[Ding! Mission complete.]
[Mission Name: Maintain Fairness!]
[Mission Progress:]
[Stop Raven Tail from violating the rules: Complete.]
[Mission Reward: Random Bronze Cloth or skill.]
[Would you like to claim the mission reward?]
As the Grand Magic Games officially began, Marco's mission was completed as well.
Since there was nothing much for him to do on the Guild Master viewing platform anyway, Marco directly claimed the reward.
It was only a Bronze Cloth, so it would not cause much of a disturbance.
If it had been something on the level of a Gold Cloth, there was no way he would have claimed it here.
Otherwise, the surge of magic power caused by the manifestation of a Gold Cloth alone would be enough to make everyone present suffer.
Marco had no desire to create that kind of trouble.
[Congratulations. Phoenix Bronze Cloth unlocked!]
The moment that pop-up appeared, Marco's originally calm expression changed.
This Phoenix Bronze Cloth could be considered the best item currently in the Bronze Cloth pool.
Although it was only Bronze-tier, it was extremely special.
The Phoenix Bronze Cloth possessed a self-repair ability that not even the Gold Cloths had.
Even if it was shattered into fragments or crushed into powder, it could instantly regenerate completely, and after each rebirth, its light and power would become even stronger.
That feature alone was enough for the Phoenix Bronze Cloth to stand proudly above every other Cloth.
This was the immortal phoenix that rose again through nirvana.
Most importantly, this Cloth even had a "combination technique" with the Leo Gold Cloth.
By using the power of the phoenix's divine flame, the Phoenix Bronze Cloth and the Leo Gold Cloth could merge into the True Leo Gold Cloth.
One Cloth, perfectly fusing the power of Phoenix and Leo, of two constellations and two Cloths.
While possessing terrifying destructive power, it would also hold the undying force of phoenix rebirth.
Just imagining it was enough to know how absurdly broken it was.
The True Leo Gold Cloth, this "Phoenix Lion," was absolutely a divine artifact.
Marco already possessed the Leo Gold Cloth, and now he had obtained the Phoenix Bronze Cloth as well.
He had already fulfilled the basic conditions for creating the True Leo Gold Cloth.
As for the "phoenix divine flame," the Phoenix Bronze Cloth itself possessed the ability to unlock the phoenix fire.
This flame would grow stronger with its user's power, and it would also grow stronger as the Phoenix Bronze Cloth itself strengthened.
Naturally, when it was first obtained, it would not immediately possess the true "phoenix divine flame."
But that was only a matter of time.
Marco was very confident about that.
[Ding! Five main Bronze Cloths detected. Special skill unlocked.]
Just as Marco was feeling happy because of the Phoenix Bronze Cloth, the system popped up again.
This time, it had unlocked an additional reward.
Just as Marco had expected, after collecting all five Cloths of the "main five," a special reward had indeed been triggered.
Pegasus, Cygnus, Dragon, Andromeda, and Phoenix.
These five Bronze Cloths carried extraordinary meaning. In some ways, they might even be rarer than the Gold Cloths.
After all, there were twelve Gold Cloths as a set.
If one included the Ophiuchus Gold Cloth, then there were at most thirteen.
But the Cloths of the "main five" numbered only five in total.
The reward window appeared, and Marco's expression turned rather strange as he read it.
[Goddess's Protection: Even if you are struck by an attack of overwhelming power, you will never die immediately. When pushed to the brink of death, you will unleash terrifying potential. Burn, my Cosmo!]
The moment Goddess's Protection appeared, the feeling was instantly right.
From this day onward, he had truly obtained the divine skill known as "Burn, my Cosmo."
With this skill, even someone at the level of the Sixth Sense could defeat an opponent who had awakened the Seventh Sense!
Unfortunately, under the current circumstances, making Marco fall into a near-death state was probably no longer a very realistic thing.
In this lifetime, Marco might not even get the chance to use Goddess's Protection.
Beating him to the edge of death was simply too difficult.
Still, no one would complain about having too many trump cards.
The Black Dragon had not yet been dealt with.
Having more life-saving and explosive burst abilities was definitely a good thing.
A smile appeared on Marco's face as he felt pleased with this harvest.
Collecting all five main Bronze Cloths had not been easy!
He had already unlocked half of the Gold Cloths, yet only now had he finally gathered all five of these Bronze Cloths.
They really were rarer than the Gold Cloths.
"Ooooooh!!!"
A wave of cheers and screams suddenly erupted from the audience stands.
Marco snapped back to his senses and realized that the broadcast camera had turned toward him.
On the large screens surrounding the arena, his handsome smiling face was now displayed clearly, delivering a full-force beauty attack to the entire stadium!
Marco immediately cooperated and waved to the spectators in every direction, with a brilliant and radiant smile.
That drew another burst of cheers from the crowd.
This was what it meant to be an international superstar.
At that moment, Marco's popularity was displayed in full.
Even if he did not participate, even if he merely sat off to the side, he could still attract countless gazes.
This was not the first time something like this had happened.
Only this time, Marco had a new identity.
He was now the Guild Master of Fairy Tail!
And after today, that identity would spread at an astonishing speed.
The broadcast camera lingered on Marco for a long while, allowing the audience to look their fill before finally turning toward other directions.
The current live broadcast system was incredibly clear, and this was also one of Fairy Tail's research achievements.
Much of it was thanks to the advanced magical item research experience they had obtained from the world of Edolas.
In this field, that world truly surpassed Earth-land.
The two worlds had simply developed in completely different directions.
The current Fairy Tail had its own dedicated Magical Item Research Institute, and the first director was Marco himself.
Although he did not personally take part in the research, he had ideas and resources in abundance.
His role was to propose concepts and provide the resources, while the researchers worked hard to make them real.
Warren was the true deputy director who led the practical operations of the institute.
This new live broadcast system had been improved and produced by them.
As for the product Marco had been thinking about for so long—the "mobile phone"—there had also been some progress.
Supposedly, an "initial model" already existed.
At the very least, it had achieved short-distance voice communication, which was already a major success.
What remained was to continue increasing the communication range.
In a world of magic, a "magical mobile phone" naturally did not require things like base stations or signal towers.
It relied on magic power.
Marco believed that Warren and the others would eventually create a true long-distance communication device.