Therry's Losing

No one saw it coming—the semifinals of the individual mecha tournament boiled down to a showdown between just EPMA and NMA.

In previous years, you'd always have some other military academies or maybe even popular streamers from the Alliance in the mix. But this time around, all of them were completely overshadowed by freshmen from these two schools.

It seemed pretty clear who was going to walk away with the championship, so the buzz online quickly shifted to who might snag second place.

Some were rooting for Thierry, others thought Caleb had a shot. The one who got the least support was Lyra. Compared to the other three, her performance was seen as pretty average.

"If Lyra wasn't good-looking, who'd even pay attention to her?"

"That's a joke, right? She made it to the top four of the tournament, and you're saying no one notices her?"