Moreover, there was already competition among the various houses. If they could use this opportunity to suppress students from other houses and nip promising seedlings in the bud, it would undoubtedly be greatly beneficial to their own house.
These issues that had always existed within the Golden Cup might be amplified to a certain extent by the massive influx of second-year students.
But no one believed they would be able to go very far.
The afternoon sunlight was warm, painting the Open-Air Duel Hall in a brilliant golden hue—it had quite literally turned gold.
Those upperclassmen who had lost in the instant duels gritted their teeth as they waited for a chance at revenge.
People with all sorts of agendas had also turned their attention toward the Golden Cup.
This year's second-years might truly not be underestimated.
Thus, the students from the four houses were distinctly divided into four separate sections.
Dark had fortunately managed to snag a seat in the first row, surrounded by his fellow second-year Noble House students.
Diana and Rose sat to his left, one after the other.
Just like during the Silver Cup opening ceremony, the Academy had coated the Open-Air Duel Hall in a layer of gold, making the entire venue suddenly seem grand, majestic, and overwhelmingly luxurious.
By one-thirty, students from the entire Academy had poured into the Duel Hall.
The Golden Cup had no seating requirements for internal spectators, so students could freely choose where to sit.
Very quickly.
The spectator stands along the Ring Belt were filled in neat rows.
Judy, the upperclassman host now dressed in a golden formal gown, stepped onto the raised platform slightly ahead of schedule.
Neither of the two felt nervous in the slightest because of the Golden Cup's opening.
The frequent duels and Dungeon expeditions