Time seemed to slow down to a crawl. There were still pieces of Vita flying in the air, as Victor and the member of royalty both started to glow from opposite sides. Yet the first one to react was Vita.

… Oh, that bastard did not do what I think he did. He did! He shot me in the head! And even Diana looks hurt too! Well, more like she was hurt. Her face tells me that she just passed a kidney stone, but there isn't a wound on her, tho. Despite the fact that the light of the beam and the angle and all that suggests that she DID get hit.

Probably some funky magic she got.

And wait a fucking second, why are all the cells in the right shoulder falling apart. Who the hell told them to do that?!

That's it. I am killing this fucker with a home-made club.

Time was still moving slowly. The two mages were still getting ready, and Hans eyelids were moving down to a blink. Odins legs were flexing, showing well-tuned muscles covered with golden lines. Crystals were moving along the ground from where Camille was standing, but they have yet to reach over to either Ree or Diana and Vita.

As a strange tentacle covered in bone and blood started to move through the air. With every centimetre it moved forward, the other mages nearby were moving as well.

From Victor and the member of royalty, their glows extended off their body like an odd limb. One grey moving towards Diana, the other one was a bright red moving towards Ree. The ground around Odin started to crack as he bent down a tad bit more. The crystals on the ground finally started to split into two. Hans eyes were now closed as the blink was halfway done.

In the blink of an eye, the arena was filled with magic and people. A large arm covered in flames and scales held Ree down. Victors grey mana had covered Diana like a bubble, but it went away when he released that she was fine. Vitas arm had started to fall off, with the blood being splattered onto the barrier. Creepily, the blood and the other chunks of flesh moved back to Vitas body. Camille had stopped her crystals and Odin relaxed his body when they saw the massive arm.

With a closer look, the arm wasn't covered with flames, but made of the flames instead. And it came out from the VIP area too. A man stood at the edge of the platform with the burning arm coming out of his burning red aura. His face was filled with suppressed anger, looking at Ree with fierce red eyes.

"Your Highness! I, Victor Kastner, greets Lothair Alexander Firebrand." Victor bowed before the man, with everyone following soon after.

Lothair looked around and coughed once.

"Victor Kastner, you and your university do not need to worry about what happened here today. I will deal with this one myself." His grip on Ree tightened slightly. Victor nodded and turned his head to the burnt up tentacle on the ground, which was moving back to where the dead-looking wendigo stood. To Victors surprise, it was actually regenerating with surprising speed, visible to the naked eye. The arm that had fallen off was casually pushed into the gaping wound on its shoulder and reattached on its own.

Diana, the poor girl, was knocked out cold. Even if there were no wounds on her body, the shock would have hurt her mind to some degree. Victor made a mental note to get a mind magician to check up on her in case any permanent damage was done to her.

For the beast, it seemed fine enough. A bit too fine, but with the limited knowledge of wendigos, it's expected for it to be different from previous examples. For now, we all know who is the winner.

Victor waved to the stunned announcer, who had been standing up there with her mouth open. After taking a deep gulp of water and choking on it for a second, she shouted out loud with her hands in the air.

"After a scary fight that even the teachers were scared of, it all finally comes to an end! After what can only be said to be a victory by the skin of their teeth, Diana and Vita have won the entire tournament! And with some insider knowledge, people who have been betting on Diana and her pet have earned a fortune!" The brackets showed up once more in the sky, but this time the bracket with Dianas name on it absorbed the other ones, before shooting up into the sky and blowing up like a massive firework.

The crowd cheered loudly. The massive fat balding man had a strange glow coming out of his eyes while breathing hard, his servants trying to help him. Another person who was drawing something on a notebook finished the drawing and looked at it with a smile. Heracles calmed down and was happily munching on some new food. Beatrice was cheering with the crowd, and Earl let out a sigh of relief, knowing that Diana didn't seem to be hurt.

He couldn't care less about the 'pet' and the wounds it was regenerating.

The multi-barrier slowly scattered in the wind as both Hans and Camille released the spell. Victor walked to where the announcer stood and nodded to her. She nodded back and stepped away to let him speak. Victor watched the masses staring back at him.

"Although the finish to this tournament was a bit, rough, there is still the victory celebration which is going to take place later. There will be food, there will be drinks and there will be some gifts and other trinkets made by the university students and other businesses. And please give back at least some of the money you have won through gambling." The crowd laughed and clapped at the end of the tournament. The floor and walls lit up, leading the crowds outside to where many stalls were set up. And not too far away a massive building, easily over 150 meters tall, stood tall with a widespread forest surrounding it.