"Now that the first round of battles are over, it's time for us to move onto the second round!"
As these words left Clive's mouth, the crowd immediately responded back with a crescendo of cheers and shouts, causing the young man to grin from ear to ear in response.
Giving the crowd a bit of time to calm down from their excitement, it was only when the coliseum was mostly silent did he continue talking.
"We started off this tournament with 1,536 participants. Thanks to the first round, that number has been halved to 768."
"Now, you might be thinking. Isn't that still a lot of people? Yes. It's definitely a lot of people for sure."
"Does that mean we'll have to watch through more battles, then? Also yes. From what I've told, we'll have to go through eight rounds at the very least just to get to a number manageable enough for the final round."