Whoo boy. Not the kind of opponent Belcoot was hoping would be waiting for him in the first round, but he'll do what he's gotta do. At least the usual emotional baggage of fighting a castmate won't be present in this matchup, as Zerase is a rather ... unpleasant woman, even at the best of times. Belcoot normally doesn't like mages, especially not fast ones, but there's another side to this story. Zerase crumples to one good physical smack a lot faster then Belcoot does to a spell. All he has to do is weather out one hit, then the Falcon Rune goes into overdrive and he'll knock the fragile witch flying right across the arena.
