"Greetings, Space Monarch!"
Not a single person from the crowd tried to disrespect a mage that could literally erase an entire country. All of them bowed their heads in respect as they greeted him
"Hmm" the Space Monarch nodded his head and with a wave of his hand, the space moved according to his will
The contestants that 'survived' were separated from the rest of the crowd and the old man smiled at them
Out of the thousands of contestants that came here for the tournament, less than a thousand of them remains
The Space Monarch's arrival itself is already a test to cut the weeds from the flowers
More than half of the contestants were disqualified. After all, it's not like the Space Monarch could have them fight each other one by one and slowly eliminate them. That would take a really long time
The final part of the tournament itself is a one-on-one battle between the contestants but there is a need to trim down their numbers first