The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　A beastman student dared to ask a question, but after being glared at by Professor Nini, who was in a bad mood, he slumped down with a "thud," the beast king's aura that he inadvertently revealed was terrifying.

　But after that glare, Professor Nini suddenly realized she shouldn't have done that in class. She immediately turned around, patted her cheeks, and rallied herself to continue lecturing.

　After that, none of the students below the podium dared not listen to the lecture attentively.

　Every single one of the three classes on Tuesday was packed with interesting topics.

　The third-grade students seemed to have completely forgotten what happened in the previous two days, and spent the entire day complaining about the lessons.

　The students, eager for knowledge, prepared to stay up all night studying mathematics. Meanwhile, the dwarf students, who had heard tales of the hero of the gun in their childhood, searched everywhere for Professor Ryan Harx, finally giving him the treatment befitting a war hero.

　The beastmen huddled together, discussing Professor Nini's situation. In doing so, they finally remembered their leaders—the canine and cat beastmen.

　But the canine orc was a secretive organization and wouldn't reveal a single detail.

　They went to look for the cat tribe leader again, only to discover that he was missing.

　This would be an incredible situation for teams from other academies, but it's just average for teams from the Orc Academy.

　After the orcs discovered their leader was missing, they didn't even immediately ask the professor for confirmation. They just muttered a few words to themselves about where he had gone, and that was the end of it.

　The "Confession of the Cat Clan Leader" specially prepared by the academy was never put to use.

　The following Wednesday's magical language and dueling lessons were unremarkable. After all, magical language was already difficult enough, and Professor Hodelborough's only problem was his attitude; nothing extraordinary.

　The dueling lesson that day was also mainly theoretical, explaining dueling cases from exhibition matches.

　The students studied very diligently and did not cause any further trouble.

　After the dueling lesson, the exchange students' coursework ended. They hadn't enrolled in any elective courses, leaving them with free time. The exchange students began to absorb what they had learned and prepare for the competition.

　At the same time, intelligence gathering was fully underway. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

　Students at St. Marian Academy struggle to gather intelligence on visiting students. However, those visiting students are already within the academy, and if they can find willing students to provide information, obtaining the information they need isn't difficult. But all information has a time limit, and whether the information they gather is actually what they want is another matter entirely.

　It's a pity that there are no "training matches" in magic duels. Otherwise, we could show off some "alliance and counter-alliance" and play some fixed events like "refusal to train".

　On Wednesday afternoon, "The Hidden Serpent" convened its members to elect "Disciplinary Committee Members" and officially began its daily patrols.

　Meanwhile, the pre-competition contestants from St. Marian Academy, summoned by the dueling professors, began their pre-competition training.

　The reserve players serve as both substitutes and practice partners for the main contestants, making them quite important.

　St. Maryann Academy is also actively preparing for the "Academy Championship," but all of it is within the rules.

　But Dark did not participate in those preparations; he continued to study the golem, and had already made initial progress in the past two days.

　Zhou 4, Zhou 5.

　I don’t know if the patrols were effective, but there have been no more serious incidents since Monday.

　Under the guidance of their respective team leaders, the pre-competition contestants entered into an intense pre-competition training period, and St. Mary's Academy regained a rare tranquility.

　But the investigation itself has not made much progress.

　The lack of incidents actually hindered the investigation from making any progress.

　St. Marian Academy itself is a place to hide

　There are so many places to hide that it's actually very difficult to find someone who really wants to hide.

　What's more, they are people who possess the ability to "transform".

　On Friday afternoon, cheerleading squads from each grade began moving their cheerleading props into the open-air arena.

　The members of the Duel Club had already decorated the open-air dueling arena. Keith, the lion-orc who had been confined for five days, finally emerged from his small room. Meanwhile, the elven students who had been confined had already been released two days prior.

　As the saying goes, "a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit," so if they want to make another move... they'll probably be even more secretive.

　Of course, the timing is also very important. Friday night.

　Around eight o'clock.

　Darkdemon's first "Golden Golem" was successfully created.

　This "Golden Golem" can be said to be a culmination of everything Dark has learned so far, and it is a completely different level of work from the previous "Magneto Golem".

　It possessed an extremely high level of perfection from the moment it was completed. Dak put down his testing tools and examined it carefully.

　The initial production of the "Golden Land Grave Digger Golem" is complete. Although it is a one-to-one replica of the "Golden Land Grave Digger," it is still a golden golem, and its appearance leans towards that of a statue.

　Of the four special moves possessed by "Golden Land Gravedigger", "Alchemy Ritual" which is used for special summoning cannot be performed at all during the Golem stage. We can only wait until it is sealed with "Curse Cage" and then see if the corresponding ability can be activated.

　Additionally, the "Grave Digging" skill, which can excavate "graveyards," also only has half the effect.

　Even the "golden offering" could not be achieved.

　Only the ultimate technique, "Desert Lurker," was fully realized. However, he had loaded everything that should have been added into the golem, theoretically enabling the corresponding ability, but it was still missing a special catalyst.

　This catalyst is the "curse cage"!

　Dark immediately took out a brand new "Curse Cage" and began to chant. "In the name of Darkdemon, I, the Sorcerer, summon—'Curse Cage'!" As the "Curse Cage" unfolded, the lifelike golden golem was sealed inside.

　At the same time, the "Cursed Cage" magic card in his hand also transformed into "Cursed Cage: Grave Digger of the Golden City"!

　The similarity in the fields made Dak realize that his experiment was quite successful and could likely be completed in one go!

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　He was beaming with joy at successfully acquiring "Curse of the Golden City: Gravedigger".

　Dark demonstrated the "Curse Cage" to the magical elves who had worked hard for several days, and then, amidst their anticipation, he infused it with magic to examine the details.

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　Card Name: Gravedigger of the Golden Lands Type: Spirit Card Level: oB6 Race: Undead Attribute: Steel/Ground Mana: 1000 Attack: 1800 Defense: 1500

　[Ultimate Techniques: Alchemy Ritual, Grave Digging, Golden Sacrifice, Desert Ambush]

　"Perfect!"

　Long-term investment, ample preparation, and perfect execution ultimately lead to success!

　Although this golem still doesn't reach the "realistic" level, it's sufficient as a magical spirit.

　The golden golem is sealed in a "cursed cage," allowing it to unleash its latent abilities as it transforms into a magical spirit, thus gaining a special attack that it could not perform as a golem.

　This method was first implemented on "Devimon," who was a familiar.

　Now, when applied to the Golden Golem, the effect is as good as ever.

　However, the "Golden Land Grave Digger" is only a magical spirit of the third planet, so its production difficulty is relatively low.

　Furthermore, because the "Golden Land Gravedigger" is only a "Pseudo-class" golem, it still hasn't escaped its mechanical nature. Therefore, after transforming into a magical spirit, it also gains a "Steel" attribute.

　We won't discuss the pros and cons of dual attributes here; having an extra attribute means it's not the final product.

　There are even differences on the issue of "race".

　Although the "race" of this "Golden Land Grave Digger" is displayed as "Undead", it is actually a very weak claim.

　If it tilts even slightly during the manufacturing process, it might become a "mechanical species".

　Fortunately, the nature of the "tomb element" was still very strong, and the worst outcome did not occur.

　After all, only the Golden Country with "immortals" is the Golden Country.

　Once the "Golden Land Grave Digger" becomes a "Mechanical Species," it will be truly useless.

　Overall, the production was a success, and Dark was very satisfied. He only needed to replicate one more machine using the same method to collect all three "Golden Land Gravedigger" cards, while also increasing his proficiency to prepare for the next stage of creating the "Golden Land Guardian".

　The "Guardians of the Golden Land" and the "Grave Diggers of the Golden Land" are related. By building upon the foundation of the "Grave Diggers of the Golden Land," you can avoid many detours in your research.

　Unfortunately, there are still matches tomorrow and the day after, so we can't continue playing all night.

　Dark looked up at the clock on the wall with some regret. He needed to prepare for tomorrow's match.

　But before that, the "True Golden Land Gravedigger" who has been waiting on the sidelines must experience the hardness of steel.

　Dark nodded to the thuggish-looking Gravedigger of the Golden City and put him back into his Magic Cards. Then, he transferred his consciousness by stacking cards and summoned "Cursed Cage: Gravedigger of the Golden City".

　The body of "Cursed Cage: Gravedigger of the Golden Land" still retains elements of a Steel-type Mechanical species, and its movements are noticeably stiff.

　But the golden golem's appearance also made him less ferocious... but these are minor matters.

　Although the creation of this "golden golem" was very successful, it was actually just a prototype.

　As Dark's technology continues to improve, it will eventually be replaced with a "realistic" golem. At that time, its appearance can also be modified, and it can even be dressed up as some favorite characters.

　Golem creation is particularly convenient in this respect. As long as the core remains the same, the exterior modifications can be quite arbitrary. A few minutes later, Dark transferred "Golden Land Gravedigger" back into its original magic card.

　It clearly doesn't like that stiff, robotic feeling.

　After that, Dak began making final notes and summaries.

　Maintaining the habit of recording and summarizing is the key to his continuous improvement.

　Nine p.m.

　Dark finished tidying up and finally began to think about deck building.

　He actually wanted to use the "Golden Kingdom" series in the "Academy Championship". But the "Golden Kingdom" series is not yet fully formed.

　If you randomly insert cards into your deck, you might accidentally get stuck with a bad hand, and then you'll be truly stuck.

　Furthermore, he didn't want to leak information before the "Golden Kingdom" was fully formed. The "Academy Championship" was just the first step; the future "World Cup" was the stage he truly sought.

　In short, it's unnecessary!

　With his current deck, even without special construction, he is more than capable of dominating the lower grades.

　Considering the opponent is indeed strong, we can prepare a few standard decks in advance and then adapt accordingly.

　In short, the "divine cause" is indispensable, and the duel cannot be lost!

　However, the outcome of the "Academy Championship" cannot be decided by a single person.

　Leaving aside the final all-grade group competition, the competition between lower and upper grades adopted a very special [6+1] format.

　What is the [6+1] format?

　This is what is traditionally referred to as soldiers versus soldiers, generals versus generals.

　The first stage is 6 vs 6, and each player can only play once in this stage.

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　The defense mode is different, and there is no possibility that one person can turn the tide alone.

　The reason for using this competition format is, of course, because this is an "Academy" championship, which tests the overall strength of the academy, rather than the strength of a single individual.

　In this situation, the opponent can even use the "Jerry's Horse Racing" tactic to eliminate their strongest piece.

　However, the biggest problem with 6vs6 is that a draw can occur. That's why there's a second stage where the match is head-to-head, an extra 1vs6.

　Both sides can choose one more player from all the participants to be the final player in the decisive final match.

　This unique model highlights both the importance of overall strength and the necessity of individual strength, embodying a team heroism reminiscent of a warrior fighting a demon king.

　In any case, tactical arrangements during the match are crucial for winning in this format.

　In the lower grades, Dak is the default captain and is also responsible for personnel arrangement and tactical deployment.

　As for the selection of contestants, he didn't need to worry about it; the professors had everything arranged perfectly.

　Among the current third-year students, besides him, the others who successfully qualified for the main tournament are Witt, Emma, ​​Sara, and Diana, while Doron and Rose are reserve candidates. Among the second-year students, Aurora and Vivian have also distinguished themselves, while Jon, Anna, and Angie are reserve candidates.

　As for why there are seven contestants for the six spots, it is naturally to increase the margin for error.

　The format of this year's "Academy Championship" is very interesting; theoretically, it doesn't distinguish between main players and substitutes. Therefore, players can choose their lineup arbitrarily.

　All the pre-qualifiers are in the same pool. As a team captain, you can choose any six players to participate in the competition in turn, without being restricted by the main selection or substitutes.

　The reason why the academy distinguishes between starters and substitutes is to establish a ranking system and make it easier for the captain to choose.

　Simply put, he can put whoever he wants on the field. If he's certain of victory, he can also temporarily send in substitutes to gain experience. This highlights his strategic brilliance.

　"almost."

　At 10:30, Dak glanced at the time, then got up to stretch and prepare to take a bath and go to bed.

　At the same time, almost all the professors and students in the college were preparing for bed.

　But even within the castle, teeming with patrolling golems, figures still stirred. St. Marian's Academy was a mysterious place filled with legends and treasures; with the "Academy Championship" providing such a perfect opportunity, it was impossible for no one to be tempted by greed.

　The castle was shrouded in darkness at night, and luxury cruise ships were moored on the lake reflecting the moonlight. Mermaids, their upper bodies exposed, swam freely in the lake at night, their tails swaying from side to side and sometimes slapping the surface of the lake after revealing their true forms. The fragrance of healing flowers drifted in the night air, and silvery songs floated on the breeze.