Restricting the duelists' use of their own power went against the original intent.
The goal of the correction was to increase the proportion of influence that magic guidance techniques had on the outcome of a duel.
Dark could not help but ponder this.
The road from the Open-Air Duel Hall to the Cafeteria was not long, but Dark had thought of many things along the way.
By the time he unknowingly sat down at a table in the Cafeteria, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.
He had finally found where the sense of incongruity in magic guidance duels under the current rules lay!
He raised his head and saw Diana and Aurora discussing which part of the competitor's set meal tasted the best.
Emma and Sara were arguing over their differing opinions on the morning's matches.
Anna and Angie were quietly giggling for some unknown reason.
Victor was dealing with Robert, who had hurried over.
Dark glanced at his own plate and discovered that two pieces of wagyu beef were missing.
Having the duelists personally enter the field made magic guidance duels under the current rules overly complicated.
If magic guidance duels were to feel more like magic guidance duels, they could not be improved through addition. Only subtraction would work.
Restrictions outside the field were necessary, but the Academy had long considered that. At present, what needed greater adjustment were the rules within the field.
They had to eliminate needless complicated factors and make magic guidance duels more streamlined and intuitive, without putting the cart before the horse and violating the original intent.
To achieve that, they only needed to reintroduce one old element.
That was... the Life Point system!
Dark understood.
The reason magic guidance duels had stopped feeling like magic guidance duels was not due to