"Umm, thank you," he says, accepting the offer of Vis through gritted teeth from the pain. You get the idea that such and offer is unusual and a murmur goes through the crowd of assembled Magi and covenfolk observing.
It's not a recognition roll for the competitor. I had you roll for Alexei last round to see if Alexei noticed something happening with Santiago. I'll keep the roll of 9 for your competitor, it suggests you'll have a relatively easy opponent, either being in a weak part of the ladder or your current competitor upset his last opponent.
You're matched against up against Scorpius ex Tytali, part of a cenobium.
It's a huge hassle doing the die rolls, so I'm going to skip it this time.
First round Scorpius misses you, but you connect for a solid hit, doing a light wound to him, but he stays on his horse. The second round you both connect, however your shield easily absorbs the glancing blow (no damage) as does your lance on his shield, so you have a slight lead going into the final round. The third round he connects, but at great personal cost to himself, and for no better than how he connected the second round (no damage). His attack leaves him completely vulnerable to your attack and he's unhorsed, with a badly broken leg (heavy wound, he botched his defense, so he has to soak 26). That die roll is here: invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3273676/
No confidence point spent.
Alexei is in the final four, and guarnteed to walk away with at least 3 +1 points in the tournament for Mons Electi.
Same drill, roll for competitor and attack/defense.