"Let's talk business." Alvitr said, "I have personal reasons for wanting to awaken Hermes ahead of schedule. I think you can understand."
Principal Arte nodded slightly and said, "Accelerating the Divine Path Ritual would indeed benefit us."
Alvitr said, "The current environment isn't enough to support us in taking another step forward. Setting aside the Academy Championship, even the World Cup Duel Challenge isn't at a high enough level. So we can only place our hopes on Hermes's awakening."
Principal Arte blinked, immediately putting on an understanding expression. "Yes, yes."
Caught between them, Dark was rather speechless.
Although Principal Arte and Alvitr were both the strongest "Saints" of this era, their thoughts were clearly not on the same wavelength.
What Principal Arte had in mind was that accelerating the Divine Path Ritual would leave others with no time to catch up.
What Alvitr had in mind, however, was that the current Magic Guidance duelists simply weren't strong enough. Only by accelerating the Divine Path Ritual could "stronger people" emerge faster.
By this point in the development of Magic Guidance, it had become inseparable from "duels." A Magic Guidance duelist without opponents would find it extremely difficult to improve. Thus, in Dark's view, the Divine Path Ritual was essentially no different from raising venomous insects—it existed to rapidly cultivate an "Insect God."
The World Cup Duel Challenge would undoubtedly be a contest among the strongest in this world.
But for those who already stood at the peak, it truly lacked some significance.
That was why Alvitr wanted to awaken Hermes as soon as possible. Her target was the "God's Cup"!
However, there was another problem.
Even if Hermes awakened, could he create opponents out of thin air? From Dark's understanding—
The answer was yes.
Because the advancement of the Divine Path