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

　St. Maryan Academy's encounter with Sky Magic Academy at the very beginning of the official competition can hardly be considered lucky.

　The same applies to the Sky Magic Academy.

　At this moment, in the lounge marked "Sky Magic Academy," all twenty-four contestants from Sky City were gathered, with the senior students offering advice to the juniors.

　The atmosphere here is also somewhat tense.

　After all, a person's reputation precedes them, and even if they all came from heaven, they wouldn't dare to underestimate St. Mary's Academy.

　Especially among the St. Marian Academy team, there is their core figure—the Valkyrie's son, whom the Nehm siblings highly admire.

　Not all students in Sky City are as concerned about things on Earth as the Nehm siblings. In fact, many of them are laid-back and oblivious to what's happening around them.

　If they weren't participating in this year's "Academy Championship," they could have stayed in Sky City for hundreds of years.

　However, times have changed dramatically, and Sky City is no longer a place to live for long. They came with a mission, and many of them are filled with a sense of mission, taking every step they take after arriving on Earth very seriously.

　Just like in this competition, they all have a very strong desire to win.

　However, in the first round of the official competition, they encountered the most famous St. Marian Academy!

　Aside from Disney's Nehams, nobody's happy about this. After all, nobody wants to be eliminated with zero points. But beating St. Marian's Academy is indeed very difficult.

　They need to at least visualize victory before the game even begins.

　While all the contestants were thinking about how to win, the exhibition match on the field finally began.

　The first exhibition match was between students from St. Mary's Academy and students from the Ocean Magic Academy.

　Senior Judy deliberately let the host, St. Marian Academy, make its appearance first. Then, she paired it with the most mysterious Ocean Magic Academy, making the students of the Ocean Magic Academy more well-known.

　You could say it's killing two birds with one stone.

　Unfortunately, the exhibition match didn't go as she had envisioned. In the first exhibition match, St. Marian Academy, as the host, would ideally have won a hard-fought battle, albeit by a narrow margin.

　This approach preserved the reputation of St. Mary's Academy while highlighting the strength of the Ocean Magic Academy, making it a perfect solution.

　However, things didn't go as planned, and the exhibition match turned into a crushing defeat for the Ocean Magic Academy!

　The senior substitute players who volunteered to participate in this exhibition match were completely crushed by the Ocean Magic Academy without any chance of fighting back!

　When that senior substitute player went from being "a candle flickering in the wind" to "a candle burning to ashes," the entire stadium erupted in uproar.

　Clearly, most of the audience had not anticipated this outcome. After all, St. Marian Academy was always considered the world's number one academy, and even if St. Marian Academy's players lost, they shouldn't have been so utterly helpless.

　But that's exactly what happened.

　Whether it was a matter of luck or a genuine difference in strength, it all highlighted the mystery and power of the Ocean Magic Academy.

　In a corner of the stands, the sea creatures who had come all the way to the port city to watch the duel were shouting excitedly.

　Naturally, some lines were not so humble. Judy pursed her lips, quickly composed herself, and presented the audience with perfect professionalism.

　Retrospective analysis and interviews.

　Next was the second round of exhibition matches.

　The participants in the second round of the exhibition match were students from the Holy Mystic Academy and the Elf Magic Academy.

　A human academy, and an alien academy.

　Judy's original plan was to send Sky Magic Academy to the field, but she changed her mind at the last minute.

　After all, it's an exhibition match. While a complete domination can be entertaining, a series of blowouts would be boring. What viewers really want to see are evenly matched contests.

　There are just too many variables at Sky Magic Academy. If, by some chance, human contestants are crushed again, then these two exhibition matches today will not end well.

　Judy had a vague sense of foreboding and subconsciously began to avoid confrontation. Her efforts were initially effective; the two contestants from the Holy Mystic Academy and the Elven Magic Academy indeed presented the audience with a thrilling and evenly matched duel.

　The atmosphere of the competition finally began to develop as she had anticipated. And then, amidst the roar of the entire arena, the first main match of this year's "Academy Championship" began!

　"Attention! Now emerging from the contestant passage are twelve contestants from the Royal Academy of the Kingdom. Leading the way is their captain, Lesliejad! It is said that Lesliejad has been ranked first in the Royal Academy for three consecutive years and is hailed as the Royal Academy's rising star. We hope he will perform well in the upcoming match against the Ocean Magic Academy."

　Host Judy raised the microphone, and as the audience cheered and erupted in applause, she signaled to the backstage staff to play the projector.

　Then, on the host's stage, they showed Leslie Judd's pre-match interview and the scene of him drawing the number "1".

　The number 【[】 always evokes positive associations.

　His echo lingered in the stadium.

　echo.

　The Royal Academy team entered the arena and ascended the viewing platform on one side of the field.

　Immediately afterward, the contestants from Ocean Magic Academy No. 2 also walked out from the contestant passage.

　Perhaps it was because the sea creatures' overwhelming performance in the exhibition match was truly astonishing that they gained many supporters outside their own tribe.

　Judy then introduced the basic information about the captain of the Ocean Magic Academy—the mermaid Carola Marjorie.

　But apart from the fact that she is a mermaid, there is actually not much other information to say.

　Based on the beautiful vision of mermaids that humans have had since childhood, Carola Maggiore attracts a lot of attention every time he appears.

　In addition, her innocent and carefree personality is indeed attractive to fans. So even though she hasn't done anything yet, she already has a large following.

　Of course, in this duel between humans and sea creatures, those who support the sea creatures are always labeled as "rare".

　Let's not get into the small talk.

　Both teams' players went up to the spectator stands.

　Students from other colleges who were originally discussing in the players' lounge also came out to watch the game.

　"This duel is going to be tricky."

　Dark, hidden within the spectator barrier, watched the dueling arena from afar and sighed softly.

　Once a competition escalates to the national or racial level, it can no longer be associated with purity.

　In theory, the Royal Academy is the true face of the human kingdom, representing humanity better than St. Marian Academy and the Holy Mystic Academy.

　Even if they lose this match, they absolutely cannot afford to lose too badly. From this perspective, Dark naturally supports the Royal Academy. However, his attention to the Royal Academy is actually very limited; now he can only hope that the Royal Academy also has some hidden cards up its sleeve.

　Meanwhile, in the hidden private room at the Royal Capital branch, the long-standing tension finally eased slightly with the arrival of the Royal Academy students.

　Although the old King Austin did not devote much effort to the Royal Academy, he still wanted his own academy to win.

　He watched the contestants take the stage and introduced them one by one.

　He was incredibly knowledgeable about the backgrounds of all the contestants, recounting their origins in great detail.

　While verbally agreeing, Arvit couldn't help but think to herself, "Does this mean that if those students lose, Austin can just find them at their doorstep?"

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　Of course, that was just a thought for Aylvit.

　After all, Austin wouldn't possibly visit a student just because they lost a duel.

　perhaps……

　Behind the three of them, Princess Elizabeth was whispering to Claire.

　In the blink of an eye, she had been confined in the palace for a week. Today, she was finally able to come out for some fresh air, but she still couldn't hold back and talked a little more than usual.

　However, Claire has raised cats and dogs for so many years that she has plenty of patience, so dealing with a little Elizabeth shouldn't be a problem.

　The two women were secretly discussing how many duels the Royal Academy could win.

　Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Royal Academy of the Kingdom was basically among the weakest. Especially considering their opponent was the mysterious and unknown Ocean Magic Academy.

　The electric sea creature Lyrella, which only appeared in the exhibition match, is not something that ordinary people can handle.

　—They were unaware that Leirila was actually just a player in the lower grades of the Sea Clan, wavering between being a substitute and a starter.

　Whether she'll even qualify for the main competition is still uncertain. But as humans, everyone hopes the human academy will win, so the Royal Academy still has a lot of supporters.

　Prince Charles was sitting in the audience in the circular seating area with Archbishop Caleb Norris, with a table set up on the armrest between them, on which were even two bottles of red wine.

　The Church does not prohibit alcohol or meat, but it does prohibit drunkenness and overeating.

　Simply put, you can drink alcohol but you can't get drunk; you must remain absolutely sober. You can eat meat but you can't overeat, lest you damage the Church's image to the outside world.

　Even though his own team, the Royal Academy, had already taken the field, Charles seemed somewhat distracted, his mind clearly not on the game.

　The Archbishop, on the contrary, was more concerned about the current competition. Of course, his eyes were fixed on the Ocean Magic Academy. As for the Royal Academy of the Kingdom… a duel requires two people, after all, doesn't it?

　Although not many people have high expectations for the Royal Academy, the Academy players certainly won't give up just because they're not highly regarded.

　Besides the sense of collective honor, being able to participate in the main competition of the "Academy Championship" is an opportunity in itself.

　All the Royal Academy contestants were giving it their all to win, even though their opponent was the Ocean Magic Academy!

　Leslie Judd sat in the red team's spectator stand—in fact, this spectator stand could also be called the players' stand.

　The "Academy Championship" has added a strategy time to the main competition. Between each duel, there is an extra five minutes of strategy time, excluding debriefing and interviews.

　On the contestants' stage, there is a table called the "Countermeasures Table," where the academy has prepared a set of countermeasures cards for each participating team.

　The so-called countermeasure cards are actually cards printed with the player's name, academy, and photo.

　Before the end of the strategy time, participating teams must place a player card in the groove of the strategy table, which will then be projected and displayed, allowing that player to enter the duel.

　The player ban/pick process has no order of precedence to ensure absolute fairness. "Who will Leslie send out?"

　Dak crossed his arms and asked casually.

　They were all the same age and in the capital. It would be a lie to say that Dark and the third-year students of the Royal Academy didn't know each other at all.

　But basically, they're all just at the level of being able to name them. Similarly, Duolong and others are in a similar situation.

　"Given the Royal Academy's style, they won't show weakness in the first match; they'll most likely send their elite players," Doron said. "I'd guess Laureen."

　Laureen is a Viscount's child. Her parents worked in the finance department, and her relatives also run a business association... In short, they are rich, extremely rich.

　According to probability theory, at least the basic strength of junior magicians in lower grades can be built up with money.

　Of course, this isn't to say that Laureen's qualifications are lacking. After all, there are so many wealthy nobles, but only a handful of students can be selected to compete.

　Laureen is quite famous in the capital, second only to Lailis among the contestants.

　Given that Lelis is unlikely to be the first to play, it is highly probable that Laureen will start to anchor the team.

　Doron's views were unanimously agreed upon.

　While it cannot be ruled out that the Royal Academy may have hidden trump cards, the apparent ranking of strength is basically as described.

　The strongest students at the Royal Academy are concentrated in the upper grades, while the lower grades are relatively weak.

　Even the highly anticipated transfer student, Quintina, belongs to the upperclassmen group. However, the competition in the upperclassmen group is also more intense and not any easier than in the lowerclassmen group.

　Compared to the Royal Academy, the Ocean Magic Academy offers a much wider range of choices.

　Besides the electric fish girl Lyrella, the team leader Carola Marjorie is also a powerful individual, and her childhood friend, the Naga boy Tim Doris, is also very strong.

　Any one of them would be a match that the Royal Academy's contestants could not easily defeat.

　This is a tough battle that is destined to be difficult!

　After the five-minute strategy period, both captains had placed their starting player cards in their slots, ready to be projected upon the announcer's name. The strategy period was still controlled by the host, with the commentators taking over only when the duel began.

　Judy gently raised her microphone-shaped wand, and fireworks burst forth, displaying the identities of both contestants.

　Like.

　Royal Academy of the Kingdom, starting lineup: Laureen Milson! Ocean Magic Academy, starting lineup: Lairella Erekni! Both players simultaneously rose and moved towards opposite ends of the arena from the rising platform.

　Laurie stood with her hands behind her back, looking serious.

　Leiriella, on the other hand, was all smiles and beaming with pride, clearly quite satisfied with the result.

　"Speaking of which, the reason I was able to start as a formal player is thanks to that Doron from St. Mary's Academy!"

　Leirila couldn't help but think.

　"No matter what, we must perform well in this match!"

　The duel began quickly. Neither side had any foreplay; they went straight for the kill. From the "domain deployment" to the "preparation phase" and then to the "battle phase," the battle officially began.

　Lyrella showed no mercy, starting with a bolt of lightning. Her long hair stood on end, crackling with electricity, and golden lightning struck down instantly. But Laureen was prepared; in addition to his duel disk, he wore five magic rings on his left hand.

　As the lightning struck, one of the magic rings suddenly exploded, and a layer of light appeared, instantly blocking the lightning.

　—Although the various colleges tacitly agreed not to overuse off-field tactics, there were actually no such restrictions in this year's "College Championship".