Reborn as a Snake! (2.) [COMPLETED]

(71). - The Grand Final Match.

       The Next Day. . .

       While Faofa was still in his hibernation process for the next 3 days, the tournament kept moving with a new day rolling around and the crowd already growing big by just 08:00 in the morning. Everyone was excited to see what the Grand Final match would have to offer, while also discussing what the matches yesterday had been like.

Something to note, is that every year, no matter what, all matches plus the Semi-Final matches are played out within on day, as to not waste any time, while the Grand Final match is played out on a separate day as it's own thing. There wasn't any really solid reason for this, other than to get a second wave of coverage within the newspapers of Yiinao.

As the crowd continued to grow in size, Odale and Vien both took their seats ontop of the same pillar as yesterday, when they were watching the matches and the semi-finals.

Vien looked a bit tired, while Odale was wide awake, keeping his arms behind himself and gaze straight down into the arena.

<Vien>;
"Man, how long are we going to have to wait for Dear Master to recover..?"

She complained lightly.
Odale looked at her for a second, before looking back at the arena and letting out a small sigh.

<Odale>;
"Lord Faofa can take as much time as he sees fit to recover. It is a remarkable achievement he's managed to achieve — freeing one of the nine Natural Gods of this world is not an easy thing."

Odale replied, with Vien giving him a bit of a salty and sour expression, however remained silent — mostly because she knew that Odale was right in his statement about the recovery and freeing Arabor taking a toll on an individual.

And before you ask how anyone is able to know of the toll — Arabor isn't the only dragon who had entrusted his entire being to another individual and then waited to be released by said individual.

Allegedly — the Primal Dragon of Soul, Serfal, had done the same a couple centuries ago. He had entrusted his entire being and all his power to a lower individual – which was theorised to have been an Elf, due to reports of a strange elven women walking around with an aura similar to a Horseman of Apocalypse – before eventually being freed into the world again around 15 years later, with his reappearance being confirmed by the Holy Night Order and Krason.

It is unknown what the fate of the individual that Serfal had taken residence inside of is, however as by the public statements from the Holy Night Order, apparently and allegedly the individual had then remained in an unconscious state for more than 12 days before waking up and recovering.

Although, it is unknown whether this information is true or not.

Odale and Vien went silent again, turning their gazes down to the arena as soon as the loud booming sounds of horns began playing.
It was time for the Grand Final match to begin.

Lavia walked out into the field right beside the Headmaster, who took a stance in the middle of the arena before clearing his throat and looking on at the audience gathered.

<Illio>;
"Thank you one and all for coming to the Spring Oval Blades tournament! We've now reached the final day of the tournament — the deciding match that will determine the entire result of this tournament!"

Illio announced, with the whole crowd going nuts, cheering on loudly and applauding loudly. Even Odale and Vien had joined in on the applause, however did not cheer on.

Then, Illio continued.

<Illio>;
"Now, I understand that this years Spring Oval Blades tournament has been quite... Different than last years — that's the best way to put it. There had been multiple complications during this year that led to the tournament being delayed for a tiny bit."