The cheers sounded good to Alex as he waved his hand at the audience.
In Simharian, it didn't matter who won the fight. The winner was always respected—unless they did something against morals, of course.
So, to them, Alex was now someone who should be respected like Velmar before he lost.
Meaning that Alex would now receive respect equal to that of a kingdom's duke's son.
Velmar, on the other hand, would be stripped of it.
To normal people, he would be nothing more than another normal person.
If he wants to earn his respect back, he would either have to defeat Alex in another fight or earn it back by fighting numerous other fights.
Right now, however, no one cared about it.
They were welcoming a new champion.
Not everyone was carefree, though.
A few people, including Reganath, Lilia, Mira, Kael, Bahir, and Alex, knew this wouldn't be it.
They knew it wouldn't end this simply.
