Promotion Battles

Saphandra walked over to the guard that handed out slips of paper for the winners. She took hers and went back to the waiting room to get another ticket.

After finally sitting on the bench, she looked at the paper.

"37 Pearls for match 133?" she read the slip of paper. She was happy to earn so much money, but something didn't make sense.

"Wasn't I 73rd? How were there 133 matches already?" she wondered. That was when she realized she read it wrong.

"Could it be?" her mind went wild in surprise as she realized what the slip said. Instead of 37 pearls, she had actually earned 133. 

That was a third more than what she had earned yesterday, all day and it hadn't even been time for breakfast yet.

She got excited and looked forward to her next fight.

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Ning and Saphandra were both really strong for their group, and soon everyone knew.