"So basically, the entire tournament is rigged already in favor of the seeds. No wonder Malin was so worried and said she had no chance of winning. Is that your way of nepotism in the Star Council Ranks?" Lucifer asked.
"You might be selected by the Queen herself, but you just came so late that we can't do anything about the ranks. You are at a really big disadvantage, but it's still not impossible to cover the gap before the tournament is over. In fact, there have been people before who defeated Seeded Candidates," the old man explained. "You know one of those people as well."
"Joana?" Lucifer took a guess. He was the only captain that Lucifer knew well.
"That's right. Joana," the old man smiled in response. "He was ranked twenty at the start, and he climbed through each challenge to win. Honestly, even I hadn't expected him to win, but he was really lucky during some challenges."
