Then, Flame Ashes began to announce the rules, his voice reaching everyone's ears with perfect clarity:
"Phase Three: The Ranking Finals! The rules are as follows:
"The two thousand contestants will be randomly sorted and numbered. The format is one-on-one arena battles! For each battle, the winner will receive one point, and the loser will receive zero."
With a grand wave of his hand, a holographic demonstration of the match pairings materialized in the air:
"Round One: Number 1 versus Number 2, Number 3 versus Number 4, and so on."
"Round Two: Number 1 versus Number 3, Number 2 versus Number 4, Number 5 versus Number 7, Number 6 versus Number 8…"
"This cycle will repeat until everyone has fought the other 1,999 contestants once!
"Finally, based on total points, we will determine the top one thousand contestants in the Alka District and your final rankings!"
