It was a surprise for the participants in the other arena to see that Matt could finish the fight so quickly.
'He's more capable than I thought.' Thought the stronger of the two.
Neither had gotten into a fight until Matt's battle ended. But somehow, this battle ended even faster than Matt's.
It was only two or three clean hits from the sword guy for the battle to end.
'Heh, this guy is pretty fast with that sword. I almost didn't get to see it.' Matt thought.
And just then, the referees yelled out...
"Matthew Dietrich moves on to the finals!"
"Eliot Roberts goes through to the final!"
Both shouts came at the same time as the minutes of rest that the two would have were announced.
At the start of the Battle of the Halls a couple of days ago, just by looking at the faces of the participants, many spectators were speculating who would make it to the finals, and in every possible scenario, it was Eliot Roberts.
