Gone
The huge explosions on the plain threw the crowd into disarray. They wanted to see the acolyte's condition, but thick smoke filled the area.
"Did Jai kill him!?"
"The Metal Puppeteer just killed the Savage Acolyte!"
Jai Strider slowly hovered down to the ground. As if to extinguish the crowd's hope of Emery coming out unscathed or at least alive, he said in a voice loud enough for them to hear,
"None of my pawns are made ordinary. Each of these pawns are equipped with powerful charge bombs that if used together can even kill a mythical beast."
With the mechanical glasses he had on, Jai then checked the situation under the smoke. "No trace of energy left… that's unfortunate."
The spectators began to whisper among themselves.
This was a formal duel, so even if death occurred, the academy would simply consider it an accident. Not to mention, with the savage acolyte being from the lower world, such an accident would most be soon forgotten.