"...Now, I announce that the team battle segment has officially concluded. In the matches below Fourth Rank, the champion team is Number 42! Among those above Fourth Rank, the winning team is Number 11! Next, we will enter the second segment of this Academy Tournament: ruins exploration—"
"Prior to this, the academy's High-Ranked Professionals entered the ruins and placed large quantities of rune stones throughout its various corners. They come in four grades: black, white, silver, and gold.
"Black Rune Stones are the most common, while Gold Rune Stones are the rarest."
"Each rune stone obtained will add the corresponding amount of personal points. The four colors are worth twenty, fifty, three hundred, and one thousand points respectively.
"The more concealed the location, the greater the probability of finding high-grade rune stones."
"The entire ruins exploration segment will last fifteen days. You may choose to explore in teams or spread out and explore freely.
"During exploration, you may use any equipment or items you have brought with you. Ownership of all Relic Items discovered will belong to their finders.
"At the same time, leaving the ruins at any point during exploration is prohibited. Those who do so will be considered to have forfeited."
After the awards ceremony for the first segment ended, Vice Dean Mystic Light Hughes floated above the high platform with a Staff in hand and announced the rules of the Academy Tournament's second segment to all the students.
After explaining the rules, Hughes swept his gaze over the many students in the arena, who were already eager to begin, then smiled and raised the Staff in his right hand.
"Now, I announce that the ruins exploration segment... officially begins!"
As his words fell, a purple-gold Pamir Castle Emblem flashed across the large crystal embedded in the head