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

　“Yes, there is.” Aurora said honestly beside him, “The Field family is an aristocratic family, and I heard that the family has quite a large population.”

　Dark blinked and said, "That's really impressive."

　Aurora smiled and said, "It feels like after two days of pent-up emotions, Senior Emma has finally found herself again."

　“Ha.” Dark continued to look at the field.

　Rational people will control their emotions when necessary. But that doesn't mean that rational people lack feelings. I heard Emma never lost an argument with her senior in the literature club. As long as you don't admit defeat, you'll never lose.

　"The contestants from St. Mary's Academy don't seem to want us to get into the +1 round."

　On the contestant's platform at the Holy Church Mystic Academy, Lanmayate, who had just won, crossed his arms and spoke.

　The other contestants also looked serious, their eyes glued to the schedule. The sixth duel was a matter of victory or defeat, with no room for decision-making.

　Whether the Holy Mystic Academy can secure a spot in the tiebreaker depends on Trinsina's performance.

　Although Audrey Joan of Arc had no hope of facing Dark again, she could not repeat her statement at this point and dampen the morale of her companions.

　She was filled with worry and had lost her usual composure. A person can be composed because they are free from life's troubles.

　[Preparation Phase 1]

　The two players continued their verbal battle.

　At the same time, they were both constantly adjusting their decks. Emma was making final adjustments in anticipation of Trinsina's possible moves. Trinsina, on the other hand, was analyzing Emma's personality and deducing her tactical style through their conversation, and making adjustments accordingly.

　Trinsina's adjustment is obviously more difficult, but she may not necessarily do worse than Emma.

　Currently, the top students in the lower grades of the Holy Mystic Academy are not much inferior to the top students of St. Mary's Academy in terms of talent and learning ability.

　If we remove the top two players, the difference between the two teams is basically the difference in the educational level of their respective academies.

　However, before the Shinto ritual begins, St. Marian Academy undergoes a thorough magical education.

　The Holy Mystic Academy, due to the existence of the Holy Knight Academy, provides its students with Holy Knight education.

　Therefore, in terms of physical fitness, the Holy Church Mystic Academy has an overall advantage. This is something that cannot be caught up with in just one or two summer camps.

　Although Trinsina may look delicate and weak, she is not incapable of fighting on the battlefield if she were to pick up a knife.

　In this respect, she is slightly better than Emma.

　However, such a slight difference in physical strength will not have a significant impact in high-level magical duels.

　Even Trinsina herself hadn't taken this advantage into account. [Preparation Phase 2]

　With both players having finished adjusting their decks and the decks automatically shuffled, the match finally entered the card drawing phase.

　Both players draw cards simultaneously and have thirty seconds to devise a strategy. Then the countdown ends, and the turn switches.

　【Battle Phase (1)】"30s" Battle begins!

　Emma got it in the first round.

　Magical cards that counter music-themed decks. But as expected, Trinsna changed tactics.

　Tactics that have already been seen by others are no longer tactics. Trinsina's dueling philosophy is "to go beyond what the opponent expects." But this time, she didn't truly achieve that.

　"It's not a song, it's not a dance, it's a painting."

　The moment she began to move, Dark and the others on the contestant platform immediately realized what was happening.

　The "Painting" series is second only to "Song and Dance" in their guesses about Trinsina's deck.

　I wonder if Emma took this into account in the final adjustments.

　When I think of this place.

　The sky above the duel arena has been replaced by a scene of blue stripes and white clouds! Trinsna summoned the field card "Sky Canvas" at the start of her hand!

　Despite employing a music-themed deck in her duel against the Public Magic Academy, and her style giving the impression of someone skilled in "singing and dancing," Trinsna's true talent in "art" lies in fine arts! Her dream before becoming a mage was to be a painter. "In the name of Trinsna Field, a magical summoning—'Sky Canvas'!"

　With a wave of her hand, the image against a backdrop of blue sky and white clouds rolled upwards into the sky.

　The atmosphere of the entire dueling arena changed, becoming more childlike.

　There are many different styles of art.

　Trinsina is proficient in almost all styles.

　After summoning the "Sky Canvas," she suddenly had a set of painting tools in her hand.

　Under the wide-eyed gaze of countless spectators, Trinsina made a sweeping gesture, and the "clouds" in the sky transformed into heavy iron blocks, crashing down fiercely towards the red side's half of the court.

　Those iron blocks might not be very lethal, but they were enough to make those who were not strong enough to fight back flee in panic.

　However, because the iron block covered a very large area, Emma had no choice but to let the magical elf defend against it.

　Fortunately, she made a relatively conservative choice at the start, summoning a three-star magical spirit – "Golden Beast"!

　This "Golden Beast" was reforged using her past magical spirits as a template and materials obtained from the Golden Kingdom as its core. Although it is still a three-star monster, it has a completely different attribute template and special move.

　"Golden Beast, Golden Devour!"

　She gave the order immediately.

　The "Golden Beast" roared and suddenly opened its huge mouth.

　The gaping maw suddenly expanded, swallowing up all the white cloud iron blocks that were falling toward Emma!

　Although those iron blocks were not gold, the "golden beast" still shone brightly, gaining a slight increase in its magic power limit and defense.

　However, the sharp iron blocks falling in all directions also made the red team's position difficult to move.

Chapter 1236 The Wishing Angel, the Beast of Art

　These sharp iron blocks scattered all around are indeed a bit of a problem for duelists who move on the ground.

　But Emma knew at a glance that they were just ordinary iron blocks. The "Sky Canvas" was not a magic card unique to Trinsina. In the past, an artist studied magic in order to create more vivid paintings, and eventually developed this "Sky Canvas".

　Things drawn on this "sky canvas" using special drawing tools can be instantly materialized and acquire some of the physical characteristics for a short period of time.

　However, the "Sky Canvas" also has different levels.

　The "Sky Canvas" summoned by Trinsna can only manifest ordinary items; it primarily provides a field enhancement effect.

　Additionally, you can summon magical spirits related to "painting" anywhere on the "Sky Canvas"!

　In this first round, Trinsina simply laid out a board and incidentally caused Emma a little trouble.

　The next summons is the real highlight!

　Emma clearly sensed this atmosphere. Surrounded by iron blocks, she simply stood still and continued summoning under the protection of the "Golden Beast".

　"In the name of Emma Metis, a magical summons—the Wishing Lamp."

　An ancient, reddish-copper oil lamp swiftly materialized at his summons. In the next instant, billowing white smoke rose from the lamp's spout.

　A white-haired girl, draped in a thin dress, emerged halfway from the white smoke. Her white hair was casually draped over her shoulders, and long bangs covered half of her face, revealing a pale and pitiful face, so fragile that it seemed she might disappear at any moment.

　She crossed her arms over her chest, as if murmuring something, her torn white dress draped in the wind, obscuring her lower body like smoke and mist.

　Suddenly it slowly raised its head, seemingly weakly opening its eyes, which shone with a golden brilliance.

　The white smoke that emerged from the spout condensed behind it, forming a pair of smoke wings that looked like angel wings!

　A ring of smoke even appeared above its head.

　Then, a divine and imposing aura, completely different from its own temperament, suddenly erupted!

　—"The Wishing Angel"!

　This "Wishing Angel," which emerged from the "Wishing Lamp," has a six-star stat line, but can be summoned as an item.

　But just as it materialized, a raindrop suddenly fell on her shoulder. Emma looked up abruptly and saw that the "sky" above her head was now covered with dark clouds, and the rain that had gathered beneath the clouds suddenly poured down!

　If she were left to be drenched in the downpour, she would be soaked to the bone in no time.

　The scattered iron blocks and her soaked clothes would make it even harder for her to move. But this was clearly not the most threatening thing.

　Emma almost immediately sensed the unusual presence hidden in the rain – a magical spirit!

　"Golden Beast, Liquefy Transformation!"

　The "golden beast" resembling a Suanni suddenly changed its form, transforming from its original indestructible shape into a liquid state.

　Meanwhile, its attack power and defense power are also reversed.

　However, the difference between the initial attack and initial defense of this new "Golden Beast" is not significant; the difference only becomes slightly larger after using "Golden Devour".

　Now the roles have reversed; the "Golden Beast's" defense remains strong, but its attack power has significantly increased.

　After its body liquefied, it immediately twisted and covered Emma's head.

　Immediately, the rain fell on the "Golden Beast." But before Emma could even catch her breath, the magical spirit hidden in the rain burst through the "Golden Beast's" body!

　His appearance was as if he had been filtered through rainwater.

　Immediately afterwards, the "rain" that had been pouring onto the "Golden Beast" disappeared, and a sun pattern appeared on the side of the "Golden Beast" that was facing down!

　The temperature rose instantly, and the surrounding area quickly cleared up.

　Emma suddenly felt an unbearable heat, as if she were about to be evaporated alive by the blazing sun so close to her!

　She quickly ordered the "Golden Beast" to move the part of its body that was covering its head to one side.

　But the "sun" burst forth from the surface of the "golden beast's" body, instantly transforming into a terrifying fireball burning fiercely, rolling towards her.

　"Wishing Angel!"

　Emma's expression changed, and she quickly called out.

　A magical sprite, resembling a "smoke angel," immediately floated over. However, it didn't use its ultimate attack; instead, it could only rely on its six-star stats to withstand the fireball attack.

　Emma herself, without missing a beat, ran to the side.

　It was surrounded by sharp iron blocks, some as small as soybeans, others as large as balls, with uneven surfaces and sharp spikes pointing outwards.

　Emma could only move along paths with smaller iron blocks, keeping her feet close to the ground and quickly kicking the smaller iron blocks away.

　The burning fireball did not penetrate the "Wishing Angel's" body as before. However, after burning away a small portion of the "Wishing Angel's" body, a second change indeed occurred!

　"Golden Beast! Protect it!"

　But Emma gave the order before that change began. However, "protection" here is just an action order, not a "protection" ultimate move.

　The liquefied "golden beast" moved almost immediately, forming a golden wall in front of him.

　Immediately afterward, Emma saw another...

　A flash of lightning appeared on one side, followed by a deafening roar of thunder and a burst of lightning that struck the "Golden Beast" with tremendous force!

　"boom!"

　The "Golden Beast" was struck by the lightning, its body crackling with electricity, and it was immediately paralyzed.

　And its magic power has therefore plummeted.

　If it hadn't previously increased its magic power limit by using "Golden Devouring," it would have been killed on the spot!

　"Tsk!"

　Trinsina, in the blue team's court, immediately showed a hint of regret.

　The magical spirit she just summoned is called "Weather," and it can change at will from "rainy day" to "sunny day," from "hail" to "lightning."

　Moreover, by changing its shape in the weather, it can penetrate some objects and directly attack the duelist.

　Normal duelists, when first encountering this "weather" which has no actual form, are completely clueless about how to deal with it and will be "killed on first meeting".

　But Emma's reaction could only be extremely fast.

　Trinsina strongly suspected that she had a preconceived notion, otherwise she wouldn't have reacted so quickly.

　[Weather] has 0 defense, but is immune to physical attacks. Its form changes immediately after transforming into lightning. A fierce wind instantly swept across the red team's field.

　But Trinsina already knew that "weather" wouldn't be enough to secure the kill. She put the magic card back into the Duel Disk, and a magical spirit that looked like it was pieced together from a large amount of paint appeared in front of her.

　—While Emma was dealing with the "weather," she did not forget to summon.

　Thirty seconds is actually a very short time when facing an enemy.

　When the "weather" turned into a gale, bypassing the "golden beast" and blowing towards Emma, ​​the round was nearing its end.

　Emma only had time to summon a giant golden shield at the end of the round before she immediately cowered behind it.