# The Day BeforeAfter the hugs broke, Alec was quick to ask about the situation, when he heard they'd been defeated, and learned of Lucas's and Beatrice's conditions, his gaze turned cold.But after a few seconds, his expression softened, and he sighed in relief, as he was grateful he'd made it back in time before the Loser bracket commenced, his words coming out as:“Thank God there's still a loser's bracket match, let's win that and get revenge for the loss against The Silent Night. I'm back now.”After that, he passed by Lucas's room and tossed him a Tier 7 healing pill, seeing this, Lucas almost rejected it due to how precious it is, even he knew that the other academy were giving their mage Tier 5 healing pills, But Alec just scratched his head at his words and said if Lucas didn't want it, he could throw it out the window, as he wouldn't be taking it back.Seeing Alec’s nonchalant expression as he spoke filled Lucas with a mix of emotions, and he couldn't find the right words

After bypassing Shun by making him believe he was the target, Alec appeared before Aoyama Kiri and Kagura Yato.Kiri had merged with her spirit, allowing her to manipulate wind in a unique way, her spirit was a Whispering Wind Wraith, granting her mastery over wind manipulation, sound manipulation, and an increased heightened perception.Yato, on the other hand, was the only mage who had an assassin-type spirit among them, his spirit allowed him to perform short-distance teleportation and conjure shadow-formed spirit daggers and other weapons at will. Looking at him, Alec couldn’t help but compare him to Knight, the moment Alec appeared before them, they attacked simultaneously. As Yato took the lead, bending low and raising a shadow dagger high as he aimed to drive it into Alec’s right ribs.At the same time, Kiri clapped her hands together, even before she released them, Alec could already sense that the backlash of the energy she was gathering would be able to destabilize him for

“Bulwark, Glacius… Arise!” Titan commanded as he thrust his right hand forward.Immediately after he spoke , summoning runes lit up across the frozen ground he had just walked over. They glowed with an icy radiance, forming intricate magical patterns, before anyone could properly process just what was happening, two of Titan’s top Captain-rank golems began rising from the ground, as if some unseen force was lifting them upward.The mages on the battlefield stared in shock, those watching from the stands were even more confused, while the spectators in the VIP sections struggled to comprehend what they were witnessing.A golem summoning other golems.Such a phenomenon had only ever been mentioned in ancient scriptures, none of them had ever seen something like this with their own eyes, yet here it was happening right in front of them.While many were still trying to understand how such a thing was possible, the battle between Ren and Alec had already resumed in earnest, as both mages

“Leave them. They are mine.”While Alec and Hoshino Ren were locked in their clash, Titan decided to deal with the Blade Clan members himself.When he spoke, his gaze fell directly on Brandon, Arthur, and Knight, he completely ignored Lucas, who was still bleeding but seemed to be holding his own against Aeron.Both of them were laughing wildly as they exchanged blows, their weapons clashing repeatedly while enhanced by Qi.Although Lucas appeared to have the advantage in raw strength, as each swing of his glaive forced Aeron several steps back, but Aeron was clever enough to maneuver around some of the attacks and search for faster ways to take Lucas down.However, with lightning coursing through Lucas’ body, his reaction speed and evasiveness had greatly increased making it hard for Aeron to swiftly finish him in a very fast speed. Because of that, he managed to stay on his feet and avoided getting trapped or pinned down by Aeron’s tactics.After Titan spoke, the three Gordon clan

By the next day, all four teams that had qualified for the semi-finals were already waiting for the match format and battle pairings to be announced.From the changing room, they could clearly hear the roaring cheers of the crowd as everyone waited for the day’s matches to begin, while they were still waiting, the Dean walked in, accompanied by Miss Selene, who had come to wish them good luck. After all, she had been the one who originally selected the team, and seeing how far they had progressed filled her with pride, they had definitely grown far beyond anything she had imagined when she first chose them.After the team greeted her and she exchanged a few brief words with Alec, the Dean finally spoke.“The team we will be facing has been confirmed,” the Dean began.That single sentence immediately captured everyone’s attention as they turned toward him.“We will be facing the Bloodline Academy, and the format for this match has also been decided, it will be something called a Rune-P