Karl faces Rin, both ready. Karl has finished gathering his pulse and enhancing his body, while Rin has placed a small amount of pulse energy on his hand, yet it appears strong. A challenging look rises on both of their faces.
The King, astonished: "Will he be able to withstand Karl's strongest technique with that amount of pulse?!!!"
Zayn stands up in agitation: "Should we stop them?"
Selina, nervously: "Father, we must stop them, or Rin will get hurt. That technique is deadly."
The King, calmly and challengingly: "If Karl has resorted to this technique, he is aware of his opponent's strength. Also, I want to see how he will handle it."
Rin, to himself: "What a technique. I think I still know its advantage. He gathers the pulse in his hand and enhances his body so that it doesn't affect him. Upon striking, the pulse will destroy me externally and internally, as his pulse will enter my body upon contact. It's good that I learned it when I was young. Thank you, brother." Karl attacks with all he has at an immense speed, like a bullet, directing his punch towards Rin. Rin shows no reaction. [Boom] A massive impact occurs, leaving large cracks on the floor and walls of the hall, and a huge crater in the ground. The rising dust obscures the view of the King, Zayn, Selina, Lloyd, and Kargalan, all of whom are astonished, waiting for the dust to settle. As the dust begins to clear, they see the shadow of a person fallen to the ground and another standing motionless.
Everyone is shocked, fearing that Rin might have died from that attack.
The King, worried: "Is Rin okay? That attack affects both internally and externally. It's extremely dangerous.!!!!"
Zayn swallows his saliva in fear and anxiety, while Selina and the others watch in fear. As the dust clears, Karl appears fallen, blood oozing from his wounds from his battle with Zeben, which have reopened. Rin stands in the middle of the crater without a scratch or any sign of distress.
A moment of silence falls over the astonished faces of everyone. Rin, coolly to himself: "I hope I didn't overdo it. All I did was block it."
After a while, everyone descends from the stands and rushes towards Karl. The guard who mocked Rin remains silent, motionless, except for the King, who looks at Rin in amazement, watching him casually rotate his wrist (his hand) and says to himself: "Did he really, actually, without a scratch, impossible." Lloyd and Zayn carry Karl's bloodied body, and silence prevails until everyone reaches the palace in the afternoon after taking Karl.
In the palace hall, the King, Zayn, Rin, Lloyd, Kargalan, and the guard who was with them remain silent, shocked. His face looks as if struck dead. His colleague asks him, but he remains silent from the shock.
The King, sweating, thinks after entering the hall: "Who the hell is this? He blocked Karl without a scratch. Is he a monster or what? Is this why he hid his strength from the beginning? Thank God he's now a soldier with us."
Zayn looks at Rin with a look of fear and panic. Lloyd speaks to Kargalan in fear: "It's the first time I've seen Sir Zayn this scared. And also, this person named Rin defeated Karl in the blink of an eye, unlike Zayn, who consumed most of his energy in the fight and used the essence to defeat him. But this guy..."
Kargalan interrupts him, afraid Rin might hear: "Shut up. If he hears us, we're dead."
A moment of silence until a voice comes from the second floor of the palace. It's the voice of a girl calling: "Father, what happened to Karl? Is he really in the hospital? My mother is really worried."
Everyone looks up to see a teenage girl (16) and behind her a woman in her fifties (52). The King.
The King calms the situation and spreads his arms: "No need to worry. He's fine, and Selina is taking care of him, Lada..."
The girl quickly exits the palace, ignoring his words. The palace guards call after her as she quickly mounts one of the horses standing in front of the palace gate and speeds off. The King orders one of the guards to follow her. The King requests everyone to enter his office and wait for him. He goes to the woman and tells her: "No need to worry, Rose. He's fine. Please return to your room." Rose returns with a calm expression.
The King enters his office and begins his speech with a sigh after his worry has subsided: "Well, first of all, officially, you are Rin Kaguero, one of the elite ten officers in the army."
Rin stands up, bowing, and says: "First, I apologize for what I caused to Karl, and I thank you for your kindness in granting me a position among the ten. I don't know who they are. Thank you."
Zayn and the others are shocked by his words and laugh.
The King laughs, but Rin looks at them inquiringly: "Did I say something funny??"
Zayn, laughing: "What? The ten, you don't know who they are? Haha? What a guy."
Rin says with a slight smile: "I'm not good at remembering names."
The King, speaking formally: "Well, you are now a soldier. Your uniform is on the way. Class S soldier."
Rin, firmly: "I don't want to be classified as Class S, but as Class A, like on the wanted poster. Please, Your Majesty."
"All Rin Kagero ever wanted was a peaceful life, far from his homeland and past. But when he is accused of a crime, everything changes. Now a fugitive, his search for peace turns into a journey with no clear destination."
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