The first arena match concluded.
The subsequent gladiatorial combats lacked any highlight.
Ten minutes of Bigby's impassioned speech, the challenger's thirty seconds of power-move buildup, ten seconds of tough talk, Raymond's one-second finishing move, plus ten more minutes of Bigby's nonsensical praise.
A gladiatorial fight ended.
The monotony of the routine had numbed Andrey's reactions, and the boos of the losers were no longer heard, quite the contrary. Each victory set off a wave of cheers, which made Lyle suspect that the audience was not there to watch the fights, but to listen to Bigby fabricate gossip about the Fallen Angel Raymontos to satisfy their inner need to feel closer to their idol. Even if these stories were made up, unethical media would later distort and embellish them in their propaganda.
The repetitive developments of the plot taught Lyle one thing, that Holy Light truly could do whatever it pleased.
