Fairy's Chess Game

Chapter 203 The Exam Shrouded in Clouds
"Just next week, Fairy Tail's annual S-rank mage promotion exam will be held!" Lebby announced the answer.

Lucy didn't react for a while, and she was stunned for a few seconds before exclaiming "Hey": "S-level mage promotion exam! Could it be the one who selected the S-level mage in the guild? Like Ai Lusha, Wozmila, Jenny, and the others..." the blond girl yelled incoherently.

Woz nodded and said, "That's right, it's exactly what you said."

"No wonder everyone has become so enthusiastic..." Lucy looked at the busy people around in a daze, "It turns out that the S-level mages of our guild passed the exam!"

The girl's tone and expression were surprised, even a bit "disappointed" - such a flat way of upgrading was beyond her expectations.

Leibby was dissatisfied at the side: "Why are you disappointed! How do you think this S-rank wizard came out?"

"Hahaha!" Lucy scratched her head and laughed dryly, "I thought it would...be more intense..."

In the mind of this business novelist, there are scenes where everyone in the guild fights in a ring, or simply has another group fight, and the last person standing wins.

As Lucy's best friend, Rebby immediately knew what she was thinking in her heart, and explained helplessly: "Lucy, this exam is probably not what you imagined, strictly speaking, it should be called an assessment or selection." What. Participants must have a strong ability, the competition is very fierce, it is not simply a matter of writing and answering questions!"

"Hey, that's right!" Lucy smiled awkwardly, "I just said... such an important thing will not be so simple."

Rabby went on to say: "Now this month is the pre-selection period for the exam. The president and the S-level mages will select the candidates who will participate in the exam based on your performance, strength progress, and completed tasks throughout the year. Although the results of the whole year are evaluated, newcomers who joined the guild in that year must be considered, so the results of the last month are the most important selection criteria. The result, it is like this..." Lei Pointing to the back, as the task list was updated, many people crowded in front of the task board.

Lucy suddenly became anxious: "What? So there are only a few days left? But I just found out about it!"

Rebby glanced at her: "Little Lucy, actually, you don't need to worry at all. After all, you have only joined the guild for half a year. Even if you are selected, it is unlikely that you will become an S-level mage. Apart from Mystergang, there are No one is good at becoming an S-rank mage within a year of joining the guild."

"Oh..." Lucy sighed, "Lebby, why don't you hit me so soon, I'm just thinking about it."

"It's not to hit you." Rebby looked at her seriously, "It's just that the difficulty of this exam is really too great! You know, before Laxus successfully passed the exam in 778 and opened the prelude to the new generation of Fairy Tail, No one has passed this upgrade exam for nearly 20 years!"

"Couldn't there be a winner in every exam..." Lucy realized halfway through her words. As Leiby said just now, this upgrade exam is held once a year. If there is really a winner every year If the upgrade is successful, there should be twenty or thirty S-level wizards in the guild now!How come there are only six people?
Rebby wrote on the paper with a pen, while recounting all the treasures: "Laxus in 778, 17 years old; Woz in 779, 17 years old; Erza in 780, 15 years old; Mirajane in 781, 16 years old; 782 is Mystergang, 20 years old... For five consecutive years, someone passed the exam and became an S-class mage, which is why the new generation has the glory of today. As for last year, no one succeeded, Mace It’s just a little bit worse, which is really a pity.”

Lucy exclaimed: "It feels so powerful." Looking at the series of familiar names on the paper and the age when she passed the exam later, the 17-year-old Lucy said that she could only look up, "Uh, this Meister Who is it again? It also looks very powerful, but this is the first time I have heard of this name... Didn’t you say that all the members have returned? Why is there no him?”

Lebby also frowned, trying to recall: "Hearing what Lucy said, it is indeed... It seems that he ran too far, so he didn't come back in time?" The petite girl suddenly scratched her hair irritably, "Anyway, that's about it! Lucy will see him in a few days."

Lucy nodded, and she also became curious, wanting to see what the guy who is only one step away from the S-rank mage looks like.From this point of view, Meister is probably a little stronger than Natsu and Gray.

And at this moment, in the headquarters of the Senate on the other side of the kingdom, in the exclusive dormitory for their troops, Dolan Balter had simply packed his bags.

At this moment, he had already changed out of the blue and white mage robes of the Senate, and was wearing a very ordinary striped suit. He also patted the dust on his body, trying his best to dress up as dusty as possible.

His roommate, Rahal, who is also a member of the exclusive unit of the Senate, watched his friend's actions from the side: "Are you really planning to sneak into Fairy Tail?"

"Of course." Dolan Barter showed an extremely excited look, "Isn't that what the adults in the parliament ordered? And in the past few days of investigation, I know that they have a big event recently! If it goes well, I will Then you can find out the biggest secret of Fairy Tail! It's so interesting."

Rahal was well aware of his friend's nature, so he shook his head helplessly and reminded: "You still have to be careful, there are also strong people like clouds in Fairy Tail, be careful that your magic is cracked... that way, even the members of the Senate will It's hard to step down."

"Don't worry, Rahal, you should know how powerful my magic is, right? Even if I'm exposed, it's easy for me to leave." Dolan Balter was full of confidence, "These days, I've already done a good job. If we prepare in advance, the Fairy Tail people will easily accept the existence of Meister."

But immediately, he also frowned: "The only person who is uncertain is only one person."

"Who?"

"Woz Frenner." Dolan Barthes scratched his nearly shaved head, "His memory has a backup, which is that annoying magic book. No matter how powerful my magic is, if his book With records about me, it's easy to cheat."

Rahal in turn comforted the other party: "You shouldn't worry about this. You are from the intelligence department, and your identity has been kept secret. I don't think even that Woz will know about you... In fact, even I don't have many memories of you before... Uh, you haven't tampered with my memory, have you?" He asked jokingly.

"Well, how come?" Dolan Balter expressed his admiration for his friend's imagination, and then picked up the package, "How is it, does it feel like a dusty man?"

Rahal nodded: "It's almost done. Don't teleport directly to the door of someone's house. Go outside the city and walk back by yourself. This will be more realistic."

"Okay, I'm leaving."

"Safe travels."

"Don't worry, wait for my good news!" After finishing speaking, Dolan Balter disappeared from the room in an instant.

Rahal knew that he had arrived tens of kilometers away, and he only needed to teleport a few more times to reach his destination—Magnolia.Then, his companions and best friends will sneak into the Fairy Tail guild without anyone noticing, just like he was a member of that guild in the first place.

Because she has to learn to write a report, Leibby has given up her qualifications for this upgrade exam.Of course, this girl didn't have much ambition in the first place, and she also knew that her magic was not good at fighting, and her strength was limited.

Not all powerful mages can be promoted to S rank, but all S rank mages must be strong.This is the iron rule!
As for Lucy, after realizing the difficulty of the exam, she also simply gave up.Lucy likes to join in the fun, but she is usually a timid girl.

Without pursuit, there is no pressure.The two girls, who had nothing to do, quickly put the matter of the exam behind them, and then went shopping together.

After they left, Mirajane finished her work and came to Woz.

"What are you looking at?" Mirajane looked curiously at the paper in Woz's hand.

Woz didn't evade, and moved the angle of the paper to make it easier for the girl to read: "It's new information."

Mirajane saw lines of beautiful handwriting on the paper: "Is it handwritten? This is the paper in your magic book... Who is she?"

No wonder Mirajane was curious. She knew that Woz had a huge intelligence network, but none of them were qualified to use the pages of the magic book to communicate with him.This special communication magic of Woz is only owned by a few people in the guild.

Woz smiled: "Zhang Xuqian, the one you met last time, the chess player's men. After the alliance is reached, I will also give them a few pieces of this communication magic to facilitate the exchange of information."

Mirajane wrinkled her nose and didn't delve into it any further. She just teased, "Woz, you are really popular. Forget it in the guild, even the girls on the opponent side are very interested in you. Also, just You are also very popular among ordinary people... Just like Nimina at Twilight Café, they are also very fond of you."

Woz smiled wryly: "Hey, those waiters are all your fans, right?"

"But a few days ago, when Lisanna and I went to deliver the photobook in person, you were the one people asked the most!"

Two months ago, when Woz was on vacation in Haruja City, he promised to get a copy of Mirajane's autographed photobook for the waiters at Twilight Café.Recently, the magazine was finally published. Woz specially asked Mirajane to come to them in person. It was a surprise for them. I didn't expect such a moth to come out.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Woz knocked on the table, and adjusted the topic bluntly, "Look at the information, the key point is to look at the information."

Mirajane didn't really want to blame Woz, she smiled and began to read seriously.

Woz looked at the girl's serious side face from the side, and said, "There's nothing new, it's just a reminder that the devil's heart will attack us during the assessment... I've already mentioned this to you before."

Mirajane sat beside Woz, still looking at the information carefully, with a serious expression on her face: "Woz, when you mentioned this information, you said that it could not be finalized; but now it seems that it is certain, the devil His heart is really going to attack us."

Woz comforted: "Don't worry too much. Didn't we take measures to deal with this situation? Now that it is confirmed, let's act according to the original plan."

"Hey, it seems that this upgrade exam is destined to not be peaceful."

Woz patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it's a blessing or a curse, and a disaster can't be avoided. Since the devil's heart is determined to deal with us, I think this plan is the best choice. We will do our best then. "

That's right, Woz explained most things to President Makarov and other S-rank mages in the guild since he formed an alliance with the chess players.It's not news that the Devil's Heart is going to get their hands on them.It's just that the exact time was only recently known.

Knowing that the devil's heart will attack during the upgrade exam, President Makarov adjusted the content of this year's exam accordingly.Together with Gildas, Woz, Erza, and Mirajane, they made this countermeasure plan.

So this exam is actually full of shady scenes!President Makarov decided that this time, he would no longer look at the rankings of the guild members' completion of tasks this month to determine the candidates.Instead, only consider the strength and combat effectiveness of the candidate!

You must know that due to special reasons such as luck, not all powerful mages will have a good mission completion rate.Since the missions selected by powerful wizards are usually more difficult, the completion rate and number of missions may be inferior to ordinary wizards.In Fairy Tail, super powerful mages like Natsu and Gray have not performed very well in missions in recent months.Because they always act as the frontline main force in various non-task incidents, and there is a considerable period of time after the event to rest and recuperate, which is terrible in terms of missions.Even if it is the last few days to catch up, it is still relatively uncertain to be selected for the test list.

On the selection list, Fairy Tail has always been very fair, that's why there are scenes where the entire guild is enthusiastically doing missions to clear their scores.Because everyone knows that everyone has a chance!

The job of the Wizards Guild is to complete various tasks, and S-level wizards must lead by example!That's why Fairy Tail has this rule.

But this time, the top management of the guild obviously did not intend to follow this "ancient motto".Fair competition or something, in the face of everyone's safety, was decisively abandoned by Makarov.

The list of candidates has already been determined by default: Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy...all members of Erza's team; Kana, Lebby, Eluffman... plus President Makarov, and all four S-rank mages in the guild!

Woz even secretly contacted Laxus who was temporarily exiled.

The highest combat power of Fairy Tail is assembled!

Knowing the purpose of Devil's Heart: to use Fairy Tail as an object to test their strength, in order not to involve more ordinary members, Chairman Makarov decided to select only elite combat power and choose the battlefield in A place far away from the guild, if you come to Devil's Heart, you won't be interested in the ordinary members of the guild who stay behind.

Moreover, the location of the S-level upgrade test is uncertain all over the continent, and I am not afraid that the devil's heart will see through my plan.

In order to gain a further advantage, Chairman Makarov and Kildas decided to take advantage of the location, and simply chose the examination room on the holy land of Fairy Tail - Sirius Island.

"If they dare to come, we dare to fight with them!" President Makarov said at the time, "If you are afraid and don't come, we will hold the exam as usual. Don't tell the candidates the details of this plan for now. "

Woz can only sigh and smile bitterly in his heart, of course they dare to go!Hades, the president of Devil's Heart, is probably more familiar with Sirius Island than we are!

Woz once tentatively disclosed the fact that "Hades is Prechto" to Chairman Makarov, but the old man refused to believe it, and even became furious.Woz had no choice but to give up. He could only keep reminding everyone that the enemy is very strong, so be careful not to underestimate the enemy...

(End of this chapter)