Chapter 56. Era. Part 1. Exam for rank.

A month has passed since Eros returned to Magnolia and, oddly enough, four more children have joined the daily trainings of his "elite".

The first was Mira, after the day her brother and sister came to him. The first days she very often tried to attack Eros, but he did not pay any attention to her, and did not spare her, trampling her into the ground on every occasion. Only after a week of bullying, Mira stopped doing this and took aim at strength, setting herself the goal of defeating Eros.

A week after Mira's arrival, Elsa dropped in on the site and wanted to join them. As Eros later learned from Kagura, she simply did not want to lose to Mira, and having heard from her friend (Kagura) that she was being taught by a titan, she immediately wanted to join, and two more boys came after her. One of them was a Fire Dragon Slayer, with pink hair and a very wild character, it was impossible to count how many times he summoned Eros to "swing" and how many times he grabbed Lula from him, and later from Elsa. The second was a dark-haired boy using creative magic. He, of course, was calmer than the first one, but because of the constant mania to undress, he snatched the lula from Elsa no less than the first. Also, Eros simply could not help but recognize Ur's apprentice in this ice wizard. Their names were Natsu and Gray, although they constantly squabbled like a cat and a dog, but the titan believed that they were good friends.

And since the addition of the second Dragon Slayer to the team, Eros has more materials for research to answer the question why these two, who were trained by dragons and arrived at this time, do not turn to them. Although the titan had one idea, it scared him, because if this is so, then at least two more dragons are walking around the world and in some imperceptible way help these two.

Eros also finally finished collecting all the documents for creating a guild, but first he needs to pass a qualification test. Therefore, the titan was waiting for this month, because it was today that the eighth in the list of the Chosen of God arrived in Eru, and with his help, Eros was going to get his S-rank, as well as the eighth place in the list of the Chosen of God, defeating him. Although even having done this, his chances are not 100%, yet the decision of the council is not the last in this matter, which is why he asked Ultear to join him, so that she would support the titan at this time.

***

Era is a large city built around high rocky mountains. On the mountain is the headquarters of the highest power in the world of Magic - the Magic Council. The Rocky Mountain is located in the heart of the city, and it has an uneven path that surrounds the periphery of the mountain as the entrance to the Council's headquarters. The city is surrounded by forest and mountains covered with snow. The buildings themselves are built in the same style as in Magnolia.

Eros arrived in Eru today to earn S-rank and become one of the Ten Wizard Saints.

- Not bad, - Eros said, examining the city from a bird's eye view, - Okay, now we need to go about our business, and I can walk afterwards, - having landed near the city, he removed invisibility and went towards the gate, which was guarded by a group of Rune Knights ...

Approaching the gate, two knights blocked the passage.

- Your name, city, guild, purpose of arrival? - the monotonous voice of one of them sounded.

- Eros, Magnolia, I am not a member of the guild, arrived to receive a rank.

Quickly writing down the data, they both stepped aside, allowing the titan to enter the city.

- Come on in.

- Thank you, - Eros immediately went to the largest building on the mountain.

Passing through the city, Eros noticed a huge number of Rune Knights patrolling the city. And this of course was not surprising, yet it was the location of the Magic Council, and these old people were very afraid for their lives.

Climbing the mountain, a huge garden opened up in front of him, the road to the building of which was framed on both sides by small trees. On either side of the walkway were statues of winged, topless women in flowing robes, framing their bodies and arms crossed over their breasts. And on the opposite side of Eros stood a huge building, not nearly inferior to the estate of Heartfilia and even exceeding it.

Entering the building, the titan immediately went to the reception, where a strange creature with the head of a toad in the clothes of a rune knight stood. Yet Eros was surprised to see this, because he had never seen magical creatures working anywhere.

- Hello, can I help you with something? - the toad had a very pleasant voice that made Eros shudder.

- Yes, I need to get the Rank.

- Yes, of course, wait a minute, - he quickly rummaged in his desk and took out a small sheet, - Fill it out and in twenty minutes you will be invited to the exam.

- Of course. - Taking the sheet, he quickly filled it in and handed it back.

- Yhey ... - he looked at the sheet for a couple of seconds and suddenly turned pale ... ~ Kwa ...

- Something is wrong?

- Qua ... Perhaps you were mistaken, - he nervously pointed in the sheet at the point in which the letter "S" was written, - Maybe you were mistaken ...?

- Not.

- Qua ... Excuse me ... Wait one minute! - he flew out of the counter and ran up the stairs.

Five minutes later, on the stairs, one could hear the sound of footsteps and the toad itself and five more people ran to Eros, in the same uniform as she, and behind her was another man in the uniform of an officer.

- I am Captain Eugene, and I will also take your exam, please follow me, - said the man nervously, - you will forgive our behavior, nevertheless, every S-rank magician is worth its weight in gold, because the military strength of Fiore depends on them and the more such powerful magicians the stronger the country.

- I understand, but in what format will the exam be held?

- In two stages, the first will test your strength, and the second will test your combat capabilities and against this background you will be assigned a rank.

- Reasonable ...

Arriving at the small arena, Eros immediately noticed a strange construction. Around the lacrima were several sheets of steel, in the form of a shield, joined together. The ball itself levitated in the center of them and emitted a small amount of magical power.

- This is a meter of magical power, you have to hit it with magic and it will show your power, of course, we usually do not use it, but at the moment the wizard who determines this has left Eru and this artifact stands as its temporary replacement.

- Okay, - Eros approached him and pointing his palm at him, a wave of red power of Destruction hit the meter ...

As soon as the dust settled, only a small crater and a giant figure in the form of "9999" remained in place of the gauge.

- How is this possible ...? - the captain whispered in shock, looking at this figure, - "I have never seen such a gigantic figure in our troops ..."

- Forgive me for that, I really tried to restrain myself, - Eros said sincerely and he did not lie, because he used only 30% of his strength, the titan simply could not expect that he would not stand it.

- R-restrained ...?

- Yes, I didn't think he was that fragile.

- X-fragile ...?

- If it is expensive, then let me pay.

Recovering himself and pulling himself together, the captain smiled nervously.

- What are you, nothing, you have nothing to pay for, because it is our fault that he could not bear your strength ... - "He is definitely a magician" S "! But why was nothing known about such a powerful young man ?! How does fucking intelligence work ?! But okay, it's only a plus for me, since I was the first to find it! Now I will definitely get a promotion! "

- Once that's all, then let's move on.

- Ah ... Yes, of course! Please follow me ... - at that moment he called one of the knights to him, - Invite Mr. Pat!

- W-are you sure?

- I said, call him and tell him that I have found him a worthy opponent!

- Yes!

***

Fifteen minutes later, accompanied by the same knight, a man appeared in the arena, wearing a rather bright clothes of green edema, with a large green hat.

- Show it to me, I can't wait to stretch my bones! - cheerfully exclaimed the man, looking around the hall, until his eyes caught on the figure of Eros and after a moment, his face became very serious, - "Well ... A worthy opponent!"

Feel someone's gaze Eros turned around and met the gaze of a man whose volume of magical power slightly surprised him, because it was higher than that of the Golden Dragon Slayer, but less than that of Makarov. The Titan immediately recognized him, because Ultear sent him a message describing the majority of the Chosen of God and in this magician, Eros recognized the Eighth Holy Magician, Pat. Eros also received a description of his magic, he could create from his flame "living" objects that fought along with Pate. Although the magician was not one of the weak, but he did not force Eros to somehow strain.

- Here he is, - the captain stepped forward and met him, - Mr. Pate, this is the young man who wants to get S-rank.

- Okay, - he replied with a grin, holding out his hand. - Glad to meet you, I'm one of the Ten Wizard Saints, Pate.

- Eros, mutually, - shook his hand.

- I think there is no point in waiting, let's start right away.

- Wait a minute, let me put up barriers around the arena first! - Eugene exclaimed with panic in his voice and ran away.

Exactly a minute later, a yellow dome appeared above the arena, and above it a red and blue

- Come on, attack, - with a grin, beckoned to Eros Pate.

- Are you sure?

- Come on, - as soon as he said this, a red wave of destructive force flew into him, - "Strong, but ..." - The Chosen One calmly left to the side, - "Too slow." - but the next moment he again had to dodge because it was exactly where he dodged another wave of red energy hit, - "Damn it!" - putting out his hand in front of him, a green flame flew out of it, which took the form of a ladder and quickly climbing up it, Pate jumped back, letting a wave under him, - Close ... Now it's my turn to attack! Magic of Creation Fire Lions! - a green flame burst out of his hands, taking the form of large two-meter lions, which sharply surrounded Eros from all sides, and the Chosen One himself stood in front of him.

"Beautiful ..." - the titan looked at the lions with interest, nevertheless, the description is one thing, but to see it live, it is quite another, - "I'll remember, it might come in handy somehow."

The next moment, the lions rushed forward, the first raised its paw and hit the barrier, but it did not even budge. The force of the blow was not weak, a mage of A-rank would have easily been demolished. Another lion grabbed the barrier with its fangs, but bounced sharply to the side, and then howled.

- How is this possible ...? - With disbelief said Pate, seeing the absence of a paw in one and the other of all the canines, the third he stopped, - "What kind of magic? How could she hurt my lions so easily ?! "

Eros removed the barrier and ... Disappeared from his place, appearing next to the right lion and grabbing him by the muzzle, he slammed into the ground. He did not even have time to squeak as he disappeared into a red glow.

- Not bad, managed to destroy one of my lions, - with a nervous smile, said Pate spreading his arms to the sides, - What about a couple dozen? - a flame burst out of his hands and behind him appeared about forty lions in no way inferior to the first three, - Can you cope with them ?!