Lily and Almond could fight the most spectacular battle of this tournament, but they didn't care to give it to the audience.
They had fought by going all-out multiple times, and there was no need to show all of their cards here.
Almond also didn't need rewards, which were permanent stat-increasing items.
He wanted to give the first spot to Lily, but Lily flatly rejected it. She would accept the reward items from him, but not the first spot that she didn't earn.
As such, they fought seriously, but in their limitation and purely based on combat ability with their weapons and move-set.
Almond won as expected, but their battle lasted for two minutes because they were in their sparring-learning mode, and it was still a delight for the audience and certainly the most spectacular battle for the silver-rank bracket.
VIP booth of Proximax Guild.