With a thud, the hound's body fell heavily on the stage. Fane looked at the hound's body, not showing much emotion at all. After all, he had already expected that result.
The hound was no match for the Thousand Feathered Beast, and its attacks only relied on brute strength. It was not going to trouble Fane at all. After the hound died,the barrier around the stage disappeared.
Fane turned around slowly as he walked off the stage calmly. He knew that the caretakers needed to clean up the stage to revert it to its original state.
When Fane walked off the stage, he was shocked to realize that the noisy spectators had turned completely silent. He looked up to see that all of the spectators had their eyes widened, and their mouths were gaping as well.
No one was talking anymore. It looked like the warriors on the spectator stands had all frozen in place. Even their breathing was shallow.
It took a long time before someone started to rub their eyes and pinch their arms, telling themselves that everything was real.
"I actually saw all of that. I’m not dreaming at all! Lucius won again! He won so cleanly this time.
"Didn't all of you say that the beast's defenses were incredibly strong and that Lucius could definitely not break through them? Didn't you say that he would be ripped apart?" "That's right! Didn't a lot of people say that Lucius was definitely going to lose and that he had no chance? You all said that he would definitely get ripped apart by this wolf-like or dog-like beast. You said that he would end up even worse off than Lesley!"
"Come out and tell us what happened.
Didn’t you say that the beast's defenses were very strong? Why did it crumble like paper in front of Lucius? Lucius killed it in one blow!"
"During the first match, Fane had fought for a long time and used a few skills. You said that Fane would definitely lose in the second match, but why did he win so easily? He won with just one strike. It was so easy! Tell me right now, what happened?!
The ones who asked those questions were those who had remained silent before. They had only listened and felt like everyone else sounded reasonable. Some of them had initially planned on betting on Fane, but had been stopped by those around them.
Slowly, they started to notice that Fane’s chances of winning were slowly growing. The second match that everyone thought would be so difficult turned into a match that ended so easily. It had not been difficult at all. It was as easy as drinking water.
That caused those warriors who had initially planned to bet on Fane to start to lose their calm. They started to question those warriors who led the flow initially.
At that moment, all of those people had their mouths completely shut, unable to say a word at all. They had turned completely mute, not responding no matter what those around them said.
It was as if they had not been the ones who had said anything before.
"All of you really know how to talk! Didn't you analyze everything so well earlier?
What's happening right now? Are you not going to continue?"
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