This routine eting gathered magic guilds from across the entire Fiore Kingdom.
As long as they were legitimate magic guilds, they could all co, with over a hundred guild masters assembled in one place.
The "S-Class Promotion Tournant" organized by "Fairy Tail," "Blue Pegasus," and "Quatro Cerberus" had brought considerable fa and economic benefits to the three guilds.
When Fairy Tail hosted the first tournant, it was experintal and therefore handled conservatively, held privately among the three guilds.
However, when Blue Pegasus and Quatro Cerberus began hosting, building on Fairy Tail's successful experience, they expanded further by making the "S-Class Promotion Tournant" completely public, even starting to sell tickets and allow spectators to attend.
After the Quatro Cerberus edition concluded and experiences were summarized, Blue Pegasus followed suit step by step and achieved excellent results.
Selling tickets, souvenirs, and rchandise—they kept adding more flair.
The "S-Class Promotion Tournant" had already beco a grand event, a magical carnival capable of generating enormous economic benefits.
Seeing this trend, other guilds naturally beca interested.
So ford their own alliances, with several guilds jointly hosting tournants, but their appeal was far inferior to the peak showdowns organized by "Fairy Tail," "Blue Pegasus," and "Quatro Cerberus."
Consequently, the matter was eventually brought up at the routine eting.
Everyone hoped that the three leading guilds—"Fairy Tail," "Blue Pegasus," and "Quatro Cerberus"—could guide them.
The main focus was on Fairy Tail, as the popularity associated with Fairy Tail was in a league of its own, and the popularity tied to Marco was equally unmatched.
Without Fairy Tail and without Marco, the appeal of the "S-Class Promotion Tournant" would plumt.
Not to ntion the mixed tournants organized by other guilds—even the official tournant would see a drop in popularity without Fairy Tail and Marco.
The main reason was that their "brand" hadn't been fully established yet.
After all, only three tournants had been held so far, with just two open to the public, making it difficult to accumulate a loyal fanbase.
Once more tournants are held, there will surely be more pure fans who co specifically for the "S-Class Promotion Tournant" itself, rather than solely for the fa of Fairy Tail, Marco, and other mages.
Only then will the brand be firmly established.
"Hosting a national mage combat tournant is certainly no problem. We'd be happy to organize it. But the question is, should we separate this mage combat from the S-Class promotion? This national tournant would be purely about combat."
In the routine eting venue, Marco, representing Fairy Tail, took the stage to deliver a speech.
Since he had started this initiative, it was only right for him to explain it to everyone.
Marco first raised a question, one he considered quite important.
The "S-Class Promotion Tournant" was now trending toward full comrcialization.
Was it still suitable to be used as an "assessnt"?
"..."
The crowd fell into silence, looking at each other as they began weighing the pros and cons.
"Are you worried that too many spectators might affect performance?" Goldmine spoke up, having roughly guessed Marco's thoughts.
"That's one aspect. I'm afraid an overly comrcial atmosphere might affect their performance and alter the nature of the assessnt, making it less pure."
Marco nodded; this was indeed a concern that needed consideration.
Comrcialization and entertainnt were not what an assessnt should embody.
"Actually, this is also a form of test. The work we do is like this—we must communicate with people and face public scrutiny. Powerful Mages are bound to beco the focus of attention. If they can't even overco such difficulties or are easily influenced, they don't deserve to be S-Class Mages."
Old Lady Obaba Babasama of "Lamia Scale" stepped forward, supporting the continued rger of the two events.
The elderly woman believed that resilience and the ability to overco various influences were essential qualities for an S-Class Mage.
"That makes sense too."
Marco nodded; her words were quite reasonable.
To beco an S-Class Mage, strength was one thing, but ntal fortitude was equally important.
Strength alone wasn't enough.
"Let's take a vote. Those in favor of continuing the rger, vote 'agree.' Those who prefer separate events, vote 'disagree.' Let's settle this matter first." Makarov spoke up.
As a highly respected elder, he naturally had the authority to make the final decision.
He promptly organized the voting, and the result showed a majority in favor—over ninety out of more than a hundred Magic Guilds agreed to continue the rged format.
There were multiple factors at play, but the main reason was convenience.
Separating the events would require each guild to reorganize their own assessnts, and smaller guilds, in particular, were unwilling to deal with the hassle.
"Then it's settled. Those who disagree can still conduct their own S-Class exam back ho." Marco nodded.
Those who disagreed could still hold their own S-Class exam independently.
After all, the S-Class standard was set by each guild individually, with no unified criteria.
An S-Class Mage from a small guild might not even defeat an A-Class Mage from a larger one.
With the majority in favor of continuing the rged format, the subsequent procedures wouldn't need major changes, and the final announcent of S-Class exam list segnt could be retained.
Who would ultimately advance to S-Class Mage was always a suspenseful part of the assessnt, a competition beyond just rankings.
In the past, there had been instances where high-ranked participants failed to advance, while lower-ranked ones succeeded.
The varying evaluation standards of different Magic Guilds were evident here.
Of course, the number of those who advanced was always very small—over the three previous events, only a handful had made it.
From Fairy Tail, Erza, Mirajane, and Mystogan had advanced, all of whom had taken first place.
From Blue Pegasus, it was Hibiki and from Quatro Cerberus, it was Bacchus.
Only five advancents over three events were indeed not many.
"Next, let's finalize the na of this event. Since we're retaining the nature of the S-Class exam, it should at least include relevant information." Marco continued speaking.
In his opinion, continuing to call it the "S-Class Tournant" would be fine, but with more guilds participating now, everyone's opinions needed to be fully respected.
"How about calling it the National S-Class Promotion Tournant?"
Bob suggested with a smile, implying that adding "National" would suffice.
"No problem."
"I think it works."
"Simple and clear."
Soon, the na gained unanimous support from everyone.
In truth, what it was called didn't really matter—what mattered was that everyone had genuinely participated and could all benefit from it.
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