After a grueling half-hour duel, Xiliu won.
In this competition, although Xiliu emerged as the victor, Angel saw this "rising star" as having quite a few highlights.
The "rising star"'s real name was Izmir.
The reason why he knew his name was because as soon as he appeared, he smiled as brilliantly as the sunshine, and loudly announced to all the spectators, whether they supported him or not, using a voice amplification spell: "I am the shining new star, Izmir, and Izmir is the shining new star!"
It sounded not only embarrassing but also rather cringeworthy.
However, paired with Izmir's robustly bright smile, it seriously hooked a wave of female fans' goodwill.
From the start to the end of the match, Izmir would show his smile to the audience whenever there was a lull.
Among wizards, there were many who often wore smiles, but few had smiles that reached their eyes. Izmir was one of the rare ones Angel had seen whose smile was genuinely heartfelt.
