Yet, another stunning mech!

Another pair of mechs approached the center of the arena.

Arriving at the center, the two mechs stared at each other.

One of them was still the same Warlord Series with the same body structures as the one used by Gerard. The other one, although also the same Lizardman Series, with a different design and body structure to that used by Isaak.

This time, the Lizardman mech was delicate and had a feminine curve. It had a combination of matte yellow color and matte black. On the contrary, the Warlord Series was still the same Matte Dark Green color.

"Look! Another stunning mech. That merchant is so damn rich!" One of the onlookers exclaimed.

If they were going to compare the designs of two mechs, everyone could say that the Warlord Series looks obsolete. Whereas the Lizardman Series was very innovative by looks.

Nonetheless, they needed a strong fighter to recover from their loss this time, otherwise, their academy would be ridiculed helplessly again.

"Who is our fighter this time?" A spectator asked anxiously.

The dismay at Gerard's defeat was evident on everyone's faces. It would be fine if his defeat was through a good fight. However, that was not what happened. Gerard lost overwhelmingly against his opponent. His opponent even looked down on him. That was a very frustrating loss because the gap between the difference in the specs of the mechs and the skills of the pilots was very obvious. Hopefully this time the academy's fighter will win somehow, or if not— at least showed a good fight.

"Don't worry. The next one to fight is Miss Leticia."

"M-Miss Leticia?!"

"Yes!"

"Alright! Now we can finally be at ease," said the onlooker as he breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone immediately felt motivated to cheer when they heard who the second pilot of the Warlord Mech was.

Miss Leticia! Fight!

You can do it!

Be strong!

Hearing the cheer coming from the audience, Dereck felt motivated to say something.

"Miss Leticia is one of the strongest pilots of the academy. She often participates in competitions every time a competition is held for the academies. She is one of those who are always sent by the First District Academy to compete against other academies," said Dereck even though no one was asking.

"That's right. Honestly, if I had to choose who was stronger between Miss Leticia and Senior Garry, I would choose Miss Leticia over Senior Garry," said Vaan.

"Besides that, Miss Leticia is from a top clan, while Senior Garry is just from an ordinary family. He is just lucky because he is blessed with high mana that allows him to join the elite ranks. But looking at his skills, I am not very impressed by him," Dereck said without hiding his disapproval of the person mentioned.

"You two are very bad at judging people. Just because he comes from an ordinary family doesn't mean you can underestimate him. I heard that Senior Garry trained harder than the rest of the senior elites, that's why he became one of the strongest senior elites in the academy," Agnes said, secretly annoyed at how they judge a person based on his family background and not by a person's hard work.

Agnes was the type of person who values training over anything else, so it was disappointing for her when someone disregarded someone's hard work.

"….." Sherry looked bothered. She glanced at Scarlet to get some help but Scarlet remained silent.

For Scarlet, all had their own points. She understood everyone's point of view. She couldn't say that Dereck and Vaan were wrong for underestimating Senior Garry. And she also could not disagree with Agnes. They all had their own views, likes, and dislikes. And the only person who could change their views was not her or them, but the person they were referring to. If Senior Elite Student Garry really had the ability, he must prove it by showing impressive ability in his fight later. He must show the fruit of his hardship.

Maybe by doing that, everyone's negative views towards him might change for the better. It might or might not, but the result of his mock battle later will decide how everyone will view him later on.

"The second match is about to begin. Let's see what that mech is capable of. And how Senior Student Leticia handles that," said Scarlet to change the topic.

Hearing that, everyone agreed with her.

"That's right. Scarlet is right," said Dereck.

In the VIP seat, Merchant Bernard looked very satisfied at the result of the first match. And now, he was very anticipating this second match. But seeing the same mech of the opponent, he could not help but jeered a little.

"That mech again?" That question sounded like he was a bit disappointed.

"Perhaps the headmaster wasn't motivated to win for at least a single battle, Headmaster?" Assistant Kuryue said as he glanced at Headmaster Lalaine.

These two were clearly looking down on them, the headmaster thought.

The headmaster knitted her brows. She was clearly annoyed at them, but could not refute them because they were indeed losing the battle.

"Don't worry, our next fighter is Leticia. She is from the elite rank and is one of our experts. She is a permanent member of our competitive squad."

Hearing the headmaster's words, Merchant Bernard shook his head slightly and snorted secretly. It looks to him that the headmaster was overestimating their mech's performance and underestimating his. Even if their fighter was good, if their mech was a scrap, there was no hope for them to win this battle. The first match was already evidence of it.

Besides that, these three fighters with him were also from the elite ranks in the empire. So, it was a very idiotic wish to hope for a win from them. Merchant Bernard hid a smirk.

Well, let's see how this absurdity goes on, he said in his mind. In any case, winning all the battles was what he and his team desired.