This Rookie Tournament might not immediately change their intentions.
But it would cause some influence, more or less.
And often, the final shift in direction is formed by the accumulation of such factors bit by bit.
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The reason the "Son of the Hero" is valued by people, apart from the frequent appearance of various "prophecies"—whether true or false—is ultimately because he has benefited from his father's legacy.
[Hero] Bright Gold and [Valkyrie] Alvit St. Demon are collectively known as the Kingdom's Twin Swords.
But the [Hero]'s reputation among the populace is actually higher than that of the [Valkyrie].
On one hand, this is because of the inherent spreadability of the word "Hero"; on the other hand, it is because the [Hero] made his final curtain call by sacrificing himself.
No matter the era, the populace will always hold more reverence for a "martyr."
The reason Alvit's reputation is inferior to Bright's is precisely because she is still alive!
And if the "Son of the Hero" can also become a "Hero," then he will inevitably inherit the reputation of the previous generation's Hero and soar like a dragon!
Therefore, the importance of the "Son of the Hero" is indisputable.
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At this moment, although the "Son of the Hero's" defeat was something foreseeable, he still felt unusually lost.
He could feel that the audience had placed high hopes on him.
Unfortunately, he could not respond to those expectations.
He could only grit his teeth, thinking that he would definitely win it back next time.
When coming down from the player platform, Virt completed the handover with the next player.
That player was a second-year senior. The look in his eyes held no ridicule, but was filled with sympathy.
It seemed to be a senior from Knight House, who patted him on the shoulder and said consolingly, "Losing to David is no shame."
But was it really no shame?
One can only say that different people have different views.
Virt remained dispirited in the common room for a long time, until Robert came to find him, and only then did he pull himself together again.
"Didn't Doron and Justin lose too!"
Robert's comfort was simply more direct than that senior's.
Virt thought about it carefully and felt that was indeed the case, so he let it go.
It was still Dark's victory that had brought him too great of a shock.
If he took that as his goal, he would always be unwilling to accept a failure that should have been normal.
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As for how the audience outside the arena viewed it, and whether they would utter irrational remarks after their expectations fell through, that didn't matter much.
St. Marian would be the swaddling clothes protecting the children. As long as he didn't read the newspapers—he wouldn't be affected.
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Immediately after Virt, the competition continued as usual.
In the thirteenth match at ten o'clock, another first-year student stepped onto the stage under the gaze of thousands.
Emma Metis gritted her teeth slightly. After the opening, she used [Golden Beast] as the main axis to unfold a series of offense and defense.
But the second-year senior opposite seemed to have studied her. She used a routine that completely countered her, blasting her lineup into utter defeat.
A crushing defeat!
A defeat within expectations.
A misery beyond expectations.
Without Second Tier Magic Guide Spirits, the disadvantage when dueling with students a grade higher was too great.
Emma summarized the experience and learned the lesson.
After leaving the field, while her memory was still fresh, she recorded everything about this duel from beginning to end, preparing to write a detailed analysis report with this as the theme.
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Then came the sixteenth match at ten-thirty.
Sarah Swati skillfully used [Sphinx Cat] and sealed the opponent's tributes with "Ultimate Move · Shadow Tag." In the end, she actually became the third rookie among the first-years to achieve a victory against a higher grade!
When the referee blew the whistle and announced the result.
She waved to the cheering audience, her gaze cast toward the golden-haired youth in the ring-shaped belt, as if saying: "I did it too!"
Only when people have pursuits can they make progress.
Sarah Swati's victory was by no means a fluke, but the crystallization of wisdom and diligence.
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Professor Jones on the ring-shaped belt nodded with satisfaction.
The matches for the seven rookies ended here.
The victory of a full three students had actually made her feel very surprised.
Originally, this should have been a debut battle with the significance of polishing.
To let the students understand that failure is equally precious.
Thereby achieving a positive effect.
But looking at it now, the victory of some people seemed to have played a better motivational role, which was also fine.
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It wasn't until Sarah Swati's match ended that the first-year students suddenly recalled that today's Rookie Tournament was actually a subject assignment for everyone.
They still needed to target one of the matches to analyze and summarize!
So, which match should they target?
Psychologically speaking, there were definitely many people who wanted to target the most brilliant match for analysis and summary.
But after thinking carefully, they might choose other targets.
After all, the most brilliant match was also the longest and hardest to parse.
Conversely, other matches had highlights visible at a glance and were not long, making them very friendly for the little Magisters whose main priority was completing homework.
The most typical among them was this match of Sarah Swati's.
Preventing the opponent's summoning by restricting their tributes is a very effective tactic, whether in competition or in actual combat.
For first-year students lacking high-star Magic Guide Spirits, it is also a path to obtain victory.
The topic triggered by this might also be "How to respond if one cannot summon high-star Magic Guide Spirits."
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In short, starting from eleven o'clock, the first-year students began to leave the field one after another.
By eleven-thirty, the Eldest Princess's group also left the spectator seats.
Although the Rookie Tournament was not yet over, it was no longer the first-years' Rookie Tournament.
Dark met up with Diana and Rose at about eleven-ten, and then they went to Traveler Street for a small celebration.
While their memories were still hot, they entered the library that afternoon to start rushing their drafts.
Dark and Diana both analyzed and summarized their own matches, while Rose chose to analyze Dark's match, which had a higher difficulty level. She would ask him questions from time to time during her analysis, and Dark answered them one by one.
The atmosphere of learning gradually became thick.
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The whole afternoon was spent in busyness.
Dark, having completed all of this week's homework, finally began to formally think about the refinement of the [Ultimate Move Card].
Perhaps for others, the utility of the [Ultimate Move Card] was limited, but for him, the [Ultimate Move Card] was obviously very useful. It was a Magic Guide Card that could replace the [Spell Card] to a certain extent.
And regarding the refinement method of the [Ultimate Move Card], besides the basic steps, the core point was actually selecting a [Magic Guide Spirit Card] as the target.
Because the so-called [Ultimate Move Card] was essentially extracting an Ultimate Move from a [Magic Guide Spirit Card].
Generally speaking, it would be an Ultimate Move already present in the [Magic Guide Spirit Card].
If one could dig deeper, perhaps one could excavate "Ultimate Moves that can be learned but have not yet been mastered."
For example, [Shuckle].
Ninety-nine point nine nine nine percent of [Shuckle]s are White Cards or Blue Cards.
And even if it is a Blue Card, it only has the Ultimate Move [Sturdy].
If one performs refinement with a blue [Shuckle] as the target—assuming success—one would most likely extract the Ultimate Move [Sturdy].
But the Magic Guide Spirit capable of using this [Ultimate Move · Sturdy] can only be a Magic Guide Spirit with the potential to learn this Ultimate Move.
If one digs even further.
There is an extremely low probability of extracting the three god-tier skills: [Power Split], [Power Trick], and [Guard Split].
This way, the deficiencies of the blue [Shuckle] can be made up.
So [Ultimate Move Card]s have a certain value in use; it's just that the application conditions are relatively harsh.
Dark currently hadn't thought about which Ultimate Move to target for extraction.
It was just that unlike most students who didn't know which Ultimate Move was useful, he had too many selectable targets, so much so that he couldn't make a decision...
Thus, he prepared to spend the entire evening thinking, and then go to Traveler Street tomorrow to snap up materials.
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By seven in the evening, Diana and Rose had also finished their homework, and the two began to think about the Ultimate Moves they wanted to extract.
Diana tilted her head and asked, "Can [Bear Bond] be extracted? If extracted, can it be used on other bears?"
Dark shook his head numbly, indicating he didn't know.
Rose, on the other hand, wanted to extract the Ultimate Move of a Magic Guide Spirit she owned named [Aurora Moon Rabbit]—[Moon Palace].
The reason was that this Ultimate Move's CD was too long—it was a full 24 hours!
Dark only found out at this time that she had such a Magic Guide Spirit, and he was shocked on the spot!
[Aurora Moon Rabbit] is a Magic Guide Spirit that is very much loved by women and had once topped the "Magic Guide Spirit Beauty Pageant."
In legends, the Aurora Moon Rabbit comes from the moon and is the pet of a certain generation of the Moon God. It is born accompanying the aurora, and the seven-colored ribbons wrapped around its body are condensed from the aurora.
With just a wave of the ribbons, it can create auroras, dreamlike and illusory.
An [Aurora Moon Rabbit] possessing a certain rare Ultimate Move can even transform into a Beauty on the Moon!
But what Rose's [Aurora Moon Rabbit] possessed was another skill—[Moon Palace]!
That is a kind of aurora phantom, like a mirage, transforming in the air into a massive and magnificent moon palace, which is the legendary Palace of the Moon!
Not only is it majestic and beautiful to the extreme, but it can also display miraculous effects on moonlit nights, granting charm bonuses and healing bonuses to lives within the shroud of the palace.
If it is a night of the full moon, it can even release healing light waves; it is a large-range healing god-tier skill with extremely strong effects!
In short.
Even excluding those special effects, just the ability to conjure the Moon Palace alone makes [Moon Palace] a god-tier skill pursued by everyone!
Dark also suddenly realized.
Another function of the [Ultimate Move Card] was probably to "refresh CD"!
Some Ultimate Moves with excessively long CDs could absolutely have their CDs skipped in a disguised form by refining an [Ultimate Move Card]!
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