After issuing the warning, Blaze waved at the battered, barely recognizable arena. Holy light descended, and the area around the arena began to rumble. The ground swelled upward, the damaged Magic Array patterns were redrawn, and the entire arena swiftly returned to its original state.
Once everything had been restored, Blaze pressed his hands together in salute, then left the venue with the severely injured Kurks.
"Old bastard."
King Como glared hatefully at his departing back.
"This divine envoy truly cuts an imposing figure. With just a few words, he settled the matter."
King Como merely snorted, then said,
"The tournament shall continue. Since Church elder Muse openly violated the tournament rules, the Church shall be stripped of all authority in this tournament."
In the end, it was a case of raising the rod high only to bring it down lightly. At most, it amounted to a painless punishment for the Church.
At that moment, Bulos summoned Samlet over from the stands. He had no interest in the tournament's punishments. On the contrary, after seeing Samlet injure Muse with his own strength, he felt nothing but shock and delight.
To Bulos now, Samlet was no longer some prodigy yet to mature. Once he possessed the ability to injure a Legendary Rank expert, he was already a towering figure in his own right.
After everyone calmed down from the fervor caused by the Church's divine envoy appearing, they finally remembered Samlet, who had injured Muse with a single finger strike.
Immediately, everyone turned blazing gazes toward Samlet.
They were not coveting the talent Samlet had displayed, but how he had managed to injure a Legendary Rank expert with the strength of an Epic Rank.
Because this was simply the return of myth.
In the legends of old, whether it was Kasha,