"I see. So he does have potential," Duke Percival said after the first battle royale ended. "Even though everyone was targeting him, he still managed to reach the end, even surpassing a few Rank 4 with his techniques."
Having paid close attention to Renard, the Duke could accurately assess that he was strong enough to be Rank 3.
Among the contestants, there had been two Rank 4. Instead of fighting them directly, Renard had used the other participants as shields and even incited the others to target them as they had eliminated other participants left and right.
Agreeing with Renard about the threat these two had posed, the other fighters had joined him in attacking and eliminating them early.
Their goal of eliminating Renard hadn't changed, but it had been wiser to partner with him and take down the two Rank 4 combatants.
His two Martial Techniques, Berserker Dragon [EX], and Tempest Step [EX], had worked wonders.
