Angor's eyes widened a little when he read the message.
"What's wrong?" Greya asked curiously when she saw him spacing out.
Angor sighed. "The result is out."
It was the result of the match between Demon Gourmet and Lady in Fairy's Outfit.
"I guess we won't have a chance to find out more about Azaz then. But what's with that look on your face —" Greya suddenly realized something was wrong. "Who won?"
Angor slowly looked at Shalee.
"You lost for a reason."
"The Demon Gourmet won this time. He defeated Carveline."
No one had expected such an outcome!
Carveline was the only heir to the Shepherd God's Outfit, and everyone believed that she could compete with Jebra for the title. But she lost in the middle of the stage?
"A-Azaz made it to the semifinals?" Shalee couldn't believe it.
Angor nodded. "Yep."
Angor had never seen Azaz before, but the fact that he could defeat Carveline meant that the man was quite strong. Carveline was not only an unbeatable Bloodline Master, but she also had the Shepherd God's Outfit, a weapon that even wizards coveted.
Even so, Carveline still lost to Azaz. This meant that Azaz's victory over Shalee wasn't just a coincidence. He had absolute strength.
When Shirley heard this news, she was shocked speechless at first. However, when she thought about it carefully, she remembered that when she faced Carveline, she could only run away pathetically. The fact that Aziz could defeat Carveline was enough to prove that Aziz was stronger than her. Now, she didn't have to accept the result.
In fact, Shalee even felt a little happy that Azaz defeated Carveline.
Greya was also surprised by the result, but she was still happy about it. "Since Azaz won, we'll have a chance to find out more about him in the semifinals."
Since both Shalee and Greya accepted the result, their discussion calmed down a lot.
"I didn't think there would be so many dark horses in this year's Rising Star Competition. There was just a super dark horse, and not long after, another dark horse appeared. "
Both Jebra and Carveline were popular candidates, but neither of them made it to the semifinals. Everyone's jaws dropped. Angor could already imagine how noisy Wood Bar was right now.
"I wonder if there'll be any more dark horses," Shirley said. "I don't think so. As for the others, they seem to be evenly matched. "
He picked up his transmitter and continued watching the match between Jebra and Carveline.
The other two matches were Philosopher vs Philosopher and Nether Flame vs Fantasy Deer.
The winners of these two matches would also enter the semifinals.
"It's these two matches? The first group isn't interesting, but the second group might be … "Greya paused for a second." I remember Sinehowze lost to this Phantom Deer, so he's quite strong. The Nether Flame should be Keely, right? "
Greya had been staying close to Phantom Island lately, so she knew about Lilith's Clan, which had a close relationship with Phantom Island.
Keely was the only disciple of the leader of Lilith's Clan.
Angor nodded. "Yes, Nether Flame is Keely."
Angor didn't expect to see Keely's match. He checked the time and saw that the match would begin after the Demon Gourmet defeated the girl.
In other words, the match was about to begin.
He hesitated for a moment. Should he go and watch the match? Keely was his friend after all.
"Lady Greya, if you ask me, I think the first match is more interesting." Shalee spoke to Greya while Angor was still pondering over the results.
"Why is that? What's so special about Philosopher and Philosopher? "
Shirley replied, "This philosopher's powers are very strange. It's said that no one has figured out the source of his power even to this day. Some even suspect that he's using … a Mystery item. "
Greya shook her head. "That's impossible. This is Floating Mech City, a sacred place for all alchemists. If there really is a Mystery item, alchemists would've spread the rumor long ago."
Greya looked at Angor. "What do you think? As a special judge, you should know something about it, right? "
Angor was still thinking about Keely's match. Greya's question brought him back to reality.
"No, it's not a Mystery item." Just as Greya said, if it was a Mystery item, people would have known about it long ago. Of course it wasn't. "But Shirley is right. I heard that the Philosopher's power is very strange."
Greya didn't care at first, but now she was curious. "How so?"
"I don't know. I've never seen it with my own eyes. But as far as I know, the Philosopher always wins his matches without any reason. The judges couldn't see how he did it. Even wizards who came to watch the matches didn't find anything strange. "
Shirley added, "Yeah. My professor went to see him too."
"Yes." Angor nodded. "So did the special judges, including Hydra, the Observer from Starliege Temple, and Shalee's teacher, Water Witch. Since then, Hydra has never missed a single match of the Philosophers. "
This was enough to tell Greya how strange the Philosopher was.
"Hydra took him seriously too?" Greya frowned. "Did he see anything about him?"
Angor shook his head. "I'm not familiar with Hydra, so I don't know."
Greya looked at Shirley and asked, "So did your teacher? What did she say?"
"She didn't say much. She only said that the Philosopher is strong enough to defeat Jebra. Now that Jebra and Carveline both lost, I think he's going to be the champion. "
"Not necessarily. Don't forget that Gourmet Apprentice and Shiliew, who defeated Jebra." Greya said, "Well, since you're all talking about this strange philosopher, I'm interested. When is he going to compete? I want to see what kind of strange tricks he has."
"In the afternoon," said Angor as he checked the time in the record.
"Let's go then."
…
After leaving Toby to Greya for "training", Angor left the manor.
While Greya planned to watch the match in the afternoon, Angor decided to go to Tower of Infinity right away.
After some consideration, he decided to go watch Keely's match.
But when he was about to reach the tower, he received a message from Greya.
A new message popped up on his communicator.
Keely lost.
Keely lost the battle against Tromm, the Illusory Deer.
Angor floated in the air and looked at the result in bewilderment. According to the time of the competition, it hadn't been long since it started. How could they lose so quickly?
Earlier, Angor talked to Keely about the "Rising Star" contestants she was interested in.
Keely had indeed mentioned Fantasy Deer before, but she had only mentioned it briefly. She hadn't mentioned anything about Fantasy Deer that was worthy of her attention.
He didn't believe that Keely would be defeated so easily by Phantom Deer.
Unless Keely was injured, or had some accident that prevented her from fighting with the Fantasy Deer, or … Keely had admitted defeat?
He didn't believe that she was injured. But there had to be a reason for that, right?
"Huh? Did she …" Angor suddenly remembered that Keely's biggest goal in joining the competition was to defeat Jebra in front of everyone on the stage.
But now that Jebra lost, Keely's goal was probably not going to be realized. Unless Keely lost her match as well, she wouldn't have a chance to defeat Jebra.
Could it be that Keely really did it?
Angor recalled Keely's personality. She wasn't someone who cared about rankings. Even if she won, she wouldn't care about the rewards. After all, all the resources of Lilith Clan were given to her.
Keely was a very self-centered person. Once she set her mind on something, she wouldn't change it.
Considering her personality, she was more than willing to give up at a critical moment to fight against Jebra.
It might be shocking to the audience, but Keely didn't care about that at all. Her only goal was to defeat Jebra.
The more he thought about it, the more convinced he was that Keely surrendered on her own.
He didn't have anything to say about her decision. He just wasted his time and effort.
Angor sighed.
It was too late to go now since Keely's match was over. He planned to watch "Philosopher" Onassis' match in the afternoon, so there was no need to go back to the manor right now.
Angor lowered his head and looked down from above.
He had a clear view of the main district of Floating Mech City.
He checked his location carefully and found that it wasn't far from Champagne Road. He considered for a moment and decided to check out Fangling Tavern.
Just as he expected, Wood Pub was already bustling with activity. It was even hotter than the Wildfire Moon outside.
Everyone was talking about the matches in the morning in surprise.
Jebra and Carveline's sudden appearance was like throwing a red-hot iron ball into a pot of boiling water, which instantly caused a huge commotion.
Angor approached the tavern, but no one paid him any attention. They were all talking with their table mates.
Even if he didn't use Infinite Reticence to reduce his presence, no one would notice him.
That was how focused they were.
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