Were they really going to wipe them out completely...
Not only the spectators from Zone Two, but most of the spectators from the independent zones were also watching this scene. It was practically unheard of for one of the top ten academies to be forced into possibly being eliminated in the very first round. Not because no one wanted to do it, but because it was mostly impossible...
Any academy that could maintain a top-ten ranking across countless eras had deep foundations. Take Wind Walker Academy, for example. Even after several generations of lackluster successors, it had still maintained its position in the top ten for so long through its excellent teamwork and the equipment provided by the academy. No matter how poor this year's situation was, outside predictions only suggested that it might fall out of the top ten. No one would have expected Wind Walker Academy to fall in the very first round...
Mecha Academy, which was currently riding a wave of momentum, was even less likely to suffer such a fate. The reason was simple. Even when they encountered a team stronger than themselves, they would not go all out in the first few rounds. Any captain with a bit of sense understood that they had to preserve their strength. When teams encountered one another, even if they clashed, they would stop after testing each other, and rarely force the other side to activate its equipment.
For Mecha Academy to suffer such heavy losses after being schemed against in the very first round was already an extremely outrageous mistake. But no one had expected the other side to refuse to leave them a way out, seemingly intent on crushing them in the first round...
"The new captain of Blue Spirit Academy is being rather ruthless..." Among the