### Chapter 21: Gildarts VS Shun
Shun looked in the direction the voice came from.
A man stood outside the tunnel, with slicked-back orange hair and stubble on his chin, wearing his perennial dark green cloak. It was none other than the strongest S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, Gildarts.
"Oh oh! Shun! Long time no see!"
Seeing Shun, Gildarts immediately raised his hand to greet him.
"Isn't it because Uncle Gildarts runs around everywhere? Since I joined the guild until now, you haven't shown your face more than a few times."
"Sorry! Sorry! Work has been really busy."
Shun pursed his lips and said, "I don't think it's work that's busy, but chasing girls."
He knew this uncle's character well; he was a total womanizer. While others brought necessities for travel, this uncle brought pornographic magazines.
Cana was this uncle's daughter, but since Cana had never told anyone, Shun couldn't act like a prophet and tell him.
"Shhh~! Work, it's work."
Being called out by a brat, Gildarts felt a bit embarrassed.
"But it's really surprising. You've only learned magic for half a year, right? And you can already defeat Laxus."
Gildarts looked at the young boy Shun with admiration.
When he first saw Shun at Fairy Tail and heard he was a boy who yearned for magic but couldn't awaken his Magic Origin and could only be an ordinary person, he felt pity.
After all, for a boy who yearned for magic to be unable to learn it was truly cruel.
But when the Master contacted him not long ago and told him that Shun had awakened his Magic Origin half a year ago and could defeat little Mirajane, he was shocked.
Seeing Shun here now instead of Laxus proved that Shun had defeated Laxus as well.
He was very familiar with Laxus. The Master's grandson had astonishing magic power since childhood, and his Lightning Magic was extremely powerful; he was a monster-level genius.
Yet such a Laxus was defeated by Shun, who had only awakened his Magic Origin half a year ago. In his view, this was simply a miracle.
Hearing Gildarts' praise, Shun smiled modestly.
Being able to defeat Laxus made him somewhat excited deep down. After all, that was Laxus.
"Alright, let's leave the catching up here. It's time for the final assessment."
At this point, Gildarts' expression became serious.
"The third round is simple: defeat me, or gain my approval."
Hearing Gildarts' words, Shun involuntarily clenched his fists, and his heartbeat slightly accelerated.
Since awakening the One-Tail form, he had wanted to challenge the strongest member of the Fairy Tail Guild.
But he also knew clearly that with his strength, he was no match. Gildarts wasn't a brat like Laxus.
He was a Mage truly at the peak of Fairy Tail's strength.
It was just that this person disappeared before Shun even had a chance to challenge him, only appearing now.
Seeing Shun's expression, Gildarts smiled slightly. This expression was familiar; everyone in the guild once yearned to fight him and become the guild's strongest.
He didn't dislike this expression; on the contrary, he liked it, because only Mages who wanted to become stronger would want to challenge the stronger ones.
"To become an S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, you must gain the approval of a Fairy Tail S-Class Mage. This is a necessary condition."
"After all, an S-Class Mage is a guild's signboard. As a fellow S-Class Mage, I don't want other S-Class Mages to tarnish the guild's reputation."
"Come on! Show your strongest power and defeat me."
Boom————!!!
Hearing Gildarts' words, Shun could no longer suppress his fighting spirit and directly activated the Nine-Tails Demon Fox Two-Tails form.
Powerful chakra overflowed from Shun's body. Shun's hair grew rapidly into long crimson hair, and two fox tails swayed behind him as his golden vertical pupils stared at Gildarts like a wild beast.
"Oh? Nine-Tails Demon Fox?"
Gildarts had also heard about Shun's magic from Master Makarov.
Feeling the terrifying magic power emanating from Shun, he understood why Shun could defeat Laxus.
"Come, let me see your strength."
Boom————!!
Shun stomped hard, the ground exploding, and his body rushed rapidly towards Gildarts.
"So fast!"
Gildarts was shocked by the speed Shun unleashed.
In an instant, Shun rushed in front of Gildarts, clenched his fist, and punched out.
Gildarts raised his palm to block, but the moment he touched Shun's fist, his expression changed.
A violent force like mountains toppling and seas overturning transmitted from his palm; he could barely withstand it.
Gildarts' expression changed, and he stomped his left foot forcefully backwards.
Thud————!!
Boom————!!
Large patches of the ground behind Gildarts' foot shattered into cubes, transferring all the impact into the ground, successfully neutralizing Shun's attack.
"Hey hey hey, this isn't the kind of strength a brat should have!"
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