Book 8 recap on the Intertournament/Interchampionship event!
This is for the people who are trying to predict the next RSA boys and/or predict the next NRC boys chosen for the next events. If I forgot any detail, please let me know and I'll add with credits!
tl;dr: the events are Relic Labyrinth, Magift (Spelldrive), Mystic Mortar and Seeker's Gathering. Some NPCs were named in-game. The order and choice of players, present and future, is proving to be interesting.
The video-translation I'm using as basis is from Valkyrii yt channel.
Relic Labyrinth, Magift (Spelldrive), Mystic Mortar and Seeker's Gathering. As announced by Godrina Mezher, Director of the Ministry of Magic's Education Bureau (rumored to be Twst!Godmother from Cinderella).
Here are the explanation of each game based on the training weeks the NRC boys participated:
[Relic Labyrinth] (episode 8-7 to 8-9)
As you remember, RL is the training that featured Malleus, Silver, Kalim and Ortho. My observation is that these were in-game demonstrations for the sake of the Player (us) to understand each event. As demonstrated, the boys who trained in a event won't necessarily be chosen for that one in specific (or at least there's higher possibility they use other boys for different outcomes). Just saying this for clarification!
In the present, the chosen players for NRC are: Azul, Jamil (appeared in Seeker's Gathering), Lilia and Ruggie (appeared in Mystic Mortar).
For RSA: Minajael and Rielle. (I'll make a separate post on the Named NPCs in this event, but have this video from Valkyrii for the others names in the meantime)
Ortho states it's been five years since RL was last held and Crowley explains that it's because it's very complex to prepare.
Stealing or obstructing the opp team's magic stone while in transport to the pedestal is ok but excessively dangerous behavior/magic is prohibited. Malleus comments that causing severe injuries in the op's could lead to disqualification.
Brute force alone can't solve it, it requires both offense and defense. Maps of the labyrinth are distributed for the players.
[Magift] (episode 8-4 to 8-6)
The NRC training we watched featured Cater, Floyd, Idia and Sebek. We're updated in the rules of magift but for the benefit of the post, I'll be using the most interesting screenshots and summarizing the discussion:
"Magift is played 7 against 7. Carrying the disk, attacking, defending - it's all fundamentally done with magic. It's a penalty if you touch the disk with your hands or let it fall to the ground. Depends on formation but about half of players stay on their brooms.
You score points by leading the disk into the enemy's goal. The large circle is 1 point, the small circle is 3 points. Long-range shots are acceptable.
The disks are made of magic-absorbing material, so they'll lose speed immediately unless you keep applying magic to them continuously.
Once the disk leaves your hand, controlling it with magic becomes difficult, making it easy for the enemy to intercept. On the other hand, if you hold onto it for too long, the enemy will swarm you and beat you.
Constantly applying magic to the disk is exhausting, Idia's impression is that it's best to pass it on quickly to someone else.
Intentionally aiming an attack spell at a player is forbidden but the rules allow for disk-stealing with magic or use of interference spells on the offense. Sometimes your magic can hit an opponent..."
The positions that are mentioned in the training:
"Back" - takes position in the middle of the field to fight for the disk. Floyd (whom this spot is assigned) mentions that they're supposed to be on the defense and Cater completes that Backs are players who "break the enemy's spirit who are trying to invade".
"Standoff" - very important position (Idia is assigned to it due to being a dorm leader). The player stays on the rear, "watching from above" on the broom.
"Frontline role" - player runs on the field, without broom (Sebek's position). I'll assume it's the same case for "Backline" until future clarification.
"Forward" - stands in front of the goal and aims to score points.
"Hooker" - attacks while on a broom but, in Cater's case, he acted as a link between the front and back lines.
[Mystic Mortar] (episode 8-10 to 8-12)
Originally featured Trey, Lilia and Ruggie. 7 people event.
The instruction sheets don't have diagrams or images of the ingredients, so the tricky part is differentiating from two (or more) possible similar things or poisonous ones.
But the ingredients used in the competition are things that even students saw once in a textbook or class. Referencing material or communication devices are strictly forbidden.
Then again, excessive behavior while stealing is forbidden and it's recommended that players don't get caught up in stealing ingredients (possibly bc chances are the opp team mistook a ingredient and now it's your mistake too).
[Seeker's Gathering] (episode 8-16 to 8-18)
Featured Azul, Jamil and Vil. Also 7 people event.
I'm... kinda intrigued why Sam says "in this event". But maybe he's just being dramatic and it is the purpose of SG that you get into contact with magical beasts and I was trying to read too much into it. Well, anyway.
SG can lead to possible injuries or contact with poison, depending on the beast. Hurting the magical beast is a instant disqualification but also the biggest difficulty of this event.
Players are given a bag with equipment and a file with information on the magical beast. Vil participated in the same event last year.
The remaining event participants are Leona, Rook, Ace and Deuce (Practice Sprint) & Riddle, Jade, Jack and Epel (Revelation Code). From RSA side, we still have the remaining 5 dorm leaders and secondary characters like Chenya and the dwarfs.
I don't know if Twst will reveal the named NPCs with actual faces or just let them with the normal school/dorm uniforms sprites. This post is only meant to be informative on my part.
Idk about you all but after going through this again, I'm kinda hyped~