Two Choices for Winner

"So, Olaf is the bigshot of this tournament?"

Akash asked for confirmation.

"No, My Liege. The bigshots have yet to appear."

Haji Tea corrected him, after which, Akash hummed and asked again.

"Where are they?"

"These elementary rounds are child's play for them. Thus, they'll only appear in the last round's preliminaries when only the top 8 are left."

The Smoking Spear explained.

"Did Olaf and his city surrender in the preliminaries or the quarter-finals?

"The former, My Liege. They were ranked 8th in our province's 3rd tier cities."

Haji Tea answered.

"Does the winner of the tournament immediately become a 2nd tier city or are there additional procedures they have to go through afterwards?"

Akash inquired again.