"…Hoh?"
Hearing that he'd been chosen as Valyr's first opponent, the assassin looked at the young man with a raised eyebrow, recalling that the former was the first obstacle he faced in obtaining his current position.
Though he was able to achieve victory against him with a few perfectly timed slashes, the man was still surprised that someone like Valyr was able to stand his ground against him.
After all, the gap in strength between them was almost two entire class ranks.
'Surely he's just doing this to get revenge,' thought the assassin to himself, with the murmurs and conversations spreading throughout the crowd agreeing with the thought he had.
Then again, from his perspective, such a thought made a lot of sense. After all, who in their right mind would choose him, someone whose strength was solidly at Rank 4, as their first opponent for the ranking?