"You cheeky little brat. Why are you acting so arrogant already?" Eve said to Leo when he returned.
"What are you talking about? They were looking down on me, so I decided to open their eyes a little."
"Open their eyes? You did the complete opposite! Anyways, the audience will stop underestimating you now— at least some of them. While your performance was magnificent, in the end, you had only used a Tier 2 spell, and people will find ways to make excuses for you."
Just as Eve anticipated, many of the audience still couldn't believe that Leo was qualified to participate in the tournament, even though he's already defeated 2 opponents, and both were overwhelming victories.
"His Flame Blast might be powerful, but if that's all he can do, he won't go far!"
"Those two opponents he'd luckily beat weren't that strong to begin with."