At the end, Vacuse sparred with the two of them, but none of it was as serious as that of Magus Arch. What they did was more in line with getting each other's measure than anything else, and Vacuse was very much satisfied with the two of them. Their powers were just as he expected them to be.
After the spar, all the hunters now understood that Vacuse was worthy of being their leader. Even though some people still whispered behind each other's backs that maybe Magus Arch planned the whole thing together with Captain Amros and Vacuse, no one truly believed that.
They could all see that the duel between the two wasn't something that could be faked.
But all in all, Vacuse had achieved his aim, not only for the Dragon Hunters but for the others in the Mountain City as well.
"What about the people from the Eastern Region?" Vacuse asked later when he had washed away the sweat of the training ground. "I've not heard you say a lot about them. Are you keeping an eye on them?"
