S-Class Mage Exam

After Wendy's birthday passed, Erza and Mira threw themselves into a frantic scramble for commissions, to the point that they no longer even had time for their usual fights.

It was not just them. Nearly eighty percent of the other mages in the guild were also competing for commissions.

No one did not want to become an S-Class Mage.

On one hand, becoming an S-Class Mage meant receiving recognition and becoming one of Fairy Tail's leading figures. On the other, only S-Class Mages were qualified to go up to the second floor and accept the extremely high-paying commissions ranked S-Class and above.

In that regard, Erza desired to become an S-Class Mage even more than Mira did. Only then could she see any hope of paying off her debts, and only then would she have the ability to fight alongside Feng Ye without holding him back when something happened.

Fairy Tail currently had four S-Class Mages.

They were Gildarts, who had been promoted first; Feng Ye, who came after him; then Laxus and Mystogan.

Of the four, Feng Ye was acknowledged as the strongest.

Gildarts had once lost to Feng Ye and admitted that he was inferior. After being promoted to S-Class, Laxus had also challenged Feng Ye, then very "rationally" concluded that Feng Ye ought to be the strongest mage.

Half a month passed.

Fairy Tail finally welcomed this year's S-Class Mage promotion exam.

"Alright."

"Next, I will announce the list of mages participating in this year's S-Class exam. There are five in total."

Inside the guild, Guild Master Makarov held up a stack of papers and looked toward the many Fairy Tail mages gathered before him as he announced:

"Biggs!"

"Erza!"

"Mira!"

"Mest!"

"Freed!"

As the list was announced, Erza and the others on it immediately became the