S-Class Mission

A few hours later...

Gildarts tossed aside the shovel in his hand and lay down amid the ruins.

"I'm done. I'm exhausted..."

After working continuously for several hours, Gildarts chose to slack off.

"At this rate, we won't be able to finish the repairs even in a month..."

Ywen looked at the slacking Gildarts and said.

"That's why! We might as well not do it..."

Gildarts thought for a moment before answering seriously.

"..."

Ywen knew Gildarts was telling the truth. There was not a single lie in his words—he genuinely had no intention of continuing to repair Fairy Tail's back mountain.

"Ywen..."

"Let's go take on some work!"

"Rather than wasting time here, it'd be faster to earn money and hire a professional team to fix it!"

As Gildarts spoke, he leaped up from the devastated ground behind him and looked at Ywen seriously.

"That makes sense..."

"Then, Gildarts, do you have any missions in mind?"

Ywen looked at Gildarts and asked.

"Yeah..."

"If things go smoothly, the money we earn from completing just this one job will be enough to repair Fairy Tail's entire back mountain!"

Gildarts said with a faint smile.

"The mission rank..."

Ywen's eyes lit up as he continued asking.

"It's obviously an S-Class Mission!" Gildarts curled his lips into a grin and looked at Ywen. "So, Ywen, interested in trying an S-Class Mission?!"

"Of course!"

Ywen nodded lightly. At the same time, the system in his mind completed an update.

System update complete. Mission Mode added...

The host may accept any mission from the guild. The system classifies missions as Centennial, Decennial, SS-Class, S-Class, A-Class, B-Class, C-Class, D-Class, and E-Class...

Upon completing a mission, the host will receive a Mission Badge. Mission Badges can be used to upgrade the host's skills.

A Centennial Mission Badge can raise any skill of any level by one level. A Decennial Mission Badge can raise any skill below level ten by one level. An SS-Class Mission Badge can raise any skill below level nine by one level, and so on...

Note: Mission Badges can be synthesized. Ten low-level Mission Badges can be combined into one high-level Mission Badge...

Ywen studied the Mission Mode in his mind thoughtfully. In other words, to upgrade one of his level-eight skills to level nine, he needed an SS-Class Mission Badge, or he had to complete ten S-Class Missions...

A little difficult, but not too difficult...

In fact, the rewards for S-Class Missions were also in the tens of millions. Converted into money, ten S-Class Missions amounted to roughly one hundred million, exactly the same as the funds Ywen needed to upgrade a level-eight skill to level nine. In other words, Ywen neither gained nor lost anything...

"Actually, with your current strength, you could already become an S-Class Mage!"

"But that old Guild Master is too rigid..."

Gildarts complained as he looked at Ywen.

"It doesn't matter. I'm determined to pass this year's S-Class Mage examination!"

Ywen was brimming with confidence. He truly could not imagine who in Fairy Tail this year possessed the strength to compete with him for the position of S-Class Mage.

"That's true. A little sooner or later doesn't make much difference!"

Gildarts nodded. He had great confidence in Ywen's strength. Ywen's name would definitely be on the list of those permitted to take this year's S-Class Mage examination. Given the guild's current situation, Ywen becoming an S-Class Mage was already a certainty.

"By the way, when are we leaving?"

Since it was his first time taking on a mission, Ywen seemed eager to get started.

"Now..."

Gildarts smiled mysteriously, then calmly spoke those two words.

Meanwhile...

Inside the Fairy Tail guild...

"Honestly, once they start fighting, they have no sense of restraint! And Gildarts too—he's already over thirty, yet he still acts like a child..."

Makarov grumbled about Gildarts and Ywen while drinking the beer in his cup.

"Hahaha, Guild Master, stop acting like you're unhappy when you've clearly struck gold!"

"Now, besides Gildarts, our guild has Ywen, another super powerhouse!"

"In terms of strength, we can already be called the undisputed number one guild in the Kingdom of Fiore, right?!"

Macao understood Makarov far too well. He knew Makarov was only saying that out loud; inwardly, he was already overjoyed!

"Don't make excuses for them! Being strong is not an excuse to do whatever they please!"

"Still, hehe..."

"At the next guild masters' gathering, let's see who still dares question Fairy Tail's strength!"

Makarov first scolded Macao, then straightened his back. He could hardly wait to attend the annual guild masters' gathering and show off the outstanding new member of his guild in front of that bunch of old friends—and bad friends—of his.

"Oh, right, Macao! Stop drinking in the guild all the time. If you're really that bored, go bring those two idiots back from the back mountain!"

As if suddenly remembering something, Makarov shouted at Macao, who was drinking in the distance.

"Alright, alright..."

Macao said as he rose to his feet, as though he had expected this all along.

Macao knew his Guild Master's personality well. As long as Fairy Tail's members did not make a mistake of principle, Makarov would never truly lose his temper. At most, he would criticize them a little and complain a little...

Makarov was the type with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. Less than half a day had passed, and he was already giving Gildarts and Ywen an excuse to return to the guild...

Just as Macao was preparing to leave the guild and head to the back mountain to find Gildarts and Ywen, the guild doors were suddenly pushed open. An utterly ordinary-looking Fairy Tail member ran inside, all the way to Guild Master Makarov.

"What is it?!"

Makarov folded his arms across his chest and softly asked the guild member before him.

For some reason, the moment Makarov saw this member, his heart began to pound uneasily, as though something bad was about to happen...

"Guild Master, Guild Master..."

"This is a letter Gildarts asked me to deliver to you..."

"Just now, just now, I went to the back mountain and ran into Gildarts. He asked me to give you this letter. And he looked extremely anxious, so I thought something major might have happened and hurried over to deliver it!"

The guild member said breathlessly, handing the letter to Makarov.

"Hmm?!"

Makarov frowned deeply at the letter before him. The ominous feeling in his heart grew even stronger.

Simply put, whenever Gildarts did not show up in person and instead chose to have someone deliver a message to communicate with him, something was likely about to happen!

"..."

"You bastard! Gildarts!!!"

After Makarov finished reading the entire letter, he let out an incomparably furious roar!

In fact, Makarov's premonitions had always been accurate. See? It came true right away, didn't it?!

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