"Charlie, I want to go first."
Caren, who was usually timid, volunteered to go first.
"I want to redeem myself from yesterday's match."
"Then go."
No one here cared about the order. Caren here wanted to go first. So no one stopped her.
The first person from the other side wasn't someone worth taking notes on. Caren should have no problems facing her.
Caren and the other girl didn't say anything. Caren was too preoccupied with thinking about how to win.
Caren was doing what she did best. She spammed magical spells ranging in a variety of forms. The opponent had no idea what to do.
She tried her best to dodge and block all the upcoming attacks. But with how much magic was deployed, Caren won her first match.
This fight lasted about twenty seconds. It was one of the shortest fights if you didn't include any lead competitors.
Caren had won the first match with some mana to spare. The second opponent was Jane, the poisonous user.
"Caren, use all of your mana against her!"
I shouted at her, hoping that she would hear it. Caren needed to finish the fight fast. Fighting against someone who will whittle you down was painful to deal with.
The fight had begun, and both sides were already trying their hardest. Caren was doused with poison and tried her best to hang on.
After a while, she felt too weak and lost. On the bright side, Caren did considerable damage to Jane.
Teresa went next and finished off Jane. Using Jane's own shadow, Teresa had her tangled and knocked her out.
After beating one more person, Teresa went out. There were three people on the other side, with one tired. And we had four people left.
Next was Maddison, who was excited to fight. Maddison had easily eliminated two people. Her fighting powers are third within our team.
When fighting Camile, Maddison lost without a fight. Camile's emotional control countered Maddison's ability.
Maddison lost her ability to gather strength with Camile's control. And with that, Camile whipped Maddison and got her out. There were now three of us left. One of us three had to go.
"Noelle, do you want to go? You have a chance to beat her now."
Rebecca robbed Noelle of yesterday's event. The chance for Noelle to fight Camile on even terms was now here.
"I will go."
Without saying anything else, Noelle left. Noelle got on the ring and stared at Camile. She had already activated her illusion before the fight. That was pretty sneaky.
The fight had started, and the two people were doing something weird. It was pretty hard to watch. I had to facepalm to stop myself from watching.
The face was pretty embarrassing. Noelle was in the ring crying, acting like a baby. In contrast, Camile was there screaming in fear, like she had seen the worst thing in her life.
And from the looks of it, these two were going to stop any time soon. So while some of the audience found it entertaining, they also found this sad.
Ten minutes later, the judge decided it was a draw. Our team had won at the cost of Noelle's pride. But, it was a sacrifice that didn't need to be made.
Noelle got back and was embarrassed by what had just happened. She was usually blankly looking and had more expression than the nervous Caren.
She was unable to look at anyone's face. So she hid her face down and stayed down.
"Noelle, use this opportunity to get stronger. Don't like something like this get to you."
I tried to motivate Noelle with this battle even if she had drawn against someone. It was the captain of an opposing team.
Noelle, who had heard what I said, looked up. Her embarrassment had died, and I could see the fires in her eyes.
With that, it was our senior's turn. The second year's students had a rough match. They had faced an opponent that had a similar strength to them.
Lavender, the captain of the second year, had clutched up and dealt the victory blow. It helped them advance to the next round.
Our third year had already lost, so we had to watch the third year of the other team.
The fourth year also won. Like the second year, they also had a very close match. But other than that, I don't see them advancing to the next stage.
With the battle over, we had a thirty-minute break. Everyone here went back to our lounge and took a rest.
Some people were still hurt and were low on mana, so they had to drink a mana potion while being healed by a healer.
We were lucky that the food here was excellent and comfortable. Even when the next match was starting soon, we weren't preparing for it.
I don't know how the next round will be, but I wasn't concerned about it unless they made this battle a three-team and the team gangs up on us.
"Captain, try these tarts!"
Maddison was demolishing all these snacks and seeing how good they looked on Maddison's face. I took a bite.
Tarts weren't the snacks that I preferred to dine on, but they weren't so bad once in a while. Everyone took one, seeing how I ate one.
"Maddison, don't overeat."
"You're going to get sick in the fight."
While Maddison could use magic to digest the food, it would be best to take precautions.
And as for the drinks, they had soft drinks filled with mana. I can't believe it. Where did they get it? Maybe I should ask later.
Thirty minutes later, the break was now over. Everyone had turned to the stage, and the next round was about to start.
"Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the final round of the team elimination match!"
Did I hear what the announcer said correctly? The final round? How would that work with three teams in the mix? I couldn't help but speculate how the next few matches will be.
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