«The winner is Lyon Valakys!»
The announcer declares as the fight ends—so quick and effortless it wraps up in mere seconds, with my opponent, a newly arrived girl whose name I can't even recall, lying defeated. My rank jumps only a few spots—I'm now at position 1079, still far from the 250th spot needed to be promoted to the Lunae Crescentis dormitory. But it's still progress. I didn't even need to use the Blood Words to beat her—I've promised myself to reserve them for real threats, not for such inexperienced opponents. My already decent control of Vis energy was more than enough to knock her out with just a couple of hits.
