The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

The S-level assessment is held once a year. Last year, Nazgre and the others were particularly dissatisfied because they were overtaken by Kana, a person whose strength was not up to standard. They have been practicing hard this year and want to prove themselves in this year's assessment. strength.

This year, as the strength of each member of the guild has increased significantly, the competition is bound to become more intense.

"Great!! The wait is finally here!!! I will definitely win the S-class this year!!"

"I am the one who will become S-class!!"

"Heh heh heh...how naive! I won't give it up to you so easily!"

"What did you say?! Do you want to compare now?!"

"Come here! Who's afraid of you??"

In less than a minute, everyone was noisy in the usual guild style.

Finally, a huge fist smashed down hard, suppressing the group of violent people who were about to fight to the ground: "Listen carefully to the rules!! You bastards!!"

"Yes...yes...!!×N

Seeing that Makarov was angry, everyone broke into a cold sweat and stood in a row like good babies. The people who were pinned to the ground also pretended to be stunned and did not dare to continue to act recklessly.

"First of all, I want to announce something. For this year's assessment, we have invited foreign aid!"

Everyone was stunned: "Foreign aid??"

"That's right! Foreign aid!"

There was a cunning light in Makarov's old eyes, and he looked like a cunning guy at first glance, "Guests who have been guests at the guild in the past few days will participate in the assessment as your opponents or teammates!!"

The entire guild fell silent for an instant, and everyone had a look of disbelief on their faces.

"I'm a guest at the guild these days..."

"Hey, hey...no way...are you going to be so big this year?"

"Those guys are not easy to deal with..."

Who else can be a guest in the guild? Isn't it the returning group from the Western Continent? All of them are at least ‘Holy Ten’ level magicians! ! For our S-level selection, is it too much to invite such a person to dominate the battle?

Several people who had gone through the assessment last year instantly turned pale and raised their hands to ask: "Yes... President... I think it is best to follow the rules of active registration for this year's assessment..."

"Huh? Take the initiative to sign up??"

"Uh-huh!!"

Several people nodded vigorously like chickens pecking at rice, and their calculations began to ring loudly: If the assessment is to take the initiative to sign up, as long as you don't rush to get higher, you won't have to face those terrifying monsters.

But how could things develop so smoothly?

"dream!!!"

I saw Makarov shouting loudly, his voice rising to dozens of decibels in an instant, "Quotas have always been awarded based on one year's performance. How can I let you take the initiative to sign up? !!"

Everyone was even more panicked: "Then...does that mean I have the right to refuse to participate..."

"No!! The candidates and schedule have been customized, how can I let you withdraw without permission?! Even if you say that you will never participate in the S-level assessment again! All the candidates who will be named by me later must Do your best in this year’s assessment! Otherwise you will have to face the wrath of me and the foreign aid at the same time!!”

"Ehhhh??!"

Seeing everyone's faces turning green, Makarov felt very happy and added fuel to the fire again: "Humph! I have spent a lot of effort to invite them to come forward!"

In fact, Makarov just mentioned it casually in front of them, but they didn't expect that they were all very interested, vying to play, and even volunteered to come to Maka after hearing about it. If Love wanted a quota for the assessment, Makarov would naturally be happy to agree.

Don't let the thugs come to your door in vain.

Sure enough, as soon as Makarov said this, everyone became agitated in unison.

"Why do you do such unnecessary things, President?"

"It's just... they are not members of the guild!!"

"Shut up! I'm not doing this all to train you!!"

Makarov had a look of hatred on his face, and he yelled at this group of cowardly brats, "Count yourselves carefully. How much work have you done in total during the three months that I have been away? !!”

"I know how to fight, brag, and tease girls every day. When I'm young, I don't want to work hard and practice hard. I just know how to eat, drink, and have fun! Can this still be considered the number one magic guild in Ishgar?!"

As soon as these words came out, the guild fell into silence. Everyone looked embarrassed, but most of them didn't care.

The number one magic guild in Ishgar? So what if it's the world's number one magic guild? We don’t care about those things! Isn’t it what you taught me to just live happily?

Of course, they dare to think this kind of thing, but they dare not say it. After all, although Makarov is old, it really hurts when he hits someone with his fist!

"President, which foreign aid clubs will participate in this assessment?"

Makarov glanced at the person who asked the question and said calmly: "Except for Ogast and the second generation, everyone else is there!"

Gulu...

Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva to suppress their shock.

Except for Ogast and the second generation? ! Doesn't that mean that Serena, who is number one in the Holy Ten, Timaria, who can stop time, and Brandish, who can enlarge breasts, are also here? ! How to fight this kind of person? !

"That kind of opponent is impossible to defeat..."

"Not necessarily! If one of them can become a teammate..."

"What should I do?? If you fight these people, you will be killed, right?"

"What are you worried about?! It's impossible for you to be selected as an alternate, okay?!"

"Nonsense! I've worked hard this year!"

"Great!! Doesn't that mean I can have a showdown with those people!!"

"Interesting! I'll knock them all down then!"

Regarding the intervention of these powerful foreign aids, some people were worried and some were excited. Their confident speeches triggered a burst of noise and complaints.

"I heard everything clearly!"

Just as everyone in the guild was talking about it, Makarov coughed lightly, interrupted their enthusiasm again, and continued to announce the rules:

"This year, there are twelve guild members who have been awarded the qualification to participate in the S-level assessment, which is the 'substitute team'; there are also twelve people in the team that are your helpers, and they are the 'foreign aid team'."

"In other words, this is a melee with twelve teams and a total of 24 people! In the end, only one person can become an S-class mage!"

"The list of twelve candidates is: Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, Juvia, Felide, Bigslow, Abby Green, Gajeel, Lebby, Elfman , Lisanna!"

"The members of the 'foreign aid team' are composed of S-class members of the guild and guests visiting the guild, namely Kira, Gildarts, Laxus, Erza, Mira, Kana, Serena, Dee Speer, Gerald, Urrutia, Brandish, and Timaria, these twelve people!”

"Each candidate will be randomly matched with a teammate of the 'foreign aid team' according to the lottery method, but who each person's teammate is will only be known to you on the day of departure."

"The meeting time is three days later. The location is at the entrance of the guild. We will take Kira's airship and go to the Darus Mountains together to conduct the assessment there."

"For this assessment, four people, including me, the first generation, the second generation, and Ogast, will be accompanying them as reviewers."

…

After announcing the basic rules of the game, Makarov left to deal with related matters, and the guild once again resumed its bustle, with twelve candidates gathering together to discuss the terrible future they were about to face.

Gray rubbed his furrowed brows, exuding an aura of 'distress': "Do you want to be teammates and opponents with that group of people... It's amazing when you think about it!"

"Ah~ I can't be on the same team as Gray-sama this year. I'm so disappointed!!"

After not seeing each other for three months, Juvia has become extremely hungry for Gray these days. She follows him wherever he goes, which annoys Gray greatly.

Habi took a bite of the fish head and said, "Natsu, it seems I can't help you this time, so you have to work hard!"

"Oh! I have received your support!!"

On the other side, Lucy, Rebby and Wendy were crying together, sharing each other's anxiety.

"I didn't expect that I would be able to participate in this year's assessment. This would be so exciting!!"

"Uuuuuuuuah...what should I do? I'm still just a child!"

"It would be great if I could be matched with a strong teammate..."

Gajeel walked up to Lebby and scolded her arrogantly: "You must not have this kind of mentality! Since it is an assessment, of course you have to rely on your own strength!!"

"Idiot Gajeel! With my strength..."

The two were noisy for a while, and after Leibby raised her small fist and punched Gajeel on the chest, they ran to the side and whispered, "Bala, Bala, Bala," which made the others feel ashamed: This guy who has a good career and love, It's simply annoying.

The three Thors, brother and sister Elfman also gathered together to discuss their boss and sister.

"It would be great if I could be on the same team as Laxus (Sister Mira)..."

"By the way, don't you think the strength gap between the people in this 'foreign aid team' is too big?"

Following the words spoken by someone unknown, the surroundings fell into silence again.