Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 393 - An Overwhelming First Day

Starting with Mason’s first victory, Ethan’s disciples began to achieve excellent results in the exchange, one after another.

Due to the large scale of the event and the high number of participating students, many matches in the first round were between students from the same academy. While other academies tried to keep their matches mild to avoid injuring their peers, Ivecar was the complete opposite.

“What’s up with those guys?”

“Wow, are they really going that far? They’re from the same academy, aren’t they?”

“But… their level is no joke.”

The fights between Ivecar Academy students were shocking to students from other academies.

They fought as fiercely as if their lives depended on it.

It seemed they had already forgotten they were from the same academy.

All that remained was the determination to win by using everything they had.

Moreover, because they were students taking the same classes, they had to give it their all.

They had all learned from Teacher Ethan, so even the slightest mistake could lead directly to defeat.

“Aren’t they scared? Why are they fighting like that?”

“If they lose like that, it’ll be so embarrassing.”

“If they get injured, they won’t be able to participate in the next exchange. Have they forgotten this is a team event?”

But today, Ivecar’s students had received tremendous motivation through Ethan.

That’s why they weren’t afraid of defeat.

No, if they were to lose, they intended to do so only after giving it their absolute best.

The score was a secondary concern. The essence was not about scoring points, but gaining experience.

“He said defeat isn’t a flaw.”

“If we can’t get first place, we’ll show everything we’ve got before losing!”

“Even if I don’t score, our other classmates will.”

Other academy students couldn’t keep up with the attitude of Ivecar students who approached the exchange with such a mindset.

“Ugh!”

Even in defeat, they took one step further.

It was the Ivecar students with this mindset who emerged victorious.

“Ivecar Academy, Sword Department! Mason Yellowd wins!”

“Ivecar Academy, Sword Department…”

“Ivecar Academy, Magic Department…”

“Ivecar Academy!”

Ivecar Academy’s name began to be called out continuously from various exchange arenas.

First place, second place, third place.

From the first day of the exchange, Ivecar Academy started winning consecutively.

They only missed out on first place twice.

The rest of the victories all belonged to Ivecar.

“How many times have we seen Ivecar vs Ivecar in the finals now? Is this some kind of Ivecar civil war?”

“I’ve seen it at least three times already.”

“Has there been any exchange where Ivecar didn’t win?”

“Yes, exactly twice. Freya won both times.”

Interestingly, there were four consecutive final matches between Ivecar students.

Since they received points for both first and second place, it was essentially Ivecar’s festival.

Mason and all the favorite disciples finished the first day of the exchange with either first, second, or third place.

As the first day of the exchange quickly passed, the last two exchanges of the day began simultaneously.

One was an exchange open to all students except those from the Magic Department, and the other was exclusively for Magic Department students.

Oz Lazarus was the representative student participating from Ivecar.

“Winner! Oz Lazarus!”

From the first round, Oz showed an overwhelming performance.

It was a clear demonstration of why Ethan desperately needed Oz for this exchange festival.

“This is unbelievable. That senior has already won four times. If he wins this last exchange, it’ll be his fifth victory.”

“This… the point difference is getting too big.”

Just in the Sword Department alone, there were already ten exchanges today. Mason won two of them, and Oz won four.

Ivecar Academy’s score had already surpassed 50 points, with Freya Academy and Vogue Academy following behind.

Saturn Academy was in last place.

“This is just the student scores, right? We haven’t added the teachers’ scores yet, have we?”

On the first day, various exchanges were held simultaneously. As a result, many students couldn’t watch the exchanges conducted by the teachers.

“Then Ivecar isn’t in first place yet!”

“Teacher Draxler must have done well!”

Many students were still unaware. Unaware that Ethan had defeated Draxler.

As Ivecar Academy rapidly took the lead, the two students at the center of it all locked eyes.

Mason and Oz.

“I’ll win this time.”

Mason said to Oz as he entered after winning his first match.

“I plan to lead Ivecar to victory in this exchange festival.”

Oz said. He wanted to show Ethan, who had forcibly made him a favorite disciple and educated him despite his troublemaker status, that his judgment had been correct.

“That’s what I’ve decided.”

Mason couldn’t help but smile at that overwhelming confidence.

And then, the real last exchange of the day began.

“Roanna Prochet!”

It was the final match between Roanna Prochet, a first-year student from Ivecar Academy’s Magic Department, and Cyril, a student from Vogue Academy’s Magic Department.

Cyril was one of Vogue Academy’s representative students.

He had defeated representative students from Freya Academy and Goode Academy, as well as an Ivecar student, to reach the finals.

Cyril quickly sized up Roanna.

While the students he had faced so far had shown signs of nervousness in various ways, Roanna appeared incredibly relaxed.

“You seem pretty calm. I heard you’re a first-year student.”

First-year students tend to be quite nervous when they come to the exchange festival.

But Roanna was different. As expected of a first-year who made it to the finals, she seemed very relaxed. No, beyond relaxation, she showed considerable enthusiasm.

“Well, you see. I just watched our teacher’s exchange, and he said I’m next. So I feel a bit of pressure.”

Roanna said.

“Actually, I was feeling a bit drowsy until now. I went from drowsy to relaxed.”

“Ha! That’s ridiculous.”

Roanna grinned.

And at that moment, the proctor’s shout signaling the start rang out.

“Begin!”

Wooong-!

As soon as it started, Cyril began weaving a magic circle. Given that both had made it to the finals, their skills were already proven.

So he intended to make her kiss the ground in one go with his best magic.

Mana danced and a magic circle formed in front of Cyril.

“Ooooh!”

The Vogue Academy students cheering for Cyril exclaimed in admiration. The timing of creating the magic circle was incredibly fast.

As expected of a top-tier mage in the academy, not only was the speed impressive, but the completeness was also quite remarkable.

Moreover, it wasn’t a lower circle magic. It was a 5th circle magic.

“White Barrier Arrow.”

Dozens of arrows formed a shield-like line and shot towards Roanna.

The watching proctor frowned.

Mages’ fights had many dangerous aspects. Therefore, they had to either defend on behalf of the contestants at the right timing or break the spell on the spot if its power seemed excessive.

The White Barrier Arrow that Cyril used was also quite powerful.

“Too late.”

Seeing Roanna move her hand belatedly, Cyril immediately prepared his next spell.

The moment Roanna creates a magic circle to block this White Barrier Arrow, the next spell will engulf her entirely.

Even if she manages to block the follow-up spell, Cyril will have completely seized the initiative.

That’s why the first spell was extremely important, but Roanna seemed to be taking Cyril too lightly.

Swish-.

“!”

“What?”

However, before Cyril’s follow-up spell could be completed, the White Barrier Arrow flying towards Roanna simply disappeared.

There was no precursor.

After all, Roanna hadn’t drawn a magic circle in the first place.

“Did, did she nullify it?”

“She nullified it. She just dismantled the White Barrier Arrow.”

“But it was already a completed spell. And the time was so short, how…?”

“You haven’t seen Roanna’s matches, have you? She’s been advancing like this all along.”

Students who had watched Roanna’s previous exchange matches already knew her tactics.

But they didn’t know she was capable of even this.

An already completed spell. A 5th circle magic, no less, and the time was too short to nullify it.

Yet she had nullified it.

Snap-!

As Roanna snapped her fingers, a magic circle instantly formed in front of her.

“I’m still inexperienced, you see. I’m not good at controlling the power.”

Roanna said with a smile.

“Deploy your barrier to the maximum.”

“Eek!”

Numerous white arrows formed above Cyril’s head. It was the White Barrier Arrow that Cyril had just used.

The difference was that there were five times more than what Cyril had created.

The White Barrier Arrows that filled the sky rained down like a downpour.

Cyril hurriedly deployed his barrier. But even with the deployed barrier, there was a limit to how much he could block.

Kwagagagagagagagaang-!

“Stop!”

The proctor who rushed in urgently blocked Roanna’s White Barrier Arrow. But even the proctor staggered, such was the power of the spell.

“Ivecar Academy Magic Department! Roanna Prochet wins!”

***

While the students continued to show their prowess, Claudie Hyde carried on the momentum Ethan had built.

Claudie Hyde, who was well-known to students and teachers from other academies as Ivecar’s representative teacher last year, began to achieve results in various exchanges.

“Hmm, Claudie has become interesting, hasn’t he?”

The eyes of the Demon God Spear gleamed as he watched Claudie Hyde.

The Demon God Spear, who was thoroughly focused on making disciples.

Of course, he had met Claudie Hyde, a teacher said to be infinitely close to becoming a master.

It wasn’t an official meeting, of course. He had naturally entered Ivecar while passing by and met Claudie.

It was literally an unofficial meeting, but the Demon God Spear was quite disappointed.

Claudie Hyde in the rumors was a rising star, but when he met him in person, he didn’t seem very useful.

Not only did he not meet the standards set by the Demon God Spear, but his inefficiency due to his stubbornness was noticeable.

So he thought that rumors indeed couldn’t be trusted, but…

Now, Claudie had grown so much that he was unrecognizable from the Claudie of that time.

“He seems like a different person. It doesn’t seem like he realized something on his own and changed. Was he influenced?”

If he was influenced, there was only one person that came to mind.

“Judging by that style that’s clearly visible, it must be him.”

A name popped into the Demon God Spear’s mind.

Ethan Whiskers.

“What a shame, what a shame.”

If he was influenced by Ethan Whiskers, Claudie Hyde would soon break through his limitations and reach a new level.

“It must have been a very short time. It’s not easy to have such an influence in such a short time.”

Not only was Claudie amazing for accepting such change, but Ethan Whiskers, who had such a big influence, was no less impressive.

“This is really interesting.”

The first day of the exchange festival.

The Demon God Spear thought he had made a very good decision to participate in this exchange festival.

***

And so, the first day of the inter-academy exchange came to an end.

And the total score for the first day was…

“Overwhelming.”

Ethan smiled contentedly as he looked at the scoreboard.

Ivecar was in an overwhelming lead.

There was a significant point gap with Freya Academy, which was in second place.

“This is excellent for the first day’s momentum battle.”

But the real competition starts tomorrow. While the first day was mainly focused on duels, from the second day onwards, there will be quite a few exchanges that aren’t duels.

‘Completion and nullification of magic circles.’

Exchanges related to magic, such as the completion and nullification of magic circles, potion brewing, and others will mainly continue. There were also exchanges like herb identification.

“We can let other academies take first or second place.”

From tomorrow, the range where Ivecar Academy can definitely aim for victory will decrease.

But it’s okay.

“I’ve already prepared for that too.”