Chapter 17 S Class Quest
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: S-Class Quest
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A few hours later...
Gildarts directly threw away the shovel in his hand and laid down amidst the expanse of ruins.
"I'm not doing this anymore, it's too tiring..."
The middle-aged mage, who had worked continuously for a few hours, chose to start slacking off.
"At this rate, we won't be able to repair it even in a month..."
Evan looked at the slacking Gildarts and spoke his mind.
"Exactly! So I might as well just not do it..."
The latter thought for a moment and replied seriously.
"..."
Evan knew that Gildarts truly intended to do as he had said. He really had no intention of continuing to repair Fairy Tail's back mountain.
"Evan...
Let's go get some work!
Rather than wasting time here, it would be faster for us to directly use money to hire a professional team to repair this place instead!"
As Gildarts spoke, he leaped up from the devastated ground behind him, looked at Evan, and spoke seriously.
"Makes sense...
Then Gildarts, do you have a quest in mind?"
Evan looked at the older mage and asked.
"Ah...
If things go smoothly for us, just by completing one job, the money we’d earned would be enough to repair the entire back mountain of Fairy Tail!"
As Gildarts spoke, he revealed a trace of a smile.
"The quest rank..."
Evan's eyes lit up, and he subsequently asked.
"Without a doubt, it’s an S-Class quest!"
The corners of Gildarts's mouth rose. He looked at the eager boy before him and asked.
"I say, Evan, are you interested in trying an S-Class quest?"
"Of course!"
Evan nodded gently. At the same time, the system in his mind completed an update.
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[System update complete. New quest mode added...]
[The host can accept any quest in the guild. The system divides quests into 100-Year, 10-Year, SS-Class, S-Class, A-Class, B-Class, C-Class, D-Class, E-Class...]
[After completing a quest, a quest medal will be obtained. Medals can be used to upgrade the host's skills.]
[A 100-Year level quest medal can upgrade a skill of any level for the host by one level. A 10-Year level quest medal can upgrade any skill below level ten for the host by one level. An SS-Class level quest medal can upgrade any skill below level nine for the host by one level, and so on...]
[Note: Quest medals can be synthesized. Ten lower-level quest medals can be synthesized into one higher-level quest medal...]
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Evan looked at the new quest mode in his mind while deep in thought. In other words, if he wanted to upgrade his level eight skills to level nine, he needed either one SS-Class quest medal, or ten S-Class quest medals...
It was a bit difficult, but it wasn’t too hard...
In fact, the rewards for S-Class quests were also at the ten-million level. Converted into money, ten S-Class quests were about one hundred million, which was exactly the same as the funds Evan needed to upgrade one ability from level eight to level nine. In other words, he actually neither gained nor lost anything...
"Actually, with your current strength, you more than qualify to become an S-Class mage!
But the old man’s too old-fashioned..."
Gildarts looked at Evan and complained.
"It doesn't matter. I’m bound to win this year's S-Class Mage Promotional Trial!"
Evan was full of confidence in himself. He truly couldn't think of anyone inside the Fairy Tail guild this year who possessed the strength to compete with him for the title of S-Class mage.
"That's true as well. A bit later, a bit earlier, there actually isn't much of a difference!"
Gildarts nodded. He had a lot of confidence in Evan's strength. The boy’s name would definitely be on the list of those allowed to participate in this year's S-Class Mage Promotional Trial. Given the current situation of Fairy Tail, Evan becoming an S-Class mage was already a foregone conclusion.
"Speaking of which, when do we set off?"
Because it was Evan's first time going on a quest, he appeared somewhat eager to try one.
"Now..."
Gildarts smiled mysteriously, and then he plainly spoke this single word.
On the other side...
Inside the Fairy Tail guild...
"Honestly, once they start fighting, they don't know their proper limits! Gildarts too, he's already in his thirties, yet he still acts like a child..."
Makarov complained about Gildarts and Evan while drinking the beer in his mug.
"Hahaha, Master, you're just getting a bargain while acting innocent!
Now, besides Gildarts, our guild has gained another super mage in Evan!
In terms of strength, we can already be called the genuine number one in the Kingdom of Fiore, right?!"
Macao understood Makarov too well. He knew that the old man was just saying things, but in fact, his heart was already blooming with joy!
"Don't make excuses for them! Being strong isn’t an excuse to do whatever they want!
However, hehe...
During the next guild masters' regular meeting, let's see who still questions the strength of our Fairy Tail!"
Makarov first reprimanded Macao with a sentence, and then he straightened his back. Right now, he could no longer wait to attend the annual guild masters' regular meeting and properly show off the outstanding newly joined members of his guild in front of that group of old friends and frenemies of his.
"Right, Macao! Don't just drink in the guild all of the time. If you really have nothing to do, go and bring those two idiots back from the back mountain!"
The old man suddenly seemed to think of something and shouted at Macao, who was drinking in the distance.
"Alright, alright..."
As Macao spoke, he stood up. He seemed to have expected this long ago.
Macao deeply knew the personality of this Guild Master of theirs. As long as Fairy Tail members didn't commit a principled mistake, Makarov wouldn't truly get angry. At most, he would just criticize them a few times and then complain with a few sentences...
The old man was the typical example of having ‘a sharp tongue, but a soft heart’. Wasn't this exactly that? Not even half a day had passed, and he was already giving Gildarts and Evan a way out, letting the two return to the guild...
Just as he was preparing to leave the guild and go to the back mountain to find Gildarts and Evan, the front doors of the guild were suddenly pushed open by someone. A plain-looking Fairy Tail member ran in, running all the way in front of Guild Master Makarov.
"What's wrong?!"
The old man crossed his arms in front of his chest while looking at the member in front of him, and asked softly.
Makarov didn't know why, but when he saw the member in front of him, he always had a feeling of trepidation, as if something bad was about to happen...
"Master, Master...
This is a letter Gildarts asked me to pass on to you...
Just now, just now, I went to the back mountain, and then I met Gildarts. He told me to give this letter to you. Moreover, seeing how anxious he looked, I thought that it might be something urgent, so I hurriedly ran over to deliver this to you!"
The member spoke breathlessly as he handed a letter to Makarov.
"Hmm?!"
The Guild Master looked at the letter in front of him with tightly furrowed brows. The bad premonition in his heart grew stronger.
Simply put, every time Gildarts didn't show up in person but instead chose to have someone deliver a message to communicate with him, something was highly likely to have gone wrong!
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Bastard! Gildarts!!!"
When Makarov finished reading the entire letter, he let out an incomparably angry roar!
In fact, Makarov's premonitions had always been very accurate. Hadn't it just come true just now?!
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T/N - Lol, this chapter can be an actual Fairy Tail episode. Poor Makarov. I sometimes wonder throughout the original story how he’s still alive despite taking care of so many stress-inducing ‘children’. F to him because it looks like the MC’s about to learn bad habits from Gildarts. 😅