Gienegarde swallowed the bitter fruit of arrogance, while Kiluat enjoyed the fruits of victory.
This result is neither good nor bad.
The Son of the Church will not vent their anger on Kiluat for losing the secret battle, and the Spider God Church will only punish Gienegarde for losing due to arrogance.
Undoubtedly, Kiluat's victory had an element of luck, but it was enough to barely convince the middle-grade to acknowledge the Holy Light Squad's claim over Lu Li. More crucially, they envied seeing Lu Li's "loyalty"—or rather, his recognition—toward the squad.
Ken put out the No. 9 and No. 19 Sequence Potions for Kiluat to use. Especially No. 9, potions from the top 10 sequences are almost legendary, even middle-grade professors have never seen them, yet Lu Li allowed Kiluat to use them in the duel.
They didn't know that Lu Li didn't have to pay any price for these two Sequence Potions, unless goodwill counts as compensation.
