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

　Doron was overjoyed to see the sudden influx of points. Edwin and the others on the other side also burst into laughter, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

　But the real "treasure hunt" is not over yet. Even if the points have been allocated, the treasure chest still contains extremely valuable items, making it still worth fighting for.

　Moreover, there's still half an hour left in the match. If they can seize this opportunity to reduce the number of opponents, it's not impossible for them to catch up in points later.

　Everyone's thoughts changed in an instant.

　The Fool's House team was closest to the treasure chest and almost instinctively chose to snatch the treasure inside.

　Meanwhile, the Magic Academy's forces launched an attack on the Noble Academy without hesitation!

　The three-person team from the sixth year of the Noble Academy were still immersed in the excitement of gaining points when they were caught off guard.

　The Magic Academy's opponents went all out and eliminated a sixth-year member of the Noble Academy on the spot.

　Edwin reacted immediately and signaled another teammate to retreat. They joined Rose and Doron to form a four-person team, and without seeking revenge for the teammate who had just been eliminated, they retreated instantly.

　When the fourth-year students from the Knights Academy arrived, they saw the teams from the Magic Academy and the Fools Academy locked in a fierce battle.

　Edwin's goal was very clear: to grab points. As for treasures or grudges...

　Where is the "hatred"?

　It's just a necessary sacrifice for fair competition.

　He judged that he could not defeat the teams from the other two departments in a short time, so he withdrew from the battle without hesitation, not even glancing at the treasure in the chest.

　With the addition of points from the super-large rare treasure chest, the Magic Academy's total points have finally widened the gap with the Noble Academy to a certain extent.

　But the game is not over yet, and complacency now would only give the opponent an opportunity.

　After leaving the battlefield, he immediately shared the clues he had with Rose and Doron, and then they split up to continue searching for new rare treasure chests.

　Inside the palace in the sky garden.

　Dark breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the gap in points between the Noble Academy and the Magic Academy had finally widened. But he immediately noticed that Senior Pandora was frowning, so he straightened his face and pretended that nothing had happened.

　Although both of them had made it clear that they would not participate in this year's Academy Cup, their sense of honor and will to survive for their respective academies were still impossible to relinquish. He would be happy to see the Noble Academy in the lead, and Pandora naturally hoped that the Magic Academy would also lead.

　With Pandora absent, the current leader in the Magic Academy is actually the fifth-year student Winiscat.

　But Winnie did not lead the team to victory.

　The failure to win the treasure chest points this time has put the Magic Academy in a very unfavorable situation.

　Winnie, however, was still engaged in a futile battle with the Fools' House team. "The Fools' House is only last in the rankings; what difference does it make if we eliminate all three of their sixth-year students?"

　—That's probably what Pandora was thinking.

　But the fighting in that area has become increasingly difficult to stop.

　In the end, Winnie's team successfully eliminated a sixth-year student from Fool's House. However, the other two Fool's House students managed to escape with some of the treasures.

　As for the three fourth-year members of the Knights Academy, they suffered an undeserved misfortune, losing two of them on the spot.

　Winnie took the remaining treasures from the chest before hurrying on to search for new rare chests.

　With less than half an hour left in the competition, all the remaining contestants were giving it their all, and the scores of the four departments were increasing rapidly.

　Angie discovered a new rare treasure chest in the secret room. After some effort, she solved the puzzle and successfully obtained the chest.

　Anna has found the floor boss and is challenging him alone. If she wins, she will definitely get the treasure chest.

　Heidi defeated the terrifying monster that had suddenly appeared and followed its path to discover a secret passage leading to the lower level. She plunged in and found a lower chamber containing two ordinary treasure chests and one rare treasure chest.

　Klein successfully navigated the maze and entered the treasure vault at its center, where he faced the boss.

　Shrek defeated the humanoid monster, opened the seven-colored crystal treasure chest, and earned a large number of points for the Knights Academy in one go.

　After the chaotic battle, Winnie continued her search for rare treasure chests. She seemed to have had clues about two rare treasure chests from the beginning, and found and opened them in an extremely short time, thus making up for some of the gap.

　But Edwin and Rose also found new treasure chests...

　"Duang!"

　The clock finally struck eight o'clock.

　This year's Dungeon Fighter Tournament has come to an end.

　The players had not yet left the dungeon, but the points calculation had already stopped completely at that moment.

　All eyes were instantly drawn to the rankings of the four departments.

　“Phew…” Dark let out a breath.

　The Magic Academy's catch-up momentum was exceptionally strong, and it almost narrowed the gap with the Noble Academy to within ten thousand points.

　The rankings, from top to bottom, are: ① The House of Nobles

　② Magic Academy ③ Knight Academy ④ Fool's Academy

　However, after adding the points converted from academic credits, the total points ranking of the four colleges so far is:

　①House of Nobles

　② Magic Academy ③ Fool's Academy ④ Knight Academy

　The final result was that the Noble Academy had a total score that was just over 10,000 points higher than the Magic Academy.

　The point difference between the Magic Academy and the Fool's Academy is around 5,000. The point difference between the Fool's Academy and the Knights Academy is only 2,000. This means that the Magic Academy, the Fool's Academy, and the Knights Academy are all on the same level.

　In the subsequent duel competition, the Fool's House and the Knights House only need one more win than the Magic House to surpass them.

　For the Fools' House, Knights' House, and Magic House to surpass the Noble House, they need two more wins.

　The Noble Academy's contestants successfully gained a significant advantage for the academy in this dungeon battle!

　Whether they can successfully win the Academy Cup will depend on their performance in the subsequent duel matches.

　In the duel competition, apart from Dark and Pandora who explicitly stated they would not participate, all the other top players from the academies were present.

　If Gina Grant can return in time, Fools' House will have a significant advantage in the sixth-year competition, an advantage they haven't had in recent years.

　Therefore, it's far too early to pop the champagne.

　But we should still be happy if we can be.

　Darke shared a drink with Diana, who had excitedly run over, then glanced sideways at Pandora and took only a small sip.

　Pandora remained silent, simply filling a glass of red wine, dividing it into two, and glaring at him fiercely. Dak then "obediently" picked up his glass and drank the wine with her again.

　As the red wine entered my stomach, a warm feeling rose within me.

　He wasn't drunk, but he felt slightly hot and a little irritable, thinking that he really shouldn't drink too much alcohol.

　With the end of the dungeon battle, the projections in the circular palace also came to an end.

　Without its "backdrop," the ball seemed a little monotonous for a moment. But not long after, Zeus, the "King of the Gods," ascended the platform where the projection had been placed, propelling the evening's banquet to its next climax.

　Chi stood on the stage and announced something that was either a sudden whim or something that had been planned for a long time.

　In short, Dark saw unexpected surprise on the faces of the many gods in his robes.

　Zeus, the "King of the Gods," announces that he will establish a kingdom on Earth!

　At this moment, many people present were still immersed in the atmosphere of the end of the dungeon battle, and the gods were also used to Zeus's sudden appearance on stage.

　Unexpectedly, Pao would suddenly make such a declaration at this time.

　Zeus's declaration of establishing a kingdom caused a huge sensation. Everyone present, including the members of Athena's camp who were still struggling to answer the questions, stopped thinking and were extremely shocked.

　After a while.

　Dark heard Hermes whispering not far away: "It's not that monks can't establish a kingdom, but couldn't you discuss it with your brothers first?"

　He thus concluded that Zeus's declaration was not a collective plan of the twelve gods. Logically, the twelve gods were currently focused on the "Way of the Magic Gods," planning to build the heavens into a "Way of the Magic Gods." The collection of faith was merely a routine deployment, because the gods were currently overwhelmed and needed to devote all their energy to the construction of the "Way of the Magic Gods" and the "Way of the Magic Gods."

　Matters like establishing a nation on earth should have been considered only after the "Magic Path" was forged; there's no need for such hasty and short-sighted actions.

　Zeus's declaration was most likely a "sudden whim"!

　In other words, inspiration struck!

　"Could it be that he spent two days chatting with those kings and even developed his own kingly fantasies?"

　Dark couldn't understand Zeus's thought process, and since he felt he couldn't stop Zeus's behavior, he quickly switched to a "spectator" mentality.

　In short, let them establish a nation. Even if they build an empire larger than the Kingdom of Yunic, what does it have to do with them?

　He quickly calmed down and waited for Zeus to continue his performance.

　Zeus's subsequent performance indeed surprised the "friendly nations".

　He actually invited many of the kings he had invited to the stage and had them speak on his behalf about "the necessity of establishing a new country"!

　This is absolutely outrageous.

　Dark clearly saw that "Lionheart" Heartless Leon's face had turned liver-colored.

　"I heard their previous tea party theme was 'The Cultivation of a King,' I wonder if they can still maintain that cultivation now..."

　Dark knew that if he were to put himself in their shoes and try to understand their perspective, he would find it difficult to laugh.

　But he's not a "king"... all I can say is that he's always smiling.

　From an absolutely objective perspective, this is truly a rare source of amusement.

　However, as the young master of the Dimon family, he was somewhat involved in the rise and fall of the kingdom, so he couldn't treat it as mere amusement.

　Because anyone who uses their brain to think can imagine the devastating impact Zeus would have on the current political systems of humans and subhumans if he were to establish a kingdom.

　The first to take the stage was "King Felmodov of the Dwarves." The old fellow stood there, spitting as he passionately proclaimed his support for Zeus's (the "King of the Gods") founding of the kingdom.

　If one didn't know he was the king of the dwarf kingdom, one might really think he was Zeus's number one supporter of founding the kingdom.

　However, Dark thought for a moment, what if the dwarf king really moved the entire dwarf kingdom into Zeus's realm after Zeus established his kingdom?

　Wouldn't he then become Zeus's number one contributor to the founding of the kingdom?

　Dak opened his mouth wide and looked at the "Dwarf King" again, and surprisingly saw a deeply hidden "loyalty" on that equally liver-colored face.

　"No, it must be my imagination!"

　Dak shook his head abruptly. After all, Firemer was the head of a country; he shouldn't be like that.

　The biggest obstacle to Zeus's founding of his kingdom was not humankind, but the other gods who were also among the twelve.

　Because once Chi establishes a nation, it will be equivalent to keeping all the intelligent life that has migrated into its country under its control, and building a "divine kingdom on earth".

　At that time, the people of the country will take the robe as their sole belief, and naturally, the robe god will no longer be a part of their faith.

　Even if the people are not prohibited from worshipping the king's god, it is unlikely that they will worship any god other than the king.

　Unless, he founded the country in the name of the "Twelve Gods" and did not become king himself.

　But Dark couldn't discern that intention from Zeus's speech. Zeus clearly aspired to be king, which would inevitably create conflict with the gods. Dark lowered his eyelids and quickly glanced around, noticing that while the other gods' expressions were somewhat unusual, there was no obvious "anger."

　As he pondered the question, he saw the second king ascend the podium to preside over the speech.

　The second person to take the stage to speak was the dwarf king.

　Dwarves are creatures that live underground. Unlike dwarves and goblins, they hardly ever move on the ground.

　Because they are closely related to dwarves, they are also known as (grey dwarves).

　The civilization of dwarves is not very advanced, but they possess the core technology of underground mining. They currently cooperate with dwarves and goblins and are a minority tribe.

　Compared to the "Dwarf King's" overt and covert hints, the "Dwarf King" was very blatant after taking the stage, stating directly that he would lead the entire dwarf race to serve Zeus and provide him with the most advanced urban sewer construction technology to build his empire.

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　The dwarf king's open surrender seemed to have surprised even Zeus himself.

　Dark could sense that he was barely suppressing a smile when he looked at the "Dwarf King".

　But then, as if he had pre-arranged this with the "Dwarf King," he clapped and laughed loudly, "Excellent! Excellent! Truly worthy of being my chosen 'Chosen One'!"

　A flicker of surprise flashed in the "Dwarf King's" eyes, but it was quickly overwhelmed by a surge of joy.

　Zeus, the "King of the Gods," clearly did not pre-select the second type of "Chosen Ones." However, he did stipulate a necessary condition for being chosen as one of the second type of "Chosen Ones," which was to relinquish the throne!

　To become Zeus's "messenger" and spread his faith, one could not possibly be a "king".

　Therefore, giving up one's own throne is a prerequisite for becoming Zeus's second type of "chosen one".

　The "Dwarf King's" decisive choice earned him this opportunity.