Rue surged with mana, and two elegant blades appeared in her hands.
"They're not as fancy as what the Dana Mage got, but they're good enough to be called Epic."
Nerissa held up the blade, examining the stats, then bowed politely and put it away.
"That will do wonderfully. I will be in a much better position next duel with that in my hand."
Then, Rue made a direct copy of the Villa Stone, but with a Supreme Ranked barrier around it, so the stone was bumped up a Rank without actually getting any better, except at keeping strangers out.
Nobody would ever know the difference anyhow.
"You can have that as the grand prize. Nobody will show you up this year, that is for certain. Do you know who is going to get the top contenders?"
