Insufficient balance

  The class teacher walked in and saw me at a glance, smiling at me for a moment.

  "Alright, classmates, settle down. Due to some special arrangements in the college recently, Changyong hasn't been able to attend classes for a while. Let's first welcome Changyong back safely."

  The classroom erupted in scattered applause.

  I stood up and bowed to everyone. "Thank you, everyone."

  "Alright, I hope Chang Gong will achieve good results in tomorrow's final exam."

  I also hope so, this is also a test of my hard work and practice during this period of time, and it's also a dead task assigned to me by Teacher Di, I don't know if I can complete it.

  "Today we are not learning new knowledge, mainly to tell everyone about the competition method and rules, everyone should pay attention to listen, this will be of great help to your upcoming competition and final exam."

  As first-year freshmen are not required to participate in the final competition, this is our first time participating as sophomores.

  The teacher began explaining the exam rules.

  Tomorrow is said to be a game, but it's actually just a draw, and the real game will start the day after tomorrow.

  The competition rules are as follows:

  1. The competition is based on the principle of fairness and justice, in order to reflect the students' own magical level, the use of phantom beasts is prohibited during the competition. (This point is actually very beneficial to me, my phantom beast dare not be used.)

  2. The competition is held by grade, with each grade having a separate competition. Students who rank in the top 100 of their grade can go on winter break, while those ranked below 100 will continue to study at school until the start of next semester. (In order to be able to go home and rest, I think everyone will work hard, haha.)

  3. The competition is conducted in a draw, except for the first-time participating second-graders, the other three grades have seeded players who can directly enter the grade finals.

  4. Draw lots to conduct round-robin matches, first divided into groups, 10 people per group, that is, in the preliminary round, each person has to play nine games, according to the winning percentage, the top five in each group advance to the final, and then draw lots for the knockout match until the champion of the grade appears. (The preliminary round can be very intense.)

  5. The game ends when a point is scored, intentional injury results in loss, being knocked out of the court results in loss, hitting the ceiling or walls results in loss, voluntary concession results in loss, and if no winner is determined within the allotted time, the referee decides the winner.

  6. The champion and runner-up of the lower grade can challenge the champion and runner-up of the higher grade, and if the lower grade wins, they can skip a grade directly.

  The fifth-grade competition champion and runner-up can be exempt from the entrance examination and directly enter the Royal Advanced Magic Academy for study. Students who successfully challenge the fifth-grade champion and runner-up can also enjoy this treatment.

  Grade 7 champion can get a reward of 100 diamond coins, runner-up can get a reward of 50 diamond coins. Students who successfully challenge higher grades can double the bonus.

  After hearing the rules of the competition, I feel that it is still very fair. The championship prize money is really not small, the grade champion is 100 diamond coins, which is 10,000 gold coins. If I win the championship, I can go home and give my mom and dad a surprise, hehe.

  The teacher also mentioned some things to pay attention to during the competition, and told everyone that they must work hard and fully demonstrate what they have learned. We must make our Class A shine, if we don't get into the top 100, we will definitely receive devil training as punishment during the winter break.

  The class is over, but I'm still indulging in the money that might be available. Mark comes over and pokes me.

  "Older brother, what are you thinking about? Class is already over, let's go."

  I finally came back to myself, "Oh, let's go."

  As soon as I walked out of the classroom door, I ran into Keke.

  "Longbow, where have you been running off to lately? You haven't come to class for ages." Gou Ke patted me on the back and asked with a smile, as if we were old friends.

  Am I very familiar with you? I thought to myself.

  "Hey, last time I played against Haidi my fantasy beast died, I was really in a bad mood, the academy gave me a leave of absence and I went out to clear my head." I knew someone would ask this, I've been thinking about how to answer for a long time, hehe."

  "Oh! So you'd better be careful, the fantasy beast is dead and it's a pity. Maybe next time we can find another one. The competition is tomorrow, so you have to work hard. If I encounter you, I won't show any mercy. I hope to meet you and have a fair match with you. You know, last time you and Hai Ri competed for such a long time, now it's become the pride of our second year. It turns out that he is actually afraid that I will take his position as the top student in the second year. (But actually, he is not as bad as you think.)"

  "Thank you, I will try my best, and when I meet you, I won't show any mercy either."

  "Let's work hard together, I'm leaving first."

  "Boss, does this kid have some kind of plan?" Mark said to me as he watched Groke's back.

  "It's hard to say, but his strength is quite powerful!" However, compared to me, there should still be a distance, after all, my magical power has condensed, and in this regard, he is far inferior.

  "Hmph, I guess that's how it is." Mark curled his lip.

  "Not satisfied? Let's go on stage and compete with him then. Come on, let's go eat first, then head back to rest well and see how our luck is for the draw tomorrow."

  Mark and I were walking back to our dorm after dinner when we ran into a few students coming from the opposite direction.

  It's really a narrow road for enemies, and it's Hai Ri and his sister Hai Yue, as well as some older students I don't know.

  He walked up to me and looked at me, his eyes shining with a brilliant light. I stared back at him without blinking.

  Just now when I was having dinner, Mark told me that Hai Ri has been very low-key since the last time, and he rarely shows up in the college. Even Hai Yue is like that, he never bothered Hai Yue again, and I even praised him for being a good friend.

  "Longbow, you've made great progress, I can hardly see through you anymore. I came mainly to apologize to you, last time was really sorry, let your fantasy beast..."

  I raised my hand to stop him from continuing, "We'll see each other on the field, this time I won't lose to you again." After that, I pulled Mark and continued walking towards the dormitory.

  "Alright, I'll wait for you."

  "Boss, you were really cool just now, so stylish!"

  "Go back and sleep quickly, I'm full and sleepy."