The friendly duel begins

The grand arena for the friendly duel was all set and filled with students. Among the seven batches in Mazeroth, only the sixth and seventh batches participated in the duel. The rest of them were there to cheer for their favorite senior brother or sister. Hundreds of seats were raised in stands around the pitch so the spectators were high enough to see what was going on. Every second stand was decorated with the colors of one House, and every other stand with the colors of the opposing House. Surprisingly, the staff, headmaster, and professors sat with the students instead of special seating.

From above, the arena looked in the shape of an oval. It was at least five hundred feet long and two hundred feet wide.