Let them live with that regret for the rest of their lives!

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Even so, the battle between the two was still extremely fierce.

However, Nora had undergone Elise's special training and was very familiar with Brook's fighting style, so the final outcome of the battle was obvious.

Brook, feeling that he would have to use his true strength if he continued, decisively chose to forfeit.

He discovered that Nora seemed to have an astonishing obsession with victory, and of course, he was the same. However, he couldn't fight freely in this kind of place, so he chose to forfeit and prepared to wait until after the exchange meeting to settle things with Nora.

Although Nora won the battle, she wasn't particularly happy. She knew Brook was very strong, and that he had only used magic swordsman techniques during the fight. She was also looking forward to their duel the day after tomorrow.

After returning to the stands and dealing with the students who had gathered, Nora sat down next to Elise again.

"You did a pretty good job~"

Hearing Elise's words, Nora turned to look at her and saw a faint smile on Elise's face. She could tell that Elise was in a pretty good mood.

Elise was in a good mood for a reason. After all, she had been through countless near-death experiences and had participated in numerous academy exchange meetings. Whenever she participated, she would almost always face off against Brook, and she almost always ended up losing to him.

Although Elise doesn't usually care much about winning or losing, she doesn't have any particular quirks, so she naturally gets impatient after losing too many times.

However, on the other hand, she had quite a few encounters with Brooke, so why didn't he discover the Mirror of All Knowledge within her before, only to discover it this time?

Noticing Elise's slightly furrowed brow, Nora couldn't help but ask, "Is there a problem?"

“It’s nothing.” Iris shook her head, then looked towards the arena where the battle between Saintess Miriam and Hattie was about to begin.

Nora was naturally very interested in this level of combat. While watching the situation on the field, she asked, "Who do you think will win?"

"If a fight really breaks out, Miss Hattie will definitely win, but she obviously doesn't want to reveal too much of her strength here, so I can't say for sure what the outcome will be."

If it were a different protagonist, Miriam would definitely have no chance, but she is facing Hattie, which is a huge advantage for her, given her holy beauty.

As the battle began, Hattie immediately summoned a large number of rare summoned beasts, as ganging up on them has always been her fighting style.

However, a small accident occurred this time. She found that her summoned beast seemed to have some difficulty attacking Miriam.

This situation also created a flaw in the coordination between summoned beasts.

As a saintess, Miriam was also extremely experienced in combat and quickly seized the opening to launch an attack on Hattie.

While a summoner's summoned creatures are powerful, the summoner himself is extremely fragile.

At least before reaching the seventh rank, that was the case. After reaching the seventh rank, the summoner could directly transfer the power of the summoned beast to himself, thus turning the tide of the battle.

Hattie, the protagonist, possessed this ability before reaching the seventh rank, but she did not intend to show it. After putting up a brief resistance, she declared her withdrawal without hesitation.

At this point, the two spots for the finals have been decided.

Volume 1: Chapter 284 The Correct Way to Use the Final Round

The following day, at the final competition.

The vast Imperial Arena was packed to capacity.

After all, the finalists this time include genius students from the Imperial Magic Academy, and their opponents are the Holy Maiden of the Holy Kingdom, making it a truly exciting event.

Looking at the grand scene before her, Elise felt that selling Nora merchandise at this time should be a good way to make a lot of money.

Just then, Elise noticed a striking silver-white figure in the crowd, selling Nora dolls to passersby, and it seemed that business was surprisingly good.

Elena, who was counting money, seemed to sense something and looked around warily. After confirming that no one was paying attention to her, she resumed promoting the doll in her hand to the little girl next to her.

She had heard from Elise that this was a way to make money, so last night she had her sister make a batch for her.

Sales were surprisingly good.

Seeing this, Elise couldn't help but twitch her lips. As expected of Elena.

Elena isn't actually short of money right now; her sister is very wealthy. But since she's her sister, she feels awkward asking her for money, so she has to find a way to earn some more.

If that treasure hadn't been destroyed...

Elena sighed sadly at the thought of sad things.

About half an hour later, Nora and Saintess Miriam also stepped onto the arena.

Nora, clad in heavy magical armor, stood in stark contrast to the somewhat delicate Miriam.

Miriam watched the other party warily; she dared not underestimate the combat power of this magic knight.

She gripped the scepter tightly, and as the referee announced the start of the battle, she instantly unleashed countless beams of light.

However, these light arrows were blocked by the magic shield as soon as they got close to Nora, and Nora, like a bull, charged towards Miriam despite the attack of the light arrows.

Seeing this, Miriam did not hesitate to point her scepter at Nora, who was rushing towards her. A dazzling beam of light shot out, piercing through the magic shield and leaving a clear gap in Nora's magical armor.

But Nora remained completely unconcerned, displaying a reckless and impulsive nature.

Faced with this situation, Miriam could only use various means to maneuver against the other side and try her best to break through Nora's magical armor.

As we all know, the majority of a Magic Knight's combat power lies in their Magic Armor. Once the Magic Armor is damaged, defeat is practically imminent.

Nora felt lightness in her body and really wanted to get rid of all those cumbersome formalities. However, remembering Elise's instructions, Nora sighed helplessly and used the changing ring to change into a new magical armor.

Miriam, who had thought victory was assured, couldn't help but twitch her lips when she saw this scene.

The opponent's defenses were already extremely strong. I finally managed to break through their armor, but now they've changed into a completely different set. How am I supposed to fight them now?

Compared to Miriam's gloomy expression, many magical knights in the audience had their eyes light up after seeing this scene.

Some people had already planned to ask Nora how she managed to switch magical armor so quickly after the battle.

But at this moment, Nora had already taken out a specially made magical device from her spatial ring.

Just when Miriam thought the opponent was about to use a killing move, she even set up several layers of light shields as a defense.

Nora held up her magic device and launched a magical effect, commonly known as a firework, into the sky.

When the special effects exploded, a string of text appeared in the sky, exceptionally conspicuous.

"Are you still troubled by damaged magical armor that can't be replaced? Are you still bothered by not being able to change into suitable clothes for the ball in time? As long as you have..."

That was an advertising slogan that Elise had come up with for Vivian. The dress-up ring was currently only circulating in a small circle, and now she wanted to increase the intensity of the campaign. There was nothing more appropriate than this kind of occasion for promotion.

On the other side of the stands, Vivian looked at the advertisement and a slight smile crept onto her lips.

The magical effects were specially commissioned by Iris from Flora and can last for a very long time.

Miriam, who was still trying to defend against Nora's attack, stared blankly at the advertisement in the sky, and then thought of Nora's fighting style of not dodging or avoiding her attack just now.

She now has reason to suspect that the other party did it on purpose, just to show off the effect of the dress-up ring.

Before she could think any further, Nora rushed in front of her, wielding her magic greatsword and slashing down. The sword energy formed by magic instantly cut through several of her defenses. Helpless, Miriam could only transform into light again and escape Nora's attack range. She didn't have the ability to engage in close combat with Nora.

When she broke through Nora's magical armor for the second time, and Nora changed into a new set of magical armor, Miriam knew she was doomed to lose.

qun呜一妻扒玲崎（六）

Even knowing she was going to lose, she didn't give up and continued to fight Nora until the very end.

As a saint, she must always present her most beautiful self in people's eyes, no matter the time.

When the referee announced Nora's victory, a deafening roar of cheers erupted from the arena.

After all, this exchange was held in Seria, on the Empire's own doorstep, and the Empire had won, so such a reaction is quite normal.

Upon witnessing this scene, Elise was even considering whether to shower Nora with a golden rain.

After the finals, the next step is to choose the prizes.

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Nora, as the champion, can choose three items first, the runner-up and third place can choose two items, and the rest can choose one item according to their ranking.

Without hesitation, Nora chose the Sword Saint's sword, the magical long dress, and the inner armor.

I remember Elise going to great lengths to obtain this set of inner armor, and now she's chosen it as a gift for her. I feel like Elise should be very happy, right?

In the dim light, Nora seemed to hear a burst of laughter beside her.

When it was Elise's turn, she directly chose the carving knife that Flora wanted, which they had agreed upon beforehand.

As for Flora, she chose a spatial ring from the remaining prizes.

This is a special spatial ring, with a space dozens of times larger than that of a regular spatial ring. It is also the most valuable item among the remaining prizes, and it will be useful to whoever has it.

The exchange meeting did not end after the awards ceremony; a closing ceremony will be held in a few days.

However, after this major event, there's nothing else of importance to do.

Back at the manor, Elise and her group began preparing for their duel with Brook the next day.

Volume 1: Chapter 285 A Lack of Martial Morality

"for you."

Upon returning to the manor, Nora handed the dress and inner armor directly to Elise.

"Thank you." Elise simply accepted the dress, but didn't take the inner armor. She just looked at Nora and said, "You can use this inner armor for now. You have a battle tomorrow anyway."

Looking at the inner armor, a look of nostalgia flashed in Elise's eyes. She had paid a heavy price to obtain it.

The main reason was that after acquiring this inner armor, Nora's defensive capabilities would be greatly enhanced, allowing her to access special locations and obtain items, which is why she worked so hard back then.

If we hadn't acquired this inner armor, many plans would have been delayed.

Now that Nora has chosen this inner armor as a gift to herself, it seems she must have remembered something related to it. No wonder she's been acting like she's been through something lately.

It's a pity Brook didn't kill her back then, otherwise, if Nora remembered the relevant memories, she probably would have torn Brook to pieces.

“Okay, I’ll give it back to you when I’m done.” Nora didn’t refuse, carefully putting the inner armor away again, and then asked curiously, “What are your plans for tonight?”

"No, you can do whatever you want, even have a deeper conversation with me, but you'll need to let me know beforehand." Elise whispered in Nora's ear in an ambiguous tone.

To be honest, Elise's offer was very tempting, but no matter how much Nora thought about it, she would never let Elise come to her tonight, otherwise she might only be able to fight the enemy in a weakened state the next day.

"Then let me see what kind of combat skills the Sword Saint's sword can bring me." Ever since she got her hands on it, she had been very curious about what kind of skills it contained.

"Then you should get some rest and not stay up too late. We'll see how you perform tomorrow."

"Yes, leave it to me. I can't possibly lose this time." Nora's expression was firm.

Elise did not prepare a duel venue near Seria for the two of them. After all, the noise from their battle would be considerable, and even with a barrier to conceal the noise, it was impossible to prevent someone from accidentally intruding. Therefore, the best approach was to go to a more distant location.

Since Sally was on her side anyway, and Brooke herself had the ability to teleport long distances, she simply chose a secluded place far away from Seria as her location.

The next day, Elise had Sally lead everyone to the battlefield she had chosen.

It was an abandoned town, with old buildings covered in vines and waist-high grass, but Elise had forcibly cleared it away.

Shortly after they arrived, Brooke also arrived here via teleportation.

Seeing the commotion on Elise's side, Brooke, who had come alone, touched his nose and said, "Isn't this a bit too much for you guys?"

"I'm just here to watch the show, so don't worry, I definitely won't take advantage of your weakness to kill you."

"Well, thank you so much." Brooke forced a smile, but showed no sign of panic.

Even though Elise had the upper hand, he was confident that he could leave this place through some special methods, so he didn't care about what Elise said at all. Instead, he looked straight at Nora, his eyes flashing with high fighting spirit.

"Take another look at the terms of the contract. If there are no problems, let's sign the contract and get started as soon as possible." Elise took out a special contract.

Brooke looked at it carefully, and after confirming that there were no problems, he signed his name directly on it.

As the contract was completed, Elise took out an hourglass: "This is a countdown. Once it ends, the battle will begin immediately until one side forfeits or loses the ability to fight."

After saying that, Elise went directly to a distance with everyone. She used the power of the earth to create a suitable viewing platform for herself. The little maid also prepared tables, chairs and desserts in time, and started to make tea for Elise.

Brook, who was being watched by Elise for the first time, couldn't help but twitch his lips after noticing the situation. This young lady was far too leisurely, wasn't she?

He turned his gaze back to Nora and said, "Aren't you going to put on your magical armor?"

"No need, that thing is too much of a drag on my performance." Nora glanced at Brooke indifferently, and the moment the countdown ended, she instantly transformed into a shadow and appeared behind Brooke, slamming her greatsword down.

Sensing the danger, Brooke didn't hesitate to activate the spatial teleportation, but his teleportation failed.

Elise was well aware of Brook's abilities, so she prepared a spatial confinement device for Nora early on to counter her mobility.

Helpless, he could only turn himself into nothingness, and Nora's greatsword passed through his body, allowing Brook to take the opportunity to create distance between himself and his opponent.

"The abilities of the Shadow Cultists... Are you a cultist?"

"you guess."

Nora drew a dagger and pinned it to the ground. It was Brook's shadow. The moment the dagger pierced the shadow, Brook, who had already broken free of his ethereal form, felt a sharp pain in his head.

He had no choice but to blur again, and the moment he blurred, his shadow disappeared as well.

Nora seemed to have anticipated that her opponent would use intangibility. She immediately released ten magical flying swords, which rushed towards Brook at an extremely fast speed and hovered directly inside his body.