The next day, the second match between Na-me and Love unfolded.
As news spread that Love Kim had surrendered in the first match without being able to do anything, all the related persons in the camp gathered to watch the duel.
[Match Null]
[Name No] [100% | 100%]
[Love Isabel Kim] [100% | 100%]
A tense atmosphere began to flow in the training arena.
General Manager William Robinson also took his seat.
“Who do you think will win, Director?” asked the principal of Mirinae Academy sitting next to him.
He was Love’s closest aide, having discovered Love Kim’s talent first and helped it blossom.
William let out a low sigh.
“Well, it’s true that Kim still has the advantage in every aspect.”
“I see, so for now, NoName is the underdog… I guess the first match was an unfortunate accident.”
“Hmm, an accident? Was it really just an accident?”
The men’s gazes turned to the training arena below at the same time.
Na-me and Love clashed with their auras enveloping them.
Neither gave the other a chance to cast magic as deadly fists exchanged blows.
Speed was pushed to the limit as they prioritized evasion and counter-strategies over defense.
In the power struggle, Na-me occasionally seemed to be at a disadvantage but managed to accumulate damage with precise calf kicks.
BAM-!
Na-me’s leg shot out in a blink of an eye, hard to follow with the eye.
The aura circling her leg shattered Love’s barrier, creating a shockwave.
Love bounced up and down to assess her condition before settling into her stance.
The girls’ gazes never strayed from each other, not even for a moment.
In two minutes, countless exchanges took place.
Cheers erupted among the audience.
Seemingly not even thinking about 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.
[Cast: Monochrome]
[Joint Cast: Polar Coordinate Assignment]
A massive spike erupted from the ground, flying toward Na-me.
[Cast: Polar Coordinate Assignment]
Na-me slowed the speed of the spikes that shot toward her like arrows.
The spikes froze in front of her eyes and dropped onto the ground.
[Cast: Thermal Transfer – Radiation]
WHOOOOSH-
Na-me gathered her hands to compress her mana.
The mana swirling from her hands condensed into a single point.
[Joint Cast: Light Amplification]
High-output energy shot forth in a straight line, reddening Love’s barrier.
Love’s counteraction was immediate.
[Alchemy: Quartz]
[Cast: Prisma Refraction]
ZAP-!
A golden laser hit the magic circle and ricocheted.
As Love slowly rotated the magic circle clockwise, the laser scraped across the grassy ground, igniting it.
Na-me formed wings like a dome with external manifestation to protect herself.
She aimed to challenge with even stronger magic.
Love also prepared her unique magic, Roseus Panthera.
In the brief moment of pause, William continued what he couldn’t say earlier.
“Do you know where the term underdog originated, Principal?”
“I believe it refers to a dog that lies on the ground after losing a fight.”
“Yes. Back when dog fighting gambling was rampant, if a dog lost and got floored, the gamblers would throw their tickets and leave. Whether human or animal, once you’re floored, you’re powerless to do anything. Thus, losing a fight makes you an underdog, and being an underdog means you can’t win in the fight.”
“I see.”
“As you can see, NoName is at a disadvantage under all conditions. In physique, stamina, mana amount, aura output, and even practical experience. But… NoName seems more like an under-tiger than an underdog. Now that I think about it, even though she’s at a disadvantage, it feels like she simply can’t lose.”
“What do you mean by that…?”
VROOOOOM-!
A huge sound erupted in the training arena.
[Alchemy: Niobium]
[4th Circle Casting: Glakis Astath]
Love cast Glakis Astath, known to be closest to 5th Circle magic among the 4th Circle spells.
The surface of hundreds of niobium orbs pulled from the ground gleamed like glass.
The orbs were instantly accelerated by tremendous energy, bursting forth like a railgun.
BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-!
A brilliant beam sliced through the air.
The niobium orbs spread out like starlight along the railgun’s trajectory, creating both large and small explosions throughout the training arena.
In the thick smoke, Na-me fluttered her wings and leaped high.
Love, with a face of utter disbelief, flipped the magic circle upward.
Instead of hiding in the smoke, she chose to expose herself?
[Cast: Fusion]
[Cast: Solidification]
[Joint Cast: Glakis Astath]
Na-me combined all the orbs into a gigantic spear.
Love quickly cast her magic to fire the spear at Na-me.
WHOOSH-!
“Alright, I hit her…! Huh?”
The spear pierced through Na-me’s body.
Not a single dent had been made in the barrier.
In that contradictory situation, it took Love less than a second to realize the truth.
“Where did she go!?”
Na-me’s hologram floating in mid-air began to fade.
Directly in front of her, the smoke parted like the Red Sea.
“I won’t let this trick slide!”
[Cast: Friction Coefficient Adjustment]
First, laying down a spell to prevent her approach, she wrapped herself in aura.
The moment she sensed a presence, she threw out her fist with all her might.
BAM-!
The smoke scattered everywhere, but Na-me was nowhere to be found.
“What the…!”
WOOO-
A huge magic circle loomed right behind Love’s back.
[Cast: Glakis Fest]
CHILL- CHILLY-
The cold air pouring from the magic circle froze Love’s body.
Her taut muscles stiffened, and her twitching finger joints lost their strength and drooped.
“Ugh… how on earth…”
Love, resigned, closed her eyes and asked.
Na-me lowered her hand that had been manipulating the magic circle.
“I cast the same spell you did to adjust the friction coefficient and timed it just right. Then I circled around the arena wall to come behind you.”
“Ah, that’s why I couldn’t sense your mana, or sound… you’re amazing.”
Because she used the same magic, the change in waves was undetectable.
Since she slid along the wall, there was no sound.
Na-me covered over 100 meters in just 5 seconds and managed to grab Love’s back.
An icy chill rose to the top of her neck.
A puff of white breath escaped from Love’s lips.
“I won’t surrender today. It’ll be over soon anyway.”
“Yes.”
[Cast: Black Aurora]
Plasma engulfed Love’s body and the barrier shattered into icy pieces.
[Match Null]
[Name No] [45% | 27%]
[Love Isabel Kim] [67% | 9% (☠Complete Destruction)]
*
At 6 PM, a brief announcement appeared on Na-me’s broadcasting station.
[NoName’s Broadcasting Station]
[👑 I’ll be broadcasting tomorrow morning.]
Which was basically the same as saying the match’s outcome had been decided.
Even Na-me wouldn’t stream before the third match.
However, the rumors that Na-me had lost in the first match had spread like wildfire throughout the community.
[Domestic Magic Gallery]
[Official – NoName vs Kim Love Match Ended]
(It’s a snapshot from NoName’s Broadcasting Station.jpg)
Looks like the match just ended, huh?
They just announced they’ll go live tomorrow morning.
[Comments]
– Sure, even NoName couldn’t win this.
– So she couldn’t even win the first set?ㅠㅠ
– But to be honest, Love Kim needed to win this to save face.
└ Na-me’s fans think it’s a moment for mental victory, haha.
└ Yeah, but losing is losing~~
– Even Emika, the genius swordsman of the millennium floundered in her first entry against someone only two years older than her, but a 6-year age gap? lol.
– Isn’t the Academy Competition just a lucky sports day? Does the National Exchange Tournament look that weak?
– Love Kim!
[Comments]
[Summarizing Na-me’s heinous acts so far.ggolggap]
1) Na-me schooled the German delinquents.
→ In reality, a wizard was using excessive force against regular people.
2) Last year’s foreign opponents praised Na-me, and they keep using that.
→ Those who ran out of mana/aura during the tournament played around with Na-me.
3) They push Na-me’s national exchange tournament victory too much.
→ She seems to be stuck at the 64th round like she can’t even pass Group I, lol.
Who can deny that NoName is the best in her age group?
What I’m saying is, no matter what, is the national exchange tournament really that weak?
Other competitors say they prepare for at least 2 to 5 years.
You can’t just think “Oh, I have talent” and go straight into it, please wake up, haha.
To summarize: ‘NoName = Expected Ranking 62nd in the National Exchange Tournament.’
Weight class is an absolute truth; underline that and remember it.
[Comments]
– Is Na-me’s reign finally over!!!
– Love Kim Hyun-Eupㅠㅠㅠ
– Woah, look at this clean comment section. All the cockroaches seem to have gone away.
– Lots of people think what’s in mass media is indeed the whole world.
└ Likewise, true talents like Love Kim show results.
– The content of the match is more important than the result.
└ You should go away.
└ Seriously, Na-me’s fans are harsh, haha.
[Honestly, I hope Na-me stops fighting after thisㅠㅠ]
Having a mind like Na-me’s just wasted on national exchange tournament battles.
Wouldn’t it be better to develop a new drug or solve another tough problem during that time for humanity?
I get that she enjoys fighting, but a national exchange tournament is totally on another level.
Someone 120 in height and 20 in weight honestly can’t win against those 190 in height and 100 in weight from Northern Europe or Africa.
This is stats that demand an Aura Heart 5 times larger just to fight equally.
(NoName and Love Kim shoulder-to-shoulder.jpg)
[Comments]
– Are Na-me’s fans changing strategies now?
└ For real, they’re trying to find a mental victory somehow, haha.
– But I completely agree with this comment in the main post.
– Still, it’s just a tournament with 16-year-olds participating, there likely weren’t any 190s, it’s totally fabricated, lol.
└ I looked up, and there were only two last year.
└ Mikhail was also 188 cm tall.
– But also, Love Kim is a monster beyond standard.
└ They say her talent is incomparable to Olivia.
└ I don’t know about being a monster, but I’d love to make her my wife.
└ Sir, you might get hit with the age of consent law.
Since there were no notable topics emerging, the bait kept rolling throughout the day.
Some journalists went so far as to write articles based on community reactions.
[NoName, shocked defeat against Kim Love. Was this already predicted?]
Around 10 PM, Na-me’s fans attempted a minor revolution to flip the online sentiment.
[A friend of mine works as a relation in the national mage team and said something significant.]
When I asked if Na-me lost helplessly, he told me not to trust the online posts too much.
Couldn’t this mean Na-me either won or at least it can be interpreted as a “Lost well”?
What do you think, folks?
[Comments]
POH!
– If you’re gonna make something up, put some effort into it.
– If she had won, would she have taken pictures like that with Love Kim, lol?
– Seeing Na-me, who looked so much like she hated it, get kept without a choice…
– It’s just that Love Kim finished training Na-me since yesterday.
└ Training? GASP!
└ Na-me bent down to a stronger person, whoa!
[Comments]
[It bothers me that they keep trying to label us as Na-me anti-fans.]
I’m a die-hard fan who’s been watching Na-me’s broadcasts for a long time and sponsored over 1,000,000 won.
It was originally a sure bet that Kim Love would win, but isn’t it pathetic to deny it when Na-me lost?
We should just cheer Na-me on to do well in the national exchange tournament since she’s gone out.
Let’s act with some common sense, please.
[Comments]
– But is there even an anti-fan of Na-me among these people?
– They just dislike the fans; Na-me is super likable.
– Who could dislike our gallery owner?
– Just keep going until you win, Na-me. There are still six more chances besides this year.
└ NoName is a total badass, whoa!
└ Looking at it again, it’s remarkable, haha.
└ If you knock seven times, maybe you’ll get it once?
└ Go to Na-me!
The debate continued into the early morning until the dawn quickly broke.
The viewers were curious.
How would Na-me react?
A sulking Na-me would be adorable, and a pouting Na-me would be cute too.
Moreover, today is May 5th, Children’s Day.
The viewers, rejected by the community, had prepared a bunch of gifts to comfort Na-me.
[NoName]
[Just Chatting – Outside the Blanket is Dangerous]
[Broadcasting Time – 0:00:11]
[Number of Viewers – 1938]
Additionally, the title today was exceptionally cute, unlike Na-me.
The broadcasting screen was filled with a white hotel blanket rustling and moving.
Na-me’s long hair peeked out.
Covered in the blanket, Na-me hardly revealed her face.
Impatience had many viewers donating, urging her to show herself.
“Um…”
She stirred with a groggy voice.
[‘Naturalism’ donated 10,000 won!]
– Did she lose?
Na-me suddenly sat up, stretching widely.
She then flipped her messy bangs back and said,
“All the ones who said I lost, drop and give me twenty.”
