The winner of the battle between childhood friends

Lara was looking at the bright blue sky and felt great relief. It was a beautiful sight to behold as her body was laid on the ground unmoving her mana supply was near empty and her stamina was at rock bottom.

It was obvious now that she had lost and her whole body was aching and was in great pain, yet the sensation within her was the best she felt in years. She was able to pour everything she had in this match and more. 

'I guess I'm not there yet, so many places I need to improve on. I already understood that Valdel was above me having that destiny of a hero. He was also the one chosen alongside Ren by that mythical weapon shop... Still, I might have lost now but that won't be the same in the future.' Lara felt elated this wasn't the end, she will grow stronger from here on out. As she was thinking about ways to improve, Lara found it strange that Valdel's victory was still unannounced.