Under the referee's call, contestant number one hundred and forty-five, Liyade Lin·Blood Maple·L·Diesel, slowly walked onto the stage, her eyes heavy and expression sullen.
Her golden-red hair was tied into a neat single ponytail, and she wore a jet-black knight's heavy armor with the Diesel family crest emblazoned on the chest. Liyade Lin silently removed the massive sword from her back and simply made a knight's salute to her opponent in front.
"Meeting such an opponent in the first round..."
The opponent of the White Elf female knight, a well-built number one hundred and forty-six Beast Elf contestant, took a deep breath, drew the custom-made broad-blade sword at his waist, and crisply returned the salute: "Please guide me, Miss of the Diesel Family."
The next second, the referee announced the start of the match, and once again leapt off the stage—a scene that was becoming indescribably routine.
