Moreover, his research into Magic Cards and artifacts far surpassed that of the lower-year students.
Among the fourth-year honor students Dark had formally dueled on the dueling stage, the only one was Angus Jeffrey, who had been a fourth-year at the time.
So he waved to the classmates beside him, then bent over as he left the front-row seats and entered the contestants' passage.
This time, his opponent was a fourth-year senior. But perhaps because he had already grown accustomed to last night's activities at Bal Masqué, he felt little besides excitement.
Compared with third-years, fourth-years had conducted more research into directed refinement.
By this point, they also had enough leeway to specially refine Magitech Cards for the sake of victory in duels. They could easily produce all kinds of Magitech Cards that were exceptionally effective only on the dueling stage.
The fourth-year senior Dark was about to face basically belonged to this type of student.
Even if he was stronger than Angus Jeffrey, that would be perfectly normal.
Although Angus Jeffrey possessed both talent and resources, he was clearly lacking in diligence.
He could not represent the top level among fourth-year honor students.
True fourth-year honor students had already mastered directed refinement in their third year, built a complete system at the start of their fourth year, and continued improving afterward, mastering ever more numerous and complex techniques.
Dark encountered the staff member waiting there. She was a third-year senior with an apple-shaped face who looked adorable when she smiled.
He gave the senior a slight nod and prepared to wait there until the fifth match of the evening ended before taking the stage.
However, the senior suddenly produced a Gatomon card from behind her back—a card for simulated duels—then looked at him with shining eyes and eagerly asked,