All in all, one of the most watched events in the comprehensive knight fighting competition, that is, the individual finals of the high-level division has officially come to an end.

As expected, Mu Xuejian, a second-year student from the Paladin Knight Academy, won the championship in one fell swoop. With his consistent overwhelming strength, he won the championship and became the darkest dark horse in this competition.

Of course, the so-called "dark horse" is actually just because Mu Xuejian had zero reputation before participating in the competition, and the Holy Lance Knight Academy has been far less competitive than the Diesel family, White Oath Knight Academy and even the Knights Guild delegation over the years.

As for the surprise and excitement that the "dark horse" setting is supposed to bring to people, there is absolutely no way it can be applied to Mu Xuejian.

From the first day of the competition, whether it was the individual competition area or the team competition area, this girl with long snow-colored hair and a six-foot (modern length) Qingfeng was elegantly overcoming all obstacles step by step with a royal posture.

Calm and walked calmly.

Except for the 'thrilling' final match with Kevin just now, she had not even suffered any injuries in the competition before today. Whether she was fighting against one person in an individual competition or against fifty people in a team competition, she was always devastated.

Defeat the opponent without any hesitation.

Because of this, when the referee loudly announced that Mu Xuejian was the winner of the individual competition, the audience who had guessed the outcome early did not even burst into cheers and applause like in previous years. It was not until the atmosphere gradually became awkward that they recovered.

Come and give warm blessings to the white-haired girl who has always been expressionless.

Mu Xuejian herself didn't feel too embarrassed. She just calmly accepted the bonus awarded to her by the president of the Knights Guild Academy City Branch and other commemorative but useless things, and then imitated those characters on TV.

The champion bowed politely to the stands on all sides, then put on a business-like smile on his face and walked down the ring, returning to the Paladin Knight Academy delegation who had been waiting below a few minutes ago.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Mu."

Because he often feeds Mu Xuejian during this period, Dean Hopkins did not call Mu Xuejian the alienating 'Miss Mu', but changed his name to a more affectionate one.

He patted the latter's thin shoulder and said with a smile: "Go back and have a good rest."

Mu Xuejian nodded slightly, put on a business-like smile again, expressed his gratitude to the surrounding 'students' who had gathered around to wish him well, and then walked straight to the rest area.

There are less than two hours left before the team competition. Even if you don’t do anything, the physical energy you consumed before can be easily restored to full naturally, but the problem is...

"Miss Mu."

Barty Arthur, who had just briefly congratulated Mu Xuejian and then said nothing, was the half-orc knight of the Fox tribe who had just been deducted from this year's scholarship by Hopkins half an hour ago, suddenly stopped the former.

, and after a brief hesitation, he asked softly to the curious white-haired girl: "Well... maybe I was overly concerned, but in the game just now, you..."

"Well, I'm hurt."

Noticing the focus of Barty's gaze, Mu Xuejian nodded happily without waiting for the other party to finish speaking: "My left hand feels a little uncomfortable."

Suddenly, Hopkins and Batty's pupils suddenly shrank, and other students around them also showed solemn expressions, looking a little uneasy.

Of course they would be uneasy. After all, this girl has been the absolute ace of the Paladin Academy since the opening day of the fighting competition. But before the crucial team finals began, this ace turned out to be frank.

He admitted that he was hurt.

However, the person involved, Mu Xuejian, looked indifferent. He tilted his head and asked the handsome fox man with smooth red hair in front of him: "So is there any problem?"

"this……"

Barty breathed a sigh of relief, narrowed his slender and bright eyes and said, "Then it depends on the extent of what you call 'slightly uncomfortable', Miss Mu."

"You told me before that in the team competition, I just need to obey your orders and perform as usual."

Mu Xuejian raised his right hand and gently wiped it from his left wrist, and said lightly: "If it's just like this, it won't be a problem."

Barty was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but ask again: "Isn't it a problem?"

"Well, it's okay."

The girl nodded and said seriously: "Even if my left hand feels uncomfortable, I will not become weaker than before, so it should not hinder your arrangements, Croton-san."

"B...Bado?"

The corner of Barty Arthur's mouth twitched, and then he showed a relieved smile, and smiled: "It would be great if this is the case, but I don't want to put too much pressure on you, Miss Mu.

So please don’t worry, even if there is any problem, as long as you tell me in advance.”

Mu Xuejian shook his head very calmly: "The question has been discussed just now. Although it is indeed uncomfortable, it can meet your requirements, and I have no pressure. Hopkins told me from the beginning,

Even if I lose the game, as long as I don't let it go on purpose, I still get money."

Batty: "..."

All students: "..."

"cough!"

Feeling the eyes focused on him, Hopkins snorted in embarrassment and said angrily: "What are you looking at! If you all have Xiao Mu's strength, you also have money to take it! If not, just

Don't look at me here, it's useless, just hold it in if you don't accept it!"

"Teacher, please tell the truth."

The thoughtful Batty suddenly turned to look at Hopkins and asked sternly: "Did you have a plan to deduct my scholarship? Otherwise, based on the budget you could control at the time, it would have been..."

"If you dare to talk nonsense again, next year's scholarship will be gone."

"I will graduate next year, mentor."

"Do you think I can let you repeat the grade?"

"He is such a mentor. In fact, my family has two chambers of commerce in Anka, so I don't value scholarships that much."

"You have two chambers of commerce?!"

"Yeah, two."

"Then why did you apply for the subsidy for poor students starting in the first grade?!"

"He is such a tutor. My tutoring is very strict, so I have very little pocket money and am very poor."

"You have two chambers of commerce!"

"But I am personally poor, mentor."

"You just said you don't value scholarships very much!"

"Because I don't want to repeat the grade, tutor."

"..."

Hopkins took a deep breath, calmed down his blood pressure, then turned his head away from looking at his innocent apprentice, and said to Mu Xuejian: "I won't tell you whether it will affect your performance.

, I have some leftover Caselonan white medicine that I used when I was young, can I apply some to you?"

"No, this injury is a bit strange. Even if you apply Jinqiala on it, it won't be effective. I'm going to eat first."

Mu Xuejian shook his head, then turned around and continued walking to the rest area.

…

Wait until the girl leaves

"Then, let's put aside the matter of Miss Mu and the scholarship first, and talk about the game in the afternoon."

Barty Arthur, who has always been quite popular and prestigious in the academy because of his smart mind, excellent grades, and kindness to others, coughed lightly, shook the fluffy fox tail behind him, turned around, and looked around at the students around him.

The younger brothers and sisters said softly: "First of all, I must explain that although Barty Arthur may have a good character in everyone's eyes, in my personal opinion, I am actually a very selfish person.

"

“For example, subsidies for poor students?”

In the crowd, a blond orc girl with pointed rabbit ears smiled and said a wisecrack.

"Yes, for example, subsidies for poor students...well, didn't we agree not to talk about this now?"

Barty scratched the tip of his nose nonchalantly, then spread his hands and said: "Let's put it this way, even though the instructor gave me the most important team competition, I am a guy who is better than me and has a much higher tactical level than our dean.

I went to let go and make arrangements, but I still betrayed this trust and did not choose the best solution among all possibilities."

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise, but Dean Hopkins himself, who had "betrayed his trust", remained calm throughout the whole process, except for glaring at Barty when he said the phrase "better than master".

A faint smile.

"Let's put it this way, dear classmates."

Barty shrugged, spread his hands and said: "In my opinion, it is best to let Miss Mu serve as the center, while we rely on several defensive battle formations to fight steadily and play a war of attrition as much as possible. Although the scene will be ugly, but

If we do that, even if the friends of the Diesel family are on the level of Ms. Liadrin, we will have at least a 90% chance of winning."

The tall orc knight who had been killed by Mu Xuejian not long ago plucked out a nose hair with force, twirled his fingers angrily and asked: "Senior Barty, this is different from the plan you told us before."

"If you listened carefully just now, you will find that I have already said that I 'did not choose the best solution among all possibilities.'"

Barty looked helplessly at his third-year student, who was good at everything but not very smart, and continued: "I have also mentioned the reason. It is because of my own selfishness. To be more specific...

"

"What exactly?"

The half-orc female knight of the rabbit tribe who had always had a crush on this senior urged curiously.

"First of all, everyone knows that I like to study tactics. My specialty is studying tactics. If we really talk about personal strength, I am afraid that any one of you can defeat me in two minutes."

Barty smiled self-deprecatingly, wagging his finger and said softly: "And the method I just mentioned, although the chance of winning is very high, it does not allow me to use my strengths at all. In other words, it is just a little limelight.

If you have to say that there is something that can leave an impression on others, I'm afraid it can only be the evaluation of 'who is the weakest in the Holy Lance Knight Academy', and I am not willing to accept it."

Everyone laughed in unison, not taking it particularly seriously, because these people all knew one of Barty's little problems, that is, when talking about things, he always starts from the least important point.
To be continued...