Fairy's Chess Game

Chapter 6 The Reliable Wizard
The most important part of the second floor of the guild is the advanced task release room.This room is located in the center of the floor, and it is also the largest room. However, the layout of the room is extremely simple. There is nothing in the huge room except for a task board in the center, and it looks extremely empty.Moreover, there were only a few task lists on the task board that was exactly the same as downstairs, which was in stark contrast to the densely packed documents on the first floor, which was a bit bleak.

However, even though he had come to this room many times, Woz still couldn't help showing a solemn expression.Because no one knows better than him what this room represents; the atmosphere here is completely different from the lively atmosphere in the hall downstairs, but rather than empty and desolate, a more accurate expression should be majesty and solemnity.

Because the few task sheets in front of me are all of unimaginable difficulty, representing the highest level of S-level tasks in the entire magic world!
Generally speaking, the tasks issued by the Magic Senate can only be roughly divided into two types: below S rank and S rank.If ordinary tasks are the basis for a guild's existence, then S-level tasks determine the highest level that a guild can reach.Only those who can complete S-level tasks can be called first-class guilds. The meaning of S-level tasks is "tasks that ordinary wizards cannot complete".

In Fairy Tail, only mages who have been approved by the president and passed the annual upgrade assessment are eligible to take on tasks of this difficulty. Such mages are also called S-level mages, that is, "A mage who can accomplish tasks that ordinary mages cannot."And Woz is a mage with the title of S, and in a sense, he is the most powerful one.Therefore, Makarov, the chairman, often entrusts Woz with tasks that are difficult even among S-level tasks.

In front of the task board, the president Makarov and Woz stood quietly.

Woz glanced at the few S-level task lists, and found that there was nothing urgent to complete by himself.

"What's the matter, President? Could it be that I'm finally allowed to do a ten-year mission?" Woz asked in a joking tone.

"I remember you once said that when the new generation of the guild grows up, it will usher in unprecedented chaos." Makarov said suddenly.

"No, that was just a joke. You know I've traveled a lot, and I haven't seen children with so much potential in the guild, so I just said something casually... After all, it's always a waste if there aren't enough exciting stages. The ability of these children." Woz quickly explained that he didn't expect the old man's memory to be so good, and he still remembered what he said casually several years ago.

"You don't need to explain anything. Everyone in Fairy Tail has their own secrets. In my opinion, you just know more." Makarov waved his hand, "As you said, I also feel that the world is becoming turbulent Wake up, although it is just an inexplicable intuition."

"So? Is there anything I need to do?" Woz thought for a moment, "Kildas needs support? I don't look down on uncle, it's just that the task is really beyond human capabilities."

"You, do you always treat everyone in our guild as children? You should have more confidence in everyone, and Kildas is better than you, right?" Makarov curled his lips and said, "Don't underestimate us. Aren’t you the clearest wizard?”

Woz smiled bitterly and said, "No way, life is always fragile."

"That's why we united, formed a guild, and became powerful." Makarov shook his head, "Forget it, let's not talk about these, it is an urgent commission from the council, and it is also the price for all the troubles we have caused." He took out a task sheet from his pocket.

Woz took a glance and glanced at it, and he knew clearly: "Didn't you let me go on the ten-year mission? Is it easier to find Jeff than the ten-year mission?"

"It's just a suspicion. A large area of ​​the forest is dead. Let you investigate... But what you said is also reasonable. This is not a mandatory task, and you can refuse it."

"It's not as simple as Kildath's. If it's really caused by that... I'll go." Woz accepted without hesitation.

Makarov wasn't surprised either, and asked lightly, "Aren't you afraid?"

"Are there any timid people in our guild? What's more, I have wanted to do a ten-year mission for a long time. Why don't you let it go? The actual difficulty of this mission is not certain. If it is really Jeref, only Can I get in touch?" Woz said confidently, "Besides, the chance of encountering Jeff is very small, isn't it, otherwise, you wouldn't let me go easily."

Makarov nodded: "Basically ruled out the possibility of Jeff himself, but don't be careless, be careful all the way."

"Then, I'm going." Woz left easily, as if he didn't care about this inexplicable task.

In fact, this sudden situation is not the first time Woz has encountered.As a senior mage and also an S-level mage, Woz has completed more S-level tasks than Erza and Laxus, and even Mirajane, who has been silent for two years, is in the same room as him. on the quantitative level.But in the guild, Woz is still recognized as the No.1 of the new generation. Even if the conditions are relaxed to the whole guild, he is only the third person under Makarov and Kildas.That is to say, Woz's merits are not fully reflected by S-level tasks. In contrast, Woz handles more special commissions. Even S-level tasks are mostly directly assigned by the president. .

As mentioned before, S-level mages are the pillars of a guild, and the S-level tasks they complete ultimately determine the status of the guild; from this point of view, the S-levels of Fairy Tail are undoubtedly very good The mages, and they are all of the younger generation, are full of energy and push Fairy Tail to a new peak with unstoppable energy.

In 778, after a lapse of 19 years, the 17-year-old Laxus finally passed the upgrade assessment and became the No.2 S-class mage in the guild at that time. The new generation of mentors blows out; in 779, Woz was upgraded to S-class, about 17 years old; in 780, Erza passed the assessment at the lowest age in the guild history at 15 years old; in 781, Mirajane Upgraded at the age of 16; in 782, the 18-year-old Mistgang was promoted...everyone passed the upgrade assessment for five consecutive years, which almost instantly expanded the high-level strength of the guild. Before the change, only Kildas supported it An embarrassing situation for the guild.

Among these new generations, Laxus is too rebellious and disagrees with the ideology of the chairman Makarov, and he almost leads his subordinates to form a school of his own; Mistgang is too mysterious, always acting alone, and is very out of gregarious; Mirajane temporarily lost her combat effectiveness due to personal reasons; Erza was the only one who still fit people's perception of an S-class ace magician, so she became the most dignified person in the guild.

As for Woz, it was too low-key, and for a long time, he maintained the mysticism and acted alone like Mistgang. It was not until the last two years that he began to be a permanent member of the guild.

And the biggest difference between Woz and other S-level mages is that Woz is the trump card directly under the command of the chairman Makarov!If we only talk about S-level tasks, the number of Woz completed can only be said to be mediocre, but he is the person who has received the most direct entrustments from the president.

This kind of entrustment is often directly issued by the council, and the difficulty is higher than that of ordinary tasks, but there is a lot of uncertainty and cannot be classified as S-level tasks...It is often dealing with emergencies, or too mysterious tasks Unknown event.In short, it can be regarded as a lucky draw task. If you are lucky, it will be very simple. Otherwise, it may exceed the so-called S-level task and reach the legendary "ten-year" level.

To handle such a task, relying solely on extraordinary strength is not enough, and the new generation does not have enough experience to handle such a complicated situation... Except for Woz, relying on his unique word magic, Woz has abilities beyond people's imagination The mana reserve is sufficient enough to make up for the decades of experience gap with the predecessors of the previous generation.

Therefore, after Woz took over these special commissions, Kildas was finally liberated and went straight to the "hundred years" mission.And Woz did an even better job, to the point that when the council had a similar commission, it directly gave it to Fairy Tail instead of the kingdom's first guild, "Ghost Dominator".

Therefore, it can be said that half of Fairy Tail's voice in the council is due to Woz's active performance.It can also be considered that the reason why Fairy Tail caused troubles everywhere in the mission, but was always turned a blind eye by the Senate, is also due to Woz's continuous acceptance of troublesome commissions from the Senate. No.

The goblins in the guild more or less knew this, so they became more unscrupulous, just because everyone believed in Woz's strength and believed that he could offset everyone's "negative points" by himself.From this point of view, Woz is the most reliable person in the guild!

Accepting the commission of unknown difficulty as always, Woz did not waver at all, completely unaffected by the possible encounter with Zeref, and simply turned and left.This sense of normalcy is also an important quality for dealing with unknown commissions.

In the S-level task acceptance room on the second floor, Makarov stood alone in the room, frowning: "Geral's commission, what's his intention? That congressman who always speaks good things for us, the youngest in history The ten great holy wizards always feel that he wants to use us to obtain something..."

(End of this chapter)