Caladbolg's voice boomed across the meeting hall like thunder in the still night, rousing dissent and daring any brave enough to give it voice.
Hands of disagreement rose the next moment — a proof of the challenge's effectiveness.
Like so began the heated selection. Not through swords…yet, but through sound arguments.
Six representatives had something better in mind.
Caladbolg's face was a sleeping lake, unbothered by the chaos. This was already expected.
Still, the resolution must be orderly, and so he called the Ashen Crown Representative first. The woman did not wait long to speak her mind:
"I can agree to Gram, Chi Xiao, Sigrun, and Durandal. But not Onimaru Kunitsuna."
This, too, was easily within expectations.
The reason? The Four Starblades were SSS-rankers, and Onimaru Kunitsuna was not. It was a simple but sound argument anchored in a long-proven sword-tier hierarchy.
