Three hours came and went faster than Ves desired.
Discussions continued to take place even as the challenger received treatment and prepared for the next duel.
More than a handful of people initially expected that a mech designer turned human phase lord would only put up a symbolic fight.
In fact, even the Ascended Giants themselves thought that there was no way a non-combatant could possibly put the Unshakeable King on the backfoot.
Suffice to say, all of their expectations broke as they heard or witnessed the dramatic downfall of the leader of the Ur-Titan Phalanx.
Whereas they previously assumed that Ves only accepted the leadership challenge so that he could somehow persuade the Ascending Giants to appoint him as their leader despite losing all 4 duels, they now thought he had a legitimate chance of winning 3 out of 4 duels!
