Alex could not lie that he wasn't disappointed by his own results. Even though he had gone into the duel expecting to lose, having come so close to winning and not doing it left him feeling slightly annoyed at himself on the inside.
"You're slightly wrong there," the Sky God added.
Alex looked up. "Wrong? In regard to what?"
"You said Ashmaker was still the Fire God. He is no longer the Fire God," she explained.
Alex narrowed his eyes a little. "I don't understand. I lost."
"And so did he," the Sky God said. "Ashmaker is still a Half-God, but he is not someone with a status or a title. You saw to that. Fighting Ashmaker in a duel that resulted in no victor means that we currently do not have a Fire God or the equivalent."
Alex's eyes grew wide in surprise. The ones around him reacted similarly as well.
"Wait, so he's just Ashmaker now? Not a god?" Alex asked.
