Chapter 56

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In the wilderness, dotted with craters like the moon's surface, Noah stood still, eyes closed, as motionless as a statue.

"Hummm——!"

At a certain moment, Noah's body suddenly trembled, and threads of magic began to rise from various parts of his body like a leak, forming a current and gradually growing stronger.

Noah's face turned slightly red, his body tensed up, and his fists clenched tightly, as if he were enduring something, straining with all his might. Even though his body continued to tremble, he did not open his eyes, enduring the strain.

Ten minutes later, the magic leaking from Noah's body had completely transformed into a turbulent current, enveloping Noah and causing the air around him to vibrate.

Ten minutes later, Noah could no longer control the surging magic within him, and a storm of magic suddenly burst out from his body.

"Boom——!"

A loud noise echoed as a violent shockwave, centered on Noah, swept in all directions, passing through the surrounding air and ground.

"Bang——!"

Within a hundred meters of Noah, the ground suddenly collapsed as if it had been cleanly cut, turning into chunks of rubble. Some flew into the sky, others fell to the ground, raising clouds of dust that spread in all directions.

This scene lasted for a long time... a very long time...

"Ah..."

When everything finally calmed down, Noah opened his eyes and looked at the new large crater around him, sighing.

"Super-advanced destruction magic 'Crush', when will I be able to fully control it?"

After a moment of dejection, Noah quickly regained his composure.

"Even Gildarts hasn't been able to fully control it yet. How could I possibly control it in just five days? Not to mention, I've only just learned how to use 'Crush'. I need to keep practicing, training, and strengthening it!"

Learning how to use magic is not the same as mastering it.

A mage's magic can be used, but it still needs to be honed over time.

After all, newly learned magic is undoubtedly the weakest. Only by continuously enhancing one's magic and becoming proficient in its use can it become increasingly powerful.

Like Gildarts, when he first learned 'Crush', he couldn't have shattered a mountain like Noah did with a single loss of control. At first, being able to crush rocks was already a good achievement.

Noah was the same.

Now, Noah had just learned how to use 'Crush'. Although its power was strong due to his powerful magic, it was still in its early stages.

Not to mention, super-advanced destruction magic 'Crush' can do more than just crush rocks. At a high level, it can even crush magic and even people, instantly burying opponents!

This is the terrifying power of super-advanced destruction magic 'Crush'!

Noah was currently using 'Crush' with his powerful magic, which was good for destroying the ground, mountains, and buildings, but to reach the level where it could instantly crush magic and people, it would take much longer.

"But if I can't even control it at this level, how will I control it when I get stronger?" Noah closed his eyes again.

"I must quickly perfect my control over this stage of 'Crush'!"

Most importantly, Noah didn't want to use 'Crush' to destroy clothes.

Thanks to the incident three days ago where he destroyed Mira and Lisanna's clothes, now even when Mira and Lisanna came to see him, they wouldn't get within five meters of him. And if anything happened, they would immediately run away, which was a significant blow to Noah.

I'm not a gentleman, so why would I go out of my way to destroy their clothes?

Thinking of this, Noah made up his mind again.

"I must quickly perfect my control over this stage of 'Crush'!"

However, just as he said this, a chaotic shout came from not far away.

"Noah——!"

Noah opened his eyes, turned his head, and looked in the direction of the voice.

He saw Mira, Lisanna, Erza, Natsu, Gray, and others running over, even Cana and Elfman were there, their faces full of surprise, which made Noah curious.

What's going on?

The friends who had been running over originally wanted to gather around Noah, but Mira and Lisanna stopped exactly five meters away from Noah and quickly stopped everyone.

"Wait! Don't get close to Noah!"

"Huh?" The group of friends stopped, looking at Mira and Lisanna with puzzled faces.

"It's too dangerous!" Mira said directly, giving Noah a disdainful look.

"This person hasn't fully learned to control 'Crush'. Getting close to him is too dangerous!"

The group of friends understood.

Of course, they only thought Mira was referring to the danger of Noah's 'Crush' to everyone, not realizing that the danger Mira was referring to was their clothes.

Clearly, Mira had already completely regarded Noah's 'Crush' as a magic for destroying clothes.

Noah had no room for explanation and could only ask the group with a puzzled heart.

"What's the rush?"

"Right... right!" Gray remembered his purpose.

"Listen, Noah, something big has happened!"

"Right, right, right!" Natsu and Elfman were jumping around, looking particularly excited.

"Laxus... Laxus!"

"Laxus?" Hearing this somewhat unexpected name, Noah frowned and turned his gaze to Erza.

"Actually, five days ago, after you left for training, the guild master announced something in the guild." Erza, understanding Noah's confusion, nodded and answered.

"Five days ago, the guild master announced the start of this year's S-Class Mage Promotion Exam!"

"S-Class Mage Promotion Exam?" Noah was stunned.

S-Class Mage Promotion Exam!

As the name suggests.

It is an internal test held by the guild, open only to guild members.

Moreover, only mages recognized by the guild master are eligible to participate.

If a mage passes the S-Class Mage Promotion Exam, they will be promoted to S-Class Mage and will have the qualifications to take on the extremely difficult tasks on the second floor of the 'Fairy Tail' guild!

Noah really didn't expect that 'Fairy Tail' would hold the S-Class Mage Promotion Exam on the day he left the guild.

What a coincidence.

At this moment, Noah suddenly remembered.

Just now, Natsu and the others mentioned Laxus, right?

Mentioning the S-Class promotion exam and Laxus at this time...

Could it be...

Noah's expression became slightly more serious.

"The S-Class Mage Promotion Exam can only have one qualified candidate per session, or none at all. Could it be that this year's qualified candidate is..."

Mira and Erza exchanged glances and nodded, confirming Noah's guess.

"This year's qualified candidate is Laxus!"

Noah fell silent.

Laxus.

His nominal brother, who has a somewhat extreme dislike for the weak and only recognizes the strong, has finally become an S-Class Mage?

An S-Class Mage at seventeen!

Should I say, as expected of him?

"Noah..." Mira, Lisanna, Erza, and others, who knew about the tension between Noah and Laxus, looked at Noah with concern.

Noah smiled slightly, looked up at the sky, and his eyes began to sparkle.

"I can lose to anyone, but I absolutely cannot lose to him!"

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