Fairy Tail: Starting with Fairy Queen Erza

"After this assessment is over, I will help you cram for real-world practice."

"So you'd better come to your senses!"

Erza looked at Cana kneeling and weeping, and her expression softened. She silently sheathed her knight's sword and knelt on one knee before Cana...

Just as her mother, Eileen, had comforted her, she held Kana in her arms, gently stroking the back of Kana's head and speaking softly.

"Woooo..."

"Erza, why are you always so gentle?"

"It made me feel a little embarrassed, and I couldn't continue to be sad."

"And also... it's so hard."

With Erza's comforting words, Cana's emotions gradually stabilized. She leaned against Erza's chest, silently complaining about Erza's incredibly tough breastplate.

"Woooooooo..."

"Sister Erza, you kicked me so hard, I want a hug too."

At this moment, Lisana, who had regained consciousness, also hugged Erza...

Hey Hey hey!

Isn't she the one who's being attacked all by herself?!

Isn't she the one who needs comforting the most?

For a moment, the atmosphere in the passageway was wonderful...

However, other channels were not so lucky.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"Kildarts's strength is unfathomable."

"Laxus, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I have to stop here..."

"It's all up to you now."

Inside the passage Laxus had headed, Fried lay down on the ground before he could finish speaking, completely unconscious.

Laxus was left alone, facing the orange-haired man whose strength was abnormally high.

"Hey! Uncle, are you some kind of monster?"

Laxus, panting, believed that after a year of training with Ian, he had reached the threshold of the "Ten Saints" in terms of mind, skill, body, and even the most basic magic. He felt that with just a little bit of luck, he could break through that threshold and join the ranks of the top powerhouses on the continent of Ishgar...

However, even with his strength already reaching the level of a quasi-'Ten Saints', and despite joining forces with the sorcerer Fried, who possessed absolute rules that required everyone to abide by once successfully written down, and despite giving it his all, he still couldn't make Gildarts move even a single step in the cave.

in other words……

Without moving, Gildarts defeated the combined forces of Laxus and Freed.

"Hey, Laxus's already at this level, are you still going to continue?"

Gildarts, cloaked and with his feet firmly planted in the ground, looked at the disheveled Laxus and asked a question.

"Isn't that obvious, old man!"

Laxus slammed his fist into the ground, his body erupting once more with a continuous crackling of lightning. He staggered to his feet and said coldly.

“Laxus, with your current strength, you are perfectly capable of serving as an S-rank mage in the guild. In other words, it's not impossible for me to let you go directly now…”

Seeing that Laxus hadn't attacked, Gildarts began to speak to himself.

"Are you kidding me?"

"How can I move forward if I don't defeat you here?"

Laxus was adamant; in his view, any victory would be meaningless if he continued onward without defeating Gildarts here.

"right?"

"I knew you would think that way..."

"But Laxus, you must remember this: there are always people more capable than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding!"

"If you blindly charge at any enemy you encounter, you're bound to die in some mission..."

As Gildarts spoke, he suddenly recalled the profound terror he felt when he confronted Irene and Selene…

If he hadn't heeded Ian's advice earlier and had instead gone ahead with the century-long mission, he would probably be buried in a foreign land like countless other warriors who failed to complete the century-long mission over the past hundred years!

With this in mind, Gildarts decided to teach Laxus one thing: what fear is!

"Since Laxus, you insist on challenging me, then let me show you what a real difference in strength looks like!"

As Gildarts spoke, his brows furrowed tightly. Terrifying magic surged forth from his body like a raging torrent, bursting through the mountain cave above him like a pillar supporting the sky, rushing into the clear blue sky, and slowly spreading in all directions. The aftershocks of the magic instantly covered the entire Sirius Island.

"Rumble..."

Immediately, amidst a series of booming sounds, the entire island began to tremble.

"very scary……"

At this moment, Natsu, who had been refused entry by Ian, knelt on the ground, feeling the trembling of Tenrou Island and the roaring magic power like a vast ocean, his mouth agape in astonishment.

"Now, do you still want to go in and challenge Ian?"

Makarov, with his hands behind his back, looked at Natsu, who seemed stunned and stared at the soaring magical power, and asked him a question.

"Are the other passages this intense?"

After feeling the overwhelming magical power that terrified even the air, Kana and Lisana, who had been defeated, suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that they had only encountered Erza and not anyone else.

If the others across the passage were so shocked and panicked, imagine how much more shocked and panicked Laxus was facing Gildarts directly...

"This is……"

The moment Laxus faced Gildarts at full power, he finally understood the difference in strength. Gildarts, shrouded in magic, was terrifying, like a demon god.

"It seems that my strength is still somewhat lacking."

Laxus sighed, knelt on one knee, and shook his head.

"No, you passed..."

Gildarts looked at Laxus, who had given up after realizing the difficulty, and finally smiled.

For a professional mage, what is most important?!

Honor? Status? Power? Strength? Or money?

No, none of these...

For these mages who dance on the edge of a knife, there is only one thing that matters most: life.

Everyone only has one life, and no one should treat it recklessly...

the other side.

"It seems we need to get a little more serious."

In the passage between Warrod Sinken and Uru Mirkovich, both became serious at the same moment they sensed the magic released by Gildarts.

In an instant, two more earth-shattering magical powers soared into the sky!

The combined magic of Uru, Warrod, and Gildarts caused the entire Tenrou Island to tilt at that moment...

Incidentally, Warrod encountered Ultear and Loki Olieta...

Uru encountered Mirajane and Elfman.

Yes, Gray and Biguslow's team, along with Leon and Warren's team, met in the fiercely contested passage. Although their combined strength was definitely among the lowest of all the teams participating in the S-rank mage assessment, one of their teams had already secured a spot in the second round.

Yes, that's how the Fairy Tail guild's S-rank mage exam is—full of unknowns, just like everyone's life...

Never! Just because you're strong doesn't mean you'll always be able to break through the encirclement!

According to Makarov, luck is also a part of strength.

"boom……"

On that day, under the spell of everyone, Wolf Island began to tilt...

On the island, birds scattered and beasts fled; startled birds flew out of the woods and soared into the sky!

Beside the giant tree on Sirius Island, a magical beast tens of meters long and nearly S-rank in strength, originally captured by Makarov as the BOSS of the second stage of this year's S-rank mage assessment, was now frantically spinning in circles, clearly completely lost and unsure of where to go! Because in its eyes, every direction it was in was extremely dangerous.

"what……"

"Are you trying to demolish Sirius Island?!"

"Damn it, stop right now!"

"Senior Warold, why are you fooling around with these kids too?"

Mrs. Makalo was completely dumbfounded. She had to understand that Sirius Island was no ordinary island.

It's not just the sacred ground of Fairy Tail guild, but also the grave of the first guild master, Mavis. Why are you making such a fuss next to his grave?

Do you think you're doing right by Lord Mavis?

Just as Makarov was in a state of utter panic...

On a certain stone tablet on Tenrou Island, there is a monument in the center of which flames seem to burn as if they were alive, constantly flickering. It is the grave of Mavis, the first guild master of Fairy Tail.

A girl wearing a white dress, adorned with cute angel wings, and barefoot stretched and slowly woke up.

"I really had a good night's sleep!"

The barefoot girl was none other than Makarov's long-cherished first guild master, Mavis. Now that Mavis had regained consciousness, she sensed the restless magical energy in the air, her eyes brightening slightly as she murmured to herself, "Could this be the magical energy of the current members of Fairy Tail guild? It's so powerful!"

"It seems that during my years of slumber, Fairy Tail has grown to the strength I had hoped for in my lifetime. That's fantastic!"

Well, the first guild master didn't rise from her grave in anger at the Fairy Tail members as Makarov feared. She simply woke up from the grave to party with everyone present.

Chapter 69 Ian: What?! Selene and I have a daughter?! (A Fairy Tail bystander!)

The passage where Warrod is located.

"Wooden Design: A Shy Love Dam!"