After the brutal 1v1 match against Nikolai, Soren, Kairos, and Serena took care of the 3v3 seamlessly—ensuring that in a sense Nikolai's earlier bragging did come true. It was the only match that day for both Kain and himself. But that was due to Supernova's one-sided defeat.
The next two matchups were against school outside of the top 5—Ironmarch Military School and Thornspire—felt like stretching after sprinting a marathon.
Neither of the schools were in the Top 5. Neither had particularly dangerous contracts. Neither had an amazingly clever plan to turn the tables. And both matches ended without Kain even needing to take a single step into the arena.
