"Wow! Lance actually made his opponent forfeit! That is amazing! He didn't even use his katana really. This means he can get even further, which means more money for us!" Maria said as she watched Lance walk back towards the waiting room.

…

"You're back Lance, how was your match?" The group asked him when he walked towards them.

"Not much of a threat, I don't think we'll really face any problems until rank 20 or more," Lance said as he threw out his estimation.

"That means we can take it easy right?" The group asked him.

"Not necessarily, the people here will actually aim to kill you without hesitation. So don't even hold back, otherwise, you will be the one that dies. If you find yourself in a pinch, immediately say, "I forfeit!" or just jump out of the ring." Lance said as he warned them all.

"Alright alright, don't worry about us. They can't defeat us anyway." Sam said as he patted Lance's shoulder.

"You're right, I shouldn't worry about you. So don't blame me when you get killed out there. I did warn you after all," Lance said as he sat down on the bench and resting on it.

"Ugh… Fine, I'll take it seriously." Sam said as he heard the tone of Lance's voice.

"Anyway, so Elise is next right?" Benji asked them all.

"Yeah, she is on the 5th round. So there are still 2 more rounds to go before hers." Chad answered for Elise.

"Mmh," Elise nodded to agree with what Chad had said.

"Alright then, let's rest while we all can," Lance said as he yawned.

"After this first round, when we get placed in our ranks. We need to go back home and sleep. You guys have a tournament match tomorrow right?" Lance said as he asked the others.

"Yeah, I have a match tomorrow," Elise and Benji said.

"Fine enough, so it is just them two. But we should still go and watch them fight anyway. Since it is not just them that are fighting for tomorrow. We can see our other opponent's skills and weaknesses." Lance said as he told them the plan.

"I wonder how much money we have earned already. Did Maria even bet for us?" Sam wondered as he muttered his thoughts out loud.

"You know she likes money too. She probably did bet on us, and she is probably getting buried from mountains of coins." Chad said as he tried to imagine what would be happening right now.

"Eh, maybe? I don't really know, Maria is sometimes a bit weird." Sam said though as he furrowed his eyebrows when he recalled what Maria had done in the past year.

"It's alright, she'll bet. Have some faith in her." Benji said as he looked at Sam.

"But, I swear! I have this feeling that we really aren't making any profit…" Sam said.

"Sam, I will put you to sleep right now…" Lance said as he got tired from listening to Sam speak.

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Author : I don't know what to type at stuff like this :thonk:

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