As the stadium had been built on the land of the Black Raven Kingdom, it was easiest for the citizens of this Kingdom to attend the event. Hence, among the spectators outside the stadium, the majority were supposed to belong to the Black Raven Kingdom itself.

Hence, bolstered by the home ground advantage, the mages of the Black Raven Kingdom put up an admirable performance.

There were a few techniques which were most commonly used by the Mages: either they formed isolated tunnels which the arrow in place before being propelled forward by a force from behind, or they would be thrown forward using telekinesis.

The former was still stronger than the latter, as more force could be used in this method.

Some mages also used special techniques such as casting wind spells to increase the speed of the arrows, but this also had the risk of pus.h.i.+ng the arrow off-target.

The main problem was the limitation of time. If one wasn't adept or powerful enough to cast the strongest spell possible in 30 seconds, then they would inevitably fail.

After the Black Raven Kingdom came the Kingdom of Arafell, who had a much more consistent showing than the one before. Their team was almost completely comprised of humans, as it was said that giants who had talent as mages were few and far in between.

As the final score would be relative, it was still anyone's match.

Next was Eldinor, who showcased the arrogance that was their trademark.

Of course, their performance made everyone realize that at least in this stage of the tournament, they had every right to be arrogant.

Each and every elf who partic.i.p.ated had top-tier talent and power which was leagues apart from the teams of the other two Kingdoms who had partic.i.p.ated so far.

In the end, of the 50 top scores which were updated live on the large central display trinket, 38 belonged to the elves, which seemed to be a sign.

Seeing this, the crowd erupted in cheers, but everyone knew that they were cheering for the money that they hoped to win instead for Eldinor itself.

At this point, the team from Axelor walked up to the spot from where they were supposed to shoot the arrows one-by-one.

Unlike the others, these soldiers wore red robes with hoods that covered their faces.

The crowd, who had been cheering till now, calmed down for the most part, expecting a dismal performance due to the weak talent of Axelorian Mages.

Even the odds reflecting this, with a whopping 8-1 rate that had made many shake their heads.

Still, there were some who took the chance, knowing that they would win big if something unexpected happened.

Yet, as soldier after soldier started shooting the arrows, it started to become apparent that this wouldn't be the case.

The first 2-5 members of every team usually had the highest scores, as these were the commanders/top personnel of the army.

After that would come the elite soldiers, and then the regular ones.

So far, 30 soldiers had come and gone, but Axelor still only had 3 names on the rankings, who seemed to be the strongest among them.

Daneel, who was once again sitting with Faxul, had his elementary sight activated while watching the proceedings of the tournament.

So far, everything had been going as expected.

Yet, when the 31st soldier walked up to take an arrow, Daneel got a feeling that something was wrong.

Both the walking style and the body structure of this man were completely different from the soldiers who had come before. There was a certain…arrogance to the stride, as if the man was bestowing honor upon the earth just by walking on it.

After picking up the arrow, he started casting a spell, but suddenly stopped.

This had been so minute that no one had been able to detect that something was amiss.

However, Daneel, who had both the system and comprehension that exceeded the standards known to the Central Continent, knew that something was amiss.

The system confirmed his suspicion.

[Spell technique detected. Phenomenon was too short to a.n.a.lyze detailed information.]

Someone in the Axelorian army had a spell technique?!

Impossible.

As Daneel watched on with shock, this man cast a spell again, but this one was normal, with no hint of the spell technique he had used before.

However, his skill was something to behold.

The base of the spell was the same: a funnel was created, and a force was applied to the back of the arrow.

Yet, his funnel was longer than those formed by the others.

Also, as the crowd watched on with awe, a mini-tornado formed inside the funnel which accelerated the arrow and also gave it a rotational movement that increased its speed.

BANG

As it shot forward, it became clear that it would break most of the records so far.

Just a Daneel was about to teleport to Sister Xuan to take a second opinion about what was going on, she sent a message herself which made him stand up and put on an expression as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt.

"King Daneel! These…aren't people from the Central Continent! If I'm not wrong, they are disciples from one of the Big 4!"