บท 259: Friendly Battle : 2

Juin glanced back briefly before whispering, "Yeah, about that… I don't think he will do anything dishonorable, but I might need your help, if Luca decides to stab me in the back." 

"He's the type that would stab you in the front," Wolfe said with a smirk before nodding. "But I'll make sure he doesn't go overboard."

…

In less than 10 minutes, all the participants were ushered up the stage while the spectators quickly filled up the seats and quieted down. When all four of them were standing on the stage, with three facing one, the Head Judge made his way up the stage and stood in between them.

The stage, which was previously destroyed by Juin and Luca, had been fully renovated and looked even better than before, with schools of little golden fish carved on the side of the stage. The kingdom's emblem, which was of a heavily bearded man wearing a crown and raising a trident and with waves behind him, could be seen carved into the surface of the stage.