Despite thousands of spectators being present, the stadium was utterly silent, as if no soul were there.
After a moment, the commentator, with hesitation in his voice, murmured,
"Th-the Blood Demon has won..."
Then, in a louder voice,
"The insane battle between the two S-Ranks has ended! Blood Demon, who recently achieved S-Rank, has defeated Sword King Rudra, emerging victorious in this battle!"
The crowd, however, remained still, unsure how to react to the situation. The battle, no doubt, was amazing, but they hadn't expected that death would truly occur. Everyone, in the corner of their mind, had speculated that this duel was a way for the higher-ups to earn profits from the hype. Someone would definitely intervene once the life of one of the awakeners was endangered—after all, what nation would let their S-Rank awakeners, their most valuable assets, die for nothing?
