The remaining mercenaries all looked at each other speechlessly after the gold-robed man walked away.
The gold-robed man who conceded defeat and left just now was a middle-tier S-rank mercenary who could almost be considered average amongst the S-rank mercenaries at Scarlet Flames Academy.
At Scarlet Flames Academy, the strength of S-rank mercenary students was varied across the chart. Someone like Meng Tian would be killed in a second if he encountered a top-tier S-rank mercenary.
Only normal S-rank mercenaries participated in this year's martial competition, and barely any higher-leveled S-rank mercenaries attended. The majority of them were carrying out missions outside.
"Forget it, that senior brother's strength is the highest amongst us, but even he surrendered… I won't fight either." An S-rank mercenary turned to the referee and said, "I concede defeat."
"I also concede defeat…"
