From the pavilion, the group smiled—pride warm in their eyes, wings rustling softly as they watched Vaeloria follow Kieran Vale toward the exit archway.
Nia stepped forward next, blood-red flame eyes blazing with eager fire. "My turn," she declared, leaping into the ring with a grin that promised destruction.
Her first opponent materialized—a First Calamity human dual-wielder, blades humming with restrained power, his form lean and agile, eyes sharp as he spun twin swords in coordinated arcs.
The man—tall, wiry, with cropped black hair and a scar across his cheek—smirked as he sized her up, twin blades glinting under the arena lights.
"Well, since Val put on a show, it's only right I do the same," Nia said with a fierce grin, summoning her sword from her mana ring. Like Vaeloria, she too had a Divine weapon created specially by Ash... they also had Paragon weapons, but like Thalion said before... using them now would only attract attention.
