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During-ithe-imonth,-iWilliam-ieven-ireceived-ia-imission-ito-icreate-i20-imana-iartifacts-ithat-iis-iconsidered-ito-ibe-iin-i'top-i100-icommon-imana-iartifacts-ithat-images-iuse'.-iThis-iallowed-iWilliam-ito-iearn-ianother-imemory-icrystal.
"That's-itrue,-iYour-iimprovement-iis-imore-iobvious-ithan-ithe-itwo-iof-ius."
It-iwas-iTracy-ithis-itime-ias-ishe-iagreed-ion-iRoss'-istatement.-i
"Instructor-iElaine,-iGaren-iand-iothers-iwere-ijust-igreat-iteachers-ithat-iI-icould-ieasily-iimproved."
William-ismiled-iand-ianswered,-ithe-iboth-iof-ithem-iknew-ihe-iwas-iTraceless-iHands-iwho-icreated-imagic-ijammer-icanceller-iand-ifloat-idrive-isystem.-iSo-ithey-ishould-ihave-ian-iidea-iof-ihis-icapabilities.
As-ithey-iwere-iseated-iin-ia-ibench-ijust-inear-ithe-iForging-iRoom-iin-ithe-iTraining-iFacility,-ithey-inoticed-ia-igroup-iof-ipeople-ientering-ithe-iplace.-iIt-iwas-ithe-iheadmaster-iwith-ia-ifew-iinstructors-ifollowing-ibehind-ihim.
Tomorrow-iwill-ibe-ithe-icompetition-iso-ihe-imay-ibe-igiving-ihis-iwords-ibefore-ithey-iattend-ithe-icompetition.
The-igroup-iof-istudents-igathered-iand-iwelcomed-ithe-igroup.
"Tomorrow,-iyou-iwill-ibe-iheading-ito-ithe-icapital,-iCavalen-iCity.-iGood-iluck-ito-iall-iof-iyou.-iDo-iyour-ibest-iand-iI-iknow-ithat-iyou'll-ibring-iglory-iin-iour-iLeonhearts-iAcademy-iwhen-iyou-iget-iback."-i
###-iChapter-i38-i--iArrival
A-igroup-iled-iby-iseveral-iinstructors-ifrom-iLeonhearts-iAcademy-iarrived-iat-ithe-icapital-icity-iof-iZairus.-iTheir-ipresence-iwere-ieye-icatching-ias-ithey-iwore-itheir-iacademy's-iuniform,-ia-ired-iand-ibrown-icoat-iwith-ia-ilogo-iof-ia-iwinged-ilion-irepresenting-itheir-ischool-iin-itheir-ileft-ichest.-i
They-irode-ihere-ifrom-ia-ibus-iowned-iby-itheir-iacademy-iand-iarrived-iin-ithe-icity-ibefore-i3-iin-ithe-iafternoon.-iThey-iheaded-ifirst-ito-ia-ipre-arranged-ihotel-ithat-iwould-ifacilitate-itheir-istay-iin-ithe-icity.-iIt-iwould-iactually-ibe-inear-ito-iZairus-iIV-iArena-iwhere-ithe-icompetition-iwould-ibe-iheld.-i
There-iwill-ibe-ia-iweek-ilong-icompetition-iand-ithe-ifirst-iday-iwould-iactually-ibe-ia-ifeast-iwith-iall-ithe-iparticipating-iacademy-iand-iof-icourse,-iit-iincludes-ithe-iorganiser-iof-ithe-ievent,-ithe-iMinistry-iof-iMagic-iEducation.
"Vera-iand-iEric-ilead-iyour-igroup-iand-irest-iin-iyour-irooms-ifor-ithe-imeantime.-iYou-iguys-iwill-ibe-iattending-itonight's-ievening-imeal-iwith-iother-iacademy-istudents."
It-iwas-iInstructor-iEve-iwho-iadvised-ithe-igroup-ileaders.-iBoth-iVera-iand-iEric-iare-i3rd-iyear-istudents-iand-ioutstanding-iin-itheir-iClass-iso-ibeing-iselected-ias-ia-ileader-iis-inormal.
"Yes,-iInstructor."-iThe-itwo-ianswered-iat-ithe-isame-itime.
Instructor-iEve-icontinued-ion-iher-iwords.-i
"Alright,-iwe-iwill-ibe-imeeting-ithe-iorganisers-iso-ibehave-iyourself.-iBe-isure-ito-ibe-ipresent-iat-ithe-ireception-ihall-ifor-ithe-ievent.-iThat's-ibefore-i8-iin-ithe-ievening.-iOkay?"
"Yes,-iInstructor-iEve~"
"Mhmm.."
Everyone-ianswered-ithis-itime-ior-inodded-itheir-iheads-iin-iagreement-ito-iher-iwords.-iThe-igroup-iof-i5-iinstructors-ileft-ias-ithey-iheaded-ito-imeet-ithe-irepresentatives-iof-iMinistry-iof-iMagic-iEducation.
Eric-ithen-iled-ihis-igroup-iof-imana-itechnician-istudents-ito-ithe-i8th-ifloor-iwhere-ithey-iwere-iassigned-ito-istay.-i
The-igroup-iof-i3rd-iyears-iwere-iEric,-iMei-iand-iTalia.-iThe-i2nd-iyears-iwere-iTracy,-iWilliam-iand-iRoss.-iThe-ilast-igroup-iwhich-iis-ithe-i1st-iyears-iwere-iEscanor,-iAlice-iand-iSamantha.-i
"Mei,-ibring-ithe-igirls-iwith-iyou.-iWilliam,-iRoss-iand-iEscanor,-ifollow-ime."
Escanor's-istature-iwas-iactually-ibigger-ithan-iEric's,-ihe's-iunlike-ia-inormal-i1st-iyear-istudent-iwith-ihis-ibuild.-iHis-ibrown-ihair-iand-ieyes,-imatured-iand-itanned-ibody-ifull-iof-imuscles-imade-ihim-ilook-ilike-ia-isenior-iinstead.
At-ithe-ifirst-ilook,-ihe-idoesn't-iseem-ito-ibe-isuitable-ias-ia-imana-itechnician-iand-iwould-ibe-imore-iqualified-ias-ia-icombatant.-iBut-ithe-itruth-iis-ithat-ihe's-iactually-ithe-ibest-imana-itechnicians-iin-ithe-ifirst-iyear-ifollowed-iby-iAlice-iand-iSamantha.
He-ialways-iwore-ia-ismile-iwhenever-iyou-italk-ito-ihim-ithat-ihis-icomplete-iwhite-iteeth-icould-ialways-ibe-iseen-iand-ihas-ia-ivery-iapproachable-iattitude.
"Tracy,-iAlice,-iSam..-ilet's-isettle-iour-ithings-iand-ilet's-iall-itake-ia-ibath-itogether.-iWe-ineed-ito-ilook-ibeautiful-ilater-ion-ithe-idinner!"
It-iwas-iMei-iwho-iexcitedly-iinvited-ithe-iother-i3-igirls.-i
"Haha.-iDo-iwe-ireally-ihave-ito-ilook-ibeautiful?-iWith-isenior-iMei-iattending,-iyou'll-idefinitely-ibe-iattracting-iall-ithe-iattention-ianyway."
It-iwas-iAlice-iwho-ibantered-iat-iMei.-iShe-ihas-iblack-ihair-iand-ieyes-iand-ilong,-iflowing-ihair.-iShe-ihad-itwo-ihair-ibands-iat-iher-itwo-isides-iof-iher-ifront-ihair.-iShe-iwas-ialso-iquite-irenowned-ifor-iher-ibeauty-ias-ishe-iwas-ione-iof-ithe-icandidates-ito-ibe-iplaced-iin-ithe-i'Princess-iand-iPrinces-iof-iLeonhearts-iAcademy'.-i
"We-idefinitely-ihave-ito.-iAfter-iall,-ithose-icool-iguys-iin-iEternal-iFey-iAcademy-iwill-ibe-iattending-ithe-ievent-itoday."
Mei-iinsisted-iin-itaking-ia-ibath-itogether.-i
"Hahaha..-iAs-iif-iyou'd-ireally-iwant-ito-ihook-iwith-ithem,-isenior."
It-iwas-iSamantha-iwho-ifinally-isaid.-iShe-ihad-igotten-icloser-ito-ithis-ieasy-igoing-isenior-iof-iher.-i
Samantha-ihas-ia-iblonde-ihair-ithat-iis-itied-iup-ito-imake-itwin-tails.-iShe-iwears-ia-ipair-iof-iblue-colored-ihairpins-ito-iprevent-iher-ihair-ifrom-icovering-iher-iface.
As-ieveryone-iwent-iupstairs-ito-isettle-itheir-ithings-iin-itheir-idesignated-iroom,-ithe-igroup-iof-icombat-iclass-imagicians-imet-iwith-ia-ianother-igroup-iof-istudents-iwho-iwere-ialso-iparticipating-iin-ithe-iTMAC.-i
"What-ido-iwe-ihave-ihere?-iStudents-ifrom-iLeonhearts?"
It-iwas-ia-igroup-iof-i4-istudents-iand-ileading-ithem-iwas-ia-ishort-ifemale-iwho-iwore-iglasses-iand-ihas-iblack-ihair.-iShe-iseemed-ito-iknow-iVera,-ithe-ileader-iof-itheir-igroup,-ias-ishe-iapproached-ithe-ilatter.-i
Their-igroup-iwore-itheir-istudent-iuniform,-ia-icoat-iwith-iwhite-iand-iblue-icolor-iin-ithe-iedges.-iA-ilogo-iof-ia-iflying-iswan-isurrounded-iby-iorbs-irepresenting-imana-iis-ialso-ion-itheir-ileft-ichest.-i
They-iwere-iclearly-ifrom-iSkywalker-iAcademy.-i
"So,-iit's-ijust-iyou-iVanessa.-iNice-imeeting-iyou-iagain.-iWe-iwill-ibe-imeeting-ilater-ion,-iso-iwe'll-ihead-ion-iour-iroom-ifor-inow."
Vera-igestured-iat-ithe-ibaggage-ithey-ihave-ias-ishe-itried-ito-ipolitely-iextract-itheirselves-ifrom-ihere.-iShe-iclearly-idoesn't-iwant-ito-ihave-iany-ilonger-itime-italking-ito-iher.
"Hmph.-iVera,-iwe'll-idefinitely-idefeat-iyour-iteam-iagain-iin-ithis-iyear's-icompetition."
It-iwas-ithe-iwords-iVanessa-ileft-ibefore-ileaving-ias-ithey-iheaded-idownstairs.-iShe-iclearly-ihas-isome-ikind-iof-igrudge-iwith-iVera-iherself-ior-iher-iteam.-i
Vera-iweren't-ieven-iable-ito-ianswer-ibefore-ithe-i4-icontinued-itheir-iwalk-ias-ithey-ileft-ithem.-iSome-ifirst-iyear-istudents-imay-inot-ibe-iaware-iof-iVanessa's-iidentity,-ibut-ithe-ihigher-iyears-iwere-iclearly-iaware-iof-ithe-iwhole-isituation.-iThey-idid-inot-ibother-ito-iexplain-iit-ito-ithem-iand-idecided-ito-ijust-ihead-iup-iin-itheir-irooms.
"Let's-igo,-iafter-isettling-iin-iyour-iroom,-iyou-iguys-ican-igo-ioutside-ibut-imake-isure-iyou-ibe-ihere-ibefore-i8-iin-ithe-ievening.-iAlso,-imake-isure-ito-ihave-isomeone-iaccompany-iyou-iwhen-iheading-iout.-iIt's-ibest-ito-ibe-iin-ia-igroup-ias-iwe-iare-iin-iunfamiliar-igrounds."
"Understood,-isenior-iVera~"
"Alright."
Everyone-iagreed-iat-iVera's-iwords.-iSome-iof-ithem-iactually-ifelt-iexcited-imeeting-iwith-iother-iacademy-istudents-ibut-iwith-ithis-ifirst-iinteraction,-itheir-iexcitement-idied-idown.-i
"Oh-iwell,-iI-ihope-inot-iall-iother-iacademy-istudent's-iwere-ilike-ithat.-iIs-iit?"
"Haha.-iIt-ishouldn't-ibe,-iwe-ihave-ifriendly-ifellow-istudents-ilike-ithose-ifrom-ithe-iall-male-iStoneheimer-iAcademy-iand-ithose-iin-iEternal-iFey-ias-iwell."-i
A-i
first-iyear-istudent-iwalking-iin-ifront-iof-iHilda-iasked-iand-ianswered-iby-iRay,-ia-i2nd-iyear-istudent.
"How-iabout-ithe-iothers?"
The-ifirst-iyear-icontinued-ito-iask.
"Well,-iwe-idon't-ireally-ihave-imuch-iinteraction-iwith-ithem-ibut-iI-ican-iassure-iyou-ithat-iMystic-iGate-iAcademy-iis-ialways-iour-irival.-iWhenever-iwe-ibattled-iwith-ithem,-iit-iwould-ialways-ibe-ilike-ia-ilife-ior-ideath-isituation--"
"Wait-ithere.-iThey-imight-ibelieve-iyou..."
It-iwas-iShirley,-ianother-i2nd-iyear-istudent-iwho-iinterrupted-iRay.-iShe-iactually-iremoved-iher-icoat-iand-inow-ijust-iwearing-ia-iwhite-iblouse-iuniform-ifrom-itheir-iacademy.-iShe's-iholding-ithe-icoat-ion-iher-ileft-ihand-ias-ishe-iwalked-iand-iher-ishort-iblack-ihair-iactually-ibounces-ismoothly-ias-ishe-istepped.-i
"What-iRay-imeant-iis-ithat-ithere-ihas-ibeen-ia-ilot-iof-icompetition-ibetween-iMystic-iGate-iand-iour's-iin-ithe-ipast-iyears.-iYes,-inot-ionly-iin-ithis-iTMAC-ibut-ialso-iin-isome-iother-icompeting-ievent.-iYou'll-ilearn-imore-iabout-ithis-isoon."-i
###-iChapter-i39-i--iTwelve-iMagic-iAcademies
It-iis-inow-ieight-iin-ithe-ievening-iand-ithe-iopening-iceremony-ifor-ithe-icompetition-iis-iabout-ito-ibegin.
The-ireception-ihall-iin-ithe-ihotel-ican-ibe-iseen-ito-ibe-idivided-iby-i12-igroups-irepresenting-i12-iparticipating-iacademy-iin-ithe-icompetition.
A-istage-iis-iin-ithe-inorthern-ipart-iof-ithe-ihall-iand-ifrom-ihere,-ithere-iare-itables-iarranged-iin-ifour-irows.
The-ifirst-irow-ihas-ithree-itables,-ieach-ifor-iSkywalker,-iStoneheimer-iand-iEternal-iFey-iAcademy.-i
The-isecond-irow-iconsisted-iof-itables-ifor-iLeonhearts,-iIsolde-iand-iPhoenix-iAcademy.
It-iis-ito-ibe-inoted-ithat-iif-iStoneheimer-iis-ian-iall-imale-iacademy,-iin-icontrast,-ithe-iIsolde-iAcademy-iis-ian-iall-ifemale-ione.
The-ithird-irow-iis-ifor-iMystic-iGate,-iSacred-iPeak-iand-iAbuxorth-iAcademy.-iThe-ilast-irow-iof-itables-iwould-ibe-ifor-iOdrexelts,-iHoneysuckle-iand-iNeon-iAcademy.
As-ithe-iceremony-ibegins,-ithe-iemcee-iintroduced-ia-imiddle-iage-iman-irepresenting-ithe-iMinistry-iof-iMagic-iEducation,-ithe-iorganiser-iof-ithe-ievent.
It-iis-iHayden-iFraser,-ione-iof-imovers-iand-ishakers-iin-ithe-iindustry-iof-imagic.-iHe-iwalked-iand-istood-iat-ithe-icenter-istage-iand-iobserved-ithe-icrowd-ifor-ia-imoment-ibefore-istarting-ihis-ispeech.
"Good-ievening-istudents-iof-ithe-itwelve-iprestigious-imagic-iacademies-iof-iour-icountry."
All-ithe-istudents-iincluding-iWilliam-ilooked-iat-ithe-inew-ispeaker-iat-ithe-istage-iupon-ihearing-ithe-iname-ithat-iwas-icalled-iout,-imostly-iof-ithem-iweren't-iaware-iof-ithe-iman's-iapperance-ibut-isurely-ias-ia-imagician,-ithey-iare-iaware-iof-ithe-iname-iHayden-iFraser.
He-iis-ithe-ifirst-iand-ioldest-ienneadic-imagician-ior-isomeone-iwho-icould-iuse-i9-imana-iartifact-iat-ithe-isame-itime.-iHe-ialone-icould-ifight-ian-iarmy-iwith-ithis-iability-ias-inot-ionly-ihis-icapability-ito-iuse-inine-imana-iartifact-iwas-ioutstanding-ibut-ialso-ihis-iabundant-imana-ipool-ithat-icould-isustain-isuch-idraining-inumber-iof-imana-iartifact.
Hayden-iFraser-icontinued-ihis-ispeech-ias-ithe-istudents-igawked-iat-ihis-ipresence.-i
"It-iis-iwonderful-ito-isee-iyou-iall-itonight!-iI-iknow-ithat-imany-iof-iyou-ihave-istruggled-ivery-ihard-iin-iorder-ito-imake-iit-ihere-iand-ineither-istorms-inor-idistance-icould-istop-iyou.-iI-iam-inot-isurprised.-iYou-iare-imagicians-iand-iyou-ican't-ibe-istopped.-iYou-imade-iit-ibecause-iyou-iare-istrong-ienough!
This-ievent-ithat-ihas-ibeen-iongoing-ifor-i17-iyears-iwill-ihelp-iyou-iestablish-iuseful-iconnections,-iwhich-iis-inot-iour-ionly-igoal.-iBy-iproviding-ithis-iextensive-imatch-ion-imagic-iengineering-iand-icombat,-iwe-iwant-iyou-ito-ilearn-ia-ilot-imore-iabout-ithe-ithings-ithat-iacademy-icould-inot-iteach-iyou.-iI-ihope-ithat-iafter-ithis-icompetition-iyou-iwill-ibe-iable-ito-ibuild-ieven-ibetter-imana-iartifact-ior-iappreciate-ievery-isingle-iartifact-ibeing-icreated-ifor-iits-iusefulness,-ibe-iinvolved-imore-iin-icombat-itraining,-ior-iupgrade-iyour-iexisting-imagic-icombat-istrategy."
As-ithe-istudents-ilistened-ito-iHayden,-icomments-ifrom-isome-istudents-iare-ibeing-isoftly-iwhispered-ias-ithey-iappreciated-ihis-ipresence.-i
"To-ithink-ithat-iI'd-imeet-isuch-ia-ilegendary-imagician-ihere.-iI'm-ireally-ilucky."
"He-idoesn't-ilook-ito-ibe-iin-ihis-ififties,-ihe-ilooked-ijust-ilike-imy-ifather."
"What?-iI'll-ipretend-iI-ididn't-ihear-ithat.-iAnyway-iwith-isuch-iabundant-imana-ipool-inurturing-ihis-ibody,-ihe'll-imaybe-ilive-ifor-ihundreds-iof-iyears."
"Haha..-iAs-iif."
Apparently,-iit-iwasn't-ievery-itime-ithat-isuch-ian-iamazing-ifigure-iwould-ido-ithe-iopening-iceremony-ispeech-iin-ithis-icompetition.-iHayden-icontinued-ion-ihis-ispeech.
"Today-ithe-iTwelve-iMagic-iAcademies-iCompetition-ihad-isome-ichanges-ion-iit's-irules.-iWe-ihave-ideveloped-ibetter-imanagement-ias-ithe-iquality-iof-ieducation-iimproved-iand-istudents-ihave-igrown-ifaster-iindividually.-iWe-igrow-itogether-iand-iwe-imust-inever-iforget-ithat-iit-iis-igood-ito-iwin-itrophy-ibut-iwhat-iis-imuch-igreater-iis-ito-imake-ifriends.
"That's-iright,-ithere-iwill-ibe-irivalry,-ibut-ikeep-iin-imind-ithat-ialthough-iyou-iarrived-ihere-ias-icompetitors,-iyou-iwill-ileave-ias-ifriends.-i
I-ihereby,-ion-ibehalf-iof-ithe-iMinistry-iof-iMagic-iEducation,-iinvite-ithe-iBailiff-iof-iCavalen,-iMs-iAurelia-iPowell-ito-iofficially-iopen-ithe-iTwelve-iMagic-iAcademies-iCompetition."
After-ithis,-ieveryone-ihad-itheir-imeal-ieaten-iand-iaimed-ito-isocialize-iwith-iother-istudents-iafter.-iFriends-iand-irivals-imet-iat-ithis-igathering.-iMost-i3rd-iyears-ihere-iwere-ialready-iold-iparticipants-ias-ithey-icould-ibe-iseen-iassociating-iwith-idifferent-iacademies.-i
William-iwith-isome-iother-ifirst-iyear-iis-ijust-iseated-ion-itheir-itable,-ihe-iwas-iactually-itempted-ito-iactivate-iDivine-iSense-iwhen-iHayden-iFraser-iwas-ispeaking-ibut-istopped-ihimself-ias-ihe-iwas-iworried-ithat-iit-iwill-ibe-idetected-iby-ithe-ilatter.
In-ihis-iprevious-iexperimentation-ion-ithis-iskill,-ipowerful-imagician-icould-idetect-ihis-ianalysing-iskill-ior-iDivine-iSense-ibut-icould-inot-ipinpoint-iwhere-iit-iwas-icoming-ifrom.-iHe-iwas-iworried-ithat-iif-ihe-itried-iit-ito-iHayden,-ihe'll-ibe-idetected-iand-iwon't-ibe-iable-ito-iexplain.
"I'll-iprobably-ihave-ito-icreate-isome-iother-idetecting-itool.-iAhh..-iright,-ithere-ishould-ibe-isomething-isimilar-ito-iit-ithat-ihas-ialready-ibeen-icreated."
William-imurmured-ion-ihis-iseat-iand-iTracy-iheard-ia-ipart-iof-iit.-i
"What-iwould-iyou-iuse-ithat-ifor?-iYou-ihave-iplans-ion-ipeeking-ito-isomeone?"
"No,-idon't-iput-iit-ilike-iI-iplan-ion-idoing-isomething-ibad."
"Oh,-iWilliam..-iYou-ihave-isome-idevious-iplan-iagain?-iYour-iplan-ior-istrategy-iin-ithis-iartifact-iforging-icompetition-iis-ialready-iquite-iunderhanded,-iso-iyou-ihave-ithought-ianother-iplan?"
Ross-ibutted-iin-ithe-iconversation-ithough-inot-ifully-iaware-iof-iTracy-iand-iWilliam-iconversation.
"Hey,-idon't-icall-ithose-idevious.-iThat's-istrategy-iand-iwe-iwon't-ieven-iknow-iif-iit-iwill-ibe-ieffective-iin-ithe-icompetition."
William-idefended-ihimself-ifrom-iRoss-iaccusation.-iAs-ihe-inoticed-ithat-ithe-iinstructors-iof-iacademies-ileft-iand-igone-ito-itheir-iown-ireception-ileaving-istudents-ion-itheir-iown-idevice,-ihe-istarted-iscanning-iall-ithe-istudents-iin-ithe-iroom.-i
As-ihe-istarted-iscanning-ieveryone,-ihe-inoted-isome-iremarkable-imana-ifluctuations.-iApparently,-iwith-ihis-iactivation-iof-iDivine-iSense,-ithere's-ionly-i7-ipeople-iwho-ihas-ifelt-isomething-ion-itheir-iend-iand-itried-ilooking-iwhere-ithose-iscanning-imagic-icame-ifrom.
The-iseven-ipeople-ifelt-ithe-iDivine-iSense-ibut-itook-ia-iwhile-ibefore-inoticing.-iThe-iquickest-ione-ito-inotice-iis-iKyla-iRogers-ifrom-ithe-iMystic-iGate-iAcademy.-iThen-ianother-ifemale,-iAvery-iMarshall-ifrom-iIsolde-ifollowed-iby-iHector-iNewman-ifrom-iStoneheimer.-i
Those-ifirst-i3-istudents-ionly-itook-ibetween-i5-8-iseconds-ibefore-inoticing-iDivine-iSense.-iAfter-ithe-ithree-iwas-iAria-iScott-iand-iVanessa-iWhite-ithat-iis-iboth-ifr
om-iSkywalker-iAcademy.
The-ilast-itwo-iwould-ibe-iNyla-iLawson-ifrom-iOdrexelts-iAcademy-iand-isurprisingly-iHilda-iCalem-ifrom-iLeonhearts-iAcademy.-i
"To-ithink-ithat-iHilda-ihas-iimproved-ia-ilot-iin-ithe-imonth-iof-itraining-iprior-ito-ithe-icompetition."
William-iwas-ianalysing-iall-ithe-iinformation-ithat-ihis-iDivine-iSense-ireturned-ito-ihim.
"Hmm..-iAlthough-ishe-itook-imore-ithan-i10-iseconds-ito-inotice,-iit-iwas-isuch-ian-iamazing-iimprovement-icompared-ito-ibefore.-iAlso,-iHilda's-imana-ifluctuation-iis-istill-iway-istronger-ithan-ithe-isix,-ithe-ionly-iproblem-iis-ithat-iit-iseems-ithat-ishe-iwill-ibe-ihaving-idifficulty-iin-icontrolling-ithis-imana-iunlike-ithose-iother-isix-iwho-ihas-isuch-ia-irefined-imana-ifluctuations."
###-iChapter-i40-i--iCompetition
William-iwas-inow-iin-ihis-iroom-iwith-ithree-iother-imale-istudents.-iThey-iwere-iabout-ito-isleep-ias-itomorrow-imorning-iwould-ibe-ithe-istart-iof-ithe-icompetition-ias-iwell-ias-ithe-iarrival-iof-istudents-ifrom-ieach-iacademy-ito-icheer-itheir-irepresentatives.-i
The-icompetition-iis-ialso-iopen-ito-ithe-ipublic-ias-ilong-ias-ithey-ican-iafford-ithe-iadmission-iticket.-iBut-ithe-ifirst-iday-iof-icompetition-iis-ifor-imana-itechnicians,-iso-ithe-iaudience-iin-ithis-iboring-ievent-iis-iobviously-ilow-iand-iwould-ionly-ibe-iwatched-iby-ithose-iwith-isame-iinterest.-iThe-iarena-iwould-icertainly-ibe-ifilled-ion-iit's-isecond-iday.
The-ievent-iwill-ibe-iheld-iat-ithe-inear-iZairus-iIV-iArena-iand-ihas-ionly-iabout-i10,000-iseating-icapacity-iso-iorganisers-iis-iclearly-iaware-ithat-ithese-iseats-iwill-ibe-ieasily-ifilled.-i
William-islept-isoundly-ias-ithey-ihad-ialready-idone-itheir-ibest-ion-itheir-ipreparation,-iso-ithere-iis-ino-imore-ineed-ito-ifeel-inervous.-iHe-iwoke-iup-iin-ithe-imorning-iand-ias-ihe-iwas-iprepared-ijoin-iRoss-iand-iothers-ito-ithe-ivenue,-ihe-ireceived-inotification-ifrom-ithe-iPathfinder.
[-iThe-icompetition-ibegins-itoday!-iMake-iyour-ipresence-iknown-ionce-imore!
Mission-i:-iAchieve-ian-ioverall-irank.-iReach-iat-ileast-ithe-i3rd-irank-iin-ithe-ievent-ithat-iyou-iwill-ibe-iparticipating.-i