Jane was equipped with a sword and shield. She summoned four sword and shield wielding golems around her, and two with bows. The bow golems began shooting at Lucy. Jane and the melee golems began to advance in formation towards Lucy. Lucy put up a shield wall, and then expended all of her mana to cover the arena in a maze of ice walls. She ordered Gary to look for an opportunity to kill Jane. Gary cast fog, and stalked around Jane and her golems. He thought he saw an opportunity when her back was turned and charged. One of the golems suddenly turned, and slashed toward him tearing open a hole in Gary's stomach. An arrow also impaled him in the back. Gary was quickly warped out and healed. Lucy was on her own. She hoped the fog was obscuring the arena well. She didn't want to reveal her beastial transformation to her future adversaries. She transformed, and charged at the golem formation. Though She took a beating, and a few arrows, she eventually beat Jane down.

Her next match was against a student who had caustic claws. Lucy kept her distance, and froze them in place as she barraged them with ice bolts. She won the fight easily thanks to her superior mana capacity. The semifinal was against Kristie. Kristie took a stance, and charged at Lucy. A flurry of fists descended on her. Gary quickly shielded Lucy, and began distracting Kristie. Kristie's fists were fast, but Gary was faster when he was expecting them. Lucy used the distraction to distance herself, and launch icebolts at Kristie. Without turning around she blocked all of them, and kept trying to hit Gary. The fight continued in this quagmire for a few moments. Lucy was almost out of mana, and Gary was beginning to wear out. Kristie seemed to have limitless stamina. Gary decided to use the fog again, and placed himself in a position to pounce on Kristie from an unseen angle. Lucy seemed to pick up on the idea, and began expanding her remaining mana to distract Kristie. Kristie charged in the direction of the ice bolt barrage. She began to cast a spell, but before she could finish the incantation Gary had cast haste on himself, and pounced onto her at a speed she couldn't react to.

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After this fight Lucy was given a break. The remaining bouts were between the losers to determine their places relative to each other. Lucy elected to spend the day training, and preparing her secret for Fritz. Fritz had easily beaten his way to the top. His light affinity was particularly strong for a half-celestial, and he had kept up with his cultivation. When the fight started Lucy had attempted to Barrage him with ice bolts. Fritz retaliated with a burning aura skill that melted all of her attacks. Her ice walls were only barely able to block his lasers. Gary was only around to provide shields, and dodge. Fritz aura was too hot for Gary to handle. Lucy was aware of the spells Gary could use, and ordered him to cast haste on her. She used her beast transformation, and tackled Fritz. His aura burned her skin, but she then turned into an Ice sculpture. The cold quickly seeped into Fritz's skin cooling him down. Gary then took the opportunity to strike Fritz down.

Through hard work, and guile Lucy had cemented her place at the top of the first years. This was truly an achievement worth celebrating. She realized that she was only capable of this thanks to Gary. Although she wanted to be stronger herself, A best tamer truly was nothing without her beasts. Summer vacation had arrived, and the students were temporarily kicked out of the dorms. Those who didn't have places to go to where provided hotel rooms for the summer. Lucy was amongst these students. As an orphan there was nobody to go home to or celebrate with. For the moment she had Gary. She decided to visit her parents graves. They had received a pauper's burial. An unmarked grave on a hill outside of the city. They had been killed during one of the many tiefling purges. Lucy had vague memories of her parents, and the times that they had to constantly keep moving. She had spent the early parts of her life living in the wilderness hiding out from the authorities. Eventually the protests from human rights groups were too much for the emperor to handle, and thus the purges ended. In truth the heavenly prince had taken over the emperor's body, and determined that a purge was a waste of valuable manpower. He needed his subjects to focus on things that mattered to him. Like helping him regain his strength, or building him a second castle. Thanks to the heavenly prince's good grace unfortunate souls like Lucy were allowed back into the kingdom, and taken care of courtesy of the state. Of course this sudden shift in attitude didn't remedy the situation, or bring back lost lives, but it was an improvement from outright genocide.