Nine Prodigies of Astella (8)

"In short, the ninth round could actually be considered as three rounds in one," said Clive, immediately confusing a great portion of the crowd with his words.

Taking note of their confusion, the young man hastily continued his explanation. "Of course, the reason why I say this is because there's a good possibility for anyone among these 12 to go through three fights in a row just to become part of the top 9."

Seeing that a few people are still confused as to what he meant by that, Clive decided to go a bit further into detail than he initially planned to, breaking down the three fights that made up the ninth round.

"The first part involves the usual fights we've seen thus far. Through there, a temporary top 6 will be created."

"Then, the 6 that lost during the first part will move onto the second part, fighting against each other to make up the last three spots of the top 9."