Jake was ninety-nine percent sure that door hadn’t been in any of the other arenas.
This referee walked to the middle of the arena, first looking at Jake and then the Benevolent Monk. “Due to complaints after prior matches involving the Benevolent Monk, I shall be overseeing today’s Promotion Match. In this match, the winner will be decided when one party becomes unable to continue fighting or dies, or I stop the match and declare a victor. There will be no surrender, but a true battle to the end. I will give both of you a choice now, though… Do either of you wish to surrender before we begin? This will naturally result in a default win for the other party.”
Jake heard murmur all around from the stands, and in his sphere, he even saw Polly and Owen look nervous. Nevertheless, he didn’t s
