บท 131: Top 16 Finish Reward

My match wasn't the only one that took over 4 hours to finish, but I'd been the third to last match, and the other Divisions were proceeding at a similar pace. So, the quarterfinals would begin the day after next. In the intervening day, I was surprised to be invited to what the elder who informed me called an "exit banquet" for those who had been eliminated specifically in the Round of 16. "Everyone who passes the first two rounds of the main tournament is granted a reward from the alliance. Exit banquets are held in part to determine what reward goes to whom and to arrange for them to be distributed.