Dark was the first to receive the Monster Points Manual. After flipping through it briefly, he drew a Magitech Card from his Card Case and summoned in a low voice.
"In the name of Dark Dimon, Magic Guidance Summon—Magitech Scribe."
The Magitech Scribe, materializing from the summoning light, instantly drew everyone's attention.
Dark handed the Monster Points Manual directly to the Magitech Scribe, which immediately began scanning and recording it.
"It seems you came thoroughly prepared."
The staff member assigned to the second-year Noble House trio was a senior with long brown hair. Seeing the Magitech Scribe, he could not help but praise them.
Dark merely said casually, "Isn't this the standard method used in every Academy Cup?"
The staff member immediately shut his mouth and said nothing more.
Over on the other side, someone in the second-year Magister House trio had also summoned a similar Magic Spirit and begun recording the contents of the Monster Points Manual.
Since there was only one Monster Points Manual, any team that wanted to split up had to memorize its contents.
Using Magitech Cards to make records had always been a standard method. The staff members who arrived afterward began distributing score watches.
The score watches were worn on the wrist and included the functions of a Dungeon Escape Device, providing a certain degree of protection for the contestants' safety.
However, activating the Dungeon Escape Device meant automatically forfeiting the competition—at that point, the substitute would need to take the field.
But there could only be one substitute, meaning there was only one margin for error.
Still, throughout the history of the Academy Cup, it was rare to see anyone trigger a Dungeon Escape Device. Substitutes had basically never taken the field.
"The score watch can only record points from monsters killed within