His path to becoming a professional magus had originally been far from smooth, but one day, his potential had suddenly erupted, turning him into a fairly capable magus. That lasted until he entered the World Cup.
But he had been eliminated within the top five hundred during the qualifiers.
The qualifier rankings offered a rough estimate of the two sides' respective strengths.
Yet from the very start, this duel charged headlong in an utterly unexpected direction.
Dick had originally been a fire mage. Though weak, he could instantly cast everyday magic like "Ignite," and he had even mastered the technique of casting "Ignite" from a distance.
At the beginning of the duel, he set Billy's black robe ablaze, leaving Billy covered in flames and forced to deal with the fire first.
Dick thus seized the initiative. After a rapid series of maneuvers, he was the first to summon his own "God Card."
It was the "God Card" that he had kept hidden throughout the qualifiers, fearing that his secret would be exposed.
After all, not everyone was as "simple-minded" as Tompsin, harboring no wariness toward that God Lord.
But in this environment, there was no need to hide it at all.
After Dick summoned the "God Card," he completely secured control of the situation and killed Billy on the spot.
When Billy respawned in the "graveyard," the battle ended. Dick won and took Billy's "God Card." Like Number Two, whose "God Card" had also been taken, Billy suffered such a severe blow that his mind became muddled. He was driven to the wall like a walking corpse, where he continued serving as a "witness."
The first round of trials was single-elimination. That meant that after one round of duels, sixteen people would be eliminated, while another sixteen would possess two