What Matter is Power

A minute passed, then another minute passed, and then another minute had gone. Ahli paid attention fully to the same position that Dite was standing in before. For five minutes he had stood there and there was no indication that an opening would appear anytime soon.

Well, Ahli had the option to back out of the trial actually, remembering how deadly the gloves that Dite wore. Another reason was also how he was not sure about winning against Dite. He was just able to unleash the weapon art combination the day before and he was forced to take a test where he was supposed to repeat its success, which by the way was a success that took him multiple tries.