In the arena, the sounds of fierce battle gradually died down.
Most of the surviving Mechanical Bodies had realized that something was very wrong with the situation in the arena.
Outside the arena, the audience was stunned by the Spider Slayer's brilliant design.
The pillar of fire from the tracked Mechanical Body's self-detonation, followed by the mantis-like Mechanical Body being ambushed and slain by a ghostly figure descending from the sky... Everyone on the viewing platforms had seen the entire sequence with perfect clarity.
"Is... is that really a Mechanical Body made by a new Advanced Apprentice? How in the world did he tune a generic Control Core to perform like that? It's not logical."
One Advanced Apprentice was completely dumbfounded, muttering to himself.
Of the dozen or so remaining Mechanical Bodies, most of those that were aware of the Spider Slayer's existence had ceased all activity.
