Having witnessed Henry's quick defeat, Emil had no plans to make the same mistake of lowering his guard.
When the tournament had just started, he had initially been confident that the two of them would be the ones fighting for the championship.
After all, they were known all over Solara as the Gentle Scholar and the Gallant Blade.
Being recognized as two of the most promising teenagers had admittedly made them complacent. Emil had also believed that his battle with Henry would be legendary.
Unfortunately, that didn't seem to be the case.
The gap between him and Henry wasn't significant, yet Gus Hopper had defeated the latter so easily.
That said, Emil had not conceded defeat in advance.
'No matter. I will win this match and head to the finals,' Emil thought as he focused on his current opponent, Charles Lambert.
He didn't know much about this person despite his efforts to find out more.
