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

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　“Benjamin Leopold…” Dark thought for a moment, then suddenly said, “So it was him.”

　Senior student Ma Li asked in confusion, "What, is it someone you know?"

　“Not really,” Dark smiled. “Remember the ‘Holy Child’? The one who always challenged older students, Evan Pearson. Benjamin Leopold once challenged the ‘Holy Child’.”

　Senior student Ma Li pondered, "I think there might be such a thing."

　A senior from the noble academy next to her said, "I remember that. Because he beat the 'Holy Child,' a bunch of people from the Fool's Academy bragged about it for a long time. I figured the 'Holy Child' was just a second-year student, and it's nothing for a third-year student to beat a second-year student, is it?"

　But another senior from the House of Nobles said, "Don't say that. Benjamin Leopold is a formidable opponent. He will most likely be our opponent in the dueling tournament. No matter which one of us goes up, we must not underestimate him."

　Senior Sister Ma Li chimed in, "We can't lose to the Fool's House!" Then she turned to Dark and asked, "Junior Brother Dark, it's a rare sight to run into you, how about we walk together for a bit?"

　Dark shook his head and smiled, "No thanks."

　"Then we'll part ways here. See you next time." Ma Li smiled and gestured for her two companions to leave quickly.

　She was just being polite, since the Dungeon Fighter Tournament doesn't allow older students to mentor younger students in principle.

　After walking a little further away, Ma Li said, "Let's go back to the safe zone. It's time to move on to another place."

　Three teams, arriving from three directions, met at the same location. This situation generally means that most of the monsters on this floor have already been hunted down, and staying here any longer would inevitably reduce hunting efficiency.

　Therefore, leaving quickly and hunting on another floor is the more sensible choice.

　It wasn't just Marie and her two companions; in fact, the trio from the Fool's House, and even Dark, shared this idea.

　Even when returning to the safe zone, attention must be paid to the route. The hunting speed must also be maintained on the return journey. The three teams then split into three different routes to return.

　Ultimately, by sheer coincidence, they encountered each other in the reception room on the twenty-third floor.

　Dark felt a sense of helplessness as he watched the third-year students from the Noble House and the Fool House arrive in less than two minutes.

　He had heard a saying in his original world: On the highway, if you encounter one red light, you will encounter countless red lights.

　The current situation seems to be exactly the same. "Why don't we go back to the first twenty floors?" Dark couldn't help but think.

　Suddenly, Benjamin Leopold, a third-year student from the Fools' House, spoke up: "Let's go to the twenty-seventh floor."

　After saying that, he took out the key and opened the magic door leading to the twenty-seventh floor.

　Dak and senior student Mali looked at each other, and the latter couldn't help but say, "Then I'll go to the twenty-ninth floor."

　After saying that, she took out the door key and opened the magic door.

　Dark nodded slightly and said, "I'll go to the thirty-third floor."

　Senior Ma Li: "Ah"

　Dark said, "Let's go for a walk."

　The third-year students have already had it pretty tough, so he's planning to switch to a different grade level exam...

　Of course, he did have some considerations.

　The designated monsters for second and third grade overlap considerably. However, the designated monsters for second and fourth grade overlap relatively little.

　Although the monsters designated for second-year students are relatively fewer in number on the 30th floor, hunting them might be more efficient if there's no competition.

　In short, he was trying a very new way of playing.

　Hunting is very fast at all grade levels, and resources will continue to dwindle over time.

　The fact that he encountered two teams on the same floor is proof of resource depletion.

　If things continue as they are, they will encounter more and more teams. If they can forge a new path, they can avoid the competition for resources. In short, not long after, the fourth-year students were greeted by an uninvited guest.

Chapter 1037 The Advantage Lies With Me (4k)

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　Chapter 1037 The Advantage Lies With Me (4k)

　In previous Academy Cups, there have been instances of second-year students venturing into the fourth-year area, but most of them have wasted their time and ended up losing money.

　This is because the strength of monsters is directly proportional to the dungeon floor. However, the monster points earned by second-year students do not increase as a result.

　Therefore, students who enter the fourth-grade area to hunt designated monsters, while having fewer competitors, experience a decrease in hunting speed instead of an increase. They may even encounter insurmountable crises, forcing them to trigger the "Dungeon Escape Device" and thus losing the opportunity to continue hunting.

　However, Dark Demon is strong enough, relying on his recently transformed "Fossil Wyvern" to deal with any monster between the 30th and 40th floors.

　However, his strength lies in direct confrontation; if he encounters monsters or environments with strange abilities, he will still be in considerable danger.

　Fortunately, over the past two years, his understanding of the monsters in the dungeon has become increasingly profound, enabling him to handle various situations.

　This was largely thanks to his previous review of "Warcraft Studies." Therefore, in the subsequent dungeon battles, Dark maintained a high hunting speed, causing the gap between the second-year Noble Academy's points and those of other departments in the same year to widen steadily.

　And his appearances in front of the fourth-year students were becoming more and more frequent. At two o'clock in the morning, Dark entered the thirty-eighth floor of the dungeon. Relying on the "Fossil Wyvern", he kept searching for the nests of the specific monsters in the small world full of flying monsters, and then he accidentally encountered the team of the fourth-year noble academy.

　After the two groups met, Dark greeted Eluri Clarissa very warmly. However, she only gave him a disdainful look and then hurriedly left with her two companions.

　"Hey."

　Seeing his senior's reaction as if she were avoiding a plague, Dark couldn't help but sigh slightly.

　Although the designated monsters for second-year and fourth-year students hardly overlap, an area will never have only one type of monster. When using wide-area special attacks to hunt designated monsters, other non-designated monsters will inevitably be affected. And those monsters are very likely to be the targets that the fourth-year students need to hunt.

　Therefore, although Dark tried his best to avoid it, he still clashed with the fourth-year team.

　After all, "luring monsters," "gathering monsters," and "trapping and killing them" is a complete process, and he can't possibly spend time avoiding non-designated monsters.

　As a result, the fourth-grade students naturally avoided him like the plague. The competition among the four teams for resources was already very intense, but now there was another one... This suddenly made the fourth-grade teams that encountered him feel an even greater sense of urgency.

　Driven by that sense of urgency, the team, which had originally planned to rest for half an hour, decided against it altogether. The team, which had just relaxed after gaining a lot of points, immediately tensed up again—they couldn't possibly let a second-year junior overtake them, could they?

　The competition among the contestants is multifaceted.

　They not only have to compete with other departments in the same grade, but also with teams from their own department in the previous and the year before that.

　In short, even if we lose to other departments in the same year, we cannot lose to our own department from previous years—and even if we lose, we cannot lose by too much.

　Otherwise, even if they are not overwhelmed by public opinion, they will feel ashamed.

　Representing a department in the College Cup means shouldering the heavy responsibility of that department; even if you don't win, you must "do your best."

　The already intense competition now has an added element... although the students outside are unaware of this yet.

　But by the end of these two days, the news will surely have spread throughout the entire college. If people find out that they lost to a second-year student, which is why they are not as good as the previous year, then it will be a real disaster.

　As a result, even the fourth-year students from the Noble Academy felt the pressure and dared not linger for a moment.

　Twelve hours passed in the blink of an eye. It was 8:00 AM on Saturday morning.

　After twelve hours of intense hunting, the students finally couldn't take it anymore and returned to the safe zone to rest.

　The students of the House of Fools, who thought they had persevered for a long time, inevitably encountered teams from other houses after returning to the safe zone, and were shocked to find that the other houses had also made it this far.

　—The contestants in this year's Dungeon Fighter Tournament are somehow incredibly resilient!

　The fourth-year students from the Fools' House were particularly surprised to find that a group of fourth-year students from the Noble House had arrived in the safe zone to rest after returning and resting for half an hour. These Noble House students were even more durable than them!

　The three fourth-year students from the Fool's House exchanged glances, and after replenishing their food, they immediately used spells like "hypnosis" on each other. After only two hours of sleep, they were woken up by alarm clocks and rushed into the small world on that level with red eyes.

　However, the teams from the other departments didn't get any more rest. After just over two hours of rest, the scores of the teams from each grade and department started moving again.

　Students who had stayed up all night checking the college's points were immediately shocked, exclaiming that this year's contestants were reckless!

　Leaving aside the magic power consumed by high-intensity hunting, the energy consumed must be replenished through sleep.

　Excessive energy expenditure will decrease hunting efficiency and reduce the ability to deal with danger. If this triggers the "Dungeon Escape Device," then all previous efforts will be wasted.

　However, that's just how the world is.

　One person's vote leads to ten thousand others' votes.

　Students who are content with a life of ease will not be selected as participants in this dungeon competition.

　Therefore, while the students outside are still awake, the contestants inside the dungeon are hunting; while the students outside are asleep, the contestants inside the dungeon are still hunting; and while the students outside are awake, the contestants inside the dungeon are still hunting.

　Even when they weren't in the banquet hall on the first floor, the students would occasionally use their "Department Cards" to check the scores of each department, and they were all shocked to discover that the contestants in this year's Dungeon Fighter Tournament... had all gone mad!

　Another twelve hours passed. Before they knew it, it was 8 p.m.

　The students outside were astonished to find that the total points earned by the participating teams this year were 30 percent higher than the previous year when they compared the scores at this time of year with those of previous years!

　"What exactly is going on"

　The second-year students of the Noble Academy gathered in the common room of the Noble Academy tower, all of them greatly astonished.

　"Are all the upperclassmen this year crazy?" the chubby Pistan couldn't help but mutter.

　"I don't know..." Doron sighed, glancing at the door every now and then.

　Two minutes later, Siwert and Röntgen ran in together and presented them with the 24-hour points tables of each college that they had copied down.

　The third and fourth-year students also came over to take a look. Doron stared at the still outstanding score column of the second-year noble academy, but a trace of worry appeared on his face.

　Twenty-four hours into the dungeon battle, the Noble House holds a clear lead.

　However, that advantage is almost negligible compared to the advantage held by the second-year noble academy.

　In this comparison, anyone with eyes can see that it is the teams from other grades that are dragging down the second grade.

　However, it cannot be said that this year's senior teams are weaker than those of previous years. After all, each grade has earned significantly more points in these 24 hours than previous years.

　The senior students' teams have actually worked very hard; it can only be said that the senior students from other departments have also worked very hard.

　"The main problem lies here."

　Pistan pointed to the scoreboard of the fourth-year magic academy.

　Although their points weren't as much higher than those of the second-year academy, the fourth-year magic academy's points were still significantly higher than those of the other three academies in the same year.

　This gap almost completely negated the advantage brought by the second-year aristocratic academy.

　Doron shook his head and said, "There's nothing we can do. Winnie Skadi, a fourth-year student at the Magic Academy, has just too much ice magic. This kind of hunting race is practically tailor-made for her."

　Then he looked at the other colleges.

　The Knights Academy's advantage lies in the sixth year.

　The three-person team led by sixth-year student Noah Sharp also pulled ahead of the teams from the other three houses.

　However, the sixth-year teams from the other three colleges are also quite strong, so the gap between them is not large.

　The advantages of the Fools' House are relatively less obvious.

　Therefore, the points ranking for the first 24 hours of this Dungeon Fighter Tournament is:

　Noble Academy > Magic Academy > Knight Academy > Fool's Academy

　“In the past, the House of Nobles would have been victorious. But this time, there’s a feeling that anything could happen.”

　Doron frowned slightly, pointing to the bar chart of the second-year noble academy. "From last night until now, the gap between us second-year students and the other academies has been gradually narrowing."

　No sooner had he finished speaking than Pistan retorted, "It's just that the multiplier is decreasing; the gap in points alone is still widening."

　Doron said, "But this also means that the gap that can be widened later is gradually getting smaller. If we can't continue to widen our advantage in the second year, we may be overtaken because of the disadvantages of the fourth and sixth years."

　Pistan shook his head and said, "Doron, you're too hasty. As the competition enters its second half, the number of designated monsters will decrease, and the hunting speed will inevitably slow down. According to past data analysis, the points you can get in the second half by simply hunting designated monsters are already very good if they are half of those in the first half. Therefore, the competition in the second half will be about competing for the quest boss."

　Doron said, "But in previous years, only two or three out of five of the quest bosses could be hunted."

　Pistan said, "That's because there's not enough time. Look at us now, the points gained from just 24 hours of hunting are almost equal to those from the entire 48 hours of previous events. As resources dwindle, hunting specific monsters will gradually become less efficient than searching for and killing quest bosses, so some teams will start shifting their focus to hunting quest bosses. And whoever shifts their focus faster will gain the biggest advantage."

　After thinking for a moment, Duolong said, "You're right."

　The saying goes, "The bystander sees most of the game," but those directly involved... see it all too clearly.

　Leaving aside the fact that Dark started hunting the quest boss early on, the older students also began investigating the quest boss's location after noon.

　After 6 p.m., all the teams were in complete chaos, and no one was confined to the hunting atmosphere of their own grade.

　The fourth-year magic academy team had already entered the fortieth floor and encountered the fifth-year team more than once.

　The third-year students from the Fool's House had already reached the area between the twentieth and thirtieth floors by noon. However, they went above the twentieth floor and entered the second-year students' area.

　The hunting speed of the second-year students is generally slower. After discovering that Dark had gone to the lower levels, the third-year Fool's House team felt that they should be able to find more specific monsters on the twentieth floor and above.

　However, once they entered, they found that the area between the eleventh and twentieth floors was cleaner than a washed face.

　The second-year teams have already begun venturing into levels below the twentieth floor... The strength of this year's second and third-year students is actually quite similar. Levels twenty-one to thirty are not particularly difficult for the second-year teams.

　The strength of this year's fourth and fifth graders is actually quite similar. While the sixth graders are indeed stronger, they are not guaranteed to win against the fourth and fifth graders.

　As the designated resources in each area of ​​the dungeon become increasingly scarce, teams of all grades have begun to venture into different areas.