A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Wouldn't that mean that if you can't catch monsters yourself, you can only steal them from others?

In their view, it would be better to hunt separately and compete against each other, so that they could defeat their opponents fairly and squarely!

Lisanna and Laxus brought back a large gray wolf, which appeared to be the smallest of all the magical beasts they had brought back. As a result, she seemed a little disappointed. However, this was understandable, as it was the meatiest magical beast she could find. Luck is also a part of strength, and this is where it comes in.

Gray and Ultear brought back a flying squirrel-like magical beast. This flying squirrel was at least as tall as three people, with a tail several meters long. Almost its entire body was frozen in ice, with only its head sticking out. It was made into an ice ball and rolled back.

Juvia and Gildas brought back similar things, also demonic boars, but she seemed to have little to no energy expenditure and was quite happy, so it was unclear what good thing had happened.

Lucy and Brandish brought back a large brown bear, which, being an upright magical beast, appeared to be larger than a hippopotamus or a rhinoceros.

Wendy brought back an extremely long centipede with hundreds of legs that made Lucy and Levy's scalps tingle, but it worked very well, and it's currently the second largest centipede in terms of size.

With only ten minutes left in the three-hour assessment, Gajeel and Elfman finally returned. The two teams arrived almost simultaneously; the former brought back a giant tiger, and the latter brought back a giant ape, both of considerable size.

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In the afternoon, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Makarov stepped forward and began to announce the result of the match.

"Ahem... After repeated evaluations by myself, the first generation, the second generation, and August, we have selected the candidates to advance to the first stage!"

"First place goes to Natsu and Killer!"

"Yoshi!!" Upon hearing his name, Natsu clenched his fist excitedly.

"As expected..."

"After all, it's such a big snake...it must weigh at least a thousand pounds, right?"

"We definitely need to have a good meal later! By the way, does anyone know how to make snake soup?"

Kira, who was Natsu's supporter in this test, remained calm. After all, this snake was the largest magical beast he had spent a lot of time finding, and winning first place was already within his expectations.

"Second place, Wendy and Timalia!"

"Great!"

"Congratulations, Wendy, Timalia!"

"That's amazing!"

Timalia chuckled and hugged Wendy's small frame, saying with a mix of pride and boastfulness, "You trusted me, didn't you? I knew that centipede would get a good ranking!"

"What... Centipedes can be used as food?"

"It seems like it's possible. I've heard it's a very good ingredient for medicinal cuisine. Don't people often use it to make medicinal wine or something? It seems to be quite valuable in the Chamber of Commerce!"

"Third place, Gray and Ultear!"

"Great job! Thanks to you this time, Ultear!" In his excitement, Gray didn't forget to thank his supporter.

Ultear smiled slightly, proudly puffed out her chest, indicating that she was not a brainless person with big breasts: "I read in a book before that rodent monsters have a lot of meat!"

"What? I should have found a big rat too..."

"This isn't a rat, it's a flying squirrel, isn't it?"

"They're all the same!"

"Fourth place, Lucy Brandtish!"

"You advanced! That's fantastic!! Brandish!!"

Lucy, who advanced to the S-rank assessment on her first try and achieved a good ranking, couldn't contain her excitement and shared her joy with her teammates.

"This big brown bear has that much meat? Could Brandish have exaggerated it?"

"That's right... President, you really need to look carefully!"

"Why are the top four all from 'Erza's Team'? Guild Master, you didn't take any bribes, did you?"

"Nonsense! I'm not that kind of person!"

"Ahem... Fifth place, Juvia and Gildarts!"

"This demonic boar is indeed huge, much bigger than the one Philid brought back. It truly lives up to Gildas's reputation!"

Gildas laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Hahaha... Don't say that, Juvia caught it herself! I didn't do much!"

"Sixth place: Gajeel and Dispel!"

"Tch, they were the last to come back, yet they're sixth in the standings?"

"What? You have a problem with that?! You damn fire dragon!"

Dispel sighed helplessly, not very satisfied with the ranking: "Only sixth... Oh well, bad luck, I won't encounter any bigger monsters..."

"Seventh place: Abba Grin and Erza!"

"Phew... It's finally my turn."

"I thought it would be rejected, after all, this hippo looks almost the same as Biguslow's rhinoceros..."

"Eighth place, Felid Gerald!"

Both Philid and Gerla breathed a sigh of relief.

"It was a narrow victory... I thought it would lose because it was smaller than the rhinoceros and the great ape..."

"Looks like choosing this pig was the right decision!"

With that, the list of the top eight advancing players has been announced. Bigusro and Mira's Rhinoceros, Elfman and Cana's Great Ape, Levy and Serena's Sheep, and Lisanna and Laxus's Wolf ranked in the bottom four and were unfortunately not selected.

When the last person's name was announced, the remaining four all looked regretful, especially Biguslo and Elfman. The monsters they captured were actually quite large, but after being 'weighed,' they lost to Philid by a slight disadvantage.

What a pity!

Try harder next time!

"Remember to accumulate more basic biology knowledge when you get back! It would be such a failure for a mage to lose in something like this!"

Wendy looked tenderly at the unconscious ewe beside her and reached out to touch her belly: "It's a pity you didn't get selected, but at least you won't die, right?"

Serena, however, showed no sign of frustration at losing the match: "Although I lost the game, I survived. Perhaps this is a sign of God's destiny..."

Seeing this, everyone smiled knowingly.

Just then, a voice rang out: "If you can't eat mutton, goat milk is excellent too..."

"Are you a devil?!" ×N

Chapter 584 The guild members thought we were working ourselves to the bone for the assessment, but actually we were...

That afternoon, apart from the pregnant ewe, all the other magical beasts were slaughtered by this group and used as ingredients for the banquet.

While not all mages are gluttons, their appetites are still much larger than those of ordinary people. With so many people here, ten magical beasts, plus a few dozen fish, are nothing at all.

Of course, the main reason is that some girls don't eat monsters like snakes, centipedes, and flying squirrels.

I don't know why I'm being so dramatic.

The next day, a new day, a new schedule.

Precito was the host of the competition.

"Are they planning to lock each person up individually?"

Because he had too much fun last night and got up early this morning, Kira is still groggy and not very awake.

Looking at Precito, who was full of energy and discussing matters with the other three, Kira couldn't help but sigh, "It's amazing he can sleep after all that, even though he was so loud..."

Last night, they got so into it that a group of them started sparring, making a noise that could probably be heard by all the monsters in the entire Darus Mountains. Yet, they didn't wake Prehito up at all, which is simply absurd!

"I've heard that people sleep less as they get older, maybe that's how it is for Lord Hades..."

Urudia was holding a makeup mirror in her hands, and her fair and delicate hands kept picking up the cosmetics around her and applying them to her face. Although she could be described as naturally beautiful, the cosmetics were still very effective and were like icing on the cake for her.

I have to say, it's quite good-looking!

"Still calling him Hades?"

Kira stole a glance at Ultear's shapely figure, feeling indignant: Is that where my flowers are consumed? How sinful!

"That's all in the past. Let's not bring up such a shameful past anymore. Can't you see that this old man has reformed now?"

Ultear rolled her eyes at Kira in the mirror, her charming appearance captivating: "You really dare to say that... He's a great demon who ruled the dark guilds of the magical world for decades and whose subordinates have killed countless people!"

"He wasn't the one who directly killed someone, so we should give him a chance."

"So even though I was the one who committed the murder, didn't they still give me a chance?"

"You're not the mastermind behind this!"

"..."

Ultear was speechless. She snorted and said, "So you've said everything you wanted to say?"

"Sorry! That's just a characteristic of 'Fairy Tail'!"

Not far away, Lucy cradled little Happy in her two white arms, her bright eyes blinking as she watched Kira's Ultear with a gossipy expression. "Always gossiping about me and Natsu in the guild, now I've caught you red-handed! Hmph..."

Happy remained silent inside his bulging roujiamo (Chinese meat sandwich), thinking: "You and Natsu are definitely involved, but these two are just chatting..."

At some point, Gray also moved closer to Lucy, his eyes also fixed on Kira and Ultear, staring intently, his mind racing: "I'd noticed something was off about them for a while, but I never imagined it would be like this..."

He was happy to watch the show with Kira, his friend, and Ultear, his senior.

The two drew closer and closer, completely unaware of the murderous intent emanating from behind.

"That woman Lucy has been seducing Lord Gray since early this morning... Eliminate her!! Eliminate her rival!!..."

clang!clang!clang!

On the riverbank, several swords clashed and danced, weaving a net of swords in the air and producing rapid, crisp metallic clanging sounds. This was a chaotic battle between Dispel, Erza, Gajeel, and Lily.

Among them, Dispel and Erza both wield dual swords, Gajeel wields a sword and a staff, and Lily wields his great iron sword that can change shape. The four of them are serious, fighting individually yet as teammates, constantly switching between offense and defense, and slashing with great gusto.

A short while later, the four of them separated.

"Not bad, Erza! Your swordsmanship has improved!"

"Thank you for your help before!" Erza sheathed her twin swords, exhaled a breath of stale air, and said after calming her heartbeat.

Dispel nodded, then turned to Gajeel and criticized him bluntly: "Gajeel is far inferior. What you're doing isn't swordsmanship at all; you're just wildly slashing with an iron sword! If we're talking about swordsmanship, you're not even as good as Lili!"