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

　This match will be between St. Marian Academy and the Holy Mystic Academy! "The real highlight is about to begin!"

　The rivalry between St. Mary's College and the Holy Mystic Academy in the lower grades was exceptionally fierce.

　Although the final score was 4-2, St. Mary's Academy's overall advantage was not significant, and many of their victories were extremely hard-fought.

　After last week's competition, many post-match analysts believed that the Holy Church Mystic Academy was a team with the strength to win the championship, but its overall performance was slightly lacking, which led to its defeat.

　Regardless of whether any members of the Holy Church are manipulating public opinion, the basis for believing such statements is proof of the Holy Church's foundation.

　Unexpectedly, in this second round of the senior group competition, the Holy Mystic Academy drew St. Marian Academy on the first day of the competition.

　Conflict has reignited between the two sides!

　"It's the Holy Church's Mystic Academy's turn. Good luck!"

　The old king spoke calmly, his hands clapping lightly in response to the applause from the audience.

　But His Holiness the Pope knew perfectly well that this guy was filming for him. He reminded himself to be polite while cursing inwardly. If the senior students from the Holy Mystic Academy performed poorly, his remaining time watching the game would be truly unpleasant.

　The thought of having to endure Austin's sarcastic remarks made him wish he could rush onto the contestant's platform.

　The match between St. Mary's Academy and the Holy Ritual Academy was clearly attracting more attention than the match between the Royal Academy of the Kingdom and the Public Magic Academy.

　The spectators held up banners, waved flags, and shouted slogans in unison.

　Before the match even started, the spectators outside were already engaged in a heated exchange. In this atmosphere, the two competitors finally emerged from the player tunnel, and the applause grew even louder.

　The senior students at St. Mary's Academy are a constellation of stars, all of them highly popular celebrity duelists.

　Pandora Dragon, the "Silver Dragon Girl" who leads the pack, has consistently ranked at the top of popularity charts. No dueling enthusiast could possibly be unaware of her existence.

　Especially after another popular student duelist, "Night Baron" Noah Sharp, was successfully challenged by someone of a higher level, "Silver Dragon Girl" surpassed "Night Baron" in popularity.

　This can be clearly seen from the sales figures of the merchandise released by St. Mary's Academy.

　In contrast, the Twelve Round Tables of the Holy Church's Mystic Ritual Academy were only recently established, and today's competition was their first official appearance. Even with the potential to gain popularity, they haven't officially debuted yet, so they can't simply generate popularity out of thin air.

　Their supporters at this moment are less fans of the athletes and more supporters of the Holy Church.

　The situation is different, so the athletes' feelings when receiving encouragement are naturally different as well.

　The upperclassmen of St. Mary's Academy were full of vigor and high spirits. The upperclassmen of the Holy Mystic Academy were relatively calm, but they also subtly possessed the aura of someone heading to battle.

　The two contestants took to the stage amidst great anticipation, and then began the strategy session for the first duel.

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　Dark and the others were also trying to analyze the combat strength comparison between the two teams. After fighting against the lower grades of the Holy Mystic Academy, their biggest feeling was that there were no weak points in the Holy Mystic Academy's team! Someone like "Fighting Soul Knight" Grande Salome could not really be considered a weak point.

　He's only in third grade, an age where the future looks promising.

　The twelve Knights of the Round Table of the Holy Mystic Academy are the twelve highest-ranking members selected from the "Holy Order".

　Leaving aside the lower grades, the upper grades are all elites among elites.

　Of course, the senior students at St. Mary's Academy are no less impressive.

　"Without information, what can we compare?"

　"It's incomparable."

　"But I trust my seniors."

　"We will win."

　Dark and his team's attempt to compare combat strength failed. Time for countermeasures has ended.

　Each academy selected one player as their starting player.

　St. Maryann Academy's starting lineup is "Battle Spirit" Marscare!

　Marscare distinguished himself starting with the Golden Cup last academic year, followed by the grand baptism of the Academy Cup, and then being selected for summer camp training, resulting in a sudden and rapid improvement in his abilities. Now, even among the elite senior group of St. Mary's Academy, he can... enter the top six!

　In short, the upperclassmen at St. Marian Academy had no strategy at all. For their first duel, they fielded Marscare, ranked sixth among the six main competitors.

　Meanwhile, the senior students of the Holy Mystic Academy sent out "Thunder Knight" Bedivereville.

　—Following Quintina, another electric-type specialist has stepped onto the dueling stage!

　Bedivereville was the fastest of the twelve Knights of the Round Table.

　He possesses a unique technique that uses lightning elements to stimulate his leg muscles, allowing him to unleash his speed to its maximum in an instant. He is also exceptionally skilled in cultivating holy energy, and can defeat most opponents with his own strength alone.

　However, his abilities did not demonstrate any advantage when facing Marscare.

　Both players possess immense strength and the ability to summon magical spirits, allowing them to continuously engage in battle while fighting.

　This type of combat has also occurred in lower grades. However, in terms of the combination of personal power and magical summoning, it is still inferior to that of higher grades.

　Marscare and Bedleywells engaged in an exceptionally fierce battle on the dueling stage.

　Not to mention the spectators outside the venue.

　Even Dark and the others were completely captivated, their eyes fixed on the two figures.

　"Something is wrong."

　As Dak looked at it, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

　Marscare was very strong, but the high speed he forced out by concentrating his power could not be sustained for long.

　In contrast, Bedivere Wells maintained his high speed consistently. After a while, the difference in their speed became apparent in their battle. Bedivere Wells' speed advantage finally became evident. However, upon realizing he couldn't keep up with Bedivere's speed, Mars decisively shifted his focus to magical combat.

　His magical skills have improved dramatically after the intensive summer camp training.

　However, after joining the Saints, Bedley underwent the same level of training, and his magical abilities were in no way inferior to Mars'.

　Under these circumstances, he began to gradually erode Mars's power.

　The spectators couldn't help but hold their breath and watch intently.

　Seeing his own strength being eroded, Mars gritted his teeth and persevered. In the final moments of the duel, he finally found an opportunity to launch a near-death counterattack and successfully dealt a heavy blow to Bedivere.

　However, his own life force was extinguished first, and he left the dueling stage with great regret.

　A few seconds later, applause erupted from the audience. After recovering from his injury, Bedleywells smiled and bowed to the crowd, putting on a show.

　But his victory was indeed crucial, paving the way for the Holy Mystic Academy to win in subsequent matches.

　At the same time, it also broke the curse that "St. Marian Academy is invincible".

　After his disappointing defeat, Mars Carey returned to the wrestler's platform and was patted twice on the shoulder by Shrek Holmes—a gesture meant to be comforting, but which nearly knocked Mars to the ground.

　Mars apologized for his defeat. But the upperclassmen from St. Mary's Academy simply waved their hands, clearly unconcerned about the result.

　But while they weren't in a hurry, the supporters of St. Marian's College were going crazy with anxiety.

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　A slightly anxious atmosphere was brewing among Dark and the others. But some people seriously analyzed, "The duel between Mars and Bedley should be considered a demonstration of the strength of the upperclassmen. But so far, it seems that the level shown in this duel has not created a substantial gap with the top duels in the lowerclassmen."

　"The top-tier duel you're talking about, you wouldn't happen to be the duel between Dark and so-and-so, would you?" Sara couldn't help but mutter a sarcastic remark.

　Emma glared at her and said, "There is definitely a difference in the strength of the magic cards, but the difference is not obvious. The main difference is in the level of tactics and techniques, which doesn't seem to be particularly high either."

　“Not necessarily,” Dark said. “There’s a term called forced error. The close combat between Mars and Bedley was too intense, which inevitably lowered their magic level. Overall, compared to the average strength of the lower-grade contestants, they are still better.”

　“Instead of discussing these things, let’s see who the academy team will send out in the next duel,” Witt said, shaking his head.

　But his voice

　As soon as he finished speaking, Dark said, "The next duel should be with Winnie-senpai. After all, she's one of only two fifth-year students."

　In the second duel, the senior students of St. Marian Academy sent out the "Winter's Daughter"—Wineskadi—from the fifth-year magic academy!

　Upon stepping onto the dueling arena, Winnie instantly became serious. The temperature around her plummeted, naturally drawing in a large amount of ice elemental energy.

　Ice vortexes even appeared on both sides of her body.

　This overwhelming control over ice-type abilities instantly reminded people of Quintina Nos in the previous match.

　"Ice Sprite!"

　Darke suddenly opened his eyes wide and spoke.

　Winnie, without anyone noticing, gained the Ice Spirit's approval and became an Ice Spirit Master!

　Aurora couldn't help but show surprise; she was also an ice spirit user. But in terms of purity, she was clearly inferior to Winiscatti.

　In fact, she was far from being a skilled elf user, and was on a completely different level compared to Professor Sylph, who could transform into the wind.

　Winnie, who had only recently become a spirit user, already seemed to be ahead of her in the realm of ice spirit users.

　However, only those who are also Spirit Users can perceive this information relatively easily.

　At this moment, the students from the Holy Mystic Academy who had entered the dueling arena did not recognize him at all.

　After their first victory, the Holy Ritual Academy pressed their advantage and sent out an even stronger competitor than the "Thunder Knight"—the "Holy Light Knight" Percivalis.

　Percivalis was the most devout of the twelve Knights of the Round Table. She attended the College of the Holy Child and minored as a priest, not a paladin.

　The "Knight of Light" is a knight of redemption, symbolizing salvation and rebirth. Persivalis, who inherited the name "Knight of Light," is highly skilled in "healing" and "resurrection."

　She is a relatively pure magic-based class, specializing in supporting magical spirits, making them stronger and more durable. Even if she dies in battle, she can be resurrected, making her an extremely difficult duelist.

　After confirming that her opponent was Winiskadi, Percy immediately restructured her deck during the preparation phase, replacing it with Magical Spirits, which are more resistant to freezing, and adding a large number of Magical Cards that can remove abnormal statuses.

　She was very well prepared, and her magical skills were extremely high.

　At the start of the battle, she cast holy light on herself to resist abnormal statuses.

　Then it turned into an ice sculpture.

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　It can only be said that prior preparation did indeed play a role.

　Percy Varis didn't simply disappear after being turned into an ice sculpture. The holy light she cast upon herself instantly burst forth, freeing her from her frozen state. Immediately afterward, she summoned a light and fire-elemental magical spirit—[Holy Flame Candle].

　Suddenly, a sacred and warm candlelight emanated from the candlestick-like magical elf, slightly raising the temperature around it and relieving the biting cold that was spreading throughout its body.

　Fire is the type that is most immune to ice.

　In Percy Varis's magical spirits, "fire" refers to "sacred fire."

　She built her current deck around the theme of "Holy Fire." However, if simple attribute advantage could defeat "Winter's Daughter," Winnie Skadi wouldn't be such a popular duelist with so many fans.

　She has extensive experience in combat with "reverse attributes" and even possesses magic cards that can freeze even "fire"!

　Therefore, when facing the "Holy Knight" who summoned "Holy Fire", Winnie simply drew a Magic Card from the Duel Disk as usual and then infused it with magic power to summon it.

　This is the second Magic Card after "Ice Ray" - "Ice Eden"!

　The secret to the rapid casting of spell cards lies in the fact that the "magic infusion" and "magic construction" processes have been completed in advance within the card. However, magic is an intangible thing, and in terms of "magic storage," spell cards are far inferior to magic spirit cards, and may even gradually lose magic over time.

　Therefore, mages need to frequently replenish the magic power of magic cards in order to keep them in a state where they can be summoned and activated at any time.

　Even so, some high-level magic cards still require a large amount of magic power to be added during the summoning and activation process in order to complete the spellcasting.

　This is actually a "process defect".

　When a mage creates a high-level magic card, they may be unable to create a magic card that can hold enough magic power, or the "construction" of the spell itself may not be sufficient to hold enough magic power for a long time.

　In short, there are many reasons for this, and they are generally difficult to resolve. The end result of this flaw is that when a mage uses a high-level spell card, even though the summoning activation only takes three seconds, the time required to infuse the magic power is often much longer than that.

　However, this number will still be far lower than the preparation time for a normal mage.

　Moreover, if a mage's magic transfer rate is fast enough, this time can be reduced to an almost imperceptible degree.

　Therefore, the potential of a mage is still higher than that of a regular spellcaster. After becoming an ice spirit user, Winnie Skadi further expanded her already extremely wide magic transmission channels, increasing the magic transmission rate to an incredibly high level.

　This meant that she no longer experienced the "sluggishness" she used to have when using high-level magic cards.

　Her casting speed was incredibly smooth; after three seconds of activation, the phantom of "Ice Eden" appeared in the air above the arena.

　It was a vast palace formed by glaciers, reflecting the sunlight like glass, refracting seven colors, dreamlike and beautiful.

　At this very moment, Percy Varis had just summoned the "Candles of the Sacred Flame".

　That was a three-star magical spirit, whose special move was "Candlelight Dinner," which could summon a "Gluttonous Sacred Beast."

　"Gluttonous Beast" is a sacred beast that feeds on holy light. It can be Special Summoned from the Deck by offering any magical spirit that can generate holy light as a tribute.

　However, the star rating of the "Gluttonous Beast" that is specially summoned depends on the level of the offering.

　"Candlelight Dinner" is a special move that can raise the level of the "Sacred Candle" offering by one level.