"Mr. Phillips, um... does that count as cheating? There's a magic array up there, after all."
Just as Albert burst into flames,
Cyrus's voice came from the speaker in the corner of the wall.
"Uh... no, it doesn't. This is a normal alchemical product. Can't you see the magic power being drawn in through that opening in the metal plate? That's where the energy for the entire Magic Barrier comes from."
Though Phillips would have loved to keep watching Albert make a fool of himself,
his professional integrity compelled him to pick up the microphone and explain it to everyone.
"I see. That little metal plate plays such an important role? But speaking of which, what exactly is this Magic Barrier?"
"Please forgive me. I'm just a gladiator, after all. I can't understand the Magicians' stuff at all."
Since he was providing commentary, Cyrus had phrased it in a slightly humorous way.
This did indeed help the audience quickly recover from their shock.
They refocused their attention on the battle.
"All right, the Magic Barrier is up. Now we can fight without holding back, right?"
Waving a hand, Lan Qingyou smiled at Alisa.
"Exactly. Two hundred and fifty meters is just right. It'll prevent a repeat of last time, when we were flying all over the place."
Alisa nodded.
Clearly, she was still annoyed about the shoddily made arena match the World Will had prepared last time.
Technically, that arena match had been quite sophisticated, from the arena that could freely expand and shrink to the other tricks it employed.
But it still fell short of this match's "fairness."
After hearing from Lan Qingyou that many things had been arranged in advance, she'd begun to suspect that the match itself had been thrown together in a hurry.
She didn't know