Four Pillars: Self-doubt
For a while, Valyr looked at the standing Faulus in silence. Though such a question seemed to have come out of nowhere from someone like him, it also made quite a lot of sense.
Of course, in the grand scheme of things, Faulus' ability in combat was considered to be on the level of those among the top. After all, it was already difficult for one to surmount a gap between the early levels and the late levels of a rank, much less to say an entire rank itself.
However, compared to someone like Hal and Valyr, the young man was indeed lacking when it came to the combat department. Then again, that thought was only worsened by the fact that he had fought against Valyr during the tournament, only for the entire fight to be the latter leading him on.
And that was with Valyr not showing off all of the abilities in his skill set.