Afterward, Luo Zhen sent the information on the representative competitors from the other academies to the students of Hagun Academy, allowing them to learn about their opponents and prepare accordingly during the competition, even coming up with battle strategies in advance.
Although, because they had to compete, all the academies strictly managed their information and would not easily leak details about their students, even an academy like Hagun Academy, which had held such a large-scale selection tournament, would strictly control its information and prevent things like battle videos from being leaked. Still, completely controlling everything was impossible.
Take Todo Touka, for example. She had participated in the previous Seven Star Sword Festival and had even made it to the semifinals. Her matches had been broadcast or rebroadcast nationwide, and her strength was at the level of a champion or runner-up. Her family heirloom blade was also famous far and wide. Not only did people throughout the country know of it, but even people overseas were aware of it. There was simply no way to control information about Todo Touka. Information about her ability and Blade-Breaker Technique had surely already leaked.
Stella was another example. As the second princess of the Vermillion Empire and the possessor of the world's strongest magical power, her ability had long since been extensively reported in the news, making everyone aware that Stella was a fire mage and an all-around warrior—incontrovertibly an A-Rank Knight.
Likewise, it was possible to gather at least some information on the student knights from the other academies.
For instance, the top three from the previous Seven Star Sword Festival and the three strongest students of Buku Academy could not possibly hide their abilities, nor their strength. They could be analyzed completely.
Then there was Kurogane Ouma. He had participated in an