The next day, the second day of the preliminary rounds of the annual Imperial Battle Tournament, was still being held outside the walls of the Imperial Capital. The sky was a bit cloudy, but it was ideal for the fights today.
The number of participants was so unexpected that not all warriors got the chance to fight yesterday. The first half of the day would be finishing the remaining first-round matches, and then the next round started in the afternoon.
The number of participants might have been drastically reduced from yesterday's around a thousand matches, but the camp was still congested with warriors and citizens alike to watch today's fights.
Some of them were here to evaluate each of the participants so that they could pick a better card when the betting started. Aside from the official betting of the arena, there were small-time betting operations operating in and out of the arena. A few of them were in the camp to rake money.
