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

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　However, there is still some information that needs to be inquired about before that.

　Professor Sylph stated in a calm tone that there was no perpetrator among the orcs who attacked the grassland elves.

　If she had said these words to them earlier, the elves might have even thought she was protecting the orcs.

　But now an orc is being punished even more severely than they were for attacking the elves, which ironically increases Professor Sylph's credibility among them.

　The elves believed it.

　Professor Sylph immediately began asking where they had learned about the "witch doctor's curse."

　As a result, most of the elves learned from their fellow elves. Only two elf students learned from people other than their companions.

　Clearly, these two elves were the initial source of the information. Professor Sylph continued to inquire.

　The two elves were also quite outspoken.

　One of the elves heard this from a tall student at St. Mary's College. He had just returned from the library when he overheard two people whispering around a corner. His keen hearing allowed him to immediately recognize the keyword "elf."

　So, with suspicion, he approached to eavesdrop and overheard information about the "witch doctor's curse."

　The elven student was initially skeptical. However, after returning to the tower, he heard the same message from another elf, which convinced him completely.

　The other elven student heard it from a group of students from St. Marian Academy who were gossiping together.

　In short, the two of them actually obtained information through very similar channels. "Can you describe the physical characteristics of those people?" Professor Sylph asked.

　The two elves agreed, not only describing it verbally but also drawing it on the spot.

　They all have excellent artistic skills.

　I must say, their drawing skills are really good.

　After Professor Sylph reviewed the list, she immediately found the five people in total.

　The two-person pair were from lower grades, or even freshmen who had just enrolled this year.

　The other group of three, however, consisted of upperclassmen, specifically fourth-year students from the Knight Academy.

　Professor Sylph nodded to the elves, then used her professor card to send a group text message, summoning the five people over.

　The five people didn't behave unusually. They arrived quickly and seemed a little nervous upon entering. Especially after seeing the elves and orcs there, they suddenly felt like they had stumbled into a tiger's den.

　But in reality, their revenue did not change as a result.

　After careful questioning, Professor Sylph narrowed the number of "five people" down to "two people," one from the upper grade and one from the lower grade.

　Their information about the "witch doctor's curse" came from these two people.

　But before these two, there were even earlier sources of information. It was necessary to trace back further to possibly find the real culprit. Unlike the two elves, they weren't skilled painters; when asked to describe the source of the information, they stammered and spoke vaguely.

　After finally pinpointing the target based on the description, the "target" that was called over turned out to be almost identical to them, having been heard about from others.

　So they traced the problem further and encountered similar situations, and the process continued. This process was extremely complicated, requiring a lot of time for recalling, communicating, and filtering information.

　After this happened several times, the investigation was forced to stop.

　Instead, Robert and Witt personally went to inquire and investigate. Professor Sylph then resumed the process of publicizing the information.

　In order to quell the chaos as soon as possible, Professor Sylph drafted a notice that evening and released it.

　As soon as the announcement was posted on the bulletin board, students who had caught wind of it flocked to the area, and a cacophony of voices immediately filled the air.

　The punishment of the elven students was somewhat expected. However, the appearance of the orc Keith was completely unexpected. The entire announcement made no mention of the grassland elf Dylan.

　But the students did indeed connect the dots between Case and Dylan's story. Case, unjustly accused, was placed in solitary confinement and knew nothing of what was happening outside.

　In any case, this misunderstanding did help to quickly quell the situation, so the college let it develop as it was.

　Meanwhile, Witt and Robert continue their investigation, searching for the real killer.

　However, their tracing efforts also encountered problems.

　After 11 p.m.

　The vast majority of students have already returned to the tower dormitory.

　Abandon.

　However, since Witt and Robert's current target was the Knights' Academy, they continued to visit them.

　As it turned out, the person they traced back to this time was someone who had appeared in previous stages!

　The situation is largely similar.

　A learns information from B, B learns information from C, C learns information from D, but D claims he learned the information from B.

　The entire tracing process thus fell into a vicious cycle. Robert and Witt were stunned on the spot.

　However, because it was too late, they were unable to go back to B to clarify the situation, so they stopped for the time being.

　So much so that he dreamed about it that very night.

　The next morning finally arrived, and Robert and Witt rushed off to find B to verify their suspicions without even having breakfast.

　As a result, B was completely bewildered and said that he had indeed learned the information from C.

　Robert immediately became agitated and questioned B about why he had lied. B yelled "You're crazy!" and left the two of them. Class was about to start, and the two rushed off. During class, Witt secretly passed a note to Dark.

　After reading the note, Dak realized what had happened and was puzzled, but still replied, "We'll talk about it after class."

　As it was the first class since the start of the "Academy Championship," a large number of students from other schools joined the class, naturally stimulating their competitive spirit and creating an exceptionally lively atmosphere.

　Professor Sylph also kept calling people up on stage to demonstrate summoning spells.

　Various basic summoning methods, such as silent summoning, mobile summoning, overclocking summoning, and delayed summoning, are showcased one by one.

　The third-year student from Sky City, at Professor Sylph's request, also performed an "accelerated summoning".

　Then, the sea creatures from the Ocean Magic Academy also performed a [Abyss Summoning] at the opportune moment.

　The students were utterly astonished by those unheard-of summoning spells. Regardless of their relative merits compared to basic summoning spells, they were still worthy of study from an academic perspective.

　However, that was a special summoning technique developed based on racial characteristics, which ordinary humans simply could not master and could only look on with envy.

　While surprised, Dark couldn't help but think of the "Star Sage's" "Star Summoning Technique," both of which were special summoning techniques that pioneered entirely new systems. However, learning the "Star Summoning Technique" required an extremely high level of astrological skill. Although there were no racial restrictions, it was still beyond the reach of ordinary people. The class flew by; it seemed like only yesterday it was over. Dark sighed as he packed up his books, then followed Witt and Robert to report the findings to Professor Sylph.

Chapter 1180 Who Isn't a Little Princess (4k)

　Office of the Vice Chancellor.

　Robert started rambling on without even sitting down. Professor Sylph listened with a frown for a while before understanding what he meant: "Someone is lying."

　“No, not necessarily.” Witt touched his nose and said hesitantly, “It’s also possible that the murderer impersonated someone else and guided the transmission of information. Perhaps that possibility is more likely.”

　"Makeup, disguise, or shapeshifting," Professor Sylph said. Witt replied, "We've only investigated one lead. We'll continue this afternoon; perhaps we'll find something else. But the killer's ability to impersonate other people is undeniable."

　“It’s that ability again.” Professor Sylph took a deep breath. With divination unsuitable at the moment, transformation abilities have become increasingly troublesome. Although magical techniques also include transformation abilities such as the “Transformation Charm,” the “Free Transformation Charm,” which allows one to freely transform into any other human form, requires an extremely high level of skill, and currently, only a handful of mages have mastered this magic card.

　In the past, most of the demons who infiltrated St. Marian Academy using their transformation abilities were talented in this area. With just a little magic, they could completely transform and were difficult to detect.

　St. Mary's College has suffered greatly in this regard.

　Humanity's relentless desire to exterminate the demon race stems from the fact that demons possess a variety of strange and unusual talents and abilities. Unless a special method is employed, they are virtually impossible for humans to deal with.

　It took a massive amount of ritual magic to pull the transformed demons out of the academy.

　However, ritual magic requires the right timing, location, and people; the right opportunity, resources, and technology are all indispensable, and it cannot be used whenever one wants.

　Besides these, there are also abilities like the Feathered Serpent's "Eye of Truth," the Dragon Clan's "Eye of the True Dragon," and Professor Kazel's "Eye of Truth." While these abilities can also see through illusions, they all have corresponding ways to evade them, although those evasion methods are theoretically difficult to implement.

　However, as long as you don't appear in front of them, you won't be seen through. That's the limitation of those "eyes".

　The reason Ophelia Brad was able to infiltrate the academy undetected was because she was discreet enough, although there were other factors involved as well.

　Ophelia Brad's "transformation" is not a complete transformation; it is more of a "disguise" and also relies on her own bloodline abilities.

　Now, elites from various academies have gathered at St. Marian Academy. It's not surprising that among them are students with hidden transformation talents.

　It's even highly likely that the perpetrator wasn't even on the list of contestants. Under these circumstances, finding the culprit quickly would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.

　However, St. Marian Academy's security system is not to be underestimated. As long as a curfew is imposed and patrol golems are activated, the increase in trouble can be prevented.

　Furthermore, Professor Sylph is already considering whether to issue this event as a mission to "The Hidden Serpent," thereby adding several more internal patrol teams.

　Although St. Marian Academy has a student council, its presence is not very prominent. It is basically composed of grade leaders and does not have positions such as "disciplinary committee members".

　In these special times, it would be appropriate to organize members of the "Hidden Serpent" into a daily patrol team under the name of "Disciplinary Committee Members," and work with the patrol golems to build 24-hour security.

　At the same time, this can also help curb potential disputes among outside students. Currently, only orcs and elves are in conflict within the academy, but as the "Academy Championship" continues, further disputes are inevitable.

　Having lacked experience before, it now seems that duels where the duelists themselves personally participate are indeed different from those of the past, both inside and outside the arena.

　It was actually quite necessary to form a daily patrol team in advance. Fortunately, there were suitable candidates within the academy, and they could be recruited directly from the "Hidden Serpent".

　If that's not enough, we can bring in two more from the summer camp members. In short, even without the contestants, we have enough manpower.

　Within the academy, having students fight against each other aligns with the purpose of the "Academy Championship".

　Break time is limited.

　After the three of them finished their report, they rushed to the "Magic Theory" classroom before the bell rang.

　Professor Kazel was already waiting on the stage, indicating that the treatment of the grassland elf Dylan had come to an end.

　Perhaps new clues will emerge in a few days. As the school bell rang, Dark quickly put the matter out of his mind.

　In today's magic theory class, Professor Kazel specifically selected and explained the special techniques that students from various academies had demonstrated during the performance.

　Students from all colleges can benefit from it.

　Because it was truly useful, Dark listened very attentively. Of course, his attentiveness was always exceptional.

　After class, the students continued to discuss what they had learned. There was noticeably less discussion about what happened yesterday.

　However, once it's mealtime and I sit down in the cafeteria, my gossipy and chatty mood immediately returns.

　As rumors intensified, the atmosphere between orcs and elves gradually soured.

　But as students from other colleges were anticipating some excitement, the orc prince Grace suddenly stood up and prevented the conflict from escalating further.

　Grace was alarmed by the fact that the lion-orc Keyes was punished differently from the elven students.

　Both sides were clearly in violation of the rules, but the lion-orc Keyes was...

　The elven students were confined for five days, while the elven students were only confined for three days.

　He couldn't help but wonder if St. Marian Academy was targeting them. Keith being confined for five days wouldn't affect the competition, but if the other orc students... especially the lower-grade players who were going to compete in five days, were also confined for five days, then it would be a complete disaster.

　"We must exercise restraint!"

　Grace's voice was somber.

　Last night, all the orcs were summoned to his office, which made him realize that St. Marian Academy was targeting him. The fact that Case was imprisoned further confirmed this, making him realize that he needed to be cautious.

　Even if we have to do something, we absolutely cannot let the main event players be present! With that thought, Grace instantly felt enlightened.

　No wonder this [Academy Championship] needs twice the number of participants compared to the main competition; it was created specifically for moments like this!

　Only when the candidates are strong enough can they attack candidates from other colleges without restraint.

　Even if a player in the main competition is occasionally affected, a substitute player can be used to replace them directly.

　If handled properly, you might even be able to "exchange pieces"!

　"Duizi!"

　Grace suddenly realized something, and her eyes flashed.

　But whatever Grace's ideas are, it's not a good time to do anything now; she'll have to wait a few more days.

　Moreover, at this time, quite a few people had already discovered this method. However, based on moral principles, the desire to win, or rather, the relative merits of their current situation, discovering it did not equate to doing it.

　In short, at this point, most people would feel it's unnecessary. Even Grace, in reality, only thought about it.

　But the evil desires hidden deep within people's hearts are quietly growing.

　Two o'clock in the afternoon, Potions Studies.

　Unlike the two theoretical classes in the morning, Potions were conducted directly in the laboratory. Professor Thompson did not relax at all because they were foreign students, and finally showed the exchange students the harsh side of St. Marian Academy.

　Several exchange students who made mistakes in brewing potions were scolded like cats, hiding in a corner and almost crying.

　The third-grade students looked at the exchange students and couldn't help but empathize with them, feeling deep pity.

　But Professor Thompson was the absolute authority in Potions class, and no one dared to utter a sound.