April 21, Grand Martial Arena.
It was nine in the morning, and the stands all around were a roaring sea of noise.
Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought the previous Spring Martial Tournament had yet to end.
Promotion for the Magic Cup finals had begun more than half a month ago and had steadily built up, reaching its peak over the past two days.
Using "footage" from the earlier stages of the tournament, Gil had edited several advertisements and broadcast them through Mimic Grass across the streets and alleys of the Imperial Capital.
With Mimic Grass's powerful ability to catch the eye, even ignorant passersby who had never paid attention to it knew that there was an exceptionally beautiful God of Elements named Element among the Elemental Cards.
On the day of the finals, countless spectators gathered from all directions, gradually filling the Grand Martial Arena's nearly thirty thousand seats.
Though they could not pack every seat in the Grand Martial Arena as they had during the Spring Martial Tournament, there was no problem filling most of them with the arriving spectators.
This showed just how popular the Magic Cup had become in the Imperial Capital.
The diplomatic delegation, which had spent quite some time in the Imperial Capital, had also arrived at their private box in the Grand Martial Arena.
Ron even went in to greet them before returning to his own box.
There were four people seated on the commentator platform. Soven was the only man; the other three were Mia, Irene, and Leticia.
Before long, after the four commentators on the platform gave their introductions, the four Magic Cup contestants who had made it into the finals stepped out one after another and waved to the audience.
Wodesen was already thoroughly accustomed to such scenes.