Everyone knows about Middle Saint Academy and Nanzhan Academy. The latter was the fifth oldest academy in South Continent and ranked at the end of the five academies for several years.
There hadn't been anything outstanding in the past few years, so it could just be considered stable.
On the other hand, Middle Saint Academy was the fourth-ranked academy in South Continent and it had a very glorious history. It was in the first place a very long time ago. However, some juniors had no idea that the academy had once been number one.
But they know that their strength had been continuously declining over the years. The others were taken aback by the academy's performance in the Five Imperial Academies Friendly Match back then.
There was no increase in their ranking but continuous declination from the first to the second, to the third, and then the fourth.