Especially after poor Owen had been forced to reveal his lightning magic in his Promotion Match before he reached Gladiator. While the guy had become pretty skilled with his spear, he was still only considered “okay” by Jake’s standards. His base stats were pretty high, though, which was what had allowed Owen to even make it as far as he had without using his best weapon.
It was a bit sad for Jake to lose his perfect teasing method, but he did at least discover why Owen had been so intent on hiding his abilities. His lightning had an odd deep blue color that was apparently unique to a special school of lightning magic… that a Champion of the Colosseum of Mortals also used.
That’s right—the big plot twist was that Owen was actually the son of a Champion. A huge twist that had left Jake in
