Sonya was in the middle of her competition.

This time, the tournament was held under the Star Palace Calamity category. It followed a five-person team battle format, with universities competing head-to-head. The teams were divided into five distinct positions, namely Vanguard, Forward, Center, Vice, and Chief. Each participant could only enter the arena once, and the lineup order had to be submitted before the tournament began and could not be altered once the matches were underway.

To prevent situations where a top-tier player simply bullied a bottom-tier rookie, which would damage both the competitive spirit and, more importantly, the entertainment value, the Star Palace Calamity did not judge matches purely by wins and losses. Instead, each position was awarded different point values of one, two, three, four, and five respectively. Therefore, even if a team lost the first three matches, the Vice and Chief could still stage a massive comeback with a combined total of 4 + 5 = 9 points. This meant universities were forced to arrange their participants from weakest to strongest. Otherwise, they were just waiting to be overturned.

Because it was a series of one-on-one duels, the matchups and counters between sorcery classes became exceptionally important. If your luck was bad, a Fire Class sorcerer could end up being completely crushed by one that specialized in water. That was why, despite Sonya acting as the Chief during the previous friendly matches, she was placed in the Center position for the official competition.

The Vice position went to Senior Leona, whom Sonya knew well, while the Chief was a fourth-year student once recognized as the Sword of his batch[1], Nagus Belford. Like Sonya and Leona, Nagus was apprenticed to the Sacred Realm sorcerer...