No matter what their background was, Dante knew they weren't from an Antique Family. So there is no doubt that a Saint Pill Recipe is a big item for them as well. And sure enough when Dante received the list of participants the MarkFord Twins were on it.
The Day that Dante set for the competition quickly came about. Dean Maste organised the largest colosseum available in the Academy for the competition. Of course the current Dean Maste II also showed up to the competition.
Dante himself made an appearance, of course he used a golden mask to cover his face and changed into the Armstrong Family Outfit. He didn't wear his Heir outfit, but just an ordinary descendant outfit.
He also made the Ancients who came with him wear the outfit. This immediately changed him from an ordinary student to a reliable and dignified Heir. Dante also noticed Hamilton and Alice following behind Dean Maste II.
Even among the crowds, Dante noticed a couple more women with golden aura watching the two twins walk onto the stage. On the stage there were hundreds of desks filled with various heavenly medicines provided from Dantes Medicinal plane.
Next to them were top of the line Ancient Cauldrons that Dante retrieved from the Antiques Treasury. He had gone all out to set up this Alchemy competition. All for the purpose of dragging out the twins.
If it was mediocrely put together, then the second part of luring the twins to meet Dante alone would be unsuccessful. Not to mention he now has the honour of the Armstrong Family to uphold.
Similarly when all of the academy students saw Dante surrounded by the Armstrong Family members they were in awe. For this very reason Dante brought hundreds of Spirit States and thousands of Fairy States who all surrounded Dante in the centre and sat on a large golden throne.
Even if Fairy States are slightly common among top level forces, it is nonetheless rare for thousands of powerful cultivators to surround a Young Boy.
''Haha thank you all for entering into our competition. Dean Maste was kind enough to give us a place to stay during our trip so we thought we would provide you with this chance!'' Dante had Ash announce to the crowd. As for him he stayed the silent type.
Looking on as the competition progressed as if he was a spectator in this whole thing. Of course no one thought that it was weird after all his standing is already high. It is already very good for an Ancient to Talk to them.
The competition progressed smoothly, repetitively the twins produced the best pill in each round earning the respect and admiration from the rest of school. Slowly the number got reduced down to the final 10. And the competition for the top 3 began.
The challenge this time was to produce whatever pil they wanted. The higher the standard the better the rank. Of the remaining ten, Dante had no worries that the Twins can't reach the top 3.
And his guess was right, they held the top two positions after successfully producing some Spirit Condensing Pills, which is quite impressive for their Age.
''Congratulations to our winners! Our young master would like to invite the top 10 competitors to attend a Banquet with him. To make it even more beneficial to you all, we will be holding a small scale auction including some rare furnaces and medicines.''
Ash announced to the crowd about the next part of Dantes plan. Naturally all of this was about getting them alone. He even forked out alchemy recipes to the winners in order to earn their trust.
And it worked, all the winners including the MarkFord Twins accepted Dantes' offers and agreed to come to his banquet tonight.
For this Banquet Dante even went all in as well so that they wouldn't be suspicious. He even brought out many rare spiritual fruits and plants that were grown in his medicinal fields.
By the time that all the competitors arrived, Dante had already lined up a full service Staff of Fairy State and Core Building Cultivators.To make sure that none of the competitors could escape, all four ancient cultivators were sat at the main table.
The dinner quickly got underway. But suddenly the Twins noticed something was wrong with the food. Their strength was slowly fading away in their body as their body started to seize up.
''Sister, something is wrong here. What has happened?''
''I don't know, we need to get out of here'' But before the sisters even had a chance to leave, all the exit was blocked by two ancient states and hundreds of Fairy States.
But these girls aren't as easy as the others. Dante was surprised that they had some kind of background behind them.
One of the twins pulled out a small Red Emblem and smashed it in her hands. Immediately a flaming whirlwind appeared around the two girls' bodies and began to lift them off the ground and out the roof.
But Dante naturally wouldn't let them go so easily. He pulled out a large lasso from his spiritual pendant and whipped it towards the floating girls. With a brief pause against the flaming whirlwind Dantes lasso successfully pierced its exterior and wrapped around the girls waists.
However the twins reacted quickly, they pulled out large swords and slashed down at the Lasso creating floods of sparks. But to their despair, the swords failed to cut the lasso at all, only creating a small dent on its exterior.
The panic started to set in on their faces as they saw the four ancients rushing towards them. In this panic slight mistakes started to appear in their defences. Luckily the twins were supported by a large Saint Quality Shield.
But this was clearly the extent of their belongings. This also suggested to Dante that the force behind them was at most at the level of a weaker saint family. And that the twins clearly didn't leave with their families permission.
Otherwise they would definitely have a guardian with them. Unfortunately they don't.