Not long after that, the duels between Emma's trio and Elven Spell Academy also came to an end.
Winnie Skadi won in a crushing victory.
Mars Carey nearly got turned around, but ultimately still won. Emma Mortis suffered a regretful defeat.
And with the end of that duel, Emma's points dropped to zero on the spot, making her Saint Marian Academy's first—and only—eliminated contestant. Although many contestants had already been eliminated after their points fell to zero by this stage of the competition, and Emma was not particularly conspicuous among them, it was indeed extremely difficult for her pride to accept.
Yet it all stemmed from insufficient strength.
She had a full understanding of her own level of strength and had long anticipated that this outcome might occur. Thus, she had been doing her utmost to avoid it in the previous matches.
However, blindly "avoiding" things could not make her stronger.
In the end, she could not resist challenging Julia Amelia, the "Rain Elf," to a duel, and ultimately... lost.
Both were third-years, but Julia's combat strength was indeed greater than hers at this point. After acknowledging that, Emma waved toward the window of the Red Restaurant and left calmly, teeth clenched.
"Emma lost." Sara Swati squeezed up to the windowsill and looked at Emma's departing figure.
Dark turned to glance at her and teased, "Your turn." Sara immediately shot him a glare and said, "I'm not going." Then she promptly moved to another window and continued looking outside.
Dark shook his head and continued watching the duel between Chloe and Quintina. Not long afterward, White God, Diana Greatbear, and Aurora Montilfali all returned victorious.
Their opponents had all been lower-year students from Ocean Magic Guidance Academy. They were formidable as well, but White God's group had ultimately come out