Blue sky and white clouds, the red sun is rising.

On the mountain peaks, the winter breeze brings a hint of refreshment and coolness.

The high place should be cold, but now it is a little warmer under the sun, and this temperature mixed with cold and warmth swept away the tiredness of the hangover on everyone's body.

As far as the eye can see, the mountains and rivers are far away, and the Daurus Mountains, which were destroyed yesterday, are still in shambles, but the warm winter day and the crystal morning dew are injecting invisible vitality into it.

The third day of the assessment.

The third level is the final battle.

As the author of the final level, Makarov circled a piece of land on the top of the mountain, and used rock magic to build a large place, similar to the gladiatorial arena, surrounded by stands, slightly higher, you can clearly see all the changes in the middle, in the middle is a square ring, the ring is divided into hundreds of small grids, except for the four corners of the grid is slightly larger, the rest is generally the same, divided into red, yellow, blue, white four colors.

In the stands, looking at the arena below, Kira was silent.

"This ...... How does it look so much like Ludo? No, no...... Or is Monopoly closer? ”

Kira was puzzled by this, and found Makarov and asked, "I said, President, what is this thing for?" Is it like stepping on a trap and then punishing the rule? ”

"Pretty much...... You'll find out later! ”

Makarov squinted his small eyes and gave Kira a mysterious smile, "Today's assessment is going to be interesting!" Hahaha......"

Kira twitched the corners of her mouth: Still interesting? Isn't this just a popular table game on the market? What has long been eliminated by my 'Demon Tail Killing', you old people are still nostalgic......

Makarov didn't see Kira's expression, otherwise he would have been dissatisfied.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Makarov jumped down, walked to the middle of the chessboard on his short legs, and then began to announce the rules of the assessment in the eyes of everyone.

"Ahem...... Today is the last day of this S-level assessment, and there are still four remaining candidates for this assessment, they are Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Jubia, and the above four will take their supporters Kira, Urrutia, Brantish, and Gildas for the final assessment! ”

Kira looked at the four who were about to be evaluated, and Natsu and Harpy were chatting; Rebi, Wendy, Elusa, Mira, and Kana cheer Lucy on; Gray and Jubia are tired together.

The interpersonal relationship between the four is clear at a glance.

"It's the last day, are the supporters going to war?" Gray asked curiously.

"Of course!"

Makarov seemed to be in a good mood: "Since you are a supporter, of course you must support to the end!" Didn't there be a similar rule last year for you to find a companion? This is a test of your understanding and cooperation with the guild members! ”

"The rules of the assessment are as follows: four alternates start from the four starting points to the finish line, four supporters start from the finish line to the starting point, and eight people take turns throwing points, according to which their teammates advance the corresponding number of steps."

"Throwing points is all about luck and skill, and you can't cheat with magic!"

"After arriving at the position, if there are people from other teams above, there needs to be a fight, and the loser returns to the original point and starts again; Otherwise, take a random card from my hand and execute what's inside! ”

As he spoke, Makarov raised the card in his hand, drew one and showed it to the crowd, reading it out: "Take three steps back, and add one to the number of advances before the next turn." ”

"That's probably what it is."

"Also, if you're in the same color as your own color, you can change a card, but you only have one chance per person!"

"Shhhh It's so troublesome! ”

Gagiru complained indignantly at the bottom, he had not yet come out of the negative form of being defeated by Natsu yesterday with foreign help, "If you want me to say, the assessment or something should be a melee!" If that's the rule, I'll be the one who wins! ”

When several people around heard this, they gave him a hehehe.

"Uh-huh-hmm......"

"Yes, yes, yes......"

"I believe in you."

Gajiru: "......"

Can your expressions be a little more perfunctory?! Think I'm an emotionally intelligent idiot like Natsu?

Thinking of this, Gajiru couldn't help but glance at Lebi not far away, and then at Natsu, who was talking to Harpy who didn't know what to say, and the indescribable depression in his chest.

Wait and see, Fire Dragon! There's always one thing I'll surpass you!

"So, the team that arrives at the destination first is the winner of this assessment, right?"

Makarov crossed his hands on his hips and laughed: "Actually, it's not! ”

"Eh??!" Everyone was dumbfounded at the same time.

"In view of the fact that the first two levels are too easy, some people here have mixed in in an opportunistic way and have not been assessed with due difficulty, so the old man decided to increase the difficulty in this level!"

When they heard this, they all looked at Lucy and Jubia.

Lucy: "......"

Jubia: "?? ”

Why don't you just call us by name?

Seeing everyone's reactions, Makarov also seemed to feel that his old face was a little unbearable, but he really couldn't let another sorcerer like Kana appear in the guild who seriously lowered the S-level level.

"Ahem...... It's not specifically targeted! But if you just play board games, the proportion of luck will inevitably be too large, and some people may not be convinced, so you must also examine the strength! ”

"As an S-class mage of the 'Fairy Tail', no matter how lucky he is, he must pass the test in terms of wisdom and strength!"

Kira and the others nodded, accepting Makarov's explanation.

"Listen up! Once both of you on the same team arrive at your destination, I'll give you a test, and the first candidate to complete it will be this year's S-Rank Magus! ”

Well? In this way, it is not so necessary to be the first to finish the game...... Although it is also important to be the first to be the first.

"In addition, if no one can complete this test before sunset, then no one will be promoted to the guild's S-rank magician this year!"

Sounds like an easy test!

"I thought it was, it was just a test! It scared the hell out of me......"

"No problem, old man! We accepted! ”

"Let's get started! I can't wait! ”

"Ahhh......h It feels like a hassle......"

"I said, President, why do you have to build such a chessboard since this game has nothing to do with the final test? Wouldn't it be more convenient to make one directly, playing with a chess piece? ”

The crowd was silent again.

yes, why not make a chessboard? What's the point of such a big track?

Makarov was silent for two seconds: "This is to test your physical strength!" ”

Everyone: "......"

Your expression...... This reason is clearly just come up with it, right?!

Isn't it because you're old and dizzy that you think it's too troublesome to make a small chessboard, so you just use magic to make one?!

"Ahem...... And in this way, everyone can see clearly and ensure the fairness and openness of the assessment! ”

Here it comes! Familiar tactics cough! Every time the old man does this, it proves that he has a weak heart!

The board is large, with grids arranged in red, yellow, blue, and white order, starting from the four corners and driving into the track, spiraling towards the center, with the end point being the end.

But most importantly, there are 100 squares of each color, which is a total of 400 squares!

What is the concept of 400 lattices? Ludo chess is more than fifty! It's about eight times as long as Ludo!

The dice are wooden cubes with a side length of 30 centimeters, each person carries one, the number of points is from one to six, a rough calculation, if you want to finish it, you have to throw it a hundred times, not to mention that there are all kinds of unknown tasks, as well as the rule of 'meet and die immediately', the number of throws will only be more.

Is this something that people can bear?! If it weren't for the hollow nature of the dice, this group of people would have given up the assessment a long time ago! Otherwise, just by throwing a hundred solid wood dice, they can be exhausted to death!

The only thing to be thankful for is that there are no rules such as "roll to six to take off" and "three six explosions".

Not surprisingly, the red team is Natsu and Kira; The yellow team is Lucy, Brantish; The blue pair is Jubia, Gildas; The white team is Gray and Urrutia.

"This color wouldn't be considered by the president based on the image of each of them, would it?"

Kira stood at the finish line and complained.

Gildas next to him laughed a few times and said, "Probably...... The chairman didn't rest all night yesterday in order to design the content of the assessment! ”

"I'm old, it's a shame that he can survive......"

After everyone has decided on the rules repeatedly, the game begins!