Chapter 611: Involution? I, Kira, never do such tricks!

Since Kira destroyed a mountain yesterday, it is now in ruins.

Various strangely shaped and sized stones and broken trees were scattered randomly on the ground, occupying the area of several mountains. There was also a pile of ash and soil taller than a person, which was a shattered and shapeless mountain.

Everyone worked together to clear a piece of open space as the venue for the final assessment of the day.

Augustus stood in the middle of the examination room holding a magic wand. Natsu and others stood opposite him, looking like teachers and students taking an outdoor class.

Auguste's hands were steady. Although his skin was covered with wrinkles due to age, his hands had a strength that was totally unlike that of an octogenarian. When he held the magic wand, it did not shake at all.

His eyes were gentle, like an old grandfather next door who lived in peace with the world, yet with a touch of severity, more majestic than the strictest lecturer in the school.

With his long pale hair, upright figure and transcendent temperament, everyone who saw Auguste could feel his erudition and elegance, and could not help but admire him.

"This is the last round of the assessment. The rules are as follows:"

"The four candidates will play against the other three in turn. The winner will get 2 points, the tie will get 1 point, and the loser will get no points. In the end, the one with the highest score will pass the assessment."

"So, the supporters won't participate in the war?" Gray asked.

"Yes!"

Augustus nodded, "I think that the supporters have helped you enough in the first two tests. After all, this is your test, and you need to work hard on your own."

After hearing this, Gray felt relieved.

Among the remaining four supporters, Kira is undoubtedly the strongest, Gildarts is the second, and Brandish's magic restrains Urrutia, so if it is a team battle, his winning rate is actually not high. But since today's assessment only tests candidates, he has the confidence!

In terms of strength, I won't lose to Natsu, Lucy and Juvia!

"Listen! President! This is how a good examiner should ask questions!"

"Stop talking nonsense! You little bastards!!"

Makarov had a dark face. He stood in front of Gray and roared, spitting all over his face, "I have worked hard for the guild for so many years, and now you come to complain about the poor questions? You know, I am the president!!"

"Yes... yes... just take a break today, Sandaime!"

Mavis came over with a smile on her face, gently patted Makarov, who was several heads shorter than her, and comforted him softly.

"First generation?! Wuuwuwu... I am suffering as an old man!!"

Thinking about his whole life of military service, only to find that he had lost his integrity in his later years, Makarov could not help but feel sad. He immediately burst into tears and was extremely grief-stricken.

However, instead of feeling sorry for them, everyone felt... so embarrassed.

Of course, there are also people who neither feel distressed nor embarrassed, but are full of envy, and that is Auguste.

"I want my mother to pat my head like this, too! But my height doesn't allow it! Damn Makarov, he can act like a spoiled child in his mother's arms without restraint, this is just... I'm so envious!!!"

Just when August couldn't help but want to step forward to pull Makarov away and shout "Mother is mine", a voice interrupted his fantasy and saved the image of the old man.

"What if there are not just one person with the highest score, but two or three people?"

"Ahem...then the winner is the one who wins the battle between them!"

August seemed to have been prepared for this situation. After coming to his senses, he quickly answered several people's questions, "For example, if Natsu and Gray both get 4 points in the end, then the winner of the battle of 'Natsu vs. Gray' will stand out; if they are tied, then no one will pass!"

"The same goes for situations where three or four people have the same score. As long as you are unable to defeat the other three, you will not be able to become this year's S-class wizard!"

"Eh... it's really harsh!"

As Auguste explained the rules, everyone around him immediately started discussing.

"However, this method is much simpler and clearer than the president's assessment!"

"As expected, a man should use this kind of battle to decide the outcome!"

"If we use a one-on-one scoring system, we will have to play six games, right? If we do it simultaneously, it should take less time..."

"By the way, if the assessment is conducted in this way, then the distribution of magic power is very important!"

As people who had experienced the S-level assessment, Erza, Mira and others immediately realized the most important points to pay attention to in this assessment, and immediately reminded Lucy.

Lucy was also a smart person. After hearing what Erza said, she understood it instantly: "Indeed... Each person needs to fight three times. If you consume too much mana in the battles where you are bound to lose, resulting in insufficient magic power and losing the assessment that you could have won, your final score will drop..."

“That’s right!”

August suddenly said, "Since Natsu and Lucy already fought yesterday, they don't need to fight today and it will be automatically counted into the score! That means Natsu gets 2 points and Lucy gets 0 points."

“Ehhhhhhh??!!”

"Didn't you say yesterday's doesn't count?"

"Isn't this unfair to Gray and Juvia?"

"We lost a game right at the start..."

Lucy frowned, looking depressed, her golden hair drooping limply on her temples. She didn't expect that the battle between her and Natsu yesterday would be counted.

"Well...I can't beat Natsu in the first place..."

Wendy and Erza stepped forward to comfort him, "It's actually a good thing this way. With one less fight, you can be in better shape to face Gray and Juvia."

"Gray and Juvia? I don't think I can beat them either..."

In Lucy's impression, Gray's strength is about the same as Natsu's, and Juvia is also very strong. She actually has no confidence that she can win against these two people.

"I guess I'm the one with the lowest score in this assessment..."

At this moment, a wheat-skinned arm holding a large wooden wine glass went around Lucy's neck from behind and hugged her. There was still 70% of the wine in the hand. As the arm shook, a few drops of wine spilled onto Lucy's white clothes on her chest, leaving a few suggestive wine stains.

"Don't underestimate yourself, you are also very strong , Lucy!"

Lucy smelled the familiar smell of alcohol and hot body temperature. She turned around and saw Cana looking at her with a smile.

"Also, usually people who say before the test, 'I'm going to fail this time,' end up with scores that are higher than expected!"

Where did you hear this rumor?!

"Really?!" Lucy clapped her hands in front of her body, and her eyes suddenly sparkled with stars.

She didn't care where Kana heard the rumor from, as long as it was beneficial to her, wasn't that enough?

"Of course! This is the curse of 'Spear and Shield'!"

Kira suddenly came out from the side, smiling and explaining seriously, "The more you worry about failing the exam, the better your grades will be; the more you want to win in a battle, the faster you will lose... The first generation and Zeref are under this kind of 'curse'!"

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

"It doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it! Is the curse of 'Spear and Shield' such a ridiculous thing?!!"

The game began amidst a chorus of curses and complaints.

Gray vs. Lucy, Natsu vs. Juvia, both at the same time.

"I say, Senior August , why do we have to do it at the same time?"

“Save time!”

"Are we in a hurry?"

"No, but the key to using magic is efficiency! If you want to be a good magician, you must use every bit of magic power where it should be used, and the same goes for time."

"But I don't think Kira has ever considered the issue of mana distribution?"

"That's because you don't see his efforts behind the scenes!"

"Really, Kira?"

Everyone looked at Kira.

Kira let out a long sigh and said calmly, "Of course!"

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and their eyes towards Kira changed instantly: Oh! No wonder this guy is so strong, it turns out he was secretly doing this behind our backs! Pah! The King of Domination!

Auguste smiled faintly and nodded gently: I knew it...

"Not only did you not see it, I didn't see it either! Because I wasn't involved in the involution at all! I, Kira, have never bothered to do such petty tricks behind others' backs!"

"Eh?!"×N

Auguste: What??!

"Then...how did you practice, Kirasan?" Wendy couldn't help but ask.

Now, not only young people like Lucy and Rebi, but also old people like Preshito and the guests from the Western Continent were curious.

If you are not introverted, how do you possess such tremendous magic power at this age?

Kira thought for a moment and said, "Well, then I'll teach you some useful methods!"

"Hmmmm!!" Everyone was looking forward to it.

"My secret to being so strong is: eat well, exercise well, rest well, play well, study well, and live happily every day!"

Kira once again brought up Master Muten's teachings.

Everyone was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

It was the first time they heard Kira share his 'training method', and although they knew it would be weird, they didn't expect it to be this weird.

"Um... that is to say..."