The appraisal artifact scanned the paintings, and for a moment, the stillness and silence in the hall was almost suffocating.
The time dilation artifact, hovering around Kailen and observing everything, as if she already knew the outcome of the two paintings, simply whistled and munched on some pizza.
"Interesting," she mused to herself, something that made Kailen extremely curious about the possible outcome of the appraisal artifact's judgement.
Finally, the artifact glowed, a sign that it had made its final judgement — delivered its final verdict.
Then, it spoke:
[ Living Scene paintings, made by Aurelius Zeynar and Borga Cruz.
Neither is more profound than the other
Results of Duel: A draw ]
Kailen finally understood what the Time Dilation Artifact was referring to when she whispered interesting.
"So she meant that the paintings were equally matched," Kailen mused inwardly to himself.
"Wow, a tie?"
"What's gonna happen to our money now?"
