The next morning, before the magic academy had made any response, other people stepped forward again.
Two fifth-rank mage instructors from the magic academy stated that students should play less Magic Duel, claiming that Magic Duel showed signs of being addictive and would seriously affect students' learning efficiency.
Several instructors from the First Military Academy also came forward, criticizing Elemental Card Magic Duel for taking up too much of students' free time. They were clearly warriors, yet they went off to play Magic Duel—it was completely putting the cart before the horse.
Besides that, people from several ordinary academies in the Imperial City also voiced their opinions, pointing out a whole series of problems with Elemental Cards, as though the thing were some enormously harmful menace.
When Ron received this information, he was inspecting the ranked-match situation from the past few days at the Magic Battle Hall.
He merely had Doll tell Sylvie, "Got it," before withdrawing his consciousness and continuing to listen to Nora's report on the Battle Hall's data over the past two days.
"Over the past two days, the combined number of Silver Rank players on the third and fourth floors has surpassed 150. By mid-March, it should reach more than 300."
"Because there's a rank-drop system, ten percent of people return to the Bronze area every week, so the growth rate may slow down a little afterward."
Ron nodded. "By mid-March, prepare to open Gold Rank. As for the Diamond and Star Radiance ranks afterward, we'll discuss them once the Magic Cup is over."
By noon, the "Magic Duel Denouncement Incident" was just about to intensify further.
Yet Ron calmly took out an announcement in the Magic Battle Hall and instructed the staff to post it on the bulletin board.
At the same time, an announcement