They were all guarantees of higher ticket sales.
One could imagine how crazed the audience would become if that big star won this duel.
However, besides ordinary spectators, there were also several contestants among the crowd watching the duel.
If these contestants were not friends or relatives of the duelists currently fighting, then they were most likely observing their opponents and gathering information in order to win.
It seemed that the big star had been targeted from the very beginning.
Indeed, the simplest way to become a star was to defeat a big star under the watchful eyes of the masses.
The World Cup Duelist competition was an excellent path to fame, even if one could only take part in the qualifiers.
"Let's go the other way," Dark said. To be honest, he was rather unfamiliar with that star duelist.
But Dark had seen the other contestant dueling him beside Pope Xis before. He was a holy knight.
Moreover, unlike the group of holy knights they had seen in the contestants' waiting area, this holy knight was not wearing the Holy Church's distinctive uniform, but ordinary casual clothing like everyone else.
This looked like one of the Holy Church's methods—placing pieces both in the open and in the shadows.
To encounter such a plainclothes holy knight in the very first duel, that big star would most likely have a hard time of it.
To be honest, this duel was not much to look at.
Dark still wanted to walk around some more. It was time for an after-meal stroll.
"Then let's take a look over there. I saw a building that looks a lot like the Holy See," Pandora said excitedly, taking Dark's hand.
The little Golem floating in the sky turned its huge eyeball-like camera toward them, then