Finally, before the 2 minutes were up, both matches finished nearly at the same time.

The match on the left had their opponents totally beaten into a pulp. The winning team's ace was a mage who had a bit of background on Combat. Because of that, their offense was truly strong. On the other hand, it seems that the losing team had mediocre members and a slow priest so the rest of the team members weren't healed in time. Thus, it ended with the team members suffering from mental and physical fatigue due to being wounded. Since the only way to prove a loss is when the members are no longer able to continue, the fight was a bit dragged out by a few seconds before the loss was declared.

On the other hand, the match on the right had a shocking outcome. The winning team's ace was the 'weak' warlock in the team. But although his rank in power was the lowest in the team, he knew of various spells. And to partner it off, his ability to adapt his mind to the situation and to be able to find suitable spells in the nick of time is astounding. Ironically, the losing team was actually stronger than the winning team in about two stages. But their downfall was mainly due to a witch who apparently only knew one offensive spell. And that ruined the whole harmony of the team since they only had mages and priests that had no Combat ability at all.

When the battle ended, Inna listened as she heard the teams' respective Watchers began announcing the names of those who were able to rank up and those who were demoted.

Then, at the few following battles, Inna paid close attention to every detail that was happening in the field. But after losing count on how many battles that followed after the first, she gave up on watching and she ended up dozing off instead.

After a comfortable sleep, Inna woke up when she felt some tapping on her shoulders. She jumped and immediately sat abruptly, trying to find the person who disturbed her sleep.

But she ended up seeing May's wide brown eyes looking at her with a strange expression. In fact, everyone near her held the same strange expressions on their faces.

"Hmmm? Why're you all staring? Do I have something on my face?"

She looked at Favian for an answer since he was seated beside her.

Favian held the same strange expression. It kind of held a mix of disgust, surprise, confusion, and disbelief.

"Are you aware on how you act when you sleep?"

Inna furrowed her brows at that.

"No. How would I be aware? I'm asleep. Duh."

Favian sighed and pulled her closer to him so that he can whisper to her.

"Were you aware that while you slept, you had your mouth wide open? You were practically gurgling your saliva! And not to mention the racket your snoring makes! Are you even a woman? How could you act like this in public? Also, you're too carefree! No one would actually guess that the famed 'charity case' would be so relaxed in these battles!"

"And why should I 'not' be relaxed?"

"Because it's the best time for you to change classes! It's the best time to get rid yourself of the Lily Class!"

After hearing from his fellow Watcher, he finally figured out her whole 'identity' and how she was able to enter the academy despite being the 'weakest' of all the newcomers. In fact, Favian noticed that the team he was assigned to was the weakest lineup in the whole batch of newcomers. But, he didn't really care about them much. After all, whether they win or lose has nothing to do with him.

"Yeah, I know that. That's why I'm relaxing. I don't need the stress of worrying. It's an easy win. Hehe."

The rest of her team who heard her words cried silently in their hearts.

It's not easy at all! Can't she see that we're the weakest team here?

Hearing her words as well, Favian couldn't help but frown at her overconfidence.

"Did I hear you wrong? Easy 'win'? Win? And how do you plan on doing that? Just so you know, cheating can be punishable with expulsion!"

"Wha—No! I'm not going to cheat! You really think that bad of me?! I have a 'legal' battle plan! First, I'll.."

Inna was about to brag her plan to him when he suddenly cut her off by abruptly standing up.

"No time for your explanation. You team is being called now."

Favian alerted the rest of the team as they made their way towards the stage.

Three other teams joined them as they faced Elder Fang. Inna noticed that one of these teams was Raghnall's team so she gave him a little wave. He returned the wave discreetly, trying to avoid Rira or that lovesick girl from seeing his action. God know what those crazy girls will do once they get jealous.

After going to the same procedure of kneeling, the Watchers were supposed to lead their groups to their opponents. Inna looked at the other two groups and began to size them up, trying to guess what their specialties were and possibly even their weaknesses.

But, when they began to move to face their opponents, Inna failed to notice Favian's pale face.

Since Favian didn't lead them anywhere, the whole group stayed in place while waiting for their opponent to stay across them. But after a few moments, the rest of the group became a pile of shivering mess as they looked at the group approaching them.

Inna, finally noticing their reactions, furrowed her brows. She followed their line of sight and looked straight ahead trying to figure out what spooked them so bad.

And she finally figured it out.

Oh fuck.