Fairy Tail: You call this celestial magic?

Now inspired by Gildarts' words, Natsu was naturally very unwilling, and he and a few little guys started to make trouble around Makarov again.

"Even if it's just to join in the fun and feel the atmosphere, it's fine!"

Gray also shouted that he really wanted to become an S-class wizard.

After all, he was picked up by Gildarts, and Gildarts is an S-class wizard, which he also regards as his goal.

However, Gray is more clear-headed than Natsu. He knows that with his current strength, he will definitely not be able to pass the S-level assessment. But it doesn't matter if he fails this time. Even Laxus didn't pass it in one try. The worst that can happen is that he can just try a few more times!

"Okay, okay, come on, everyone who wants to participate, come!"

Surrounded by Natsu, Gray and the others who kept nagging him, Makarov had no choice but to agree.

"Great!"

The little ones cheered and started to sign up.

Some of the other adult wizards were also inspired by Gildarts, and soon some A-level wizards signed up.

To register for the S-class wizard assessment, you must at least be an A-class wizard. This is the basic requirement.

Compared to S-class wizards, the promotion to A-class wizards is much simpler, it is a completely different concept. Natsu, Gray, Gajeel and others are already A-class wizards.

After Makarov agreed, Moon saw Kana beside him obviously relieved, and then she also went over to sign up.

"Do you really want to participate?"

When Kana came back after registering, Moen patted her shoulder and asked.

"Well, I want to become an S-class wizard!"

Kana nodded and answered very seriously. The conversation with Gildarts just now seemed to give her a goal. She would confess everything to her father after becoming an S-class wizard!

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Moon remained silent. He always felt that Kana seemed to have a big misunderstanding about Gildarts, which was why she kept silent about her identity.

"Brother Moen, do you know any relevant information? What do we need to do for this S-level assessment?"

Kana looked at Moon with sparkling eyes. She was really serious and not just participating like other children.

"If I'm guessing correctly, the first stage is a battle with Laxus."

Moon did not hide anything and directly told everyone what he knew.

Of course, he was just guessing. Makarov and Laxus seemed to agree, but they didn't give a clear answer. Maybe it was Grandpa Makarov who took action himself.

"What?!"

After hearing what Moon said, Kana felt terrible. She opened her eyes wide, as if she had heard some shocking news.

"Laxus. How can we possibly defeat him?"

Cana lowered her head, and her whole body seemed to have turned gray. There was no way. No matter how confident she was, she didn't think she could defeat Laxus.

Cana joined Fairy Tail very early, at the age of six, earlier than Gray, and of course she is more familiar with Laxus.

When Cana came, Laxus was only eleven years old. She could be said to have watched Laxus become more and more powerful, and knew more about how terrifying Laxus's talent was than other children.

"Of course not. How could I possibly ask you to defeat him directly? All I need to do is make him acknowledge your strength."

Moon smiled helplessly. Kana was really bold. The requirement to pass the S-level wizard assessment was to defeat the previous S-level wizard assessment. This difficulty was a bit too high.

"Gaining his approval? That seems difficult too."

After hearing what Moon said, Cana couldn't help but be shocked. The difficulty was not lowered at all. Laxus was a very demanding guy now. She didn't think she could get recognition.

"That's why I'm asking you, do you really want to participate?"

Moon tried to persuade her again. He knew Kana quite well. This girl was not one with a particularly strong will. Moreover, because she had something hidden in her heart, Kana's emotions were more sensitive than others.

In other words, Moon felt that Kana was the type who might lose confidence after participating too many times.

Of course, this is just his guess and may not be accurate.

No one can guarantee that they can accurately grasp a person's character.

"Join! I have to give it a try!"

Kana bit her lip and finally decided to participate. Her father, Gildarts, had just inspired her.

No matter what, she has to give it a try. Maybe as long as she becomes an S-class wizard, her father will be able to truly see her!

Just as Moon thought, Kana did have some misunderstandings about Gildarts.

Kana always felt that Gildarts couldn't see her, but in fact Gildarts treated her no differently than other children.

The fact is that Kana considers Gildarts as her father, but Gildarts doesn't know and doesn't have any preference for her as a father, which makes her feel that Gildarts can't see her.

But she didn't take the initiative to approach Gildarts. Gildarts would definitely interact more with the children who took the initiative to approach him. This was natural and had nothing to do with whether she was an S-class wizard.

Laxus became an S-class wizard, but he and Gildarts didn't seem to have a close relationship. There was no connection between the two.

"Okay, come on."

Moon did not try to persuade her anymore. This was not a big deal. Kana did have a good talent for magic. After all, she was Gildarts' daughter, and the bloodline inheritance was in her hands.

"Brother Moen! Are you teaching Kana some secret?"

Gray, who had just registered, came over and looked at Moon and Kana suspiciously.

Although Gray was prepared to play a bystander, he was certainly willing to listen if there were any "exam tips".

Gray's attitude is much more serious than Natsu and Gajeel, who have already started to imagine the glory of becoming S-class wizards.

“No tricks, just some guesswork.”

Moon naturally accepted everyone who came to him. He told everyone who asked him, and he didn't mind them spreading the news. The S-level magician assessment ultimately depends on strength.

Soon, the news spread, and everyone participating in the assessment basically knew that the first level might involve a battle with Laxus. Only the two "dragons" Natsu and Gajeel didn't know yet.

Knowing the content of the assessment in advance, some people actually came up with some ideas, such as purchasing some magical props that have defensive effects against lightning.

Laxus scoffed at this. If you think you can defeat him with those things, then you are really underestimating him.

However, Laxus will not target those who prepare props in advance, and will even give them extra points, because collecting information and preparing props in advance are also professional skills that magicians need to master, and magic props are also part of strength.

Laxus is quite open-minded on this point. He does not think that magicians with powerful abilities should be discriminated against. It is their ability to own magic items that can unleash powerful strength.

Amidst the intense "exam preparations", the day of the S-class wizard assessment arrived as scheduled, and Makarov was really busy these days.

After all, as the president, he must accompany everyone throughout the process. He must follow in secret to ensure everyone's safety during the exam.

"We shouldn't have allowed so many people to take the exam at once!"

Looking at the more than 20 people who came to take the exam this time, Makarov complained that he felt the number was still a bit too many.

However, he was not working alone. He recruited some veteran A-class wizards in the guild who did not participate in the assessment. Most of them had participated several times before and had been hit hard and completely gave up the hope of being promoted to S-class.

These people are very familiar with the entire assessment process and are naturally very suitable to be staff in the assessment process.

"We still need to do a good job of screening people in the future and not let people who have no hope at all to participate."

As a candidate, Moon stood beside Makarov and put forward his suggestion. He was in favor of setting a threshold for participating in the S-class wizard examination. After all, based on past experience, taking this examination too many times would really undermine one's confidence.

In the past, there were people who had failed the S-level assessments several times in a row and were so discouraged that they quit the guild.

This is why Makarov set a participation threshold for the S-level assessment. There is no other way. The strength of the S-level wizards in the guild is too abnormal, and the threshold for S-level wizards is raised too high.

Although Gildarts is not a very strict person, if he thinks that the strength is not up to standard and it will be dangerous to carry out S-level missions, he will still strictly block the promotion to S-level.

Failing the assessments again and again, they were so discouraged that they lost confidence and quit the guild. This kind of thing was very damaging to morale.

Therefore, Makarov will screen the list in advance, and those who are not strong enough or have a bad mentality will be disqualified from participating.

The reason why Makarov agreed to let these little guys participate so readily was because he trusted the mentality of these children. These little guys would be fine even if they were hit hard. They would not be discouraged, but would only work harder to improve themselves.

Moreover, a one-time blow would not cause too much impact.

"You little bastard! Go back to your group of examinees!"

Makarov said to Moon in a bad mood. Although it was a foregone conclusion that Moon would pass the exam, the process still had to be followed.

This kid standing next to him seemed like an examiner. Although he was capable, to be truly qualified, he had to at least get the title of S-class magician.

"Hehe~"

Moon smiled and returned to the team.

In fact, Moon stood next to Makarov like an examiner, and the people below didn't think there was anything strange about it. After all, everyone knew Moon's strength, and everyone knew that Moon would definitely pass the test this time.

Therefore, when they learned that they could form teams of two to participate in the assessment, many people came to find Moon, hoping to be in the same group with him. Of course, everyone wanted to hug such a strong thigh.

But Moon refused them all. He said that he didn't need to form a team. Laxus participated alone twice, so he certainly wouldn't bring teammates. Teammates would be a drag on him, unless they were Erza and Mirajane.

However, Erza and Mirajane are also popular teammates. After all, they were originally qualified to take the assessment with Moon.

Moreover, these two girls of the same age as Moon are also talented magicians and have gradually become famous. Being able to team up with them can greatly increase the success rate.

But Erza and Mirajane also simply refused. Seeing that Moon did not bring his teammates, Erza followed suit, and Mirajane naturally did not want to be left behind. She did not even bring Elfman, and Lisanna did not sign up to be their cheerleader.

"Grandpa Makarov! Please tell us the rules! I can't wait!"

Natsu shouted loudly, he was very excited. Natsu didn't have any teammates, no, his teammates were Happy. Although according to the rules, Happy was not considered a "candidate", Natsu firmly opposed it, he thought Happy was his teammate.

Makarov naturally would not argue with Natsu on such matters, and this was actually a good thing. It fully demonstrated the shining points of Natsu. This kid really valued his companions and friends, which was very much to Makarov's liking.

The Chosen One of "Fairy Tail" belongs to this one.

"Natsu, I will definitely become an S-class wizard before you!"

On the other side, Gajeel was competing with Natsu. He was also alone and had no teammates because he saw that Natsu had no teammates either. Obviously, Gajeel did not think that Happy was Natsu's teammate.

Of course, Gajeel is actually a little envious of Natsu, because Natsu has a "cat". Not only Natsu has it, but another dragon slayer, Wendy, also has a "cat", only he doesn't have it!

Although Laxus doesn't have one either, he is different from the other three. Laxus became a dragon slayer with the help of the "Dragon Slayer Crystal". He, Natsu and Wendy were all taught by the dragon himself, so it is not surprising that Laxus doesn't have a "cat", but he should have a "cat" of his own!

Chapter 173: The first level, eliminate half first!

Gajeel was very upset about not having his own "cat". Although he never told anyone about it, anyone with a little perceptiveness could see it.

Moon had discovered this problem a long time ago. After all, Gajeel was a guy who couldn't hide things. He even ran to the streets and alleys to look for his cat, and then was chased and caught by the cat, which was a bit funny. It was because he had thick skin and was not afraid at all, otherwise he would have been scratched all over by the cat.

Of course, some people can notice it, while others can't. For example, some people with slow personalities. Natsu didn't know that Gajeel had such an idea, otherwise he would definitely laugh at Gajeel.

"I'll never lose to you and Gray, no matter who I am!"

Natsu looked at Gajeel and his whole body was ignited. Natsu, Gray and Gajeel were now in a competitive mode of chasing each other. None of them was willing to give in to the other.

Of course, since Gajeel arrived at the guild a little later, Natsu and Gray only treated him as a provocateur, and the confrontation between these two old enemies became even more intense.

"Two stupid dragons."

Gray was shirtless and wearing shorts, with his hands on his hips, looking down on Natsu and Gajeel. He also took part in the test alone.

Gray came here just to broaden his horizons and did not think he could succeed. Of course, he would try his best, at least to see the gap between himself and the S-class wizard.

Although he was often easily defeated by Moon, Gray had never fought Laxus seriously. He wanted to see how strong Laxus was and who had a stronger sense of oppression between him and Moon.

"Quiet!"

Makarov shouted, stopping the noise of the children below. Everyone immediately quieted down and looked at Makarov expectantly.

Of course, there are also veterans in the team who are participating for the second or third time, and they are very familiar with the subsequent procedures.

The reason why these "veterans" were willing to give it a try was, firstly, that they were motivated by Gildarts, and secondly, that Gildarts was not the examiner this time!

Gildarts accepted the task and left in front of everyone, which meant that it was a foregone conclusion that he would not appear as an examiner in this S-level assessment.

Because the exam started a few days after Gildarts left, someone even went to ask about it. Gildarts's mission this time required him to travel a long distance, and he definitely wouldn't have time to come back.

They had been hit hard by Gildarts before, so of course they had to try again this time. Since Gildarts was not there, it was obvious who the examiner was, and it must be Laxus who had been in the guild recently.

Laxus' age, coupled with the fact that he had only recently been promoted to an S-class wizard, gave everyone confidence. Of course, they didn't think they could defeat Laxus, as Laxus had already gained considerable fame.

Their idea was simple: as long as they could perform better against Laxus than against Gildarts, maybe Laxus would let them pass?

Maybe Laxus' standards aren't as high as Gildarts's?

"Follow me carefully, no one should be left behind!"

Makarov didn't care what the children below thought. He led the team out and left Magnolia City.

A group of people went to the train station in a mighty manner and boarded the train to Hargeon. Natsu and Gajeel, who had been nagging all the time, became quiet and the two of them became listless.

After arriving at Hargeon, before Natsu and Gajeel could recover, Makarov took everyone back on board.