Not long after the second match ended.
The third match, "Stoneheart Knight versus Undead Warhorse," soon drew to a close as well.
It had to be said that with Rabbit Girl helping expose weaknesses and select card pools, the difficulty had truly been reduced to the absolute minimum.
Only the first match had been somewhat harder.
Although the entire Disparity Arena challenge had followed the pattern of "find the mechanism, break it perfectly," the first match had still been a little different.
The other two had both involved taking the initiative. Whether it was Thorn Dancer dancing atop the mountain rocks or Stoneheart Knight countering every move and riding into battle, the initiative had been in their own hands.
Void Spirit Predator, meanwhile, had been the only one forced into passive retaliation... It required an absolute weakling to carry out an almost suicidal reverse hunt before a hidden Grim Reaper.
That had been far more difficult than the other two matches.
But there was no longer any need to discuss which challenge had been harder.
Now that all three matches had passed, Angel had claimed victory in the Disparity Arena!
"Three consecutive battles, yet not a single defeat, nor had you fallen from participant to performer."
"Very good."
The Masked Referee stood quietly to one side. No ripples could be seen on its smooth porcelain face, but its eternal smile seemed, at this moment, to carry a trace of silent approval for Angel's "absolute insight."
"After today, the gamblers will surely flock to the rooftops, but compared to the lives of those scraps, I believe Lord God cares more about your appearance."
"May the gods watch over us. We will meet again."
As its final words fell, the Masked Referee and the card pool light screen hanging in midair all