After half an hour of grueling combat, Xiliu won.
Although Xiliu was the final victor of this match, in Angel's view, this "Shining New Star" had quite a few standout qualities.
"Shining New Star"'s real name was Izmi.
The reason they knew his name was because the moment he stepped onto the stage, he beamed as brightly as sunshine and used an amplification spell to shout at every spectator, whether they supported him or not, "I am Shining New Star Izmi! Izmi is Shining New Star!"
It sounded not only embarrassing, but terribly chuunibyou.
Yet paired with Izmi's vigorous, sunlit smile, it won over a huge wave of female fans.
From the beginning of the match to its end, Izmi smiled at the stands whenever there was a lull.
There were wizards whose lips often bore smiles, but few whose smiles reached their eyes. Izmi was one of the rare people Angel had seen whose smile came sincerely from the depths of his heart.
It seemed that so long as spectators supported him, Izmi was exceedingly happy.
Even after ultimately losing to Xiliu, even as he covered his chest with a pale face and blood seeped from the corner of his lips, while his admirers looked heartbroken, he still gave them a reassuring smile.
Yet this person, who seemed to be filled with sunlight from head to toe, was in fact a necromancer wreathed all over in the aura of death.
Izmi was very similar to Saka, the "Soul of the Stars." Both controlled undead spirits. Generally speaking, necromancers like them tended to have somewhat gloomy personalities, but Izmi not only did not resemble a necromancer, he seemed more like a fire-element wizard, or even a priest who revered the light.
Moreover, it was said that after entering the wizarding