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

　But after suddenly realizing this, Lady Odas let out a cold laugh and accelerated again!

　His body was almost semi-elemental as he moved at high speed, significantly faster than in any of his previous duels.

　It's clear that in this match, it wasn't just a few people who improved. Quintina sensed Reddy Odas's rapid approach and her heart sank. She immediately drew a spell card from her Duel Disk and set up a Wind Field behind him to slow Reddy Odas down by disrupting the wind element.

　But Lady Odas's lips moved rapidly, and a magic card in his hand lit up almost simultaneously. Under the effect of that card, his entire body was suddenly enveloped in an electric current, and he instantly transformed into lightning, flashing through the wind field. He appeared in front of Quintina as if by teleportation.

　Quintina was not good at close combat, and with no cards left to play, she was no match for Lady Odas.

　A flash of lightning, and her body was struck by Lady Odas's punch, flying backwards towards the wind field like a kite with a broken string.

　But a glance revealed that in the distant projection, Chloe's shadowy form was still playing hide-and-seek with Randolph around a building.

　She immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, a sense of unease rising in her heart that the two might be rigging the match.

　She then fell into the wind field, but was not trapped. Instead, she suddenly waved her hands forward, guiding the violently turbulent wind elements to gather around her, turning into a hurricane to protect her, and then flew straight up into the sky.

　Although her control over the wind element is not as good as her control over the lightning element, it is still beyond the reach of ordinary people.

　Moreover, this wind field was magic she herself released, so she could make better use of it.

　But if that's all she's capable of, she still won't be able to escape from Lady Odas.

　In her anxiety, she looked at the duel projection much more often.

　During one of her spying sessions, she suddenly froze, only to see Chloe, who was playing "hide-and-seek" with Randolph, plummeting straight down from the sky without warning, followed by Randolph's maniacal laughter.

　"Mental attack, or a curse or some other kind of spell?" Such thoughts suddenly flashed through Quintina's mind.

　But before she could even rejoice at Chloe's fall, Lady Odas was already upon her again.

　She only had time to gather the wind elements around her and push them forward before she was blasted away by another punch from Lady Odas!

　After that punch was delivered, Lady Odas was blown away by the wind element. Quintina, who had been hit by punches in succession, felt as if her internal organs were about to burst, her whole body was in excruciating pain, her condition was extremely poor, and she was almost unconscious.

　But in the corner of her eye, Chloe, who had inexplicably fallen, was suddenly caught by her magical spirit and instantly disappeared into the shadows with him. His "loss of consciousness" was actually fake!

　"He's acting, and he's acting for me!"

　Quintina realized it almost immediately, then gritted her teeth and her drowsy consciousness instantly cleared.

　"If we're going to fight, then let's keep going!"

　……

　"That's really intense."

　Dark watched the projection of the duel between the two for a while and couldn't help but sigh. He had expected them to fight, but he hadn't anticipated the way it would unfold. Especially Chloe, who had even started acting! If Quintina hadn't been cautious enough, she might have actually been fooled. Once a person loses their goal, they easily lose heart.

　If Quintina were truly certain that Chloe had lost, she might faint on the spot.

　The physical condition of the two has now diverged significantly.

　Quintina's injuries were clearly very serious, while Chloe had only suffered minor, superficial injuries.

　Of course, considering that his opponent was Randolph Agnes of the Sea Soul Clan, his injuries might only be superficial.

　His performance just now might not have been entirely fake; the psychological trauma he suffered at the level of consciousness must have been quite severe.

　Both sides are now truly competing to see who can hold out the longest. "Kim, who do you think will win?"

　Pandora suddenly stopped beside him and casually asked, "Why?" Dark thought for a moment and finally said, "It should be Chloe." "Why?" Pandora asked curiously.

　Dark said, "It's nothing, it's just that I think it's a miracle that Quintina has made it this far."

　Pandora finally smiled and said, "I think so too." After all, only Pandora herself knew just how badly Quintina was behaving, having personally brought her down to the mortal realm. In her opinion, Quintina should have left "Duel City" immediately after their duel to receive treatment, instead of continuing to compete like this—it was practically risking her life!

　However, everyone has their own strengths. We should learn to see people's positive qualities.

　She never used to look at these things, but now, I don't know who influenced her, she's become a bit "nagging and gossipy".

　But it's not so bad that it turned out this way.

　The competition between Quintina and Chloe ultimately ended with Quintina's defeat.

　As Dark said, it's a miracle she's lasted this long. She suffered more physical injuries in this duel. But before the duel even began, her mental injuries were already very serious. And these aren't things that can be healed simply by resting.

　Quintina should have lost long ago.

　If she hadn't been able to see Chloe's condition through the projection, she probably wouldn't have been able to grit her teeth and hold on until now.

　However, she held on for a really long time, so long that Chloe was almost at her breaking point.

　It's often said that women have greater endurance than men, and now it seems there's some truth to that.

　Not long after Quintina collapsed, Chloe followed suit, also losing consciousness on the spot—he had long been under Randolph's curse and had been enduring mental torment, but now he was finally free.

　Therefore, even when he lost consciousness, he still had a smile on his lips.

　...

　"It's regrettable, but it seems the Royal Academy of the Kingdom can only go so far."

　Dark withdrew his gaze and walked towards the group with Pandora. He then offered Sara a few words of comfort before watching her leave "Duel City" and return to the base.

　After this round of "duel time," many things that were previously uncertain have become certain.

　First, the Royal Academy of the Kingdom achieved a sixth-place ranking.

　Although the final result was very regrettable.

　However, judging from the public opinion before today's competition, this sixth-place ranking is actually quite good.

　Before the competition began these past two days, probably no one would have thought that the Royal Academy of the Kingdom could actually get sixth place.

　Quintina was powerful, but she was only one person, and no one expected that she could actually carry a team this far.

　And she was just a hair's breadth away from single-handedly leading the team to fifth place.

　Unfortunately, the Elf Magic Academy still managed to secure fifth place. Their goal was actually fourth, but since War Totem Academy was eliminated in seventh, their fifth-place finish was still quite satisfactory.

　In short, after giving it their all, although they felt regret, they could accept the outcome to some extent.

　Their college did not seem particularly dissatisfied with this.

　Among the cheers from the audience, the majority were supporters.

　When the two left "Duel City," they were greeted with cheers from the crowd, which made it all worthwhile.

　"almost."

　Back at the Blue Restaurant, Dak and the others began to analyze the situation.

　After this round of duels, only two people remain in the Holy Mystic Academy: "Judgment Knight" Saint Zachary Lanslot and "Holy Light Knight" Percivalis.

　The Ocean Magic Academy and Sky Magic Academy have relatively more students, but they are still no more than five in number.

　St. Maryan Academy, on the other hand, still has a full ten students left, more than the Ocean Magic Academy and Sky Magic Academy combined!

　At this point in the competition, the entire situation has changed in ways that were probably unimaginable before the start of the match.

　No one could have predicted that the game would turn out this way.

　What was originally a chaotic battle between various academies has now almost turned into a battle royale with St. Marian Academy as the "Demon King".

　Moreover, it's only a little past noon now, and there's still a long time until exactly 8 PM.

　At this point, anyone could see that if the match were to proceed as scheduled, it probably wouldn't last until exactly 8 PM.

　And who gets second place, who gets third, and who gets fourth seems to depend entirely on the whims of St. Mary's College.

　This alone made the supporters of the other colleges feel extremely uncomfortable.

　"We can be the Nth, but we must never be the Nth who is given charity." That's roughly the feeling.

　And it wasn't just the supporters of the various academies; even the contestants from those academies shared similar sentiments.

　The players' ideas were even more radical. They loathed this overly passive situation and simply couldn't accept waiting for "death to call their name."

　With only two people left at the Holy Church Mystic Academy, there was nothing more they could do.

　The Sky Magic Academy and Ocean Magic Academy have a relatively large number of participants, clearly aiming to secure victory.

　But in this situation, how can one secure victory?

　There is only one answer.

　The goal is to eliminate all opponents before "Death Calls" your name!

　When the simulation proceeds to

　At this point, Dark realized that even if they didn't participate in the upcoming duel, the remaining three academies would fight each other on their own.

　However, for St. Marian Academy, it seems meaningless no matter how much the three academies fight amongst themselves.

　After all, their current goal is very clear: to end this game as soon as possible.

　Just like in a market economy, no matter how much the three colleges fight amongst themselves, their points only circulate among themselves and do not end up in the hands of St. Marian College.

　Only with the participation of St. Mary's Academy can the number of points circulating in the market be truly reduced.

　However, if we just sit and watch the three academies fight amongst themselves, the points will naturally flow to a minority of people, which is very advantageous to St. Marian Academy.

　After all, even St. Marian Academy isn't without its weaknesses. As the number of opponents decreases, St. Marian Academy's advantage will only grow.

　While the three academies were fighting each other, St. Marian Academy was able to conserve its energy and improve its condition.

　At the current number of people, temporarily standing aside and observing is a more advantageous option.

　Therefore, they quickly reached a consensus on this.

　And when the next "duel time" begins, choose to remain on the sidelines.

　As expected, the Sky Magic Academy and the Ocean Magic Academy mobilized!

　Even though the multiplier for this duel was only "3", they did not ignore it.

　Because all of them have only a few points left in their individual player rankings.

　But it's different from the previous rounds of "duel time".

　This time, neither the Sky Magic Academy nor the Ocean Magic Academy took to the skies. Instead, they simply moved through the streets and alleys, carefully concealing their movements so that it was impossible to determine their location from above.

　Their purpose in doing so was not only to avoid being discovered by St. Marian Academy, but also to get closer to their opponents more discreetly!

　Halfway through this round of "duel time", Sky Magic Academy and Ocean Magic Academy found the last two members of Holy Mystic Academy at almost the same time!

　It was obvious that they had once again reached a consensus without any prior communication.

　The key to victory lies in eliminating all opponents. Currently, the weakest opponent is naturally the Holy Church Mystic Academy. Eliminating the Holy Church Mystic Academy first would be a mutually beneficial move.

　Both the Sky Magic Academy and the Ocean Magic Academy watched their opponent with extreme vigilance.

　Then, the two of them, one on each side, once again fiercely divided up the two contestants from the Holy Church Mystic Ritual Academy!

　"The Knight of Judgment" Saint Zacharias and "The Knight of Light" Percivalis.

　Even with the situation so dire, the two continued to discuss countermeasures. After careful deliberation, they placed their hopes on St. Marian Academy.

　They are currently outnumbered and outmatched. If they want to accumulate points and achieve a higher ranking, their only option is to follow behind St. Mary's Academy and "pick up the scraps".

　Alternatively, they could hide completely and wait until the Sky Magic Academy and the Ocean Magic Academy leave before them.

　However, neither of these two scenarios was achieved.

　St. Marian Academy suddenly withdrew in this round, choosing to observe. They also failed to remain hidden, and were discovered during this very round of "duel time."

　Left with no other choice, the two had to brace themselves and prepare for the surprise attack from the Sky Magic Academy and the Ocean Magic Academy.

　Then, they both lost!

　At this crucial moment, the contestants from Sky Magic Academy and Ocean Magic Academy could no longer hold back in the slightest.

　Both sides had their captains personally take action, aiming for a "no surprises" outcome.

　After this round of duels ended, Percivalis, the "Holy Knight" who already had very few points left, was directly expelled from the "Duel City".

　The Holy Mystic Academy is now left with only Saint Zachary Lancelot as its sole heir.

　He took advantage of the "duel protection time" and fled quickly into the distance.

　Neither the Sky Magic Academy nor the Ocean Magic Academy stood in their way.

　Then, when the next round of "duel time" begins again.

　Both the Sky Magic Academy and the Ocean Magic Academy accurately located Saint Zaga Lilanslot from a secluded place!

　Saint Zachary Lanslot suddenly experienced the situation Quintina and Chloe had been in before.