The next day, the second match between Name and Love took place.
As news spread that Love Kim had surrendered without a chance in the first match, all stakeholders at the camp gathered to watch the duel.
[Match Null]
[Name No] [100% | 100%]
[Love Isabel Kim] [100% | 100%]
A tense atmosphere began to fill the training hall.
General Manager William Robinson also took his seat.
“Who do you think will win, Director?”
The principal of Mirinae Academy asked from the side.
He was one of Love’s closest confidants, having discovered Love Kim’s talent before anyone else and helped her blossom.
William let out a low sigh.
“At this point, it’s true that Kim has the upper hand in every aspect.”
“I see. So for now, No Name is the underdog… It seems the first match was an unfortunate accident.”
“An accident, indeed. But was it truly just an accident?”
The men’s gazes simultaneously shifted to below the training hall.
Name and Love clashed, surrounded by aura.
Neither gave each other a moment’s respite to cast spells, exchanging lethal punches.
Pushing their speed to the limit, they showcased a strategy of evasion and counterattacks over defense.
In a battle of raw strength, it occasionally seemed Name was at a disadvantage, yet she accumulated damage with sharp calf kicks.
Paang—!
In an instant, Name’s extended leg was almost impossible to follow with the eye.
The aura surrounding her leg shattered Love’s barrier, creating a shockwave.
Love bounced in place to check her condition and regained her stance.
The girls’ gazes never strayed from each other, even for a moment.
For two minutes, dozens of exchanges took place.
Cheers erupted from the crowd.
As if thinking little of the second half, the girls burned all their stamina in that moment.
Breaking the taut tension, Love Kim was the first to establish a magic circle.
[Spell: Monochrome]
[Joint Casting: Polar Coordinate Bestowal]
A massive thorn pierced through the ground and flew towards Name.
[Spell: Polar Coordinate Bestowal]
Name slowed the speed of the thorns flying like arrows.
The thorns halted just in front of her eyes and fell to the ground.
[Spell: Heat Transfer – Radiation]
Wiiiiiing—
With her hands pressed together, Name compressed her mana.
The mana swirling in her hands coalesced into a single point.
[Joint Casting: Light Amplification]
High-output energy shot forth in a straight line, reddening Love’s barrier.
Love’s response was immediate.
[Creation: Quartz]
[Spell: Prisma Refraction]
Pa-ji-ji-ji-ck—!
A golden laser struck the magic circle and bounced off.
As Love slowly rotated the magic circle clockwise, the laser scorched the grass beneath.
Name transformed her wings into a dome to protect her body.
It was in preparation for a stronger spell.
Love also prepared her Unique Magic, Roseus Panthera.
With a moment of respite, William continued the conversation he had started earlier.
“Do you know where the term ‘underdog’ that you mentioned earlier comes from, Principal?”
“I understand it to mean a dog that’s been defeated and is lying on the ground.”
“Yes. Back when dog fighting was rampant, if a bet was placed on a dog that ended up on the ground, the gamblers would throw away their tickets and leave. Once either a human or animal was knocked down, they had to remain helplessly on the ground. Because they lost, they became the underdog, and being an underdog means they cannot win in battle.”
“I see.”
“As you can see, the athlete No Name is at a disadvantage in every condition. In physique, stamina, mana, aura output, and even practical experience. However, it seems that No Name is not just an underdog but an under-tiger. It appears that despite being at a disadvantage, she does not seem likely to lose.”
“What do you mean…?”
Guuuuuuu-!
A loud thunderous sound erupted from the training hall.
[Creation: Niobium]
[4th Circle Spell: Glacius Astas]
Love cast Glacius Astas, which is known to be closest to a 5th Circle spell among 4th Circle spells.
The hundreds of niobium beads pulled from the ground sparkled like glass.
Fueled by an immense amount of energy emitted from the railgun, the beads accelerated in an instant.
Kwaaaah-!
A brilliant light split the air.
The niobium beads spread like starlight along the railgun’s trajectory, causing explosions all over the training hall.
Amid the thick smoke, Name flapped her wings and jumped high.
Love looked up at the magic circle with a bewildered expression.
Rather than hiding in the smoke, she was exposing herself?
[Spell: Melting]
[Spell: Solidifying]
[Joint Casting: Glacius Astas]
All the beads combined to form a massive spear.
Love cast her spell at lightning speed and shot the spear towards Name.
Shuaaaak-!
“Alright, I hit…! Huh?”
The spear passed through Name’s body.
It did no damage to her barrier whatsoever.
In that contradictory situation, it took Love less than a second to realize the truth.
“Where did she go?!”
The hologram of Name rising into the air dimmed.
Smoke parted like the Red Sea before her.
“I won’t let you get away with such tricks!”
[Spell: Friction Adjustment]
First, she laid down magic to prevent any approach and wrapped herself in her aura.
The moment she sensed a presence, she threw a punch with all her might.
Paang—!
The smoke scattered in all directions, but Name was nowhere to be found.
“What…!”
Wooong—
A large magic circle loomed right behind Love.
[Spell: Glacius Pestis]
Jjeojak—jjeojak—
The chilling aura pouring from the magic circle froze Love’s body solid.
The tightly contracted muscles hardened, and her twitching finger joints lost strength and drooped down.
“Huh… how could this…”
Love closed her eyes and asked as if resigned.
Name lowered the hand that had been manipulating the magic circle and spoke.
“When you adjusted the friction coefficient, I cast the same spell on the outer wall of the arena at just the right timing. Then I slipped around the arena’s outer wall and came around to your back.”
“Ah, so that’s why the mana wavelength and sound…”
“Since we used the same spell, the change in waves couldn’t be detected. Slipping along the outer wall made no sound.”
Name had managed to cover over 100 meters in five seconds, finally catching hold of Love’s back.
A layer of frost built up to the brim of her neck.
A white breath escaped from Love’s mouth as she sighed.
“Today, I won’t surrender. It’ll all be over soon anyway.”
“Yes.”
[Spell: Black Aurora]
Plasma enveloped Love’s body, and the barrier shattered along with the ice.
[Match Null]
[Name No] [45% | 27%]
[Love Isabel Kim] [67% | 9% (☠ Complete Destruction)]
* * *
At 6 PM, a short notification appeared on Name’s broadcasting studio.
[NoName’s Broadcasting Studio]
[👑 I’ll be live tomorrow morning.]
This was equivalent to saying the outcome of the match was decided.
No matter who Name was, she wouldn’t livestream before a third match.
Yet, by that point, rumors had already spread throughout the community that Name had lost in the first match.
[Domestic Magic Gallery]
[Official – No Name vs Kim Love Match Ended]
(It’s a screenshot from NoName’s studio.jpg)
Did the match just end?
There’s an announcement that she’ll be broadcasting tomorrow morning.
[Comments]
– Yeah, no matter what, even Name can’t win this.
– So she couldn’t even win one set?ㅠㅠ
– But honestly, it was a match that Love Kim had to win to break even.
└ Now’s the time for Name’s fans to win through mental victory!
└ Yeah, but she still lost, though~~
– Even Emika, the genius swordsman once in a millennium, struggled when she first entered at age 2, but a 6-year gap is a bitㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– Isn’t the Academy Duel just a lucky sports festival? Does the national exchange match look like trash to you?
– Go Love Kim!
[Name’s Fans – Summary of Shenanigans So Far.ggolggap]
1) They hyped that No Name educated the German delinquents.
→ In reality, a mage used their power recklessly against commoners.
2) Last year, they milked the respect foreign players had for Name.
→ Players who ran out of mana and aura during the tournament were simply ‘playfully’ working with Name.
3) They are hyping No Name’s winning history in the national exchange match.
→ She’s likely to get stuck in the 64th round without even passing Group Aㅋㅋ
Who cannot recognize that No Name is the best in the world in her age group?
My point is, does the national exchange match look like trash?
From what I’ve heard, other participants prepare for as long as 2 to 5 years.
You can’t just jump into the competition thinking, “Oh, I have talent!” Please wake upㅋㅋ
To summarize: ‘No Name = Projected Rank 62 in the National Exchange Match.’
Weight class is indeed the truth, so underline this and memorize it.
[Comments]
– Is the era of Name’s dominance finally coming to an end!!!
– Love Kim, you’re the best!ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
– Oh, look how clean the comments section is. All those cockroach-like guys have disappeared.
– Just because the media is making a big deal doesn’t mean that’s all of reality.
└ It’s clear that real pros like Love Kim demonstrate it through results.
– The content of the match is more important than the results.
└ You should leave!
└ Seriously, Name’s fans are so stubbornㅋㅋ
[Honestly, I wish Name would stop fighting with this opportunity.ㅠㅠ]
Name has too much potential to be wasted on the national exchange match.
Wouldn’t it be better to develop a new medicine or solve a tough problem for humanity?
I understand that she enjoys fighting, but the national exchange match is on another level.
How can someone who’s 120 cm tall and weighs 20 kg compete against those who are 190 cm tall and weigh 100 kg, in places like Northern Europe or Africa?
This would require an aura heart five times larger just to stand a chance.
(No Name and Love Kim shoulder-to-shoulder.jpg)
[Comments]
– Are Name’s fans changing their strategy now?
└ For real, they’re trying to find a way to have a mental victory, huh?
– But I totally agree with the main point.
– Anyway, it’s a tournament where 16-year-olds participate, and there were hardly any at height 190; that was totally fabricatedㅋㅋ
└ I found out there were only 2 people last year.
└ Mikhail was also 188 cm.
– But even this is because Love Kim is an extraordinary monster.
└ They say it’s a talent that cannot be compared to Olivia.
└ I don’t know about monsters, but I would like to marry her.
└ You’re crossing the line.
Since no other topic arose, discussions rolled on throughout the night without rest.
Some reporters even went as far as writing articles based on community reactions.
[No Name suffers a shocking defeat in the duel with Kim Love. Was this a foreseen outcome?]
Then around 10 PM, Name’s fans attempted a small rebellion to overturn the internet public opinion.
[A friend of mine is connected to the national team of the Magical Association and said something meaningful.]
When I asked if Name lost helplessly, they told me not to trust everything on the internet.
Couldn’t this mean that Name won, or at least that losing was a good fight?
What do you all think?
[Comments]
ㅗ
– Even faking a story requires effort.
– If she had won, would she have taken that kind of picture with Love Kim?ㅋㅋ
– You can see she’s so frustrated that she unreservedly made her hatred for Name clear.
– It’s just that since yesterday, Love Kim finished training Name.
└ Training? Whoa!
└ Name conquered by a stronger opponent ㄷㄷ
[It’s annoying how they keep labeling us as Name’s anti-fans.]
I’ve been a keen fan of Name’s broadcasts and have donated over 1,000,000 won.
Even though it was predetermined that Love Kim would win, isn’t it shameful to deny it just because Name supposedly lost?
We should just cheer for Name to do well in the national exchange match she’s attending.
Let’s act with common sense, please.
[Comments]
– But is there even an anti-fan of Name in here?
– It’s just the fans that people dislike; Name is very likable.
– Who could dislike our gallery lord?ㅋㅋ
– Let’s go out until we win, Name. There’s still six more chances besides this year.
└ No Name’s age is a total powerhouse ㄷㄷ
└ It’s incredible even on a second lookㅋㅋ
└ If we hit it seven times, isn’t one of them bound to succeed?
└ Just go for it! Let’s go, Name!
Discussions continued late into the night until dawn quickly broke.
Viewers were curious.
How would Name react?
Even a sulky Name would be cute, and a pouting Name would be adorable in its own way.
Additionally, today was May 5th, Children’s Day.
Viewers who felt rejected by the community prepared gifts to comfort Name.
[NoName]
[Just Chatting – The Outside of the Blanket is Dangerous]
[Broadcast Time – 0:00:11]
[Viewer Count – 1938]
Furthermore, today’s theme was unusually cute for Name.
The white hotel bedding filling the broadcast screen rustled gently.
Name’s long hair peeked out.
Wrapped in a blanket, Name barely showed her face.
Frustrated, viewers began to support her to coax her.
“Ughh…”
She stirred in a sleepy voice.
[‘Naturalism’ donated 10,000 won!]
– Did you lose?
Name sprang up, stretching wide.
Then, sweeping her messy bangs back, she said,
“Everyone who said I lost, get down on the floor.”
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