Neither the Kepler civilization nor the Weaponmancer civilization desired to keep quiet about the tournament.
In fact, on the contrary, from the moment it had been decided that there was going to be a tournament, they had not held back with their advertisements.
And there was a simple reason for this.
Revenue.
The most talented Domain ranked mages from one of the most renowned civilizations going up against the ones from a less renowned civilization. Normally, a lot of people wouldn't look at this as they would immediately guess who would win.
Both sides knew this.
So the Weaponmancers actually used some marketing schemes to make it seem as if things were different on the surface, and the weren't wrong.
And then you may ask. How exactly did they pull this off. Simple.