
Ben smirks as he runs to Jura. Jura also gets ready to face him seriously. They have finished their warm-ups.
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