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Chapter 335: Dark Demon Meow Meow Meow Meow

Even though White had always regarded Dark as a rival he must catch up to and surpass, be it in the inter-class competition, recruitment competition, or the Rookie League, there didn't seem to be any chance for the two to have a direct duel prior to this.

White was basically crushed by other students halfway through his climb to the top.

And the only confrontation they had was at that time they happened to come across each other in the secret passage, when he had just crafted [Troll]…

Thinking of this, White felt a sense of heaviness in his heart.

He reached out and grasped the magic card in his palm.

Thinking it over, how long had it been since he last summoned it?

……

On the other side, Dark had also gotten ready.

Although Saint Marian had spacious classrooms, if the arena was limited only to the rostrum, it was still too narrow for a duel.

Fortunately, this was just a class demonstration.

Victory was not the purpose.

Therefore, Dark wasn't too concerned about it.

In fact, he even recalled only several magical spirits back into their magic cards.

……

Seeing that the two had already stood in position, Professor Jones took out a [Silence Card] and solemnly said, "Next, I will activate the Silence Card. The duel shall begin when sound disappears."

"Alright," Dark nodded to Professor Jones.

White promptly nodded as well, "Understood."

Professor Jones held up the [Silence Card] and looked towards the classroom.

The students who were whispering in the audience instantly quietened down.

Sitting in the front row, Emma cautiously held a magic card in her hand as she stared at White with eyes full of vigilance.

After the 'prophecy' in astronomy class, most of the students had a slight change in opinion towards White. Later on, White and Robert also began to study seriously and stopped constantly coming late, skipping class, and doing things that would get their points deducted, so the students' impression of him also gradually returned to normal.

Along with it, the expectations for the 'Son of the Brave One' slowly resurfaced in their hearts.

Humans, as a collective, were in fact rather forgetful.

They tended to focus more on the present than on the past, more tolerant of those who had mended their ways and harsher towards those who accidentally committed a mistake.

During this period, White had genuinely gained the favor of some students from Knight House and interacted more often with them.

At this time, they also held more expectations for his performance.

But naturally, the students of Noble House were firmly on Dark's side. They felt that there wouldn't be any suspense in the outcome of this silent duel!

In the midst of everyone, Robert was the only one rapidly whispering with worry written all across his face. "No way, it can't be, White won't use the holy sword for this kind of occasion, right? To be fair, he's not the kind of person who's incapable of judging the situation, but the look in his eyes… he won't do it… right?"

……

On the rostrum, after nodding, White Gawd took a deep breath and stared fixedly at Dark who was standing across from him.

His brain had already started racing at high speed the moment he was called to go up.

He was well aware that there was still a huge gap between his current self and Dark Demon. Perhaps the [Holy Sword Spell] that had been forged could considerably make up for it, but in a standard duel, wanting to topple a mountain just by relying on a single equipment card was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

But what if it was a silent duel?

Restriction on starting hand, restriction on ranking…

In a normal silent duel, there would naturally be no restriction on the ranking of magical spirit cards. However, this duel was held in the classroom. In order not to cause damage, Professor Jones clearly stipulated that it was prohibited to summon high-rank magical spirits.

This, in turn, gave him a chance!

White's mind was running.

Dark Demon's biggest advantage that set him apart from other first years was that he had a lot of magical spirits of the second tier.

Most of the first year students, including him, didn't have the ability to craft magical spirits of the second tier.

But now, this advantage had been wiped out!

As White's eyes flickered, he suddenly held his breath.

All sounds disappeared in an instant!

……

"It's started!"

With a flick of his finger, Dark Demon slightly raised the magic card in his hand.

The activation of [Silence Card] had a very obvious indication.

Human's sensitivity to sound would decline in noisy environments.

But once sound completely disappeared, all the sensory organs would give a stress response, prompting an instant awareness.

Dark's reaction was very fast. In the blink of an eye, he had already begun silently reciting the incantation of the Normal Summoning Spell.

Silent chanting did slow down his summoning speed, but it wasn't by much.

He still completed the summoning very quickly.

When the magic card in his hand gradually lit up, there was still no trace of light from the magic card in White's hand.

Immediately afterwards, [Phantom Magic Beast: Eevee] jumped out of the card and affectionately called out to him—but of course, there was no sound.

At that instant, Eevee's expression turned into a mix of acting cute, shock, and confusion.

It wasn't until Dark blinked at it that it finally recovered from the shock and tottered to his leg in small steps, closely sticking to it.

Seeing the progression of its cute expressions and movements melted the hearts of the girls in the front row.

Because Eevee would attend astronomy class together with everyone every Wednesday night, the first year students had gotten very familiar with it. Occasionally, some people would even feed it before and after class.

Although Eevee tried very hard to refuse, the more it did, the more people found it difficult to refrain from doing so.

Now that it was frowning and showing a pitiful expression, it immediately aroused a great deal of sympathy.

Finally, White also finished silently chanting his Normal Summoning Spell. The magic card held in his hand emitted a faint white light, and the Stag of Light that hadn't shown up in a long time appeared in front of him.

"What's that?"

Since they hadn't seen this Stag for a long time, quite a few of the young magisters actually failed to recognize that it was White's Phantom Magic Beast.

After Stag was summoned, it vigorously sniffed a couple of times and then stomped on the ground with its front hooves, its noise suppressed.

"My goodness, has your fighting spirit been set ablaze?"

White couldn't help reaching out towards Stag's back.

But just as he was about to touch it, Stag fiercely shook and butted his hand back!

White abruptly withdrew his hand, feeling rather embarrassed.

Fortunately, it wasn't obvious in the silent environment.

His face turned a little pale, but he immediately put the matter aside for the time being and concentrated all his focus into the silent duel.

According to the rule of silent duel, the 1-star magical spirit that was first summoned would be considered as the magister's substitute.

Thereupon, the real duel finally began!

Seeing that Dark was in no hurry to attack, White faintly gritted his teeth and pulled out one of his trump cards from his card pouch—[Radiant Python].

As a 3-star magical spirit, Radiant Python possessed a high attribute of 1400 in each of its three basic stats. Although it was slightly inferior to Troll, it was also a very powerful 3-star magical spirit.

In this narrow field, compared to Troll, it would be easier for Radiant Python to go all out since it was a 'snake'.

It wasn't until he started summoning that Dark, neither too fast nor too slow, took out his second magic card.

Dark more or less had some guess about the magical spirit that White might summon.

It was either [Troll] or [Radiant Python].

Unless he had crafted new magical spirits, these two magical spirits would appear in turns.

Without thinking too much, he directly began summoning [Meowth].

Despite starting a beat slower, the two sides' magical spirits were summoned almost at the same time.

Ultimately, the gigantic Radiant Python was more conspicuous.

Thick as a bucket, the python held its head high. Under the illumination of the indoor lights, its fine and smooth snake scales reflected a clear white light, and the snow-white gemstone on top of its head emitted a warm, jade-like luster.

Although it was a reptile known for being cold-blooded, the long, thin eyes of this Radiant Python contained a gentleness akin to flowing water.

It was uncontestedly the very image of beauty and divinity, standing at the opposite extreme of White's other magical spirit, [Troll].

On the other hand, the [Meowth] that Dark summoned maintained the usual style of his magical spirits—so adorable that it made people want to hug it tight.

[Meowth] last took the stage in the street duel on Valentine's Day.

But at that time, [Meowth] didn't play the leading role, so no one noticed the enormous power hidden in the body of this petite magical spirit!

"——"

The complete absence of sound made Meowth who had just appeared have its hair stand on end in an instant, but the cry it consequently let out sank like a stone without the slightest ripple.

Perplexed, it could only turn its head to look at its master with a doubtful glint in its half-lidded eyes.

Dark immediately gestured an 'OK', then pointed at White's Stag and did a sharp throat-slash motion, signaling for a kill.

All at once, Meowth calmed down and turned to look at the other side.

A python whose only merit was size, and an out-and-out prey…

It raised its paw, then stuck out its tongue and licked it, revealing a hint of greed and bloodlust.

Thereafter, Meowth, whose magic energy and attack were both a top-notch 1500, darted forward before Radiant Python started to move!

For felines, 'hunting' was a deep-seated instinct.

It unfurled its body in the air, moving with frightening coordination from the head down to the tail and crossing the distance between the two sides in a splitsecond. Then, it ignored the 'cumbersome' python and with a turn of its foot, zigzagged past Radiant Python and rushed towards Stag behind it!

"——"

At that moment, White reflexively opened his mouth, obviously wanting to call out Radiant Python's ultimate—[Holy Light]. But under the effect of [Silence Card], he failed to utter any sound.

Such was human. Even if they knew they couldn't make a sound, they still wouldn't close their mouth.

Remembering that he was unable to make a sound, White couldn't help to stare anxiously at Radiant Python's back, hoping that his thoughts could be conveyed through the connection between a magister and his magical spirit.

But Radiant Python didn't meet his expectations and merely moved in instinct, raising its tail to lash at Meowth when it flashed past.

However, its movement was a whole lot slower and didn't even land a hit on Meowth's shadow.

Radiant Python's long tail slammed into the ground.

When the ground trembled, Meowth had already gathered strength in its feet and pounced out once more.

It stretched its limbs in the air, claws as sharp as daggers promptly popping out from its slightly raised right paw to aim precisely at Stag's neck.

But Stag, who was constantly snorting out breath from its nostrils, jerked up its head in a very quick reaction. White light glimmered on its huge antlers and burst out all of a sudden!

Ultimate·Spiritual Light！

……

No one was more familiar with this ultimate than Dark.

[Spiritual Light], which could release spiritual power, previously helped him awaken [LadyDevimon] who was corrupted by the Moon Goddess.

The upper limit of this ultimate hinged on the spiritual power of the magister. It was a standard case of spiritual skill that could be amplified by the magister's thoughts and emotions.

As the Brave One's son, if White could make good use of [Spiritual Light] and inject his courage into it, he should be able to achieve a good result.

It was a pity that without the amplification of the magister's spiritual power, [Spiritual Light] was just an ordinary ultimate unleashed by a 1-star magical spirit.

Despite being irradiated by [Spiritual Light] right on its head, Meowth didn't feel even the slightest bit of burning sensation.

It braved the light head-on and merely squinted its eyes before breaking through the light, ripping the throat of [Phantom Magic Beast: Stag] with its sharp claws!

"——"

Stag tried to shriek.

But even without the [Silence Card], a Phantom Magic Beast whose values of magic energy, attack, and defense were respectively 100, 200, and 100 wouldn't be able to make a sound after suffering such an attack from Meowth.

As Meowth's nimble figure gracefully landed, the Stag behind it instantly exploded into particles of light.

White, who had just grasped [Troll] and [Holy Sword Spell] into his hands, happened to meet eyes with the gray cat who had its head slightly raised.

The gleam of scorn flashing within the cat's eyes made White, who was actually quite sensitive, immediately felt a sting in his heart.

He gritted his teeth, filled with the urge to summon [Troll] and tear it into pieces.

But the fluctuations circulating from the [Holy Sword Spell] calmed down his emotions.

Although he hadn't displayed his skills at all.

This was the reality.

The duel was over.

The faintly noisy sounds from the surrounding suddenly poured into the ears.

Processing this large influx of sounds, the brain was prone to be tired.

……

"That was a good demonstration."

After deactivating the [Silence Card], Professor Jones clapped her hands to quiet down the young magisters who had instantly broken into a clamor.

Her voice could always bring about a better 'silencing' effect than the [Silence Card].

"In the situation where it was impossible to make a sound, the silent incantations performed by the two students were very good. Especially White Gawd, who did better than I expected. So, five points to White Gawd."

As soon as she finished speaking, the students of Knight House consecutively applauded.

White's mouth fell half open. He received applause and bonus points, but for some reason, he kept feeling that Professor Jones's praise sounded very unpleasant.

Immediately afterwards, Professor Jones spoke again, "On the other hand, the communication between Dark Demon and his magical spirit was very clear. Just with a look and a few gestures, he could calm down his magical spirit and make it correctly grasp his intentions. Presumably, this requires quite the tacit understanding."

"In a silent duel, this is indeed a very effective measure."

"Ten points to Dark Demon."

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