"The Grand Magic Games elimination round!" "Sky Labyrinth..." "Begin!" "we better hurry up." "Yeah!" "Wait!" "What?" "!" "He said all five members of the team have to reach the goal together." "Wendy isn't back yet." "that's right!" "Wendy!" "Then what are we gonna do?" "!" "you got a Man right here." "Member change!" "What superhuman strength!" "Elf-nii-chan!" "Guess we got no choice." "I don't think we have time to wait for Wendy!" "Elfman!" "Leave it to me!" "Lisanna!" "Happy!" "Erza?" "!" "Search for Wendy and Carla!" "I just hope they haven't got into any trouble..." "Okay!" "I'll talk to our people!" "everyone!" "Man!" "There's the entrance to the labyrinth!" "Nope!" "There's the entrance to being number one in Fiore!" "Team Fairy Tail!" "Yeah!" "Sky Labyrinth!" "Let's begin with an explanation of the elimination round's rules." "there are 113 teams strong participating in the Grand Magic Games." "The purpose of this elimination round is to cut down that number all at once to eight teams who will compete in the Games proper." "The rules are simple." "All of the teams must go from their inn to Sky Labyrinth the Games arena." "The eight teams that arrive first survive the elimination round and will compete in the Games. and there are no restrictions." "However... The Grand Magic Games executive committee assumes no responsibility!" "So it's a three-dimensional maze in here..." "I'm not good with stuff like this!" "Get it together! because we'll be cut!" "right?" "!" "We gotta get through here an' beat those Sabertooth bastards to a pulp!" "Let's get to the goal before they do!" "A Man finishes the elimination round in first place!" "we should head east." "The arena is in that direction." "count on me!" "Open!" "Gate of the Compass!" "Pyxis!" "Pyxis!" "Tell us which way is east!" "That way is east!" "Lucy." "I brought along a compass." "Pyxis..." "Good job." "Let's head east!" "A Man charges straight through!" "can we?" "Not the way this is constructed..." "Is the roof folded back over?" "!" "You're doing okay?" "but I'm not feelin' sick at all." "I'll explain!" "this entire Sky Labyrinth has been treated with magic so even those with motion sickness or fear of heights can compete fairly!" "So it's like a Troia." "Maybe that means Natsu isn't the only wizard with motion sickness!" "That's just pathetic." "I can hear you two!" "let's keep going east!" "Right!" "What the hell is this?" "!" "Just lookin' at it is making me dizzy!" "I can't tell if that end is above or below!" "Whichever!" "Let's go!" "but charges ahead!" "how far does this thing go?" "Don't worry about it!" "At the end of it'll be the goal!" "Hey!" "Get a hold of yourself!" "What the hell's goin' on here?" "!" "it's a labyrinth." "That reminds me of what he said about not taking responsibility even if people die... headfirst." "huh?" "We ain't gonna get to the goal by inspecting this whole place!" "Let's just look around to the east!" "I think it'd be a good idea to take notes as we go." "Notes?" "Like how we've gotten here from the starting point..." "What kind of places we've passed... we won't be able to make progress easily." "we can't just complain about it." "I see." "She's talking about mapping the place." "Taking notes?" "!" "I don't know one place from another!" "Natsu?" "My nose isn't working." "Maybe that's due to the magic cast in this labyrinth..." "Every team has the same conditions." "let's keep going!" "Wendy-nee isn't with them?" "!" "Isn't with them..." "You mean she's missing?" "Carla isn't there either!" "But the rule is there has to be five people!" "So Natsu-nii and the rest will..." "Elf-nii-chan suddenly filled in for her." "Elfman's in the elimination round?" "Seriously?" "!" "too!" "look... we have to look for those two!" "spread the word." "If we split up into teams and stay in contact through Warren... this is a huge city..." "Got it!" "I just hope they haven't gotten caught up in some kind of trouble... let's get back to the rest of the gang." "but we have to make an efficient search for them." "Yeah..." "East is that way!" "It's hard taking notes on this maze." "'cause every inch has distinctive features..." "Hey!" "Erza... too." "You're the one that said it's this way!" "it's my fault?" "!" "but we've already been this way once." "Right?" "!" "I knew it!" "we gotta keep goin' or we'll run out of time!" "Come to think of it... right?" "Hey." "Are you serious?" "!" "That mug..." "Fairy Tail!" "Unbelievable!" "Those guys!" "This guild is Twilight Ogre. this is the guild that threatened Fairy Tail." "but... they're a piss-poor lookin' guild!" "Lame-o's!" "too." "I could say the same to you." "You're the one who's in the guild that's perpetually last." "This year's Fairy Tail is different!" "How so?" "!" "wait a second!" "Are we gonna fight here?" "!" "We're free to use magic in here!" "There are no restrictions!" "We'll crush you right here!" "These dopes don't learn." "I'm fired up!" "We're seriously gonna battle?" "!" "the better." "but..." "Who would've guessed we'd run into 'em this quickly?" "!" "Get 'em!" "I'm gonna pay 'em back every bit for that last time!" "We got our eyes on overthrowing Sabertooth!" "That and bein' number one in Fiore!" "You're in our way!" "What the...?" "!" "Hey-hey-hey-hey!" "What is this?" "!" "this is..." "The entire labyrinth is rotating!" "What?" "!" "The entire labyrinth is rotating!" "R-Rotating?" "!" "What's that about?" "!" "What the heck is that?" "!" "don't tell me... look!" "no!" "People are falling!" "right?" "I hope Natsu is okay..." "It's rotating on a Z-axis!" "move to the flank!" "I'm already falling!" "If only Happy were here...!" "You don't need Happy!" "You've got a Man here." "N-Nice catch!" "Elfman!" "It was nothin'!" "Are you guys okay?" "!" "Yeah!" "It's stopped." "But this is seriously screwed up." "What kind of contraption is this?" "the idea is to take over 100 teams and narrow them down to eight." "This is a logical way." "And lots of teams were just shaken right off..." "Maybe I'll just quit..." "What is this?" "A map?" "!" "Looks like it..." "That's a stroke of luck!" "it'll be an even more accurate map!" "Hey!" "That's..." "It's yours?" "G-Give it back!" "I refuse." "You are disqualified." "I see..." "I'm starting to get an idea of how this elimination round works... your eyes are scary!" "The elimination round has revved up into high gear at last." "it's gonna get even crazier!" "We'll pare down those teams like nobody's business!" "Then there's only one thing to do!" "Steal maps from the other teams!" "This is more of a battle than a race!" "It's a Man's scramble for maps!" "that's right up our alley!" "I'm taking this!" "By all means!" "this makes the sixth one!" "I have no idea how to read this map!" "Lucy's good at stuff like that." "Then let's bring all the maps together and have Lucy decipher 'em!" "Me?" "!" "If you would." "Sure." "Give us your maps!" "I got three more teams' worth!" "I've got seven teams' worth!" "I'm sorry..." "How cruel..." "It's movin' again!" "Hang on to something!" "It stopped." "Alright!" "Let's get back to our map quest!" "Max!" "Did you find out anything?" "!" "and no relevant info at all out there... right?" "Wendy?" "!" "We need to hurry up and find her so Natsu and the rest can focus on the elimination round." "Warren?" "We're coming up clueless. and I can't imagine she would be in Domus Flau..." "About all that leaves is the palace..." "Now that you mention it..." "What is it?" "Carla said she was going to sightseeing spots with Wendy..." "Then... you don't think..." "they could be in the palace?" "Let's check it out!" "Yeah! it would waste a lot of time." "huh?" "I figured doing that would make it easy for us to locate east but none of us could've guessed that the central part was some wide open landscape..." "And upside down on top of that..." "The problem is there is no east or west here." "Even the compass has gotten dizzy." "Then we don't know which way to go..." "But we can't afford to stand around either." "I was waiting for a time like this!" "What are you going on about?" "Lucy?" "No!" "Open!" "Gate of the Compass!" "Pyxis!" "That's the one from before..." "It's scared of somethin'." "It's traumatized by Erza's compass." "It's my fault?" "!" "this is your time to shine!" "A compass is useless now!" "Look." "It just spins around." "we need your power!" "I apologize for before." "Will you help us?" "huh?" "goin' up against Erza?" "Did you say something?" "!" "Nope!" "Not a word!" "East is that way!" "That way..." "You mean up?" "!" "You sure about this?" "!" "Yeah!" "The power of a Celestial Spirit is way stronger than just some compass!" "How are we supposed to climb up there?" "!" "isn't it?" "This." "That's what you meant?" "!" "There are birds..." "This is a peaceful place. but I can't stand the idea of failing this elimination round now." "What are you lying around for?" "We're still in a race." "Hurry!" "Let's aim for first place in this round!" "Yeah!" "Man!" "Yeesh!" "What the hell is this?" "!" "Now it's the sea?" "!" "How far does this go?" "!" "Calm down and look carefully!" "That sky is a fake." "It's painted onto a wall!" "Then we've reached the end of this path and that's the goal?" "!" "Alright!" "Last spurt!" "Yeah!" "This is the palace of the king of Fiore?" "Mercurius..." "This is my first time seeing it." "Me too!" "you two!" "What are you doing here at this time of night?" "!" "Excuse me." "someone from our guild who was meant to participate in the elimination round of the Grand Magic Games has gone missing." "We looked all over Crocus." "This is the last place we haven't checked." "Hey!" "R-Right..." "His Majesty is also looking forward to the Grand Magic Games..." "You can look in the courtyard." "We can go in?" "!" "What'd you say?" "!" "Are you serious?" "!" "Is something wrong?" "Happy and Lisanna just went into the palace!" "I've never even been in there!" "you know?" "The garden is open to the public for sightseeing." "Let's split up here." "relay it to Warren." "sir!" "Roger!" "We're on our way to Mercurius right now!" "I just hope they're safe..." "Trouble from the elimination round already?" "I can tell this is going to be hard going..." "Elfman Strauss!" "Erza Scarlet!" "Gray Fullbuster!" "Lucy Heartfilia!" "Natsu Dragneel..." "Congratulations!" "You passed the elimination round!" "of course." "It went smooth as silk." "Are we in first place?" "!" "No." "Eighth." "You barely made it." "What?" "!" "our eight teams are all present!" "is over!" "How did Natsu and the rest do?" "!" "Which guilds are going on to the real Games?" "!" "Which guilds are going to participate in the real Games?" "You'll find out at the opening ceremony!" "Why not tell us now?" "!" "Miser!" "I see!" "The elimination round is already finished." "Happy!" "Is something wrong?" "Th-That..." "No..." "It can't be..." "Wendy's bag..." "Where's Carla?" "Where's Wendy?" "Calm down." "Let's look for them around here." "Right." "Come on!" "Aye!" "What's that?" "!" "You found them?" "!" "Are they okay?" "!" "they're both unconscious!" "Warren!" "Caral!" "It's me!" "Wake up! but it's strange..." "I hardly sense any magic power from Wendy." "It's the same with Carla!" "What should we do?" "!" "She's awake!" "Wendy!" "What happened?" "!" "No!" "it's me!" "It's Lisanna!" "Do you remember me?" "!" "too!" "Happy..." "Lisanna-san..." "What happened to me...?" "You tell us!" "What happened?" "!" "We were..." "The elimination round of the Grand Magic Games..." "Elfman stepped up in place of Wendy." "Natsu and the rest barely managed to make it through the round." "And the Grand Magic Games proper are about to begin at last." "What will become of Team Natsu's battle to dethrone Sabertooth and become Fiore's number one guild?" "huh?" "There's gotta be some mistake." "You came in last." "right?" "Now we just gotta take down places one through seven all at once!" "All at once?" "right?" "Um..." "So we just gotta beat 40 people!" "Next time:" "New Guild! too!" "Then make it 39 people!" "never mind."