Royal Tournament

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A martial tournament held before the king in the Re-Estize Kingdom several years before the main story (exact year unknown; 4 years earlier in the Web novel), won by Gazef Stronoff; it was Brain Unglaus's first defeat.

A martial tournament held in the king's presence, called a "gozen-jiai" in the Japanese original; Japanese sources' timeline places it before the main story with the year unknown, while the Web novel says 4 years earlier
Gazef, a commoner, won after a fierce bout with Brain (whether their match was the final is unverified); Brain, a genius swordsman who had never lost before, suffered his first defeat and from then on sought only to grow stronger
By this tournament Gazef had already developed his original martial art [Fourfold Light Slash]; Brain later learned it too and combined it with [Field] and [God Flash] to create the secret sword [Nail Clipper]
After his victory, Gazef was forcibly taken as a disciple by former adamantite-rank adventurer Vesture and inherited the "ultimate martial art"
Other confirmed participants: Gagaran of the Blue Roses fought Gazef in a match format and lost (manga Vol. 9, chapter 27); the worker Gringham lost to Brain in the quarterfinals
The champion later became the King's direct "Warrior-Captain of the Kingdom", leading the warrior troop; because opposition to granting Gazef knighthood (a one-generation noble rank) was so strong, the King specially created the post of "Warrior-Captain"
The tournament originally let nobles show off their retainers' might, but as nobles' men repeatedly lost to commoners, the nobles lost interest and the tournament shrank year by year (unverified)

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Per the Gazef entry in Japanese sources, Gazef thought Brain would surpass him within a few years.

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