Winning Streaks and Published Papers

Inside the Duel Arena of Number Nine Floating City, there is a Duel Arena that has not yet been renovated.

This is the very place where Fran often duels. Fran is now standing on the field, launching an attack on her opponent.

This is the first round of today's duel. Logically, the opponent should carefully observe Fran's actions and then wait until the final third round before making a final, all-out effort.

But this duelist did the opposite, going all out in the first match, wearing three Spell Ring, determined to fight Fran to Fran death in the very first round.

After Fran saw that her routine Greater Fireball had been fired and there was still no news of her opponent's defeat coming from the smoke and dust, Fran immediately began to channel the enhanced spell [Elemental Radiance].

But to Fran's surprise, shortly after she began Channeling Spell, a Greater Fireball emerged from the smoke and dust; it turned out that her opponent had used Greater Fireball to attack.

There's no rule that a mage must immediately cast a spell after channeling it, so Fran's opponent was caught off guard. Based on Fran's fighting style, while Fran was channeling her enhancement spell, he also cast a First Order spell that he had already channeled.

He deliberately wasted his spellcasting power to confuse Fran, intending to use Fran's own methods to send Fran away at this crucial moment.

His plan was clearly impossible, because after the violent explosion, smoke and dust enveloped the entire Duel Arena, but no signal came that the duel was over.

This left Fran's opponent completely stunned, ceasing all struggle and staring wide-eyed as the smoke and dust dissipated.

Fran had already unleashed [Elemental Radiance], but instead of specifically enhancing the Fire Element, she chose to enhance the Wind Element.

There's no way around it; these duelists are really cunning. They know that Fran's Elemental Radiance enhances a certain element in the entire Elemental Arena, and some people have already stolen Fran's enhancement to use it, creating their own shields to gain an advantage.

Therefore, Fran no longer only strengthens the Fire Element; she has even strengthened the Water Element as well.

The [Howling Gale] airflow was already swirling in his palm, waiting only for the spell to be channeled before it could be released. Just then, most of the smoke and dust dissipated.

Her opponent then realized why Fran hadn't lost the match before the Greater Fireball: Fran had also been wearing Shield Spell Ring.

This is information that Fran didn't reveal, because none of the previous duelists had managed to use Fran's Shield Spell Ring.

This immediately shattered her opponent's mentality, making them realize that they were destined to be swept 3-0 today.

He prepared many tricks today, all to exploit Fran's weaknesses when she doesn't have her shield, and to win a game using Fran's methods.

Although the Magic Duel is fair and both sides can use the same spell setup, which is in accordance with the rules, Fran can also use the Shield Spell Ring.

However, after so many days of exposure to the newspapers, Fran had long been portrayed as a dragon guarding wealth, from which anyone who could pull out a single tooth would gain immense riches.

Many mages felt that since Fran was so powerful, Fran must have followed more and stricter rules than they did.

But when Fran's Shield Spell Ring lit up, he realized he was completely wrong; the other woman could also use Shield Spell Ring.

A feeling that was both absurd and reasonable flashed through Fran's opponent's mind.

This left him unable to focus in the next two smaller duels, and he was easily defeated by Fran.

The duel ended quickly, and after Fran explained that she would be applying for duels every day from now on, she immediately flew out of the Duel Arena.

This prompted many mages to cheer on the spot, because they had set up a betting game about when Fran would appear each day, betting on whether Fran could end the battle within three minutes each day.

In the later stages of the event, as the opponents became more and more prepared, Fran needed more and more time.

Fran only came out around 2 minutes and 59 seconds yesterday, so many people guessed it would be 3 minutes today.

However, some mages clearly still have faith in Fran, believing that Fran can defeat her opponent within three minutes.

Clearly, Fran easily defeated her opponent today due to his misjudgment.

Then, after Fran's opponent came out, a group of reporters surrounded her.

"As the opponent on their 25th consecutive winning streak, what are your thoughts?"

"Did your opponent use any unexpected tactics today that caused you to emerge so quickly?"

Do you think your opponent can secure a spot in the Main Tournament before the Preliminaries end?

A barrage of questions came at Fran's opponent today. He took a moment to compose himself before slowly beginning to answer the reporters' questions.

Although he couldn't achieve the honor of defeating Fran's undefeated record, Fran's current 25-game winning streak and her refusal to give interviews forced reporters to shift their focus.

This gave Fran's defeated opponents a rare opportunity, and those defeated opponents naturally wouldn't miss this chance to show off.

"My preparations weren't very thorough. I wanted to test my skills with a First Order spell, but I didn't expect her to also be wearing Shield Spell Ring..."

"As for whether she can secure a spot in the Main Tournament before the Preliminaries end, there are still twenty days left in the Preliminaries, which I think is plenty of time."

"It's just that the minimum score requirement for entering the Main Tournament seems to have increased a bit recently; it's now 201. She might need to win at least six matches 3-0 to qualify."

The entire Duel Arena was unusually noisy because news of Fran's victory had spread, and Fran's score had reached 150 points after achieving a 20-game winning streak—a score range that was extremely rare for mages.

This has resulted in Fran only being able to take on a duel every few days, but judging from the current progress, as long as she can continue to win duels 3-0, securing a spot in the Main Tournament is a sure thing.

The happiest people after Fran's astonishing winning streak in the Duel Arena were definitely not Fran, but the Duel Arena manager of Number Nine Floating City and the reporters.

Recently, all the facilities in the Duel Arena have been almost fully booked, and the newspapers are filled with news about Fran's winning streak in the Duel Arena every day.

Either Fran broke the record again, or Fran's opponent made a statement expressing lingering fear, or some former champions of the Champion Mage Challenge were invited to share their insights.

In short, because Fran had to win at least thirty consecutive matches with a score of 3-0, the Number Nine Floating City indirectly became the focus of major newspapers.

Even spurred on by Fran's reputation, many other Magic Duel from other Floating City came to Number Nine Floating City.

Suddenly, the number of mages in Number Nine Floating City surged, and there's no sign of it stopping now, causing immense hardship for the various service personnel and government staff on the Number Nine Floating City.

As for Fran, the central figure in the incident, after flying away from the Duel Arena, she made a point of checking behind her to see if any mages or apprentices were following her.

After making sure no one was following her, Fran deviated from the path leading to the Mage Tower and flew instead towards the Aether Palace.

At the entrance of the Aether Palace, Fran slowly descended, having reverted to her ' Lai ' appearance. She did not go inside, for what she was looking for was outside.

By this time, a number of mages had gathered outside the Aether Palace, and they walked in twos and threes to the bulletin board and a somewhat old window.

"The latest issue of the Alchemy School Paper has arrived. After today's issue, it should be close to the Gold Alchemy Award, right?"

"Pretty much, but I remember there should be one more round, though by then there will only be two days left until the awards ceremony."

"The Gold Alchemy Award Committee couldn't possibly read all the new Paper within two days, so this was the last one."

Listening to the conversation among the mages, Fran walked to the window and asked the temporary apprentice inside for a copy of the latest Alchemy School Paper.

She flipped directly to the first page and, sure enough, saw the Paper she had submitted for review.

She had already submitted the Paper for review, but it still needed to go through a series of security checks before it could be published in a journal.

This is a relatively quick way for Alchemy School to publish their Paper. She has the status of Alchemy School and knows that even the best Paper need to be seen by the Gold Alchemy Award Committee to recognize Paper merit.

So she chose to publish through the Alchemy School 'Alchemy School official journal, which reviews submitted Paper and only those of a certain standard can be published there.

Of course, this is not a hurdle for Fran. Just the name ' Lai ' is enough for Fran to publish even a paper on modifying First Order Paper that has no innovative methods.

Of course, this meant they couldn't be on the first page of the journal. Fran flipped through two pages and found that her three Paper were already in the top three.

The first paper was about electrical Paper, followed by two papers on Paper. Fran was very satisfied with this arrangement, as it guaranteed her the Gold Alchemy Award.

She put the journal away and flew straight back to her house on Ashgold Path. Now that she knew her Paper had been published, there was no need to stay there any longer.

After she left, a monk who had just received the journal exclaimed in surprise.

"Look at the first three Paper in the journal; they all have the same author."

His words attracted the attention of many monks, who began to read them and were surprised to find that what the monk had just said was true.

"Wait, I remember this ' Lai,' if I'm not mistaken, he should be the nominee for the Gold Alchemy Award."

His discovery prompted more monks to rush to the window to grab a copy of the journal.

"So, does that mean the winner of this year's Gold Alchemy Award has already been decided?" A mage asked this crucial question, and no one refuted him.

However, a mage in the corner flipped to the fourth Paper in the journal and saw that its author Oguate, who was also a nominee for the Gold Alchemy Award.

Judging from the order of the Paper published in the journal, Oguate has little hope at all.