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Sorry, I failed to get up at 3 AM. I slept in too much on the weekend — (>_)
Chapter 248 Darkdemon's Return to Youth (4k)
Emma's duel seems to have become a dividing line.
The competitions for the top first-year students became relatively easier afterward.
It didn't take long.
With Sara Swati's victory, the recruitment competition entered its third round.
In this third round, Dark and Diana each encountered an ordinary second-year student and won.
The two professors quietly left during the third round of the competition, and were replaced by two other senior students who were supposed to be sitting there.
As night fell, the area outside the venue gradually became dark.
The recruitment competition is coming to an end.
The Duel Club spent half an hour compiling statistics and set a score of 6.2. They selected all those with scores above this value, which resulted in an 80% success rate.
Those who failed were mostly first-year students, with a very small number of second-year students.
Originally, this recruitment competition was a semi-observational competition, and the difficulty was not high.
The Duel Club staff will record the rookies' scores and combine them with their performance in subsequent rookie matches to create an internal rating.
Many things afterward will be handled based on this built-in score.
If a member's in-game points reach a certain level, the club will also provide them with corresponding resource support as an incentive.
……
After the rating sheets were posted, the students gathered in front of the bulletin board.
Just like after almost every exam, some people are happy, and some are disappointed.
The first-year students who didn't make it are okay; after all, this is just an attempt.
The second-year students who didn't make the cut were less able to cope.
For them, this was undoubtedly an execution!
But in competitions, there are winners and losers; there's no set method.
Dark and Diana squeezed to the front, and as soon as they looked up, they saw their names.
Dark's rating naturally ranked first.
Although his performance in the third round was actually quite average, since his opponents weren't very good, the senior student in charge of judging still gave him face. In the end, he removed the highest score and the lowest score, and then took the average, which gave him 10 points.
As for the second place, it naturally goes to Angela, a third-year student.
After that, Diana, Sarah, and Emma also ranked highly.
In addition, Doron from the House of Nobles, Witt from the House of Knights, and Justin Wayne also successfully passed the recruitment competition.
Upon closer inspection, it turns out that seven of this year's freshmen successfully joined the Duel Club during their first year!
This would be outstanding in any year.
In particular, the fact that three students from both the Knights Academy and the Noble Academy were selected this year has made the students of both academies extremely excited.
Although only Sara stood out from the Magic Academy, Sara Skadi's score was high enough to be acceptable.
It is a great pity that no one from the Fools' House was selected.
……
Dark and Diana high-fived each other, and following the instructions of Vice Minister Inia, they received a badge representing the Duel Club from the staff.
It was a duel badge with a gold and red background, featuring a double sword symbol in the center, and engraved with a crown, a knight's sword, a mage, and a tarot card in the four areas divided by the double sword.
The badge is a symbolic item, and according to the rules, students are required to wear badges when participating in competitions at the academy.
Other statistics, such as duel points and duelist rankings, are still recorded in the Sorting Card and updated in real time.
Dark infused the duel badge with a wisp of magic, then pressed it against his chest. The magical device attached to the bottom of the badge quickly took effect, firmly attaching it to his school uniform.
Diana glanced at it, then picked up the Duel Badge and stuck it to her chest in a very professional manner. Then, she smiled and asked Dark, "Does it look good?"
Dark reached out and pinched her soft cheek: "Of course you look good."
Rose walked over, beaming, and said, "How about we go to Traveler's Street to celebrate?"
Diana immediately raised her hand: "I second that!"
Dark actually wanted to go back to the dormitory earlier, but he didn't want to spoil the fun, so he went with them to Traveler's Street and had dinner together at the "Waltz Music Restaurant".
Listening to the elegant music and watching Diana's adorable, greasy-mouthed eating, Dark couldn't help but smile knowingly.
The Duel Club is not a formal club; apart from occasional duel training sessions, it has virtually no club activities.
Moreover, even in duel training camps, participants can choose whether or not to participate based on their own wishes.
As for duels...
New club members can register for the Saturday morning rookie competition starting next week.
However, Dak currently has a considerable amount of extra credits and doesn't have that idea yet.
After dinner.
The three of them then strolled through the night market in Traveler's Street.
Be accompanied by laughter.
Walk alongside youth.
……
Night was falling, and a cold wind was blowing.
Unbeknownst to Dak, Victor was also dining at a restaurant right next to where the three of them were eating.
Witt and Scott, who just passed the test and those who just failed, received completely different results by a mere one point.
To celebrate Witte's victory and to console Scott for his defeat, the order changed tonight's gathering to a private room in the restaurant.
A total of 16+1 people gathered in the small private room, and it only took ten minutes from raising their glasses in celebration to sharing their grievances.
Robert watched speechlessly as the sixteen men, including Witt, huddled together, pouring out their grievances. He felt ashamed of the occasional thought he had about joining the cult.
In this carbon dioxide-filled space, he felt like an outsider, completely unable to understand the thoughts of the cult members.
Even Witt felt like a stranger to him.
He found it hard to believe that Witt had this side to him; after complaining, he even enthusiastically designed a suit for a marine creature called a "sponge" with the help of others.
What is a sponge?
Cotton from the sea?
Robert looked completely bewildered.
However, this so-called cult now even has an official name, which sounds quite normal: the "Marine Biology Research Department".
Do you really like marine life that much?
worry.
……
As night deepened, the sounds of people gradually faded.
The three of them returned to the tower of the House of Nobles with satisfaction and parted ways in the corridor on the second floor.
Dak entered the bedroom and put down the bag full of food he was carrying.
It contains not only a large amount of cut fruit, but also some cooked food and drinks that suit the tastes of magical elves.
They are the biggest contributors today, and Dak will certainly not forget to reward them.
Ten mouths in total is indeed a bit too many.
If it were any other first-year student, they really wouldn't be able to afford to raise them.
However, Duck has nothing else to offer but a lot of credits.
He took out "Paradise" from his card pack and projected a set of stone tables and chairs from an amusement park into his dormitory. Then he began to summon magical spirits one by one.
It was some time later when all ten magical spirits were summoned.
Urged on by Impmon, he released it from the "Cursed Cage" and then began to absorb "Pride".
The Insect Tree is in good condition under his careful care, and with tonight's "Arrogance", it has accumulated a total of 5.5 points.
Dak then watered each cat grass with cat juice, finally completing his task for the night.
This gave him a huge sigh of relief, and he immediately lay down in the bathtub.
In the cold winter, immersing the entire body below the neck in hot water allows the heat to continuously penetrate the skin and bones, gradually relieving fatigue.
Even through the door, you could hear the chattering and commotion of the magical elves.
I always felt a special, warm feeling.
……
A few hours later, Dak suddenly woke up.
But he found himself no longer in the bathroom.
He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling for a long time, trying to make sure he didn't have any memories of leaving the bathroom.
"It seems the magical elves sent me back to bed."
A warmth spread through Dak's heart. He pulled his hands out of the blankets and slowly got up.
Soaking in gradually cooling water during winter will most likely cause you to catch a cold.
Thankfully, the magical spirits were there, otherwise I'd probably be lying in the infirmary tomorrow morning.
Unlike usual, tonight the bed was full of sprawling magical elves, who seemed to be having a great time and were sleeping soundly.
Darke tiptoed out of bed, straightened the collar of his pajamas, and inexplicably went to the balcony.
It is now past midnight, and the sky is beginning to lighten.
The castle was covered in white frost, giving it a serene winter feel.
"very nice."
Dak let out a heartfelt sigh.
……
A little while later.
A ripple suddenly appeared in the sky.
Saint Marian's barrier opened a door.
A slender white dragon, shimmering with white light, passed through the door, its fine scales refracting the light of seven-colored glass.
Pandora Drogon sat atop the dragon's spine, the wind blowing against her face, her long hair as white as snow.
But soon after entering the academy, his once smooth white hair began to turn jet black from the roots.
……
"What a beautiful white dragon!"
Darke happened to witness the white dragon flying in, and his heart skipped a beat.
"I wonder whose mount it is?"
That white dragon was different from the majority of Western dragons in this world; it belonged to an Eastern dragon species that resembled a snake.
That unique gentleness of the Eastern dragon species is intoxicating and irresistible.
"Meow meow meow--"
"Okay, you're beautiful too."