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He looked down and couldn't help but smile.
But after last night's experience, he quickly suppressed his smile, recited a few lines from "The Memorial to the Throne" repeatedly, and then bent down to pick up the flower cards on the ground.
Love's threads stretch for thousands of miles; the pure white datura is a tender flower of love, and those who see this flower will have their evil removed.
Dark infused a wisp of magic into the flower card, and the little Eevee that appeared on the card gave him the best morning greeting.
Today is another refreshing day.
……
With Warcraft Studies not yet in session, there's only one dueling class on Fridays.
That being said, the dueling class was deliberately scheduled for Friday mornings so that it could run as long as it wanted...
Today's class is still being held together by all four colleges.
The class will be held in Arena 2.
Before eight o'clock, almost all the first-year students had arrived at the battle arena. Most of them were eager to try and were full of anticipation for their first duel match.
Even though this so-called elite mode is just a stripped-down version of the real duels, nobody cares!
Just being able to play, just being able to shout "My turn!" is enough to make the first-year students happy for a long time.
Of course, there are also unhappy people.
After all, not everyone can complete the creation of a "magical beast" within a week.
Yesterday
During the magic class that day, many students were penalized for not completing their creations.
Robert would have been one of them without Witt's generous help.
Since class hadn't started yet, Dak found a bench to rest on and sat down.
Not long after, Diana and Rose squeezed through.
"Dark, who do you think will win today's match?" Diana asked cheerfully.
Dark smiled and said, "It's just a competition within the classroom."
"Ha!" Diana slapped her leg, her whole body bouncing. "Anyway, my polar bear is already itching for a fight!"
Rose quickly tugged at Diana's sleeve and whispered, "Tone it down. Didn't you say last night that you wanted to act more like a girl?"
Diana: (,, ,,).
……
"Jingle Bell!"
The bell rang to signal the start of class amidst everyone's anticipation.
The students stopped chatting and consciously lined up in the middle of the venue.
Professor Jones was about half a minute late when he entered the venue, dragging a large pile of things with him.
"The weather is nice today, let's go for a run to warm up."
Professor Jones, as always, was dashing and decisive, and he showed no mercy in issuing tasks.
The students, who had just been full of anticipation, suddenly deflated.
"I thought I wouldn't have to run today..."
Despite their complaints, the students, intimidated by the professor's authority, began to run away one after another.
Robert knew that this extra point would be futile, so he didn't try any further.
He controlled his speed to keep pace with Witt, but finally couldn't help asking, "By the way, Witt, where did you go last night? I was thinking of playing a game with you at nine o'clock."
Witt opened his mouth, but after a long pause, he said, "Robert, I don't have your stamina. Can we talk about it after we finish running?"
Robert: "Okay."
……
After running two laps, all the first-year students from the four colleges, except for a few, were completely exhausted.
Robert was about to ask more questions when Professor Jones called out, "Those who still have strength over there, come and help."
Left with no other choice, Robert and a few physically fit students went over to help Professor Jones set up the venue.
It took about ten minutes for the venue to be set up.
The students regained their spirits and gathered in the center of the venue.
After a while, Professor Jones took a metal ball with three holes, like a bowling ball, out of the basket and walked over, holding it in one hand.
She looked at the students from the four colleges and casually asked, "Does anyone know what I have in my hand?"
The junior mages exchanged glances, and then immediately more than half of them raised their hands!
This time, even Witt and Robert raised their hands!
Professor Jones randomly picked a student.
The student exclaimed excitedly, "It's a Magic Ball, Professor!"
Professor Jones said with satisfaction, "That's right, it's the Magic Ball, the core of magical duels."
She then inserted her thumb, index finger, and middle finger into the three holes of the magic sphere and continued, "The so-called magic sphere is also called the duel sphere or life sphere. As long as you input magic power into it like this, you can create a 360° life barrier without any blind spots. Swati, please explain the classification of life barriers."
"Yes, Professor,"
Sarah Swati immediately stepped forward; her wheat-colored skin was still outstanding today.
"The life barrier of the magic ball is generally divided into five levels, and each level corresponds to a barrier..."
The strengths vary. A level one Life Barrier has a magic power value of 1000 points, a level two Life Barrier has a magic power value of 2000 points, a level three Life Barrier has a magic power value of 4000 points, a level four Life Barrier has a magic power value of 8000 points, and a level five Life Barrier has a magic power value of 16000 points! In a magic duel, victory is achieved only by completely breaking the opponent's Life Barrier of their Magic Orb, or by the opponent surrendering or running out of Magic Cards.
"Swatiga, five points."
Professor Jones infused the magic sphere with magic, and a spherical barrier composed of multiple hexahedrons expanded outwards.
With a gentle push, the all-metal magic ball slowly drifted forward.
The magic ball spun once above the students' heads before returning to Professor Jones's hand.
She said, "In a formal duel, knowing how to manipulate a magic orb to dodge an opponent's attacks is an essential skill. Of course, our duel today doesn't have those requirements. And we're only using a retired practice magic orb. The life barrier's magic power is tentatively set at 500."
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Chapter 42 Darkdemon has no way of experiencing the joy of dueling.
After explaining some minor rules to keep in mind during duels, [the website]...
Professor Jones took out a jar full of number plates and had the students draw them one by one.
The little mages stepped forward one by one, reaching into the jar to draw their number plates.
Surprisingly, out of the four classes, only seventy-eight students actually completed the creation of the "magical beast" within that week.
On average, each class has fewer than twenty students!
Most of the remaining people are still in the stage of failing to complete their projects and having to start accumulating credits to buy material kits.
It felt like the professors had deliberately set a trap by opening the Traveler's Street before teaching how to create "magical beasts," giving some unruly first-year students who squandered their credits a lesson.
In short, whether others learned their lesson is unknown, but Witt and Robert certainly learned theirs...
Whether they will change their ways after learning their lesson is another matter entirely.
……
Dak walked up to the jar and grabbed a number plate: 7.
"Wow, am I destined to be with the number 7?"
Diana leaned closer again: "Hey, what's your number?"
Dark: "Number 7, what about you?"
Diana: "77, hehe!"
Rose: "55..."
"The person who receives the number infuses it with magic, disassembles the number, and gives me the blue side."
Professor Jones took out another empty can and recycled the blue license plate.
Only then did Dak notice that the number plate in his hand was red and blue on both sides. If a trace of magic was injected, the red and blue plates would lose their magnetism and could be easily separated.
After handing in the blue number plate as instructed by Professor Jones, Dak waited quietly with the red number plate in hand.
The central area of the venue was divided into four equal parts by props, and Professor Jones placed two magic balls in each of the smaller areas.
Students without "magical beasts" are responsible for infusing magic into magic orbs and learning how to create a life barrier.
Professor Jones then selected four more people to be judges.
"The competition uses a single-elimination format; the winner advances, and the loser is eliminated. In the world of magic duels, there is only one champion."
Professor Jones casually grabbed two blue number plates from the jar and placed them aside, then grabbed two more blue number plates and placed them aside again, repeating this process four times to create four sets of number plates.
She flipped open the number cards and read out: "Round 1, 78 to 39, four groups at the same time. Numbers 6 and 8, number 66 and 7, number 49 and 5, get ready to go."
……
"Opening celebration?"
Dak glanced at the red number 7 card in his hand, seemingly unconcerned.
Diana and Rose, on the other hand, seemed more nervous than him.
"Dark, keep going! I'll always be on your side!"
"come on!"
It's not like I'm going to participate in a variety show audition.
Dark walked toward court number 3 with a dark expression.
Eight people went on stage at the same time; some were nervous, some were calm.
Dark glanced at the contestant, number 66, who was walking towards the same area as him. She was a girl from the Magic Academy, with twin ponytails, big eyes, and a somewhat pale face.
He casually reassured her, "Don't be nervous, it's just a drill."
"Okay, um." The girl gritted her teeth and clenched her fingers.
The two players went to their respective positions at opposite ends of the court.
In formal competitions, there are player stands that allow players to have a commanding view of the competition area, but...
Here, there are only simple player positions drawn with white lines.
Darko took his place in the player's position and looked towards the field.
The venue for this in-class competition simply replicated the rules of the real venue, dividing the 1/6 of the field closest to the players' positions into the summoning zone.
This means that the summoning area of the Magic Spirit is limited, and the Magic Spirit cannot be summoned directly to the opponent's face - that is, summoning it face-to-face!
It is said that this rule did not exist in the original magic duels, so mages often used "tactical summoning" to make the duels brutal and chaotic.
Some mages even employ "visual interference tactics," summoning large magical spirits directly in front of their opponents to block their vision...
As the rules were gradually improved, such farces became much less frequent.
But human creativity knows no bounds, and countless clever tricks still exist within the bounds of the rules.
The referee for court number 3 is Röntgen from the House of Nobles.
"Hi."
Röntgen waved to Dark, looking unusually dejected.
There's no other way; being a referee is tantamount to public execution.
Why couldn't they create the "magical beast" within a week?
Of course, Dak remembered one of his classmates who went out shopping early Saturday morning.
It seems he used up all his credits in Traveler's Street, which resulted in him not having enough credits to buy more material kits for experiments.