In fact, it was precisely because many adventurer teams did not pay much attention to elemental resonance that they frequently suffered unnecessary casualties and property damage.
Therefore, even if they did not know whether Victoria's example was made up, it felt incredibly realistic.
Victoria continued:
“This case demonstrates that relying too heavily on the power of elemental resonance while ignoring the evaluation of environmental factors often backfires.”
Her argument was logically rigorous, with every point supported by ample evidence.
Midway through her presentation, Victoria noticed several professors jotting things down on their papers from time to time.
Her heart skipped a beat for a second, but she quickly composed herself.
She reminded herself that under Greg's guidance, her material had become incredibly thorough. As long as she performed normally, nothing could go wrong.
And so she continued speaking, her voice unwavering.
When she uttered her final sentence, the entire defense hall fell silent for two seconds.
Then, a professor sitting on the right side of the judging panel spoke up.
Instead of directly commenting on her presentation, he asked a question:
“Under conditions of insufficient mana supply, how do you think the output efficiency of elemental resonance should be adjusted?”
Seeing someone question her made Victoria's heart skip a beat, but once she heard the question clearly, she suddenly remembered that Greg had asked her the exact same thing.
Victoria immediately answered:
“In this situation, priority should be given to cutting off the resonance supply to non-core elements, concentrating the remaining mana to maintain a stable output of one or two core elements.”
“At the same time, the energy density per unit area can be increased by narrowing the resonance range, thereby compensating for the drop in power caused by the insufficient total supply.”
“Additionally, natural elements in the environment can be utilized to assist the resonance. For example, in an environment with a water source, priority should be given to using the environmental water element rather than consuming one's own mana to generate it.”
Hearing this, the professor nodded in satisfaction and asked no further questions.
He wrote a number down on the grading sheet in front of him.
Subsequently, the ten professors raised their paddles one by one.
Nine, nine, ten, eight, nine, nine, ten, nine, nine, ten—when the last professor raised their paddle, the total score displayed on the scoreboard stopped at ninety-two points.
The entire hall erupted into an uproar.
Before Victoria took the stage, not a single student had managed to score above seventy points.
Ninety-two points—this was a score unmatched by anyone so far, instantly raising the competition of the secondary defense to a whole new level.
Low murmurs and gasps of admiration echoed from below the stage. Many students looked at Victoria with a touch of awe and envy.
Standing on the stage, Victoria calmly bowed to the judging panel, then turned and walked down.
Although she was highly reluctant to admit it, achieving such a score this time was indeed entirely thanks to that fellow Greg's guidance.
“Now I owe him another favor.”
Victoria begrudgingly noted this debt in her heart.
When Victoria returned to her seat, Adele and Kayla immediately huddled closer, their eyes sparkling.
“Victoria, you're amazing!”
Adele lowered her voice, but the excitement in her tone was impossible to hide:
“Ninety-two points! Do you know the highest score before you was only sixty-eight? You blew past them by more than twenty points!”
Kayla also nodded repeatedly, her eyes filled with admiration:
“And that most serious professor was actually nodding the entire time you were speaking. I saw it clear as day from the back.”
Victoria felt a bit embarrassed by their praise. She reached up to scratch her long gray hair, a rare look of sheepishness appearing on her face.
“Actually... I didn't get such a high score entirely on my own.”
Adele and Kayla exchanged a glance, keenly catching the hidden meaning behind her words.
Their eyes lit up almost instantly, the unmistakable spark of gossip-lovers burning brightly in their gaze.
“Oh—I get it!”
Adele drew out her words, tapping her chin with a finger:
“It's because of that Greg who invited you before, right? As expected of the man who topped the rankings in the preliminary defense, he's truly amazing!”
Kayla leaned forward slightly, whispering in a low voice:
“By the way, when he tutored you alone last time, did anything happen between you two?”
Victoria's cheeks flushed slightly, and she hastily explained, “It wasn't just the two of us last time, okay! I even invited one of my friends to come along!”
Adele was taken aback. “What? You actually brought a friend along in that situation?”
Kayla pressed further:
“Male or female?”
“A female, of course! I don't have any male friends!” Victoria replied, her tone tinged with offended annoyance.
Kayla asked, “Then Greg—”
“He's a complete jerk!”
Thinking of that 'international friendly gesture' from earlier, Victoria cut her off directly, her tone resolute.
Adele and Kayla fell silent at the same time.
They looked at each other and exchanged a glance.
Although Victoria was cursing Greg, her tone, her expression, and her frantic attempt to distance herself only made them feel like they had just been stuffed full of dog food.
“Ahem.”
Adele gave a tactical cough, carefully choosing her words before speaking to Victoria:
“Um... Victoria, to be honest, bringing any friend along in that situation, male or female, isn't really appropriate. And...”
As a member of the Greg-Victoria ship fans, she said with some concern:
“Aren't you worried that your female friend might fall for him too?”
What Adele said wasn't without merit.
When two women become close friends, it is often because they share many interests and their aesthetic preferences tend to align.
Therefore, if one girl likes a guy, there is a very high probability that her friend might end up liking him too.
But upon hearing this, Victoria immediately shook her head, her tone resolute without a hint of hesitation:
“It's impossible for Silvia to like him! Just like me, she absolutely despises jerks like him! Besides, Silvia is always perfectly polite to him and keeps her distance.”
Seeing how confident she was, Adele and Kayla couldn't say much more. They could only shake their heads helplessly.
“Let's hope she's really as you say.”
“Of course she is! Silvia is my best friend!”
Victoria puffed out her chest, her trust in Silvia not swayed in the slightest by their words.
In her eyes, this friendship was rock-solid, on an entirely different level compared to that jerk Greg.
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