"We have a winner, folks! Taking the first round of the Champion's Culling, Mencius clenched out a clear-cut victory!"
Releasing the armor of roots from his body, Mencius listened to the announcer's words followed by a deafening applause as he gathered his lost breath into his lungs.
"No way…!"
Aiko looked as if she was a moment from allowing tears to escape her eyes, gripping onto the sides of the window sill as her amethyst eyes glistened.
"He gave it everything he had."
"That he did, but in the end, Mencius was the better fighter."
Saying this with his usual, nonchalant smile, Jae-Seong earned a glare from Ren, who was still absorbing this outcome into his mind.
