Lieutenant Ferct stared at each of them before announcing the winners of the final trials.
"Each of you showed your strength. However, only two of you are worthy enough to proceed. Tristan Wesseling, you've won all three of your duels. Your performance was very steady. I hope your design work will be just as steady."
"I will try my best to meet your expectations, lieutenant."
The woman then turned to Ves.
"Ves Larkinson, you've won two of your duels, which places you further ahead than the other two. You've passed as well."
"Thank you, lieutenant."
Tristan went undefeated, which meant he defeated Goz. Ves won against Goz as well, so the Hexer had already lost two out of three duels in this round-robin format.
Considering what Ves knew of the only woman among them, her rifleman mech shouldn't have been able to win against the others! Her lithic mech was too weak and unsuited to the circumstances to fare well against the other machines!
