It was not only Jenkii who had won tickets. Students and disciples from other sects and schools had won their own as well.
The locals of Goldkeep Crownmarkets felt as though their luck had been stolen from them, yet there was little they could do but swallow the loss.
Beyond that, no one found it strange.
In a place like this, lives changed by the hundreds and thousands.
People came in one shape and left in another.
Winning here was not an outrage. It was part of the order of things.
Even so, Radeon Terraces still covered the cost of running the games and turned a profit besides. That was the nature of any gambling house worth its name.
Radeon, however, had arranged this outcome on purpose.
These schools might be earnest in their pursuit of martial arts, but earnestness and perseverance only carried a person so far.
