Nine Prodigies of Astella (13)

"…"

"…That…"

"…That was fucking awesome!"

As the bombardment of spells Valyr threw at his opponent finally began to clear up, the crowd immediately erupted into a cacophony of cheers, their impressions of the young man having been renewed once more.

From the first to the eighth round of the tournament, the crowd watched him slowly claw his way towards the higher ranks, giving his strength all the time it needed to be recognized by everyone.

Of course, with his strength being far above what someone at the peak of Rank 2 could normally unleash, he was able to attract the attention of multiple organizations, with most of them looking at him as if they were their beacon of hope.

However, that all changed after Valyr suffered two consecutive defeats during the ninth round, which caused the crowd and the organizations to have a wake-up call of sorts.