Chapter 1497: Chapter 1497: The Duel’s First Words

The crowd erupted once again. Murmurs rippled through the stands, low voices swelling into shocked gasps, then into open exclamations.

"Oohs" and "ahhs" echoed like waves, rolling across the vast colosseum. The entire arena trembled, not from magic, but from the sheer disbelief of what had just been declared and, more importantly, what had just been accepted. Ibarin, the Grand Magus himself, had answered.

He had accepted the challenge of a student. Many among the audience clapped their hands together, half in admiration and half in stunned approval.