Fairy Tail: You call this Celestial Magic?!

Chapter 262 National S-Level Martial Arts Assessment (Please Subscribe!)
This routine meeting brought together all the mage guilds in the entire Kingdom of Fiore. Almost all the legitimate mage guilds were present, with over a hundred guild leaders gathered together.

The "S-Rank Assessment Competition" organized by "Fairy Tail," "Blue Pegasus," and "Four-Headed Hound" brought considerable fame and economic benefits to the three guilds.

When the first Fairy Tail tournament was held, it was just an experiment, so it was done in a more conservative way and was held in a closed-door event by the three guilds.

However, when "Blue Pegasus" and "Four-Headed Hound" started to be held, they took advantage of the success of "Fairy Tail" and expanded further, holding the "S-Class Assessment Competition" directly to the public and even selling tickets to allow audiences to enter.

After the "Four-Headed Hound" competition ended, lessons were learned, and the "Azure Pegasus" competition was held in an orderly manner, achieving excellent results. Tickets, souvenirs, and merchandise sales became increasingly elaborate, and this "S-level assessment competition" has become a grand event, a magical carnival that brings huge economic benefits.

Seeing this trend, other guilds were naturally tempted as well, and some even linked up to hold events together. However, the appeal was far less than that of the showdown between "Fairy Tail", "Blue Pegasus", and "Four-Headed Hound".

Therefore, this matter was eventually brought up at the routine meeting, and everyone hoped that the three leading guilds, "Fairy Tail," "Blue Pegasus," and "Four-Headed Hound," could help them out.

The main reason is "Fairy Tail". After all, the traffic for "Fairy Tail" is completely different from that for Moen. Without "Fairy Tail" and without Moen, the appeal of this "S-Class Assessment Competition" drops sharply.

Let alone the "miscellaneous tournaments" organized by other guilds, even the official tournaments would see a drop in viewership if Fairy Tail and Moen were gone.

The main reason is that the "brand" has not been established. After all, it has only been held three times, and only two of them were open to the public, so it is naturally difficult to accumulate any loyal fans.

As the event is held more frequently, there will definitely be more genuine fans who come simply because of the "S-Class Assessment Competition," rather than all of them coming for the reputation of "Fairy Tail," Moen, and other mages. At that point, the brand will be firmly established.

“Holding a nationwide mage martial arts competition is certainly no problem; we would be happy to organize it. But the question is, should we separate this mage martial arts competition from the S-rank assessment? This nationwide martial arts competition should just be a simple martial arts competition.”

In the regular meeting room, Moen, as the representative of "Fairy Tail", went on stage to give a speech. He was the one who came up with this matter, so of course he had to explain it to everyone.

Moen first raised a question, something he considered quite important.

This "S-level assessment competition" is now trending towards complete commercialization. Is it really still suitable as an "assessment"?

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A moment of silence fell over everyone. They looked at each other, pondering the pros and cons.

Are you worried that too many spectators will affect your performance?

President Goldman asked, having roughly guessed what Moen was thinking.

"That's one aspect. I'm afraid that an overly commercial atmosphere will affect their performance and change the nature of the assessment, making it less pure."

Moen nodded. This was indeed a problem that needed to be considered. Commercialization and entertainment were not the proper way to conduct an assessment.

"Actually, this is also a test. This is the job we do. We have to communicate with people and face people's gaze. Powerful mages will inevitably become the focus of people's attention. If we can't even overcome this difficulty and are affected by it, then we don't deserve to be S-class mages."

The old woman, Oba Barbasoma of "Snake Scale," stepped forward. She supported continuing the merger, believing that resilience and the ability to overcome various influences were essential abilities for an S-class mage. "That's fine too."

Moen nodded. What he said made a lot of sense. To become an S-class mage, strong strength is one aspect, but mental strength is also very important. Strength alone is not enough.

"Let's vote. Those who support continuing the merger, vote 'agree'; those who want the events to be held separately, vote 'disagree'. Let's get this under control first."

Makarov spoke up, saying that the old man was highly respected and could naturally make the final decision. He immediately organized a vote, and the final result was that the majority agreed. Of the more than one hundred mage guilds, more than ninety agreed to continue the merger.

There are several factors involved, but the most important one is convenience. If the two are separated, the assessment will have to be reorganized, and smaller guilds are unwilling to go through that trouble.

"That's settled then. Those who disagree can go back and take the test again."

Moen nodded. If others didn't agree, they could still take the S-level assessment themselves when they got back. The S-level was set by each guild and there was no unified standard. A small guild's S-level might not even be able to beat an A-level in a large guild.

Since more people agree to continue holding the event together, the subsequent procedures do not need to be changed significantly, and the final "announcing the S-level promotion list" step can be retained.

Who will ultimately advance to S-class mage is a highly suspenseful part of the final assessment. It's a competition outside of the ranking system, and there have been instances where high-ranking individuals failed to advance, while lower-ranking individuals did.

The different selection criteria of different mage guilds are also evident at this time. Of course, very few people can advance in the end. There have been three sessions before, and only a few have advanced.

On the Fairy Tail side, Erza, Mirajane, and Mystogan advanced, all of them coming in first place. On the Blue Pegasus side, it was Hibiki Rettis, and on the Four-Headed Hound side, it was Pakas. Five people advanced in these three seasons, which is really not many.

"Next, let's determine the name of this competition. Since it retains the nature of an S-level assessment, we should at least include relevant information."

Moen continued, saying that if he were to continue calling it the "S-Rank Assessment Competition," there would be no problem, but now that more guilds are participating, everyone's opinions must be fully respected.

"How about we call it the National S-Level Assessment Martial Arts Demonstration?"

Chairman Bob smiled and said that he meant it would be good to add "nationwide".

"no problem."

"I think it's okay."

"Simple and clear".

Soon, the name received unanimous support. Actually, it didn't matter what it was called; what mattered was that everyone was involved and could share in the benefits.

(End of this chapter)