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

　With this victory, she can now openly say that she deserves a share of the championship.

　On the stage of the St. Marian Academy contestants, Emma and the others naturally felt the same way.

　The outcome of this duel was uncertain even before it was decided. That's why the final victory brought such a sense of excitement.

　"Three wins!" "That's Sara!" "Sara did a great job."

　"We only lost one match against Ocean Magic Academy!" "Hey, hey, hey, I didn't want to lose either."

　"I wasn't talking about you. I was referring to the Ocean Magic Academy. It's not as powerful as I initially thought."

　"Indeed, I originally thought that they must have a completely superior strength compared to other academies to be able to defeat the Royal Academy and War Totem Academy with their substitute players. But now it seems that they are nothing special."

　"You can't say that. Their top player, I mean the Naga, seems to have a significant gap in strength compared to the other players. As for the strength of the other players, they don't seem to be much stronger than those from Sky Magic Academy or even Holy Mystic Academy."

　"makes sense."

　"In that case, Witt did do a good job."

　"Ha ha……"

　"Good job, Witt." "Good job, Witt." "Good job, Witt." "O (speech ≤) O Ahhh!" "Stop yelling, we haven't won yet!" Emma couldn't help but scold, saying.

　“It was no easy feat for Sarah to win this match. We cannot let her down; we must win at least one of the remaining two duels.”

　"Timdoris of the Ocean Magic Academy is indeed a level above the other contestants in terms of strength."

　"We also have this situation here."

　As she spoke, she looked up at Dak and then continued.

　"The problem now is, within the Ocean Magic Academy, there's also a captain. Just how skilled is Carola Magiori?"

　"If you look closely, you'll find that the potential of the 'Abyss Summoning' spell is extremely high."

　"Carola Maggiore's status among the sea creatures is clearly extraordinary, and I'm somewhat worried..."

　"In short, the only way to win now is to pit Dark against Scarlett Bessie of the 'Sea Clam Clan.'"

　"But achieving this is not easy."

　"Dark, what did you say?"

　Dark smiled slightly and said, "Either is fine."

　Emma frowned, instinctively wanting to say, "What do you mean by 'anything is fine' or 'anything is fine' but 'none of them are fine'?"

　But she swallowed her words as soon as they reached her lips. "That's true," she nodded, then said no more.

　In the next two duels, one side wants to avoid the captain, while the other side certainly doesn't.

　If the Ocean Magic Academy wants to win, there is only one way: to have their captain, "Mermaid" Carola Marjorie, face off against Dark and defeat him.

　Then, she was pitted against Scarlett Bessie of the "Sea Clam Clan" and defeated her.

　She didn't know Scarlett Bessie's true strength. But since she was saved to appear last, Scarlett Bessie's abilities might be beyond expectation.

　Emma has a very clear understanding of her own abilities and does not believe that she has an absolute chance of winning.

　Coupled with her disadvantage in information gathering, her win rate is actually lower than her opponent's.

　Therefore, if Carola Marjorie also possesses a level of strength comparable to that of "Naga" Timdoris, it would be understandable that she would be confident in defeating Dark.

　In this case, the worst outcome would be that this side loses both matches and goes into tiebreakers, only to lose again!

　This would result in the worst-case scenario where "Ocean Magic Academy wins by reversal".

　Even though the possibility of this outcome seemed extremely slim to her, from the perspective of the Ocean Magic Academy, it was their last remaining possibility.

　Even if you don't believe it, you still have to try.

　Therefore, the Ocean Magic Academy will definitely try every means to bring the captains of the two sides together.

　This means that conventional thinking simply won't work.

　Both sides were calculating against each other, and the final outcome of the match could only be determined by luck.

　Unless, the Ocean Magic Academy uses the same method that the Holy Mystic Academy used again—the captain challenges openly!

　From the perspective of the host, St. Mary's College.

　Once the opposing captain makes a public challenge, there's no way for this side to escape the situation.

　In that case, thinking about the matchup becomes even more meaningless.

　Therefore, there's no need to think about who will fight in the next duel; just pick anyone at random.

　Furthermore, since the Ocean Magic Academy's contestants can place their trust in their captain, why can't St. Marian Academy? In fact, their trust has never wavered from the beginning. No matter who the opponent is, Dark will surely prevail! At this moment, all we need to do is believe!

　Emma suddenly understood, and her eyes gradually brightened.

　Then, while listening to Sarah's interview, she pondered how to adjust the structure to deal with Scarlett Bessie, the "Sea Clam Tribe".

　She only has a winning percentage when facing Scarlett, so she should focus on increasing her winning percentage.

　Meanwhile, on the contestant stage of the Ocean Magic Academy.

　Upon returning to the player's stand, Ryan Rimaia immediately sensed an extremely oppressive atmosphere.

　Although Tim Doris remained indifferent, Carola Maggiore was even watching the podium with great interest.

　But the expressions of the other contestants were clearly off.

　The Ocean Magic Academy crushed all before them, and although they faced difficulties after encountering St. Marian Academy, their momentum returned once Tim crushed the "Son of the Hero".

　However, the momentum they had just built up failed to last. And the one responsible for this was none other than him, Ryan Jerimaya! With the score now three to one, there was only one possibility left for Ocean Magic Academy to win.

　The realization of this path is a miracle that requires a combination of luck and absolute strength, and cannot be achieved entirely by one's own strength.

　In the next match, if Scarlett Bessie is unlucky enough to face the captain of St. Marian Academy, Ocean Magic Academy can be declared defeated outright.

　As for the open card challenge...

　To be honest, the moment Ryan Reynderia was defeated, the players on this side had already offered their advice.

　But Carola Maggiore had no intention of accepting it. She was always so capricious.

　The contestants from the Ocean Magic Academy were used to this.

　But the fact that the Corolla continues to perform like this under such high pressure is disheartening.

　There should be at least some sense of belonging to the group.

　They were all on a team now, shouldn't they at least consider the team's chances of winning? Had they just been playing around like it was a game? The Ocean Magic Academy students couldn't help but think this to themselves. But they only thought it; they certainly wouldn't dare say it aloud. Otherwise…

　Don't be fooled by Timdoris's usual kind and helpful demeanor, always chasing after Carola.

　But that was with Corolla. Try it with someone else who doesn't listen to him.

　On some level, the sea race is indeed very similar to the demon race, and their race also has a very strict hierarchical structure.

　Naga and mermaids both belong to the upper class.

　Under these circumstances, the contestants from the Ocean Magic Academy dared not be angry or speak out.

　Ryan Reynolds quietly returned to his seat, saying nothing and receiving no reprimand.

　Time passed bit by bit.

　After the interviews and debriefing, the match moved into the strategy session for the fifth duel.

　"Okay, let's think of a solution!"

　Carola Maggiore suddenly turned around and said with a smile.

　Meanwhile, on the contestant's stage at St. Marian Academy.

　After welcoming Sarah back, Dak and the others first showered her with compliments before starting to discuss countermeasures.

　Of course, at this point in the match, there really wasn't much left to do. Before they could exchange more than a few words, Dark said, "There's nothing more to say. I can save myself for last, or I can go down to the next match to duel."

　“Let’s get off the field,” Sarah said. “I want to celebrate the championship early.”

　Her words were very pleasing to the ear, and the contestants...

　Everyone agreed. Only Witt suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "If Dark wins the fifth duel, wouldn't our sixth duel be a pointless duel with no objective, lacking any challenge?"

　Everyone's attention was drawn to it.

　Witt was so embarrassed that he clenched his toes.

　Emma said, "If we can secure the victory in advance, that would be great. In that case, I don't necessarily have to participate in the final duel. It's fine to let someone else who wants to participate."

　Of course, nobody wanted to go. It wasn't out of fear.

　However, as the competition has progressed to this point, the gap between the main players and the substitutes is indeed quite large.

　And no one wants to participate in a duel that's destined to be lost. The substitutes from St. Mary's Academy are all incredibly shrewd!

　“Since you’ve put it that way,” Dark shook his head helplessly and said, “then I’ll go first. To be honest, I’m also very eager to experience the mysteries of the Abyss Summoning firsthand.”

　……

　Although it is a countermeasure.

　However, neither team's contestants engaged in any strategic thinking or discussion during this time.

　St. Marian Academy decided to send him into the game simply because they wanted to secure the victory as quickly as possible, and because Dark wanted to experience the mysteries of Abyss Summoning as soon as possible.

　As for the Ocean Magic Academy, it was because Carola Marjorie felt that if Scarlett went first and then lost, it would be pointless for her to go first, so she had to go first.

　As for winning or losing, those are secondary.

　In the lower grades of the Ocean Magic Academy, when Carola Magiori wanted to dominate the discussion, there was almost no one qualified to refute her. Moreover, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that Carola Magiori's words were not without merit.

　Only if she goes first and wins will Scarlett Bessie have the resources to make a final stand.

　Carola's chances of winning are significantly higher than Scarlett's.

　If Scarlett went first and blocked the path, it would be truly laughable. Therefore, the Ocean Magic Academy ultimately did not oppose Carola's decision.

　Furthermore, the Corolla did not reveal its true colors.

　She is actually a person who strictly adheres to the "rules of the game".

　The time for countermeasures has ended.

　As the projections of both players appeared in the air, enthusiastic applause erupted from the sidelines.

　Many people didn't expect this.

　The most exciting part of the final, the captain vs. captain duel, actually took place early in this fifth match!

　But as long as it's captain vs. captain, it doesn't matter at all to many dueling enthusiasts who have no particular stance.

　If the captain were to face off against weaklings, they would likely riot. (On the stage.)

　Senior Judy was very satisfied with the selection of participants for this duel. As the host, although she favored St. Marian Academy, her job was to make the duel more exciting and the atmosphere more intense.

　This early showdown between the captains, the deciding factor in the final championship, is sure to bring the atmosphere in the stadium to its peak!

　"Now, please welcome the captain of St. Marian Academy, Darkdemon, and the captain of Ocean Magic Academy, Carola Marjorie, to the stage!"

　On the stage of both players.

　Dark and Carola placed their counter cards on the countermeasures platform and then walked towards the elevator.

　Carola Maggiore was very satisfied with his opponent in this duel.

　We're getting tired of playing the captain role, so let's end this captain vs. captain duel with this!

　If she can win this duel, she will be the key captain to earn the team a chance to fight again.

　If she were to lose this duel, she would become the tragic captain who would end the team's hopes.

　Both roles were very interesting. Therefore, Carola Maggiore smiled broadly.

　The mermaid's natural allure captivated the attention of countless viewers. Before leaving the field, Darkemon turned to his teammates and gestured with his hand.

　He noticed that Emma's face didn't look particularly happy, while the others seemed quite relaxed, like Doron and Witt, who even had some excitement on their faces.

　After gesturing, he turned back to the audience. As for his own state of mind at that moment…

　It would be much more interesting to face off against the captain of the Ocean Magic Academy than against Scarlett Bessie of the "Sea Clam Clan".

　Furthermore, Carola Maggiore's "Abyss Summoning" should be even stronger than Ryanjerimaya's.

　After hearing Sarah's thoughts on the "Abyss Summoning Spell," Dark became hopeful about it.