"Thank you to the players from both sides for bringing us an exciting match. Please proceed to the players' lounge where medical staff will provide treatment for everyone. After a short rest, we will begin the next game..."

"Where's the excitement? It was just a one-sided crushing game."

A commentator yawned and propped his chin on the edge of the hot air balloon basket, saying, "The difference in skill level is indeed too obvious. After all, the sixth-place finisher is still the sixth-place finisher. Uh... what was it called, Cthulhu or something?"

Yusha's face immediately darkened.

Buzz---

A sharp and grating sound suddenly came from the magitech amplification system, and soon, in the speechless gazes of countless spectators, a figure was thrown out of the cabin headfirst.

During the fall, Yusha calmly listened to the wind whistling in her ears, wondering if she had said anything wrong, why Yusha suddenly got so angry.

Oh, the ground is getting closer.

Just as she was about to crash directly into the middle lane bushes in Summoner's Rift, Yusha remained completely calm, unsheathing her long sword from her waist and creating a whirlwind centered on the landing point. In an instant, the strong gust of wind acted as a buffer and steadied her descent.

"Hmph, death is like the wind, always by my side. Don't underestimate me, Yusha-sensei."

While her right hand drew the sword, her left hand held the microphone. After landing, she even raised her nose and took the opportunity to mock the entire audience.

Then, she was accurately hit on the head by a brick that fell from the sky and crashed on the ground.

As for where the brick came from... It's probably the goddess's condemnation, right? Yusha-sensei couldn't possibly have done it. How could the beautiful, lively and innocent academy's goddess throw a brick at someone?

All the students of Milt Academy claimed that the brick must be the newest type of divine punishment weapon of the goddess.

"Oh, why did Yusha-sensei accidentally fall down? And even fainted? It looks like I'll have to do the commentary alone from now on."

In the cabin, Yusha-sensei smiled gracefully. The audience expressed their delight and applauded.

The second match that followed also ended in a relatively short time. Despite bearing the title of seventh place, the Prumis Academy had no formidable Saiven Old Ancestors on their team. They lost to the Orchid Moon Academy, whose overall strength was a notch higher.

However, the entire match was more intense than the first. Prumis initially deployed a combination of a mage and a shieldbearer to defend the mid-lane and sent the other three directly to the top and bottom lanes, successfully taking down the enemy's vanguard towers before they could react.

Unfortunately, Orchid Moon quickly organized a counterattack, and the wolf emblem representatives in their team used their racial advantage to track the enemy's position with their sense of smell. The five of them fought together, taking down one opponent after another, pushing up to the high ground and smashing the undefended high ground crystal.

Although they lost, the level of excitement in this match was indeed higher than the previous one. After experiencing a battle, the other teams could accumulate some experience, and more strategies would be developed.

"It seems that Summoner's Rift still has a long way to go," Tiran nodded and said with profound meaning.

"Um... senior sister, what are you talking about?" Coco, who had run over from their academy's preparation area, curiously approached Tiran and asked.

"I'm talking about this competition venue," Tiran replied, stroking her smooth chin with a hint of pride. "This was personally designed by yours truly, Senior Sister."

"Oh! Sister, you're amazing! Sylvie said that the competition venue and the new rules seem complicated, but they are all very reasonable in various aspects, and they can fully test the personal strength, teamwork, and tactical planning of the team!" The Elf Princess's eyes turned into stars as she admired Tiran.

Standing behind as Coco's assistant, Sylvie watched her princess curl up in Tiran's arms like a small cat, her expression twisted in extreme jealousy.

Damn it! Your Highness Irizer, with your noble status as someone who could inherit the Elf throne, being infatuated by a human... No, no, I can't get angry, that is Your Highness's freedom, I just need to silently protect her.

But... I'm so envious, I also want to touch her head!

Tiran, on the other hand, had completely missed Sylvie's fluctuating emotions between jealousy and composure, and contently stroked Coco's golden hair.

Hmm, Elf's hair seems even finer than humans'.

"Your Highness Irizer." Sylvie pondered for a moment and decided to break the current situation. "Our academy team will participate in the competition this afternoon. Would you like to go back and boost morale?"

"But I already told Aileen before coming to see sister, and we will definitely win this one... Ah, sister, please don't touch me there... it tickles~" Coco narrowed her eyes and showed an expression of enjoyment (>ω<*), nearly seducing Sylvie's soul with her voice.

"Definitely win... Are you that confident?" Tiran stopped stroking Coco... her hair, with her evil claws. Knowing Coco's personality, she wouldn't lie. If she said they would win, then there must be some powerful move.

This is not good... If there's a powerful move that guarantees victory, then I, too, have promised that Milt will definitely win the championship. I don't want those little ones to lose.

"What powerful move? The Sword of Vow to Victory?" Tiran decided to pry for some information.

"Well, sister will know shortly after the match starts, okay?" Coco blinked mysteriously.

"You little brat, even hiding it from sister?" Tiran gritted her teeth and started attacking Coco's ticklish spot that she had just discovered.

"Yikes! Hahaha... hee... meow... sister, please stop!" Silver War Maiden used Scratch Itchy, and the effect was remarkable.

"Tiran, please release Your Highness Irizer!" Sylvie, who had finally recovered from Coco's gasps, couldn't bear to see Coco being bullied in front of her. She immediately stepped forward to stop it.

"Well, Sylvrcin, don't be so nervous. Look, Coco actually enjoys it, right Coco?"

What kind of NTR expression is this!

"My name is Sylvie, not Sylvrcin... Don't you two like to call others by their proper names?!" Sylvie went crazy.

...

At the same time, the search in the academy city was also in full swing.

In the standard Magic Array discipline, Magic Arrays consist of Magic Yuan and Magic Circuits. Normally, they only need to search for places with rich magic concentration to easily find the target.

But strangely, Lucius asked Ciella to try to locate a Magic Yuan, but she didn't get the desired result. Helplessly, they had to resort to searching with a large number of people.

This simply doesn't make sense, if it weren't for Karina's sworn oath to the gods she believes in, Lucius would have thought this was fake news.

"Tsk, I have a bad premonition."

Lucius stayed on the heart of the lake island to receive messages from various search teams in different directions. So far, no abnormalities have been found, but the sense of crisis in his heart is growing.

At a time like this, he actually hopes that Karina would have spread a false message with him. Otherwise, the deeper the hiding, the more serious the consequences may be.

"Although Ciella came up with a good idea."

Looking at the outline of the large arena outside the city, Lucius murmured.

...

Knock knock knock.

The closed door of the tavern was knocked on, but there was no response from inside, even though it had already hung a sign saying it was closed.

Knock knock knock. The knocking became more urgent.

Seeing that there was still no response, the head of security, Mr. Snokes, who took on some of the investigation tasks, frowned.

If it were according to his previous habits, he would have kicked the door open directly. But since he was now a teacher at the academy, he still had to take care of the citizens' property.

So he recalled the set of words that those little rascals Watchers often used, cleared his throat, and said loudly:

"Hey, are you in there? Hey, I am Milt's teacher, here to investigate the security of the academy city. We have strict discipline and won't take a needle or a thread from the masses... Hey, you are damn well gonna open this damn door, or else I'm gonna chop it down!"

It turned out that this style still suited him.

"Hey hey, I'm coming, don't break the door. Let's talk!"

After a while, the closed door opened with a click, and the sweaty-faced tavern owner rushed out, looking extremely nervous. Mr. Snokes immediately noticed this and squinted, lightly placing his hand on the hilt of his sword as he walked into the tavern. "Hello, I am Milt's teacher. We are conducting a search. Please cooperate."

"No, no problem, but can you not draw your sword? It will scare the children..." The owner's face turned pale, taking two steps back and retreating to the counter.

"Children?" Mr. Snokes noticed for the first time a petite girl sitting in the corner, her little face full of nervousness, anxiously looking at him, and there was also a slightly older boy.

For a moment, Mr. Snokes felt a bit embarrassed. Ah...scared the children, that's a bit unfortunate...

"Sorry."

Putting down his hand that was holding the sword, Mr. Snokes relaxed a little. He came to find the Black Elf and the Magic Array, and he wouldn't want to trouble the tavern owner with children.

"But," Mr. Snokes' gaze hardened, "I still need to ask some questions. Please cooperate."

"No problem, no problem." The owner rubbed his hands.

"It's clearly daytime, and there are people in the store, why are you closed?"

"Well, you know, teacher, the matches are being played outside the city, so I'm happy to have a day off without any customers. Besides, relatives' kids came over, so I have to take care of them."

This reasonable answer also answered the other questions that Mr. Snokes wanted to ask. Mr. Snokes was stunned for a moment.

"Relatives' kids? Alright then."

Mr. Snokes looked around again. "I also need to confirm the entire tavern, can I check the kitchen and storage rooms?"

"Of course, please come this way."