The Villain Young Master Just Wants to Live a Buddhist Life

And his partner in misfortune, Sievert, seemed to be right next door...

Dark smiled quite subtly.

A formal duel requires placing the deck onto the "card table" inside the contestant's podium, where a Magitech projection mechanism enlarges the Magitech Cards for the audience to see.

There are also rules such as "on-site shuffling," "starting hand of 5 cards," "30 seconds per turn," and "draw 2 cards per turn."

The flow of a duel is divided into only three phases.

1. Preparation Phase: Shuffling, communication (taunting), starting hand.

2. Battle Phase: Drawing cards, summoning, battling (beating up).

3. End Phase: Communication (taunting), collecting cards, declaring...

Of course, today's duel didn't have that many rules.

The twin-tailed girl from the Magister House over there was even clutching her only Magic Phantom Beast in her hand, waiting nervously for the referee's whistle.

Dark suddenly felt a bit worried about whether she might crush the Magic Phantom Beast.

Both sides had already deployed their Life Barrier with a magic power value of 500, which were now floating in front of them.

Using magic power to manipulate a Magitech Ball from a distance is an advanced technique, not included in the first-year curriculum.

Therefore, to move the Magitech Ball, one could only push it physically.

Roentgen: "Beep—begin preparation."

Dark took "Magic Phantom Beast: Eevee" out of his card pack, held it between his index and middle fingers, and entered the preparation phase.

Roentgen: "Battle countdown, 30s!"

Roentgen: "3, 2, 1, start!"

The very instant the battle phase began.

"My turn! Magic Guidance Summon!"

Dark whipped up his Magitech Card in an instant, and at the 8th second of the battle phase, he successfully summoned his Magic Phantom Beast!

Eevee landed lightly without the slightest hesitation and began to run like the wind.

By the 12th second of the battle phase, it had already crossed the 10-meter dueling field and pressed its paw onto the Magitech Ball floating above the ground!

"Bui |w`)?"

Tilting its head to look at the young lady opposite, Eevee showed a cute expression.

Then, it tapped it four times in succession, knocking the Magitech Ball's Life Barrier down to a sliver of health.

The twin-tailed girl was so stunned by the cuteness that her magic power faltered, and she hurriedly began her second summon.

Eevee waited very gently for her to summon her own Magic Phantom Beast, and then → delivered the final blow to the Magitech Ball.

"Battle over!"

"Winner: Dark Dimon."

Dark sighed, collected his card, and turned around.

Dull.

Boring.

Chapter 43 Diana never fears a challenge

"That's it?"

Diana watched Dark walking back slowly and couldn't help but blink, feeling that something was off.

These four groups of matches were happening simultaneously; everyone else had only just started, and you're already back?

|°°)

There was something Diana had kept to herself.

She actually hadn't been optimistic about Dark; after all, little Eevee didn't look like the kind of Magic Spirit that could take a hit or dish one out. How could it be as fierce as her Big White Bear?

But was it really possible to play a duel like this?

Without even a collision between Magic Spirits, he relied on a summoning speed faster than anyone else to step on the opponent's lifeline before they could even summon their own Magic Spirit!

The mercy shown at the end was likely Dark's charity.

After all, it was the other person's first duel in their life; if they hadn't even managed to successfully summon a Magic Spirit, it would surely have become a lifelong trauma.

Of course, Diana wasn't the only one paying attention to this match.

Whether it was Emma or Victor, both shifted their attention here the moment Dark left the field.

But no one could have expected this duel to end in such a way!

Emma carefully gauged her own summoning speed, her face turning slightly pale.

Dark was simply too fast!

A casting time of only eight seconds for a Summoning Technique was already completely beyond the level of a first-year student!

She had originally thought that her own 12 seconds were fast enough, but now it seemed that was completely insufficient!

This was no longer a matter that could be reversed by the strength or weakness of the Magic Spirits themselves.

This was a crushing defeat in terms of pure magitech proficiency!

On the other side.

Victor's expression was equally grim.

He was determined to win this in-class competition.

But if he were to lose a match before he could even summon his Magic Spirit—how was he supposed to fight?

"What was my casting time for the Summoning Technique again?"

Victor suddenly realized that he had never really calculated his own casting time!

"Next group, number 1."

Professor Jones directly grabbed the number tag for the fifth group.

Robert said in surprise, "It's your turn, Victor!"

Victor nodded, grabbed his tag, and walked toward Arena 3 with heavy steps.

His opponent was a boy from Fool House whom he didn't really know.

The other boy looked honest and simple-minded.

But as they entered the arena, that Fool House boy suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Are you really the son of the Hero?"

Victor was stunned, not quite understanding why he would have such a question.

In the battle phase, both of them initiated their Summoning Technique almost simultaneously!

Victor summoned his Stag at least two seconds earlier, but by the time the Stag landed, accelerated, and charged into the opponent's summoning zone, the other boy's Summoning Technique was finally completed as well.

A Black Bull with a layer of Rock Skin on its forehead suddenly appeared in front of the Magitech Ball, blocking Victor's Stag!

However, the Stag did not hesitate to continue its charge, using the power bonus from its acceleration to forcefully flip the Black Bull over!

Victor held his advantage firmly, eventually wearing down that thick-skinned Water Buffalo.

Immediately after.

Diana, Rose, Emma, and Robert all took the stage one after another.

Diana won without any suspense; her Magic Phantom Beast: Polar Bear swatted away her opponent's Magic Phantom Beast: Unicorn Rabbit with a single slap.

As for Rose, in her match, she played the role of the little white rabbit...

Instead, Emma's Otter managed to secure a narrow victory.

Emma had originally wanted to rely on her 12-second summoning speed to try and replicate Dark's strategy.

But her opponent was an honor student from Magister House, and although he was a beat slower than her, he still successfully completed his summoning in just under 14 seconds.

The two Magic Spirits collided in the left half of the arena.

Emma's Otter was a standard Magic Phantom Beast with 100 points in magic, attack, and defense. It fell into a disadvantage during the pure physical brawl, but finally found an opportunity to spray a mouthful of Salty Soda into the face of the opponent's Magic Spirit, thereby turning the tables and winning!

As for Robert...

He was lucky and encountered a student from Fool House.

Both of them spent over 16 seconds to summon their Magic Spirits.

Robert directly summoned his Magic Phantom Beast: Castle above the Magitech Ball; the hollow castle piece perfectly covered the small Magitech Ball, turning it into an unshakable, solid fortress!

→ This match dragged on until the very end of the first round.

With the students looking completely bewildered, Professor Jones announced with a helpless expression that both sides would advance simultaneously.

Thus, in the first round of 78 to 39, a total of 40 students advanced.

The second round began immediately.

Dark was still the first to go.

His opponent was a student from Noble House.

That student had originally been bragging to his friends.

His Magic Phantom Beast was a dragon-type Small Dinosaur, which had displayed overwhelming power in the previous duel!

Looking across the entire field, only Diana's Polar Bear could contend with it.

Therefore, he certainly had the qualifications to brag.

However, such is life; sometimes, being strong enough isn't enough to overcome every obstacle, because there are always those stronger than you.

Dulong entered the arena with a face as pale as ash.

As he drew near to Dark, a sudden thought struck him, and he asked with a shameless grin, "Dimon, could you let me summon my Magic Phantom Beast before we fight?"

Dark's expression remained indifferent: "What do you think?"

Dulong could only let out two dry laughs before walking toward his destined defeat.

Having suffered a swift defeat, Dulong immediately ran into the washroom and pounded his fists against the vanity.

"Damn it, it was just a bit faster, that's all! What's there to be so arrogant about?"

"It's obvious he studied the Summoning Technique before even enrolling!"

"Otherwise, how could he win with just that little fox? Damn it!"

"Don't let me catch up to you!"

After finishing his rant and his tears, he stepped out once again as a proud and elegant noble.

Dulong walked out of the washroom with slightly reddened eyes, just in time to see the only rival he acknowledged—Diana—engaged in a duel against Robert from the Knight Academy!

The Dulong Family and the Greatbear Family were open rivals within the kingdom, but the relationship between the two houses was not actually that bad.

He and Diana had met a long time ago during a family visit.

But the carefree Diana didn't remember him at all.

That had left him feeling dejected for quite a long time.

And opposite her