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

　Although she herself is not proud of it, the gifts brought by her background do have a real effect.

　Winnie Skadi has a wide range of skills, but she prefers to build decks around ice-type magical spirits.

　This is related to the nature of her own magic and her lineage.

　Her "Ice Maiden" is beautiful and powerful, extremely popular, and is one of the few magical spirits with a popularity rating of A.

　Therefore, most viewers who knew her well believed that she was bound to win.

　Winnie Skadi's rival is Tom Nixon of Fools' House. Although he gradually shows promise after moving up to his third year, he ultimately can't match Winnie's popularity.

　Tom Nixon was born into poverty. His mother was an ordinary woman whose only skill was sewing.

　The father was an unknown orc who had been missing for many years.

　Before Tom was recruited into the college, the family of four, including his two sisters, could barely make ends meet on his mother's meager income.

　It wasn't until he was recruited into the academy that his family's financial situation improved significantly thanks to the scholarships subsidized by the academy.

　Therefore, Tom Nixon was very grateful to the Academy.

　Through his own hard work, he climbed his way up from the bottom of the class when he entered school. Now he has finally become an outstanding student in the third year.

　His duel with Winnie Skadi can be seen as an opportunity for him to prove himself.

　Therefore, he made ample preparations for this duel, and was very serious and cautious.

　In contrast, Winnie Skadi appeared very casual.

　Even after she stepped onto the contestant's stage, she couldn't bear to put down the booklet in her hand.

　Only after the referee blew the whistle did both sides put their decks on the table and prepare for battle!

　……

　The outcome of the battle was unexpected, yet somehow reasonable.

　Winnie Skadi, who hadn't actually put much effort into this tournament, didn't receive a response from the deck.

　And Tom Nixon, who was dedicated enough, such as

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　They reaped the fruits of victory as they had hoped.

　……

　With this, the first round of the lower grades group, consisting of four matches, has finally come to an end.

　The winners are, in order:

　First year, Noble Academy, Dark Dimon.

　Second year, the academy of nobles, Mary Bond.

　Third year, Noble Academy, Stuart Fern.

　Third grade, The Fools' House, Tom Nixon.

　……

　Four people advanced, three of whom were from the House of Nobles, and the only green dot was Tom Nixon from the House of Fools.

　Although there were many other factors involved, such as the fact that many top students didn't want to join in the fun and didn't participate at all...

　Even so, the dominance of the Noble House in the lower grades is evident.

　……

　The final match of the first round for the senior group, which followed immediately, also began amidst the cheers of the audience.

　In the end, the fourth-year student narrowly won, defeating a fifth-year student.

　Thus, one sixth-grade student, two fifth-grade students, and one fourth-grade student from the senior group advanced to the second round.

　Among them, "Dragon Slayer" Luke Becky is a fifth-year student at the Fools' House.

　"Baron of the Night" Noah Sharp is a fifth-year student at the Knight Academy.

　The only sixth-year contestant was a student from the Magic Academy.

　The final fourth-year contestants were students from the Noble Academy.

　……

　The Easter Duel Festival thus entered its second round of main competition.

　"It's finally starting, the second round."

　Dak straightened his collar and stood up.

　After he stood up, Pandora suddenly placed the toad grass and baby dragon she was holding on his seat.

　Dak turned around in confusion.

　Pandora laughed and said, "Anyway, you're not coming back, so I'll just leave it."

　Dark said helplessly, "The senior students in the second round are all very strong."

　Diana leaned in and said with a grin, "You're sure to win, right? I'm so curious to know what's in the winner's prize!"

　Rose hummed in agreement and nodded vigorously.

　Dark scratched his head and could only say, "I'll do my best."

　People are so pretentious. They clearly came here with the intention of winning, but they only admit it when someone brings it up.

　Dark stepped out of the loop with cheerful strides and disappeared into the entrance of the players' tunnel.

　In order to make the audience "remember" who the winners were, he also had to go on stage with several other contestants.

　……

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Chapter 391 Darkdemon is not a hero (4k)

　“嗨。104;116;116;112;58;47;47;119;119;119;46;50;99;121;120;115;119;46;99;111;109;47;”

　Dark found Senior Ma Li in the contestant tunnel and took the initiative to greet her.

　Of the four lower-grade contestants who advanced to the second round, only senior student Ma Li could actually say a few words.

　Mary Bond tossed her head back, straightened her hair, and said, "Luckily, we all advanced."

　Dark walked over with a smile: "Good luck."

　Ma Li then turned to the stage: "Let's go. I hope we don't run into you again. I think I might not be your match now."

　Dark: "Senior is really amazing."

　“You little rascal,” Marie couldn’t help but chuckle. “No wonder you can get along so well with Doragon. You have such a sweet tongue.”

　Dark looked at this senior who was only a year older than him but acted like she had been through it all, and smiled helplessly.

　They only walked onto the stage together after all eight contestants who had advanced had arrived.

　During a break in the competition, a senior student from the academy of nobles was performing a violin piece on stage.

　When they arrived backstage, Judy raised her hand and gently pressed down, signaling them to be a little quieter.

　The senior student's violin playing was superb; it was so captivating that you couldn't help but be mesmerized.

　A few minutes later, he stopped playing, and Judy took the microphone and went on stage.

　"Please welcome the eight finalists to the stage!"

　Then Dark and others appeared one after another.

　This time, there was no need for interviews, and Judy had the staff bring over two more long tables.

　Each table has four colored eggs. Eight contestants need to crack open the eggs simultaneously and take out a new number card.

　Then, the remaining race schedule is determined based on the license plate numbers.

　These schedules could have been planned behind the scenes. But doing so definitely makes the audience feel more involved.

　"The lower grade group is over here, and the upper grade group is over there."

　Judy separated the eight contestants one by one.

　Dak then took the first seat at the long table on the left.

　Standing to his right were Mary Bond, Stuart Fowne, and Tom Nixon.

　Once all eight contestants were in position, Judy said with a smile, "Don't forget to pick up your hammers. When I count to three, we'll all strike together."

　"I'm still playing freezer, one, two, three..."

　Dak picked up the small hammer and suddenly felt like he was playing a game with his kindergarten friends...

　He shook his head, trying to shake off the feeling, and as Judy's countdown ended, he slammed the hammer down.

　"Smack!" x8

　All eight Easter eggs were smashed at the same time.

　The audience held their breath, as if they were experiencing the same thing.

　"Bang bang bang!"

　Eight colored eggs simultaneously emitted dazzling fireworks, forming four different red and four different blue numbers in the air that lingered for a long time.

　"Wasn't it supposed to be a license plate number?"

　The contestants harbored complaints, but they still subconsciously looked up to memorize the numbers.

　"Number 2?"

　Dark glanced at the bright red number 2 above his head, then turned to look at the number of the player next to him.

　Mary Bond's number is 4.

　Stuart Fowne's number is 1.

　Tom Nixon's number is 3.

　According to the schedule, No. 1 vs. No. 2, No. 3 vs. No. 4, and then the winners of the two groups will compete in the final.

　"So, he's going to be my opponent in the next match?"

　Following the number 1, Dark couldn't help but look at Stuart Fern, who was one seat away from him.

　This third-year student from the aristocratic academy had dark features.

　She has a soft, center-parted hairstyle with long, brown hair, deep black eyes, and fair but slightly rough skin.

　As he turned his head to look, Stuart Fern also turned his head to look at him.

　The moment their eyes met, Stuart Fown couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a somewhat cruel smile.

　Then he grinned and said silently, "Got you."

　……

　Annular belt.

　Angus Jeffrey, the president of the Society for the Study of Aristocratic History, almost simultaneously wore similar smiles.

　He clasped his hands together, supporting his chin, his expression sinister.

　Yu whispered, "Owen, who do you think will win between the two of them?"

　Mike Irving was truly helpless. He had consciously sat in the back corner, but for some reason, Jeffrey had pulled him to his side again.

　After this move came to his side, Jeffrey remained silent, leaving him hanging, which made him even more embarrassed.

　I never expected Jeffrey to ask such a question at this moment.

　He could only analyze, "Dark Dimon's deck is very strong, and the intelligence level of the Magical Spirit is extremely high, which is what makes him special, but he lacks in chaining. If you don't know him well enough, it might be difficult to deal with. But Stewart's deck... well, how should I put it, he should be the least afraid of this kind of deck that relies purely on Magical Spirit. So I think Stewart's win rate is higher."

　Jeffrey asked in surprise, "Are you so sure Stuart will be here?"

　"Win? Dark Dimon just beat you."

　Mike Irving gave a wry smile: "Unexpected."