After Rufus managed to beat Lee and advanced as one of the top 30 trainees, his friends applauded him as they gathered outside the arena.
"Rufus! You hid it really well. I never thought that you're practicing a sword technique."
"That's right… I heard that you're always looking around in the market… I guess that it's not true and you've been secretly learning the way of the sword."
"Yeah… You even hid it from us. You should've told us. I also want to learn how to use a sword…"
"What? You can't even control your Spiritual Energy… You should learn how to use Arcane Magic first…"
They bantered for a while as they waited for their names to be called. Each duel lasted only for about 5 to 10 minutes as everyone doesn't have huge Mana Reserves and most of them are trying to save it for their next battle or next evaluation.
These trainees were also quite unbalanced as they would normally specialize in one of their abilities…
