But regardless of the outcome of this duel, Quintina's sudden attack had caught the Holy Rite Academy contestants completely off guard.
They had the advantage in numbers, so they naturally assumed that Quintina, now alone, would not take such a needless risk.
Yet after being driven away by them, Quintina had not chosen to remain hidden. Instead, she had seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
A sneak attack alone would not have mattered much.
The real problem was that this attack had completely exposed their hiding place! Sure enough, as the duel began here, Ocean Magic Guidance Academy and Sky Magic Guidance Academy both came after them without prior coordination.
Saint Zachary Lancelot could not help looking in that direction, his expression instantly darkening.
From his perspective, it was difficult to understand Quintina's actions.
But the resulting consequences of her actions had indeed put them in an extremely uncomfortable position.
Now that their location had been exposed, it was clearly too late to try and retreat.
But Holy Rite Academy was no pushover either.
The remaining five contestants exchanged glances and immediately acted according to the plan they had prepared beforehand.
Ocean Magic Guidance Academy and Sky Magic Guidance Academy were clearly moving to join forces against them.
If they did not act quickly, they would surely suffer heavy losses after this round of "duels."
They could not possibly deal with contestants from two academies at once. If they wanted to reduce their losses, they had to drag another academy into the fray.
Thus, the five remaining members of Holy Rite Academy directly abandoned Concealment, took off at full speed, and flew rapidly toward Saint Marian Academy's position.
The Saint Marian Academy contestants had only just flown out of the Blue Restaurant when they spotted Holy Rite Academy