The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

Chapter 602 The last test, exciting...

Blue sky and white clouds, red sun rising.

On the top of the mountain, the winter wind brings a slight refreshing feeling and bursts of coolness.

It should have been cold at high places, but now it felt a little warmer under the sunlight. This mixture of coldness and warmth swept away the tiredness of everyone's hangovers.

Looking far into the distance, the mountains are high and the water is far away. The Dalus Mountains, which were destroyed yesterday, are still in a mess at this moment, but the warm winter and the crystal clear morning dew are injecting invisible vitality into them.

The third day of assessment.

The third level is the final battle.

As the question maker for the last level, Makarov circled a piece of land on the top of the mountain and used rock magic to build an oversized place similar to an arena. It was surrounded by stands, slightly higher, and you could clearly see the middle. In all the changes, there is a square arena in the middle. The arena is divided into hundreds of small grids. Except for the slightly larger grids at the four corners, the rest are generally the same and divided into four colors: red, yellow, blue, and white.

In the stands, looking at the arena set up below, Kira fell silent.

"This...why does it look so much like Ludo? No, no...or is Monopoly closer?"

Kira was puzzled by this, and went to Makarov and asked: "I said, President, what is this thing for? Is it like the rule of stepping on a trap and then being punished?"

"Almost...you'll find out later!"

Makarov squinted his little eyes and gave Kira a mysterious smile, "Today's assessment will be very interesting! Hahaha..."

Kira curled her lips: Is it still interesting? Isn’t this a popular tabletop game on the market? Things that have been eliminated by my ‘Fairy Tail Killer’ long ago, it’s just you old people who still miss them...

Makarov didn't see Kira's expression, otherwise he would have been dissatisfied.

Seeing that everyone was almost here, Makarov jumped down, walked to the middle of the chessboard on his short legs, and then began to announce the assessment rules in the eyes of everyone.

"Ahem... Today is the last day of this S-class assessment. There are currently four remaining candidates for this assessment. They are Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Juvia. The above four people will take the Their supporters, Kira, Urrutia, Brandish, and Gildas, are going through the final test!"

Kira looked at the four people who were about to take the assessment. Natsu and Habi were chatting; Rebby, Wendy, Erza, Mira and Kana were cheering Lucy on; Gray and Juvia were together.

The interpersonal relationships between the four people are clear at a glance.

"It's the last day, do the supporters also want to join the battle?" Gray asked curiously.

"Of course!"

Makarov seemed to be in a good mood: "Since you are a supporter, of course you must support us to the end! Didn't there be similar rules for you to find companions last year? This is a test of the tacit understanding and cooperation between you and the guild members!"

"The rules of the assessment are as follows: four candidates start from the four starting points and move towards the end point, four supporters start from the end point and move towards the starting point. The eight people take turns throwing points, and based on the points, the teammates will advance the corresponding number of steps."

"Throwing points all depends on luck and skill, you can't cheat with magic!"

"After arriving at the location, if there are people from other teams above and need to fight, the loser will return to the starting point and start again; otherwise, randomly select a card from the deck in my hand and execute the content!"

As he spoke, Makarov raised the cards in his hand, pulled out one and showed it to everyone, and read the content on it: "Take three steps back, and the number of steps forward in the next round will be increased by one."

"That's probably the content."

"In addition, if the color of the grid is the same as the color you represent, you can change a card, but each person only has one chance!"

"Hey! It's so troublesome!"

Gajeel complained angrily from below. He had not yet come out of the negative state of being defeated by Natsu's foreign aid yesterday. "If you ask me, assessments should be conducted in a melee! If that's the rule, the winner in the end will It must be me!"

Hearing this, several people around him gave him a hehe look.

"Uh huh huh..."

"Yeah……"

"I trust you."

Gajeel: "..."

Could your expressions be more perfunctory? ! Do you think I'm an emotionally intelligent idiot like Natsu?

Thinking of this, Gajeel couldn't help but glance at Lebby not far away, and then at Natsu who was talking to Habi about something, feeling unspeakable depression in his chest.

Just wait and see, Fire Dragon! There is always one thing I will surpass you in!

"Then, the team that reaches the destination first will be the winner of this assessment, right?"

Makarov put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly: "In fact, that's not the case!"

"Eh??!" Everyone was dumbfounded at the same time.

"Since the first two levels were too easy, some people here used opportunistic methods to get through and did not get the required level of difficulty. I decided to make this level more difficult!"

After hearing this, everyone looked at Lucy and Juvia.

Lucy: "..."

Juvia: "??"

Why don't you just call us by name?

Seeing everyone's reaction, Makarov seemed to feel that his old face was a bit embarrassing, but he really couldn't let another mage like Kana appear in the guild who seriously lowered the S-level level.

"Ahem... This is not specifically targeted! But if you are just playing board games, luck will inevitably account for too much, and some people may be unconvinced, so you must also examine your strength!"

"As an S-class mage of Fairy Tail, no matter how lucky you are, you still have to pass the test in terms of wisdom and strength!"

Kira and others nodded, accepting Makarov's explanation.

"Listen up! After both people from the same team arrive at their destination, I will give you a test. The first candidate to complete this test will be this year's S-class mage!"

Um? In this way, it is not so necessary to be the first to finish the game... although it is important to be the first.

"In addition, if no one can complete this test before sunset, then no one will be promoted to the guild's S-class mage this year!"

It doesn’t sound like a simple test!

"What did I think it was? It turned out to be just a test! It scared me to death..."

"No problem, old man! We accept it!"

"Let's get started! I can't wait!"

"Ah...it feels so troublesome..."

"I said to the president, since this game has nothing to do with the final test, why do we need to build such a chessboard? Wouldn't it be more convenient to just make one and play with chess pieces?"

Everyone fell silent again.

Yeah, why not make a chessboard? What’s the point of building such a big track?

Makarov was silent for two seconds: "This is to test your physical strength!"

Everyone: "..."

Your expression...this reason is obviously something you just came up with, right? ! ! Could it be that you are too old-sighted and find it too troublesome to make a small chessboard, so you just use magic to create one? !

"Ahem...and this way everyone can see clearly and ensure the fairness and openness of the assessment!"

coming! Familiar tactics cough! Every time the old man does this, it proves that he is guilty!

This chessboard is very large. The grids are arranged in the order of red, yellow, blue and white. Starting from the four corners, you enter the track and spiral towards the center. The center is the end point.

But the most important thing is that there are one hundred squares of each color, which means a total of four hundred squares!

What is the concept of four hundred grids? The flying chess game is only over fifty! Its length is about eight times that of Ludo!

The dice is a wooden cube with a side length of 30 centimeters. Each person carries one, and the points are from one to six. A rough calculation means that if you want to finish the game, you have to throw it hundreds of times, not to mention that there are all kinds of unknowns in it. Quests, and the 'one encounters an immediate death' rule, the number of throws will only be more.

Is this something people can endure? ! If the dice hadn't been hollow, these people would have given up on the assessment long ago! Otherwise, just throwing solid wood dice a hundred times will tire them to death!

The only good thing is that there are no rules like "throw a six to take off" or "three sixes to explode".

As expected, the red team is Natsu and Kira; the yellow team is Lucy and Brandish; the blue team is Juvia and Gildas; and the white team is Gray and Urrutia.

"Isn't this color the president considered based on each of their images?"

Kira stood at the finish line and complained.

Gildas next to him laughed a few times and said: "Probably... The president didn't rest all night long in order to design the assessment content yesterday!"

"At such an age, it's a shame he can endure it..."

After everyone repeatedly determined the rules, the game began!