The Companions: Pilot Apprentices and the 'Old Mage'

Just as Kira had hoped, with Mu's assistance, after the first round, the companions who had watched the second and third rounds in full also benefited enormously from the targeted, highly instructive 'real combat.'

The first to bear the brunt of it was, naturally, Tolle—the 'unlucky guy' who loved to charge in like a boar.

Whether it was the first match of the second round, where Yzak served as a negative example by overestimating himself and trying to win through close combat, only to 'get' his teammate Dearka killed;

Or the second match of the second round, where Yzak once again served as a negative example, easily falling for Kira's 'dragging-blade feint.' After he was dealt with, Dearka could only...