As soon as the match ended, Shion's voice was immediately broadcast to the entire stadium.
"W-what had just happened? Did Libation Fiesta just send their captain and let him single-handedly defeat their opponent?
"How could this happen? From what I had seen, he had the top speed of fifteen hits per second…" Shion paused for a moment as if she had gotten new information. "I'm sorry. Correction, it was 17 hits per second.
"He struck their weapons multiple times and defeated them in a rather swift manner. No, I had never seen someone be able to defeat their opponents this quickly. Even the three Tier 4 opponents weren't this fast.
"How could this happen? In the first clash, he targeted the two guys on the left side, which caused the captain and the other two members to adjust their position, assuming that their two people would be able to stop Clovis.
"It was what supposed to happen considering one Tier 2 was fighting against two Tier 3 humans.
"However, the reality was different. Clovis showed unprecedented speed, even among Tier 3, achieving 17 hits was impossible. Unless there was a peak Tier 3, close to Tier 4, that had been training all his life to increase his speed…
"Yet Captain Clovis had just shown them that he meant business. He showed something everyone here had never seen before, which surprised the enemies.
"He took those two down and had a full blown clash against the enemy's captain. Their battle lasted for more than a hundred rounds, which eventually led to Captain Clovis's victory.
"Then he continued to their flag, which would make the remaining two attackers return as quickly as possible. After seeing such strength, I don't think there are any Tier 2 humans who could actually compete against him. I don't even have the confidence to be able to beat him.
"In that desperate time, he threw his short sword, which seemed to be linked to a chain on his armband. He tripped them, gained a huge advantage, and defeated them.
"Last but not least, he defeated their guardian and took their flag, resulting in Libation Fiesta's victory.
"Strong! Very strong!" Shion explained everything she had seen so that all the people could understand what was actually going on. "The battle actually lasted for only 2 minutes and 54 seconds. The second quickest match was Bloody Rose vs. Juls Explorers, which lasted for 4 minutes and 31 seconds."
"His teammate, Jay, caused an uproar yesterday with his strength that was equal to that of a top tier 3 combatant. But it seemed that their captain was also the same.
"This is the strength of Libation Fiesta. What will happen in the second round… As expected, the most important match would be between the dark horse, Libation Fiesta, and the seeded group, Imemine."
The cheers erupted, causing the stadium to shake. They simply had never seen something before.
Clovis had hidden his power and unleashed everything he had to defeat their opponents.
The fact that he won without losing a single point was a direct challenge against Imemine.
Rafael was crossing his arms. He couldn't help but clench tighter after seeing that kind of strength. He remembered what his father said yesterday.
It seemed that Clovis had a scary background that even rendered his father useless. And that background was reflected in his strength.
Aileen couldn't help but furrow her eyebrows. Standing beside her was Lana.
"It seems that your decision not to engage in a fight against them was the correct one." Lana smirked.
"Did you see it?" Aileen asked.
"Yeah. Top speed was at 17 hits, but he managed to maintain 15 hits at a stable rate. But more importantly…" Lana gulped down.
"Yeah." Aileen closed her eyes, finding the same thing.
"He didn't even break a sweat. After giving his all, he wasn't even short of breath... It could only mean one thing, this was not his limit." Lana had a wry smile on her face, not knowing how to react. "Those ignorant people… I'm afraid that his top speed would be equivalent to that of a Tier 4 fighter who focused on speed."
Aileen remained silent.
"Can you defeat him?"
"I'm not sure. Our fighting style is vastly different. Besides, we will be able to measure his true power in the second match. We'll see who will become a threat, Imemine or Libation Fiesta." Aileen nodded. "Continue to investigate him. See if it's possible to bring him back to our city."
"The others are already on the move though." Hana looked at the scouts mixed in the crowd. They seemed to be busy calling their superiors.
On the other side of the arena, Erwin was grinning nonstop.
"Erwin?" His friend frowned.
"Don't worry. This is just getting interesting. If that's the case, we'll settle this in the arena, my rival. As expected of the person I recognize… Sometimes, I fear my own vision."
"Still too proud of yourself even during this time?" His friend shook his head helplessly. "Anyway, we'll be fighting against their team after this… about three hours from now. It will become the—"
Before he finished, Erwin said, "…the most important match. I know. All eyes will definitely be locked on our match. But that doesn't really matter… we'll do our best. No matter who wins or loses, there won't be any hard feelings. Of course, I'll definitely win, so I will console him by buying him a drink later."
"…" His friend was speechless and just left him alone. Even he didn't expect that there would be someone this strong among the opponents. More importantly, that guy was only 16 years old.
His progress and strength were far beyond his age, so it was obvious that there would be a lot of people getting excited to know him.
Mayor Revan was already clapping his hands while crying. He kept shaking the guy he brought as a trainer out of joy.
To think that the youngest team would actually fight that well and become the pride of the city. He was sure that the people had been watching this battle closely.