Abby humphed. "Stop pretending when you don't know anything." She rolled her eyes. "We'll know who's better soon enough!"

"Even if Dustin doesn't win against Tatum, he's still a rare genius, so we should still respect him," the man from earlier said.

"You're right. Just getting Tatum to challenge him to a duel is a feat of its own. Otherwise, Boulderthorn wouldn't have wasted so much energy on this."

"I heard that he's only around twenty. It's extremely rare to see someone that age reach d