Mission Rank

"From now on, practice the eight basic sword techniques one thousand times every day. Not a single day of slacking off!"

"Yes!"

Yun Feiyang stood by, instructing her like a stern mentor.

"Spread your stance! How can you fight anyone if your foundation isn't stable?"

"Yes!"

"There are no shortcuts to becoming stronger. Even the best talent is wasted without diligent practice. Every drop of sweat you shed will reward you. It may be hard to see results in the short term, but after years of accumulation, you will discover what it means to be a completely different person."

After correcting a few of Erza's mistakes and seeing that she had found her rhythm, Yun Feiyang began his own training nearby.

Upstairs in the guild, Makarov stood on the balcony, watching the two figures working hard in the distance, a smile spreading across his face.

"It's so good to be young!"

Seeing these vibrant, budding forces, he felt absolutely wonderful!

"Today is another beautiful day!"

Suddenly, two uninvited guests came running toward the shore!

"Aha! So you were hiding here!"

"Feiyang, duel me!"

"And you too, Erza!"

Who else could it be but those two troublemakers, Natsu and Gray?

"Come on, let's have a real, satisfying fight! I'm already burning with... ah~~"

"Help me~~"

Just as the two approached, a whirlwind suddenly kicked up, and they vanished into the horizon as mere specks of light!

"Ignore them. Continue your training!"

"Yes!"

The session lasted until noon. It took a bit longer primarily because it was Erza's first time, and she wasn't used to it yet.

Fortunately, her physical condition was excellent; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to handle that level of exertion on her first day.

Even so, she was panting heavily, her entire body aching.

"Let's go, let's get something to eat. My treat!"

"Sure thing!"

Arriving at the restaurant, the two of them wolfed down their food like starving ghosts reincarnated, drawing frequent glances from the other patrons.

"How long does this kind of training need to last?"

"What? Can't wait?"

"No, just asking!"

"There is no such thing as perfection when it comes to the basics. It is best to maintain this habit indefinitely to keep improving."

"I understand!"

"As for your Swordsmanship training, let's say a year. Once your foundation is built, we can move on to other courses after a year."

"A year, huh?"

Erza clenched her fist. "I will persevere!"

"Come back again soon!"

Under the enthusiastic farewell of the owner, the two left the restaurant and headed toward the guild.

"The principle of Disguise Magic is to use magic power to carve out a space within yourself, which can be located anywhere on your body."

"This space is invisible, but it can be sensed. Externally, it is as small as a speck of dust, but internally, it can be expanded indefinitely. It mainly depends on the amount of magic power you have; the more you have, the larger the space you can carve out."

Yun Feiyang nodded. "It's like the principle of the Sumeru Mustard Seed: a world in a flower, a bodhi in a leaf."

"Exactly. Since it is constructed using magic power, it is considered an extension of yourself. You must use magic power to both store and retrieve items!"

"I will teach you how to use your magic power to touch the 'mustard seed' and then carve out the space. Give it a try."

"Alright!"

Under Erza's guidance, Yun Feiyang gathered his magic power into his palm.

Slowly, he began to sense a small space forming, which then started to expand.

"It worked!"

The two stopped in front of the guild entrance. Yun Feiyang unslung the Muramasa from his back, channeled his magic power, and the katana vanished from his hand.

With a flick of his thought, the katana reappeared. He repeated the process several times.

"It's quite simple!"

"Let's go, let's head into the guild and look around!"

Watching Yun Feiyang push the door open and walk in, Erza tilted her head.

"Is Costume Change Magic really that easy to learn?"

"Forget it, that's not important!"

Erza chased after him and explained, "Just keep using your magic power to nurture and expand it from now on! Also, this space can only store inanimate objects; it cannot hold living things."

"Alright, I understand!"

The two of them walking in immediately drew everyone's attention.

"Yo~ Feiyang is here!"

"And Erza too!"

"How come you two came together?"

"They seem to have been a pair since this morning!"

"No way, no way. Could they already be on a date?"

A date?

Erza's face flushed bright red in an instant, steam rising from her head!

"Feiyang!"

"Erza!"

"Let's duel!"

Natsu and Gray, those two idiots, charged over again!

Having had her strange fantasies ruined, Erza was overcome with embarrassment and rage. She rushed over and punched them both, knocking them flat onto the ground!

"So... so scary!"

"You guys really are persistent, aren't you?"

Yun Feiyang ignored the two corpses lying on the floor and walked straight past them.

Erza caught up and volunteered, "I'll show you around the guild!"

"Much obliged!"

First was getting to know everyone in the guild. Although most of them were just background characters, it was still necessary to get familiar with their faces.

At this moment, there were over a hundred people in the guild, and when adding in those who hadn't arrived yet or were out on missions, the total number was at least two or three hundred.

However, remember that after the Tenrou Island incident, there weren't many people left in the guild.

So, most of the people here aren't even side characters; just getting to know them casually is enough!

Yun Feiyang walked over to the job request board and looked at it with great interest.

Various tasks were posted on it, ranging from simple ones like helping someone move or finding lost items, with the lowest rewards being only a few hundred J.

The difficult ones, such as subjugating monsters or escorting important figures, were worth hundreds of thousands of J, with the highest not exceeding a million.

Erza explained, "Everyone is free to take the jobs in the main hall, but you must act according to your own abilities. For Mages with a certain level of strength, the difficulty is limited, and these tasks generally don't exceed one million J."

"There are also some special circumstances, such as hunting down Mages, subjugating high-level monsters, or dealing with Dark Guilds. These are much more difficult, and the rewards are all over a million."

"Of course, as the guild acts as an intermediary platform to provide Mages with a source of income, it takes a ten percent commission, which is also for the development of the guild."

Yun Feiyang nodded to show he understood and asked, "I heard there are even higher-level tasks?"

"Yes, the ones in the hall are all standard level. On the second floor, there are S-Class missions, Ten-Year Missions, and Hundred-Year Missions."

"The reward for an S-Class mission is at least five million or more. Needless to say, the amounts for Ten-Year and Hundred-Year missions are terrifyingly high!"

"Of course, high rewards mean high danger. They are missions where you could lose your life if you aren't careful!"

"Most importantly, if you don't have the rank, you aren't allowed on the second floor. You must become an S-Class Mage to be eligible!"

Yun Feiyang asked, "How many S-Class Mages does the guild have right now?"

"Not counting the Guild Master, there is only Gildarts!"

Erza said excitedly, "He is an extremely powerful Mage. The missions he takes are generally at the Ten-Year level, so he is rarely at the guild."

A Ten-Year Mission means that no one has been able to complete it for over ten years; the difficulty is self-evident, not to mention the highest level, the Hundred-Year Mission.

Only one?

In that case, Makarov's grandson, Laxus, hasn't become an S-Class Mage yet.