After a morning of matches, the academy professors' names finally appeared near the top of the points leaderboard.
At the very front was not Professor Jones, the "Dueling Master," but Professor Steven Harvey!
With a remarkably high score, he ranked ninth, less than three points behind every contestant ahead of him.
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Following right behind Professor Steven Harvey was Professor Power Jones.
As the Dueling Class professor and dean of the Noble House, Professor Jones possessed terrifying raw strength.
Unfortunately, the City Points Tournament tested more than a contestant's sheer ability. How quickly one could find opponents willing to duel, and how efficiently one could earn points, were equally crucial.
The contestants who had surged to the top of the leaderboard all possessed their own special methods.
The only difference was whose method was more effective.
Dark did not know what method Professor Jones had used, but it was presumably less efficient than Professor Harvey's.
As for what method Professor Harvey had used...
While eating at this Great Fairy Fast Food restaurant, Dark had overheard a few bits of news about Professor Harvey from the other customers.
There was no point saying more. In any case, it sounded terrifying.
In short, among Saint Marian Academy's professors, only Professor Harvey had entered the top ten.
Between tenth and nineteenth place, there were two more: Professor Jones and Professor Lily.
Professor Lily was ranked seventeenth—by the time Dark left the fast-food restaurant, she had risen to sixteenth.
He had originally thought he might encounter Professor Lily in this Fairy Type division, but that had not happened.
Professor Lily was clearly not in the Fairy Type division.
Otherwise, news of her would surely have spread throughout the division. Based on what