Otaku Witch

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the live event of the Dragon King Cup World Duel Tournament; next up is the competition where five will compete and three will advance."

"Let’s give a warm round of applause to welcome two beautiful and powerful contestants to the stage."

...

The beautiful and sexy female host’s pleasant and articulate voice rang out, followed by thunderous applause resounding throughout the venue.

Dorothy also clapped her hands, eagerly anticipating the upcoming match.

"Sister, do you think Senior Mia can win?"

Alice, nestled in her arms, looked up with big eyes and asked.

"emmmm..."

The homebody witch hesitated for a moment.

Though she wanted to confidently say "She’ll win", she thought about how unlucky it sounded and thus refrained from saying it.

Moreover, even though emotionally she hopes Senior Mia can win, rationally speaking, Melantha’s chances are actually much higher this time.

When it comes to talent, Senior Mia is undoubtedly stronger, but as the saying goes, talent only means future potential; until that future arrives, it’s all just idle talk.

Melantha has long been a renowned figure; decades ago, she was already a famous young genius in the Dragon Kingdom, promoted to Great Witch at twenty, became a Title-level Sorceress at fifty, and now, nearing a hundred, she stands at the pinnacle of the Rank of Great Witch, preparing to enter the Pinnacle Realm.

Senior Mia, on the other hand, has only recently been promoted to Great Witch.

Though this duel tournament does have a leveling mechanism akin to the virtue of Brave Adam [Justice], to some extent mitigating Senior Mia’s magical disadvantage, combat power isn’t just about panel stats; the disparities in combat experience, spell proficiency, etc., remain an enormous gap.

Therefore, evaluating purely from a rational standpoint without mixing in personal emotions, Dorothy could only say Senior Mia’s chances are at most thirty percent, which is already the highest.

Alas, if Senior Mia faced a different opponent, Dorothy could even give the odds at 40 to 60 or even 50-50.

After all, having remarkable talent can sometimes be indeed dominating; with a few high-intensity SSR talents, one can match others’ decades or even centuries of accumulation.

Otherwise, Sophia, Mia, and Madeline wouldn’t have made it into the top five; it’s worth knowing that the top fifty contenders are mostly witches over a hundred years old, yet the three average under 25 years and, together, barely surpass a hundred, making them conspicuously youthful.

It’s almost like three kindergarten children snagging prizes at a primary school sports meeting—utterly absurd.

This is truly the kind of once-in-a-century monstrous talent.

Anyway, Dorothy just skimmed through the Magic Network and found many onlookers marveling at young heroes arising, heralding an era of intense rivalry again.

Although "era of intense rivalry" sounds like a term from the Eastern Universe’s Cultivation Realm next door, the Witch World indeed experiences similar occurrences, where every few millennia, a vast array of talents emerge in just a century, as if centuries of the world’s accumulation were all spent on this generation, making these geniuses leap far ahead in both quantity and quality compared to thousands of previous generations.

Hmm, in layman’s term, it’s during special periods of transition in the Witch King dynasty.

Just like back in the Dragon King Era with stars shining together, and as recently in the Era of the Demon Lord with many queens rising.

And so it is now, countless talents are sprouting like bamboo shoots after a rain, leaving ordinary talents crying out at the absurdity.

Hmm, the most classic example is some Witch of the Forest suddenly emerging and dominating the Magic Network single-handedly, overwhelming everything, causing the academic community to undergo a direct upheaval.

Online, there’s daily speculation that the Witch of the Forest is the Future Fourth King, and this upcoming era of intense rivalry is a sign of her impending rise.

Of course, Dorothy herself believes it’s all nonsense, slander that Senior Fanny wouldn’t tolerate; otherwise, she would tearfully complain again, poor thing.

Hmm, the homebody witch firmly upholds the principle that the Fourth King can only be Senior Fanny, unwavering in her belief in the outcome of the shining stars.

Hmph, what’s this Witch of the Forest, merely the mount of the Great Hat King.

Ahem...back to the topic.

Even though Senior Mia is undoubtedly that kind of monstrous genius born for this era of intense rivalry, she qualifies and is capable of transcending ranks to battle, unfortunately, this time it’s an in-house duel, which is very unfavorable,

Hmm, taught by the same master, what you know I basically know and even have more mastery, how can this be played.

So, Mia facing Melantha is practically suffering as expected.

"Winning and losing isn’t that important, Alice, you’re too obsessed with victory and defeat; for such grand events and celebrations, all that matters is exerting your best effort and enjoying the process, the rest doesn’t matter, as long as you’re happy."

Seeing her little sister in her arms, looking at her with expectant big eyes, Dorothy could only respond wisely and with high emotional intelligence.

"Oh, so Senior Mia can’t win then."

Upon hearing this, Alice immediately lowered her head, somewhat dejected.

Homebody Witch:"...."

Why is this silly sister always having sudden insights in places she shouldn’t, can you tone down your wild beast intuition please?