"Qi Yan, are you going to work soon?"
Mira placed the food in front of Qi Yan and asked casually. She had specifically looked for several suitable quests for Qi Yan, and if he wanted to do them, she could directly recommend them, saving him the trouble of searching one by one.
Qi Yan shook his head and said, "I won't be going for a while. For the next period, I need to focus on training my body."
"Training your body?! You're already so strong, what more body training do you need?"
Elfman's eyes widened. In his eyes, Qi Yan was a complete monster. If this monster still wanted to get stronger, what hope was there for ordinary people like them?
"There's always someone stronger out there!"
Lucy's appearance signified that the plot had begun. Soon, all sorts of formidable individuals would emerge: Oración Seis, Grimoire Heart, Tartaros, Alvarez Empire, Spriggan 12, Black Wizard Zeref, and the Black Dragon Acnologia.
Especially the Black Dragon Acnologia at the very end. He was on a completely different level from the Magic Dragon he had defeated. That dragon, in front of Acnologia, might just be a one-shot kill.
So, Qi Yan felt a certain urgency.
At the same time, he also felt an eager impulse to have a fierce fight with Acnologia, the strongest creature.
Over the past six months, he had also discovered that the stronger his own basic abilities were, the greater the power he displayed after receiving a character.
Therefore, when not on quests, Qi Yan would train his body. The system also thoughtfully provided Qi Yan with a training plan, which Qi Yan strictly followed.
"I'll head back for training now. Oh, by the way, Cana!"
"Hmm?"
Cana looked up at Qi Yan.
"The ten barrels of wine I promised to reward you with have been delivered. Drink to your heart's content," Qi Yan said, waving his hand as he left.
Cana's face lit up with surprise upon hearing this. Ten barrels of wine was a huge gain for her, considering a normal fortune-telling session only earned a few thousand Jewel.
With ten barrels of wine, she had already thoroughly fleeced Qi Yan, and she hadn't expected him to give her the additional ten barrels as a reward.
Mira, hearing Qi Yan's words, knew that he must have summoned a powerful Heroic Spirit.
Each previous Heroic Spirit was an extraordinary powerhouse. She wondered what kind of Heroic Spirit he had summoned this time.
"He's truly a good man! Mira, if you don't want him, I'm really going to make a move, you know."
Cana was genuinely starting to feel something for Qi Yan. He was handsome, powerful, and could earn money—such a good man was hard to find. If it weren't for Mira and Qi Yan being particularly close, she would truly pursue him actively.
"Oh, you! You should just get along well with your boyfriend number one!"
Mira didn't pay much attention to what Cana said. She was very familiar with Cana and knew she was joking.
In fact, she herself had a bit of a complaint about Qi Yan. She was a bit slow, but that didn't mean she was stupid. She knew Qi Yan liked her, but wasn't he a little too passive?
She had already hinted quite obviously. Did she have to confess herself? He was such a blockhead, completely clueless about a girl's feelings.
A week passed in a flash.
"...997, 998, 999, 1000!"
Qi Yan was doing push-ups with a giant boulder on his back.
After reaching 1000, Qi Yan moved the boulder aside and lay on the ground, panting heavily.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have completed your week-long training mission!]
"Has a week passed? Then it's time to go to work."
Physical training was important, but work was even more important. Completing an s-class mission could reward him with a ten-pull gacha. Even if he didn't get a gold card, recycling them could provide magic power, which was his main method of increasing his magic power.
Qi Yan returned to his room, quickly washed up, and then headed to the guild.
Pushing open the guild doors, the guild was as lively as ever.
"Qi Yan!"
"Qi Yan, you're here!" ... As soon as Qi Yan entered the guild, many people saw him and greeted him, and Qi Yan responded to each of them.
"Qi Yan, you're here!"
Mira's eyes lit up slightly when she saw Qi Yan arrive, feeling a little happy.
"Yes! I've rested for several days, so it's time to go to work. Are there any suitable quests for me upstairs?"
The "upstairs" Qi Yan referred to was the second floor, where all the highly difficult s-class missions were located.
"Yes, you've come at a good time. An s-class mission just came in these past few days."
Qi Yan's eyes lit up: "Then I'll go up and take a look."
s-class missions were rare due to their high difficulty. Before becoming an S-Class Mage, he wasn't qualified to take s-class missions. After becoming an S-Class Mage, he would take every one he found, as they meant a ten-pull gacha.
Qi Yan quickly walked towards the second floor. It would be bad if Laxus, Mystogan, or Erza got there first.
Lucy, seeing this, asked with a puzzled expression, "Isn't the quest board on the first floor? Why is Qi Yan going to the second floor?"
Mira smiled and explained, "The quests on the first-floor quest board are all ordinary quests. The quests on the second-floor quest board are of a difficulty that the first floor cannot compare to. Those are s-class missions."
"S-Class?!"
Lucy felt as if she had heard an extraordinary new term.
"One misjudgment in these quests can cost you your life, but accordingly, the quest rewards are also very high."
"Wow—!"
Lucy thought the quests on the first-floor quest board were dangerous enough; she couldn't imagine how dangerous the quests on the second floor must be.
"Only those approved by the Master can undertake s-class missions. Currently, including Qi Yan, there are only six qualified individuals in total. Don't aim for S-Class Quests; these are life-threatening jobs."
"I wouldn't dream of it."
She valued her life the most. She was still so young, with plenty of good times ahead, and she didn't want to risk her life for that kind of work.
Qi Yan had now arrived at the quest room on the second floor.
At this moment, there was only one s-class mission hanging solitarily on the quest board on the second floor. Qi Yan went over and took a look.
[Quest Name: Please Save Our Island.]
[Rank: S-Class]
[Quest Content: The villagers of Galuna Island have been cursed. Please, powerful Mage, lift the curse.]
[Quest Reward: 7,000,000 Jewel + Gold Key!]
"Oh? It's this quest!"
Upon seeing the name of this quest, Qi Yan immediately recalled the plot surrounding it, as it was the only s-class mission explicitly presented in the Fairy Tail anime, so he remembered it quite vividly.
If one didn't understand the situation within this quest, it would be almost impossible to start. However, if one knew the reason, the quest was super simple.
Qi Yan naturally couldn't miss such a quest, so he immediately tore off the request.
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