Chapter 118: The Grand Magic Academy’s Top Sophomore
"Competitor Donner annihilates his opponent with a thunderous outburst! Competitor Lewis falls short and exits the tournament with a top 32 finish!"
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"Competitor Maeve proves why she’s the sixth seed, defeating her opponent with a sneaky Conjured Poison Dart!"
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"Competitor Ennya burns bright!! She once again incinerates more than half the stage, along with her opponent, this with a vicious flame tornado!"
The matches proceeded as expected, and the weaker ones were being weeded out once more, leaving only the cream of the crop of this batch of youngsters.
There seemed to be no more upsets until...
"C-Competitor Fernan pulls through! What an upset! The ninth seed, Lilirun Galamari, has been eliminated! A sudden emergence of a dark horse!" roared Akari, her spittle once again flying everywhere.
The twenty-eighth seed, Fernan Fidomar—a young man of average height, average build, and shaggy brown hair—bares his fangs and shows his edge to the world by defeating the young miss of a prominent Wizardry Clan, who is also a disciple of a high-ranking Master Wizard.
A new dark horse had suddenly emerged.
Fernan was the young master of a not-so-prominent Wizardry Clan that was barely holding on to its status.