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Afterward, just as Noah had expected, because Fairy Tail had reclaimed the glory of being the Kingdom of Fiore's number one guild, many mages came the next day to join after hearing its name.
For those mages who came seeking to join, Noah did not accept every single one of them. Instead, he put them through an assessment.
The assessment was not about strength.
In truth, whether they had strength or not was secondary.
For Fairy Tail, the most important thing was not strength, but compatibility.
At the very least, Noah did not want his guild, which was full of positive energy, to be turned into a mire by a bunch of rabble.
Therefore, Noah accepted any mages who got along with the guild members.
But as for those with bad character, Noah showed almost no mercy and threw every one of them out, without giving them the slightest face.
Naturally, this approach drew quite a bit of criticism at first.
However, one time, a group of delinquent mages whom Noah had turned away somehow lost their minds and tried to sneak into the guild at night to wreck the place in retaliation.
The next day, all of Magnolia's residents discovered something.
Those guys had been stripped completely naked and hung up in the city center for the entire town to see.
Beside them was a recording Magic Crystal documenting the entire process of their attempt to destroy Fairy Tail in retaliation.
Only then did everyone understand Fairy Tail's standards for choosing members. They no longer had any objections and even began praising the guild, making Fairy Tail increasingly popular.
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