Upon hearing Suki's gasp, most of the crowd was similarly disturbed.
With confusion, they turned to what she was looking at, the ground beneath her.
Half of one foot was outside the boundary.
There were two conditions to win. Either hit your opponent directly or have them step out of bounds.
Suki lost.
A bitter smile formed on her face.
"You did win."
She collapsed to her knees and let her sword drop to the ground with a clatter. Suki's entire body was trembling violently. It was clear she overexerted her body in this spar.
Once the crowd realized what had happened, they roared in excitement, exclaiming over how impressive Apollo was.
"Did he plan for that? Is that even something you can plan?"
"No, no it must be a fluke! There is no way that happened on purpose."
"But he perfectly dodged it all! It must've been planned, everything was planned!"
