Southpaw97

So, from my understanding of the mystery murderer here is what I know so far. 2 Murders, 1 student vanashing but went home if i rememebr right?, both murders, where were talented students who were killed the same way from apparent internal injuries that seem to burst out. But from the second murder there were a lot of scorches and signs of a struggle, but it was covered by a dark magic spell that was confiscated by the White Tower. So, the murderer who has to somehow have gotten a clandestine spell from a secure archive? Sounds more like a teacher rather than a student. And he or she happens to do this when the 5 tower tournament is close to happening. Sounds like it is a secret agent sort of that is tasked to take out talented students to keep the black tower at the bottom of the ranks. The obvious answer is Professor Vastion, but it could be a student. At first I thought it was Hoyo but it could be anyone. Idk I'm probably missing something.

Kinda liked this little tournament arc. Most stories that do it imo go really detailed into it. To the point where it take like a 100 chaps just for one level which is way to excessive. And Ludwig still gained so much from it this time around. Book page, buffed spell casting, reduced summoning cost, increased class potential for a lich and a progression to that ultimate form of a....Lich Knight? Death Lich? Maybe neither and or a evolution of that. Plus the rewards from Vam Djik? It's crazy. But Mott now getting aggro'ed is definitely a big problem. Is he one of the 7? A heretic disciple? We no nothing about him other then he's bad news. As for the killer? I honestly have no idea. It's probably Hoyo I think. His Harpy organs have a price to them and he loses control and kills people or something.

Kuro? That's a weird one. The victims are starting to be pretty random but some (all maybe?) vaguely connected to Ludwig. Maybe its a race characteristic gone insane that has to do with blood? Vampire?

Lol, I love it. Efficient,Pragmatic, Absolute. The end goal is what matters. So many animes,light novels, and other stories where the MC would willingly disadvantage himself to fight "fair." If it was about honor, then sure, but you're trying to win. You give the enemy an inch, and they will take a mile, especially in the black tower.

RIP Vini. So this portion is a king of the hill basically? And as long as one person from the team is standing they all win? I wonder is his shadow manipulation extends to controlling other people from their shadows? Either way he should be a tough opponent but there's got to be a timer on his ability to stay in the shadows. We don't know much about him so it's hard to say if Ludwig win outright but this fight will hing on if shadow boy is able to stay a shadow and not go head to head.

It's probably the best choice, honestly. A Saint is already rare, but a Saint Commander increases the rarity several fold. Maybe there might be another like her in the Red Ocean but finding a more senior Saint with a similar skill set would be hard to come by and might not be super beneficial since commanders have their own styles. On the other hand, first rater where mentioned a long time ago that Goldie wouldn't be as powerful to really wow a first rater as much as a second or third rater. Stuff lile a terran vs Rubarthen is still present, just like talking about the new AI approaches. Casella would do a much needed job gluing and giving the premier branch of assimilating them with the rest of the larkinsons and try to bridge the massive class divide that so ingrained in their society.

Thinking that some races have strategic advantages based on their characteristics, like Undead with unlimited stamina being OP in a game of tag. iT makes me wonder what other races are present in students. I mean, if there are teachers being other races, i dont see why other students have to be human, though it's probably the vast majority of students. I'm curious on if there's students are succubi, probably that chick who is good at charm magic.And ludwigs teammate whos seem to be able to change into other animals. Is it Teifling or something, maybe? They would have a very distinct advantage in certain challenges. If there was a Dragonoid race, that's who I would be. Serpentine eyes,scales, or a patchwork of scales mixed with skin, with wings. No doubt that there would be more various races in a dark acedemy and tower than the white tower. Also, about these events, if I understand right, each grades events are going on simultaneously? Since ludwigs teammates are other grades, I forget what grades they are, but I guessing depending on what score they individually get combines into a group score and then goes to group events?

If they aren't against each other then why did she hurt Fred with the whole fairy princess thing. That doesn't make sense. And it was never established before the they would be acting. The reader has no understanding of the characters or the world enough to know if things are an act. All I know is that she could be like the crazy blood chick with 2 personalities. If it was an act you could have shown that through telling eyes gesture or telepathic connection to communicate. Like the Dad is from the readers point of view seriously suffering his lack of weakness because of nebulous reasons.