"After twelve hours, the Challengers should start arriving... What should I do now?" After laying out the main quest information, Luigi looked at Angel with bright, shining eyes.
There was excitement in his gaze, but also a trace of unease.
Anyone who still dared come knocking to challenge him after learning that the Starry Crown had landed on his head definitely had some real skill.
Faced with these powerful Challengers, Luigi was both expectant and worried.
What he looked forward to was that a contest against the strong, no matter the field, was a driving force for growth. Naturally, Luigi looked forward to it. Especially since he had almost never encountered anyone in the Day Mirror Domain who could match him on the harp. He had truly felt the chill of standing too high, and he craved opponents—craved clashes with the strong.
But he was worried too.
When he had won the Starry Crown from Glaimo, he had actually used a few little tricks.
For example, he had learned Glaimo's preferences in advance and prepared pieces to counter them, with the added assistance of "Wind's Grace, Flower's Language." That was what had given him the advantage to seize first place in one stroke.
Yet when facing Challengers, he did not have that sort of advantage. Or rather, his advantages had diminished greatly.
No one knew who the next Challenger to appear in the Uriel Instance would be.
Luigi both hoped a strong opponent would come and feared that the opponent would be too strong, causing him to stumble and fall from his horse.
After all, the description for Main Quest 6 clearly stated, "Defeat all opponents and silence the voices of doubt." Once he lost to a Challenger, even if only once, the main quest would fail completely.
That still