Besides the match between No. 1 and Shining New Star, they also focused their discussion on another person.
A contestant nicknamed "Philosopher."
Philosopher's real name was Onassis, and he came from Uto Academy.
It was a name almost no one had heard before. Even among the people of Uto Academy, the vast majority knew nothing of Onassis. There were only rumors that he usually stayed in Uto Academy's Philosophical Debate Society as a listener. He was an outsider on the fringes, passionately devoted to philosophy.
The reason this person had become the focus of discussion was that every one of his matches had unfolded in a somewhat inconceivable manner.
So far, he had won five matches in a row. Every victory had come without anyone realizing what was happening; before the audience could make heads or tails of it, the match was already over.
Even the judges on the judging panel were often left utterly baffled. Later on, every one of Onassis's matches had a wizard-level judge present to keep watch, solely so he could receive a comprehensive evaluation.
Eventually, even several special judges went to watch, including Hydra, the observer from Crownstar Cathedral, and the Water-Pattern Witch.
Hydra had attended his third match, then had not missed either the fourth or fifth. This showed just how seriously Hydra regarded him.
Though no one knew what kind of magic Philosopher possessed, these details alone showed that his strength was not to be underestimated. Perhaps he was another hidden dark horse.
After listening to their idle chatter, Angel took out his communicator and checked the resident judges' internal rankings of the contestants. He discovered that Philosopher had been placed beyond two hundredth not long ago, yet within just a few days, he had risen at rocket speed. Every match he fought