Extra half an hour

I hadn't won, but a draw wasn't bad.

In fact-

We take those!

Ahem!

So-

Since neither of us won, we didn't get any of the already stipulated stuff from the duel.

Instead, however-

"You sure you don't need this as a victory?" I asked.

He even fixed my frigging arms and armor. What a nice guy!

But yeah, I had a feeling there was more to this.

After all, I should have been dead if he hadn't saved me.

And as the god himself had said, I had to be dead for all this to work.

The god shrugged. "Meh, was too bored anyway; so, it wasn't that bad. And who knows, maybe somehow, you'll still figure out a way to screw yourself over and start again and come here again and we'll have this fight all over again." A very sharp grin.

"Yeah, no thanks." I shrugged.

"By the way-"

"Yeah?"

"That ring-" He paused.

Ele's?

I stared at it.

Thought of things to say, but in the end-