Every wish made upon the "Holy Grail" was a happy one. But the choosing stage was always terribly vexing. Dark was also considering what exactly he should wish for this time.
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At around five o'clock, all rewards other than the "Holy Grail" wish had been distributed.
After that, the contestants from each academy gradually left the classroom. At the very end of this Academy Championship, at least the prizes had been satisfying.
Even the substitute contestants from the last-ranked Public Magic Armor Academy received prizes that were more or less comparable.
Naturally, the contestants from the champion Saint Marian Academy received higher-quality prizes.
The substitutes' prizes were slightly inferior in quality to those of the main-event contestants.
But for those who had not contributed much during the competition, they were already highly coveted rewards.
With these high-quality materials, their path as Magisters would surely become much smoother.
If they could quickly "cash in" these prizes and use them to improve their current strength, they would certainly gain a snowballing advantage in the upcoming Masquerade Ball.
As for the main-event contestants...
Dark secretly glanced at the list Senior Pandora had submitted and immediately understood that her ambitions were grand.
In any case, once the rewards had been distributed, the Saint Marian Academy contestants returned to their dormitories to put away their champion prizes. Then they hurried out again, gathered at the Castle gates, and headed together to the Dragon Taming Platform.
By the time they arrived at the Dragon Taming Platform, the War Totem Academy team, which had been the most eager to leave, had already taken off.
Most of them were returning by carriage. But there were also those riding flying mounts, with the riders guiding carriages in