"How Dare You Mirabella!!!!"

​BOOOOM!!!

​A terrifying figure violently burst out from the Sword Empire’s Royal Room. Master Teacher Nadia descended like a falling meteor, her sheer velocity destroying the very last silver barrier Master Hayatobi had erected. She was moving aggressively towards Mirabella with pure, unadulterated killing intent, completely abandoning her prestigious status and the tournament’s absolute laws.

​BOOOOM!!!

​Before Nadia could reach her target, Cupcake—still in her flawless human form—stepped directly into the trajectory. Nadia’s glowing, spirit energy-infused palm smashed violently into Cupcake’s human palm. The resulting catastrophic shockwave cracked the arena’s bedrock, the force moving Cupcake two heavy steps back, while violently throwing Nadia five paces backward.

​’How? Nadia is just a Lv500, she structurally shouldn’t be able to move Cupcake... There must be something strange about this woman.’ Mirabella thought, a slight frown appearing on her beautiful face as she analyzed the impossible physics of the clash.

​’What?! That cat can actually withstand my attack head-on?! And only moved two steps back?’ Nadia was entirely stunned, her arm completely numb from the impact, but her rage wasn’t ready to give up.

​"You--"

​"--If you take one more step forward, I will attack... I don’t care what will happens to our empires then."

​Absolutely everyone in the coliseum turned their heads to the VIP room, seeing Master Teacher Hayatobi calmly walking on the empty air. His arms were formally folded behind his back, but his gaze was filled with unprecedented, lethal rage.

​"You!! Will you protect her even knowing it will lead to war?!!" Nadia yelled at him, her facade completely shattered by her desperation.

​"Protect her? I don’t think I am even qualified to protect her." Hayatobi muttered self-deprecatingly, his boots landing softly on the ruined stone beside Mirabella. He knew exactly what the girl was capable of.

​"Mirabella is not only a student of the dragon academy, she is also my student, and a five stars god general!! Do you think that rank is for nothing?!!" He snapped. A devastating wave of pure, white energy burst out from his core, the pressure alone violently pushing Nadia five steps backward.

​"Five Stars God general?!" Nadia was profoundly stunned, the color draining from her face. That rank wasn’t just military; it held supreme continental authority. She stared in absolute dread at the little girl before her: "I don’t believe--"

​She violently froze, staring bug-eyed at the heavy, glowing golden red badge Mirabella effortlessly removed from her spatial storage. It pulsed with the undeniable signature of the high command.

​Mirabella looked at the Master Teacher with cold eyes: "Due to your action, I will visit the Sword Empire in one week to reclaim all my properties, and family rights... If you refuse this, I will make your empire pay the price."

​BOOOOM!!!

​The spatial fabric directly above the massive arena violently tore opened, creating a jagged, apocalyptic rift that stunned absolutely everyone. The millions of spectators looked up in sheer horror, watching as two gigantic, ancient dragons flew out from the void, their massive wings completely blotting out the sun.

​"Realm Bosses?!?" Nadia, Hayatobi, and absolutely everyone in the stadium was utterly horrified. Each of these mythical dragons possessed the catastrophic strength to single-handedly destroy an entire empire, and Mirabella casually had two of them waiting in her absolute control.

​"Remember my words." She said coldly, her voice echoing with the weight of a goddess.

​"The Dragon Empire will back her up!" Delphine yelled fiercely from the Dragon Empire’s royal room, slamming her hands on her seat to show absolute solidarity.

​"Yes!!!" The entire Dragon Academy section roared in agreement.

​"You can’t handle a simple defeat!!"

​"How did you even become a master teacher of the sword empire?!!!"

​"Pathetic!!!"

​The insults rained down from the audience, shattering Nadia’s reputation.

’Shit!! Mirabella... Mirabella, you kept destroying my plan!!’ She violently clenched her fists in impotent rage, her nails drawing blood from her palms.

​"I understand, Miranda. I will fully cooperate with you."

​The crowd fell silent as they turned to see George, the absolute Emperor of the Sword Empire. He had descended from his royal box and landed silently on the ground, placing his hand firmly on Nadia’s trembling shoulder to prevent her from starting a war that would end in their immediate annihilation.

​Nadia stared intensely at him for some agonizing seconds, then finally sighed deeply, lowering her head in bitter defeat: "I apologize."

​"Humans are so confusing." Cupcake muttered, having lost interest in the politics. She transformed seamlessly back into her tiny, fluffy cat form, and landed softly on Mirabella’s right shoulder, curling her tail around her Master’s neck.

​"Oh well, it seems we don’t have to take action."

​Everyone looked up again, their breath catching as they saw four enigmatic people descending slowly from the sky. Their auras were so impossibly dense and refined that the world’s energy completely bowed to their presence. A slight frown appeared on Mirabella’s face as she tracked their descent.

​’These people? Who are these people?’ She thought, her instincts flaring up.

​"Mirabella, these four are the absolute guardians of the first, and second worlds... In short, they are like judges and police of Galaxy Fall. You might see them as Lv500, but their true strength is way above that... These four are unfathomable." Hayatobi whispered urgently, making sure she understood the hierarchy stepping onto the stage.

​Mirabella slowly nodded her head, acknowledging the lore, but her intense blue gaze was fixed solely on one specific person among the four:

’Why does his energy signature feels so similar to my mom’s, and even that old man I saw in the past?’ She thought, her mind racing to connect the dots.

​Nita, one of the four guardians, landed seamlessly, her feet lightly tapping the ruined ground. She fixed her cold, judging gaze directly on Nadia: "I hope this won’t happen next time." She said. Her words carried a strange soul magic, completely calming the racing hearts and violent energy of absolutely everyone present like a cooling, ethereal breeze.

​"Yes." Nadia only nodded her head, thoroughly suppressed by the guardian’s authority, completely not daring to say another word. She walked quickly towards Jessica’s broken form, and snapped her fingers.

​A warm red light surrounded her student’s unconscious body, gently rising her into the air. With that, the two flew silently out of the ruined arena, retreating to salvage what was left.

​’I will be right there, Jessica.’ Mirabella thought, staring coldly at Nadia’s retreating back, vowing to free the girl from the parasite’s control:

​’Even with my Mental Overlord, I can’t hear Nadia’s thoughts, same with Hayatobi, and these four people. Am I still too weak.’ She thought, grounding her ego. Despite being a sovereign, she realized there were still vast, uncharted peaks of power she had yet to conquer.

​"Here." Nita casually tossed a spatial ring at Mirabella, who caught the artifact flawlessly in her palm. She stared down at the intricate golden ring in slight confusion:

​"Everything in that ring is your rewards for this competition." She explained, her tone neutral, and then she turned her imposing presence to address the massive, multi-empire audience:

​"Okay everyone!!! In this Glory flag competition!! Dragon academy won!!!" She said calmly, but her magically amplified voice reverberated loudly and joyously all over the whole Arena and the entirety of Galaxy City, marking the official, historic end of the tournament.