After leaving the dean of studies' office, Ron shamelessly headed to the laboratory of Professor Simmons, the legendary lightning-element mage.
Under the offensive of the divine Nether Orchid, Professor Simmons agreed to Ron's request to record legendary lightning-element magic.
In addition, Simmons agreed to introduce Ron to other legendary mages.
As for whether he could win them over, that would depend on Ron himself.
Fortunately, there were only so many legendary spells currently available in the Elemental Cards, so recording them was not too difficult.
On top of that, Ron's identity as one favored by the gods allowed him to speak with the legendary mages as an equal.
And with the divine Nether Orchid lending him a hand, recording the materials for Mimic Grass should not pose much of a problem.
After settling the lightning-element magic, Ron left the Imperial City Magic Academy and went to the Magic Battle Hall to check on things.
On the second day after Gold Rank opened, only a little over twenty people had advanced to Gold Rank so far.
According to Nora's estimate, by the time the Magic Cup began a week later, there would be around a hundred Gold Rank players.
They would most likely be the group entering the elimination rounds then.
Together with the strongest Silver Rank players, they would more or less make up the 128-person elimination bracket.
As for whether anyone from Bronze Rank could rise above the rest, the chances were slim.
Unless they were truly extraordinarily gifted, had only just come into contact with Magic Duel, and had not yet had time to play ranked matches before the Magic Cup began.
Otherwise, ninety-nine percent of the top-tier Magic Cup contestants could already be identified through the ranked matches.
But competitors with talent as exceptional as Andy's were