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There had been a slight hiccup—she had almost capsized!

But the Sea Shepherds Club had still managed to preserve its dignity for the time being. Barring any surprises, they and Greedy Umbrella would still have a tiebreaker.

As long as they won every remaining match, and Greedy Umbrella did the same, they would fight for first place in the group in a straightforward tiebreaker.

A traditional seven-versus-seven KOF witch duel.

Once the Witch Agency announced the tiebreaker, countless witches erupted in cheers.

This was exactly what they liked!

Seven against seven—until the last person on one team fell, the match was not over.

This was the most traditional and cruelest way for witch clubs to determine victory or defeat.

It originated from a form of witch warfare before Olivia's era, when both sides gathered more than fifty witches and dueled on the battlefield to the cheers of their respective witch armies, facing witches they had never met but who were already mortal enemies.

If you lived, you kept fighting.

If you died, your companions took your place.

It was only after Olivia's era began that ambushes, assassinations, and poisonings truly became popular. As the strongest witch in the world at the time, Olivia set a bad precedent—the doctrine that victory was innocent. Ruthlessness and secret-agent politics had their roots in her as well.

"That about covers seven-person duels. Most witches couldn't give a better explanation than I just did."

In the training base's classroom, Histeria sat atop a desk, swinging her slender feet clad in pure black stockings while holding a lollipop.

Ghost Witches truly loved sweets far too much.

Jiang Han rolled her eyes and opened the teaching materials laid out on the desk beside her.

Her performance in the matches these past few days had earned her