With two rounds of eliminations finished, the afternoon crowd in the arena had exceedingly high hopes for the next matches.
Their pool of contestants had been whittled down to a mere twenty-four knights now, only twelve matches.
Unless someone was injured and there was a delay, that would be over and finished in time to get home for dinner.
Perfect for the farmers who were contemplating whether to leave early.
Dominic sat with Alexis, her family and the Advisors in the royal booth as if nothing strange had happened today, and nobody had tried to poison them.
He had the reports already, and the mages were interrogating the one prisoner they had captured. Unfortunately, it seemed that she was just a hired patsy from Dagos who held a grudge for the loss of her husband in combat.
They had told her just enough to get the job done and provided the poison, but forgot to tell her it was supposed to be diluted and spritzed in the food.
