It isn't an end of year ceremony that needed many prep talk or speech of encouragement, its a death match, it best everyone go straight to business, with that in mind a teacher step in the stage to reff the battle
"you may proceed to choose any weapon of your choice from the rack over there so the match may begin, you know the rules already, the only way this match comes to an end is with the death of one of the participants or a total surrender which will also put the life of the surrender In the hands of the Victor"
Both figure did as told going forward to pick weapon of their preference, corvanus picked a long double edge spear having a split Break at the center giving the welder an advantage of splitting the weapon into two separate smaller spear, Rio took two duo small swords also