《Soul of a Fist》 Chapter 1 - The Mysterious Young Man A calm looking man is bent on his knees, he is caressing a new-born child and start tearing up, after his 27 year undefeated streak in the Master of Fist Tournament, he can finally rest and take the role of a father. His name is Serge Elreich, as he holds his child; he announced that the child will be living in secrecy. This is due to the ancient rule of the Sunrise Family branch, that all first born children will not be taking the family¡¯s name if the Parents of the child is not married in the time the child has been born. If this rule is not followed, the child will be kicked out of the family and will not receive any form of support in the decision of the Sun Council. Their family is one of the oldest and most-respected families in the country of Hermain, with over 500 years of history, discovering Gwiara style, a unique offensive martial art that focuses on demolishing the opponent through manipulation and exploiting the weakness of the enemy. This is also mastered and used by Serge in competing in the Master of Fist Tournaments, giving him the title of ¡®The God Fist¡¯. While announcing the fate of his child, a man clad in black swiftly approached Serge. ¡°Let my son be appointed in taking care of your son My Lord¡± ¡°Hmmmm¡­¡± A hesitating sound coming from Serge can be heard. ¡°I think there¡¯s no problem in letting my son be his personal guard until he grows up My Lord¡± the man insisted. This is the relationship of the Sunrise and Sunset family, the Sunrise is the Main Branch of the Elreich family, while the Sunset is the 2nd branch which is appointed to be the family that serves the main branch, be it cleaning or guarding duties. Personal Guards are those who stay beside their appointed member of the main branch family, until they grow up and capable of leading the family. ¡°There¡¯s no need to give him a personal guard Jugo. He will be living in secrecy until he grows up and taking my name.¡± ¡°But, My Lord, is it a little too harsh?¡± worriedly asked by Jugo. ¡°I mean he is the second one in the long history of the Sunrise family who has been a first born who will live in secrecy!¡± ¡°There is no need to worry Jugo, I know my son will be strong.¡± ¡°My Lord, forgive my rudeness, don¡¯t you think that the fate of your son will be the same as the first one?¡± ¡°Hahahaha.¡± A calm laugh echoed through the room. ¡°I am aware Jugo, but worry not, I will personally train him. Don¡¯t you remember? I am the strongest fighter in the world.¡± Serge proudly proclaimed. ¡°I understand where you¡¯re coming from, and I understand the risks, but I will not let that happen to my son. So rest assured!¡±
Birds are heard chirping early in the morning, the sunrise can be seen close through the windows of a dojo. The dojo is built atop a mountain, so this kind of scenery and events can be experienced every day. Sounds of fists hitting a bag full of sand can be heard through the halls, smell of sweat is starting to accumulate the young man¡¯s clothes, and he decides to stop his morning routine to get ready. On the way outside, he stumbles upon a calm looking man and bows to him. ¡°Good morning Father.¡± The man smiled towards the young man. ¡°Good morning Sin. I see, still a hardworking kid.¡± Serge raised his hand gesturing to lift Sin¡¯s head up. ¡°Are you ready for your new life Sin? I¡¯m sure you¡¯re ready, no?¡± ¡°I am on my way on preparing my stuff Father.¡± ¡°I see, I see. Well, this is the first time you¡¯re living by yourself, so I¡¯m just worried¡± ¡°You¡¯re such a worrywart Father, I assure you, I will be fine.¡± ¡°Hahaha, yeah I¡¯m sure of it.¡± As Serge said those words, He exclaimed. ¡°Sin Reichel! This is your last 3 years of living in secrecy, if you survived this; you will officially be taking the name of our Household and be appointed to be the next Head of the Sunrise Branch family. And if not, I will be forced to disown you and can¡¯t receive any support from us, don¡¯t disappoint me!¡± Sin bowed, ¡°Understood father!¡± After that, the father and son walk side by side through the hall until they arrive at the dining hall, hundreds of men and women can be seen, others are sitting, waiting for their food, while the others are serving them. As the 2 of them entered the dining hall, all of the people waiting and serving stand up and silently stop what they¡¯re doing and bowed deeply. ¡°Good morning Lord Serge! Good morning Young Lord Sin!¡± ¡°Good morning, please be seated¡± ¡°Lord Serge, the Roaring Fist Dojo requested you to be their temporary instructor for the next 6 months, what is your decision My Lord? ¡°Hmmm, the Roaring fist eh.¡± While thinking, Sin interrupted. ¡°Father, Mr. Jugo, I will be going first, I¡¯ll see you later.¡± ¡°Sin, talk to your mother first, I think she has something to say to you.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± When Jugo can¡¯t see the young man¡¯s back anymore, he whispered. ¡°My Lord, are you sure you want to send him to that school? His secrecy might be in danger.¡± ¡°Worry not; my son is capable, more capable than myself. He is the first one to evolve our technique in our long history; no one can recognize his style, hahahaha, really that kid. I¡¯ll look forward what will going to happen in the future.¡± After talking to his Mother, Sin started packing his stuffs, his stuffs are only a super heavy sand bag and one bag full containing his dojo outfit, everyday wardrobe, necessities and his school uniform. As he walk down the stairs several men from Sunrise and Sunset are there to bid him farewell.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Young Lord, take care of yourself.¡± ¡°Young Lord, we will miss you.¡± ¡°Sin, take care of yourself okay? Don¡¯t act rashly, don¡¯t get in to trouble okay?¡± ¡°Mother, I will take care of myself. Take care of yourself too while I¡¯m gone.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry dear, our son is all grown up now, he knows a thing or two about what to expect.¡± Serge calmly said to his wife. ¡°Sin, be sure to send our regards to the school¡¯s chairman, okay? He helped us to enroll you there even though it¡¯s the middle of the semester.¡± ¡°Understood Father. Well then, I¡¯ll be off now.¡± ¡°Good luck Sin!¡± Her mother shouted. ¡°Good luck, Young Lord!¡± As he approached the gate, several men blocked his path. A murdering intent surrounded Sin and the men standing in front of him is trembling in fear. ¡°Asura Style(Gwiara Style Evolved): Third move, Swift Execution.¡± Unleashing one of his original move in the Asura style, a swift right hand chop hit the body of the man in front of him and flew a fairly amount of distance. ¡°Gwiara Style: Roaring Fist Technique, Hundred Metal Fist.¡± A technique from the Roaring Fist Dojo which is a branch of the Gwiara Style, Sin charged and strengthened his hand with his might and making them as hard as Metal, he throwed punches swiftly and paralyzed the few men left until all of them are down to their knees. ¡°You still need training guys, well then, I must be going now.¡± The men on the ground, while moaning in pain, forced themselves to stand up to bid farewell to their young lord. ¡°That kid is really exceptional; he will surpass me in no time for sure. Can you believe that Council Leader?¡± A man wearing a luxurious suit appeared out of nowhere, spoke. ¡°Exceptional indeed, if only you proposed and married Mrs. Cecil before Sin was born, we don¡¯t have to send him to that ¡®school¡¯. You and your carefree decisions is pain in the ass sometimes.¡± ¡°Hahahaha, Don¡¯t worry Council leader, this time I think my decision is right. Sin has grown into a fine young man.¡± ¡°I wish I can support your decisions Lord Serge, but worry is still heavier than that of my assurance. Well, let¡¯s see if that kid meets my optimistic expectation for him.¡±
A young man arrived at the Train station carrying a heavy looking sandbag and a bag and gets on board off to Verlain the capital of Hermain, it is a 4 hour trip from their town of Praqqel. After getting on board, he noticed a suspicious man following a fidgety girl wearing a school uniform, she has pigtails, her bangs covering her face and has big boobs, Her name is Mira Lael, a practitioner of one of the five Eenishi Style, the young man decided to keep a close eye on the man following her. The man sat in front of the fidgety girl, His name is Xyrus Lael, older brother of Mira, and also a practitioner of one of the five Eenishi style, while the young man is not aware of their relationship, Xyrus stares intently at Mira. After a while they arrived in Verlain, 4 hours have passed and Xyrus didn¡¯t do anything suspicious. As the door of the train opened, Xyrus stand up, raising his two arms in the air, gesturing a hug, the young man made a move. ¡°Graceful Fist Style: Gentle Palm Strike!¡± The young man rushed to the fidgety girl¡¯s front and strikes the suspicious man, with a one hand palm strike making Xyrus collapse in the ground because of shock from the young man¡¯s strike. ¡°Are you okay miss?¡± ¡°KYAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!¡± Mira screamed. ¡°W-What have you done?! T-That¡¯s my Brother!¡± ¡°Eh? But his acting all suspicious, I thought he¡¯s a stalker or something.¡± The young man was confused and immediately bowed his head to the fidgety girl. ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, don¡¯t worry ill bring him back to normal.¡± The young man carried the girl¡¯s brother and his luggage out of the train and laid him on a nearby bench. The young man pressed some of the man¡¯s vital points to reverse the effect of the shock. After a while the man slowly opens up his eyes. ¡°What happened?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry Mister, I knocked you out for a moment, I thought you are a stalker or something.¡± ¡°How rude!¡± The man stands up and starts dusting his suit. ¡°I was about to hug my cute little sister, how is that stalking? Her vacation has just finished and she¡¯s about to go and of course I¡¯ll miss my cute little sister.¡± Did he say he knocked me out? But how did I get knocked out. the man thought to himself. ¡°I¡¯m really sorry for what had happened mister¡± ¡°Xyrus Lael, call me Mister Xyrus, and this is my little sister whom I am proud of, Mira Lael, although it¡¯s possible that we will never meet again, better remember our names.¡± ¡°Oh, the Laels of the Eenshi Dojo right? A great honor to meet you!¡± ¡°Hmph.¡± Xyrus didn¡¯t face the young man only to find himself looking at her sister. ¡°Ooh, my sweet little sister, give your big brother a hug.¡± Xyrus gestured to his sister. ¡° B-Big Brother Xyrus, I think I-I¡¯m too old for that.¡± Crack. Crack. The sound of Xyrus¡¯ heart crumbling as the words of her sister crushed them. ¡°Well then Mister Xyrus and Mira, I¡¯ll be off now.¡± ¡°Wait young man, did you really knock me out earlier? If so, how? I know you¡¯re familiar with Eenishi style, we have trained our bodies to be tough even we lower down our guards so it can¡¯t be easily penetrated.¡± ¡°Ah, to answer your question mister, I used ¡®Graceful Fist style: Gentle Palm strike¡¯ to knock you out.¡± ¡°Graceful fist can¡¯t penetrate our defenses, don¡¯t lie to me young man!¡± ¡°B-Big Brother, h-his telling the truth, I saw him using it.¡± ¡°Impossible!¡± ¡°You may think it is Mister.¡± The atmosphere changed as the young man was about to begin explaining. ¡°I know I can¡¯t penetrate your defense, that¡¯s why I used Graceful fist. Graceful fist is an underrated style while it comes to combat, but did you know mister? That if you learn all the techniques of Graceful fist and hone your accuracy, you can knock out any opponent. By targeting your lower chest with the ¡®Gentle Palm Strike¡¯, I temporarily stopped your heartbeat for a moment and in that moment gave you immediate shock that caused you to collapse.¡± The young man clears his throat and continues. ¡°It didn¡¯t need to penetrate your defense; I just need to put my palm into the right spot to maximize the effect of the ¡®Graceful Fist Style: Gentle Palm Strike¡¯.¡± The siblings was standing in shock by the explanation of the young man, as they looked at each other, Mira spoke. ¡°Wow, a-amazing, I didn¡¯t know Graceful fist is that potent against the Eenishi style.¡± ¡°Hehe, it¡¯s not amazing at all.¡± ¡°But you said, if you can hone one¡¯s accuracy you can knockout anyone using Graceful Fist.¡± As Mira finished her statement, Xyrus nervously patted Mira¡¯s back. ¡°Mira, the accuracy he meant is not so simple, in the history of Graceful Fist, there¡¯s no one capable of spotting such vulnerable spots, that¡¯s why practitioners of Graceful Fist was forced to learn other style, it¡¯s like Graceful Fist is only a condiment on a Main Dish.¡± After Xyrus finishes explaining to Mira, he asked the young man. ¡°Young man, what¡¯s your name?¡± The young man smiled, ¡°Sin, Sin Reichel, then I¡¯ll be off now for real, Mister Xyrus and Mira, nice meeting you two.¡± As Sin¡¯s back fade in the sibling¡¯s vision, Mira muttered a question to Xyrus. ¡°B-big brother, do you know him? By his explanation, h-he should be a well-known practitioner of the Graceful Fist right?¡± ¡°That¡¯s where I¡¯m confused, my dear sister, I didn¡¯t heard any ¡®Recheil¡¯ practitioner of the Graceful Fist. He¡¯s one of a mysterious young man indeed.¡± ¡°Shit, I¡¯m late. Stupid me, how could I think that that man is a stalker.¡± Sin was panicking as he noticed his luggage. ¡° This bag really is a pain, I hope the chairman is going to forgive me.¡± As Sin continues to mutter to himself, he suddenly stops and taken aback. What he saw in his eyes is an academy with a luxurious and elite feeling to it. Its exterior design was that of a western style cathedral, its grass floor are well maintained like the grass in a golf field. The trees are starting to wither because of the season but it still has a gentle feeling to it. A large build man was standing in front of a large golden gate, the gate looks very luxurious as though it costs a very large amount of fortune just to build that gate. The man standing approached Sin. His large stature makes him look like a monster than a human; his face has a large scar in the bridge of his nose and he¡¯s wearing shades covering his eyes, his hands are as large as a basketball when turned into fists. This man is best describe as a giant. The large man finally reached Sin and greeted him. ¡°Welcome, to the Martial Arts Association Academy, I am the chairman of this academy, Ben Zelwegger!¡± Chapter 2 - The Spar A cheerful sound surrounds the classroom. They students are excited, others are curious and others are expecting something not ordinary. ¡°I hope the transfer student is a pretty girl.¡± ¡°I hope so too!¡± They got excited because of the news that there is going to be a transfer student in the middle of their semester which is very rare for an elite high school. ¡°I bet the new transfer student is strong, I mean he transferred this time of the year.¡± ¡°Yeah, I bet. There¡¯s also Ichiro right. He just transferred a month earlier.¡± ¡°He also got rack a lot of points since he transferred.¡± ¡°What¡¯re you talking about guys?¡± A punk looking guy approached the group of students who¡¯re talking about the transfer student. He has muscular build while looking thin, and has a hair that you can compare to that of the red at the chicken¡¯s head. ¡°Oh Ichiro, nothing much.¡± ¡°We¡¯re just talking about a transfer student that will be attending this academy this time of the year.¡± ¡°Hmmm, a new transfer student.¡± Ichiro was curious. ¡°I wonder what does the transfer student doing before transferring here.¡± ¡°Maybe he is just a rich kid and paid his way to the academy.¡± The boy said while smirking. ¡°I doubt that.¡± Ichiro disagrees. ¡°Well, a rich kid or just a strong individual, I¡¯ll be sure to test him this coming Friday.¡± ¡°Woah Ichiro, don¡¯t get too cocky, you know? Hahaha, maybe you can¡¯t face the transfer student and get eliminated before facing him.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right Ichiro, remember this past month, you always get beaten by Miss Mira every time you face her.¡± ¡°I guess so, hahahaha. Okay, I better up my game this Friday.¡± After a while, a sound of a door sliding reach the ears of the students and immediately taken their sits. A pretty woman in her late 20¡¯s just entered the room and stood in front of a table facing the students. The woman has a long black hair that can be described like the night curtain, long eyelashes and mean looking eyes that doesn¡¯t destroy her image as being beautiful. She is the homeroom teacher of the class 1-2, Laura Vanberk, practitioner of the Three-fist style and renowned for being an excellent teacher of the academy. She is also the oldest daughter of the Vanberk Family, an influential family in the martial art world that discovered the Three-fist style and continues to expand their power in the country. ¡°Today, I am introducing a new student transferring here in this class. Come in.¡±
¡°Welcome, to the Martial Art Association Academy. My name is Ben Zelwegger, the chairman of this Academy.¡± ¡°Uhm, Mr. Chairman you already said that like 3 times now.¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, it¡¯s just that my old friend got me excited over a call and requested me to enroll you here.¡± Ben then asks a serious question. ¡°By the way, what¡¯s your relationship with Serge, I doubt that you are his son, that¡¯s what he told me. Are you adopted? Or perhaps-¡° Sin then interrupted. ¡°I¡¯m just a disciple of Mr. Serge, he let me enroll in this academy because he told me to learn things that I can¡¯t learn in Master¡¯s Dojo.¡± After Sin¡¯s statement, Ben¡¯s tiny eyes widened and smiled from ear to ear. ¡°Oh, is that so. That Serge, I didn¡¯t expect him to be this kind for a mere student with no ties in the Elreich Family. Well I hope you learn the things that your Master have expected you to learn here.¡± ¡°Yes, I will definitely.¡± ¡°First let us visit the Faculty office.¡± ¡°By the way Mr. Chairman-¡° ¡°Ben is fine.¡± ¡°Well then, Mr. Ben, why did you decide to stand in the front of the gate? Are you waiting for someone? ¡°Yes, I thought I can see my old friend Serge again, so I decided to welcome both of you. But to my surprise he didn¡¯t come. Does he hate me or something?¡± Ben asked while stroking his chin. ¡°I doubt that Mr. Ben, he said to me to send his regards to you and thank you for letting me in. By the way Mr. Ben, where did you met Master?¡± ¡°We first met when I am still attending this school, we met at my first Master of Fists Tournament and we face each other in the finals, I thought he is just lucky and that he is weak compared to me, but when the match start, I didn¡¯t even saw his fist hitting me right into my gut the pain was so intense that even the body armor can¡¯t block the pain it inflicted to me, after that I collapsed immediately.¡± That must be the ¡®Gwiara Style:Iron Gauntlet Fist Technique: Flow Strike¡¯. Maybe father used it because of Mr. Ben¡¯s body structure, well I can¡¯t blame him for using it, but still, using a master technique in a tournament is overkill isn¡¯t it. Sin thought. ¡°And then when I woke up, I immediately asked my late master, what kind of style beat my ¡®Iron tank Style¡¯ and my late master knew nothing. That¡¯s why I approach him first in my second tournament, I ask him what style he used in our match, and told me about the ¡®Gwiara Style¡¯. That style is unfair you know, branching hundreds of different techniques, it is very complex and flexible style and is feared by many in this world. Every time we meet is a disaster for me you know, hahahaha, he has no equal in that tournament, yet he is not bragging every time he won, for 27 years your Master is undefeatable and attained the title ¡®God Fist¡¯, while I do have a title for facing him many times in the finals ¡®Fist of Perseverance¡¯, it¡¯s not really worth mentioning, that¡¯s why I¡¯m proud to be his friend and sending one of his students here at my Academy.¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± ¡°Well enough talk about the past, tell me, did you learn ¡®Gwiara style¡¯ under him?¡± ¡°Yes, a little bit.¡± ¡°I see, hope I can see your skills in the academy for the next 3 years of you staying here.¡± After a while, they arrive at the Faculty office, it has a normal looking door and a small glass window at the upper part of it. Ben opens the door and called one of the faculties. ¡°Miss Laura this is the new student that will attend this academy, he will be in your class, I will handle his paperworks, but for the meantime, explain to him the rules and regulations, and also accompany him in the dorms, he will be living at the dorms.¡± ¡°Understood, but is it a little late now for a new transferee?¡± ¡°Well, he is a ¡®special case¡¯, I hope you understand.¡± ¡°I understand chairman, well then, state your name young man.¡± ¡°Yes, my name is Sin Reichel.¡± ¡°I am your Homeroom teacher Laura Vanberk.¡± ¡°An honor to meet a Vanberk here, Miss Laura Vanberk, the ¡®Ice Princess of the Ring¡¯.¡± ¡°Stop it. It¡¯s a thing of the past. I will about to explain to you the rules of the Academy and how things work here.¡± ¡°I understand Ms. Laura.¡± A few moments later. ¡°And that is all for the rules, as for the grading system, you will be graded by your performance at your classes, you have to earn points by attending the weekly Class bout. You can also earn points in the Inter-class Challenge course as a Class, it is held twice a year, and it¡¯s one of the biggest events here in the Academy. The points system don¡¯t determine your rank in class, you still need to learn academics not just martial arts, you can earn perks if you have enough points though, there are at least 5 perks in earning high points one of them is free meals, if you¡¯ve got the lowest point you have no perks at all, points are recorded every week, if you have the highest points racked up you can obtain the 5 perks and if the lowest, no perks at all. Well that is most basic information I can give you, I will not entertain any further questions, ask your classmates tomorrow, so that you can at least socialize with them. Now follow me, I¡¯ll take you to the dormitories.¡± ¡°Okay Ms. Laura.¡± The fact that the Class bout is weekly; it really is a big deal to earn points huh, I wonder what the other perks are except for free meals.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.
¡°Today, I am introducing a new student transferring here in this class. Come in.¡± A boy entered the room, he has a calm face and has brown hair, and his eyes are black. He has a body build of an average teenager. He took a chalk in the chalk box and writes his name in the board. ¡°My name is Sin Reichel, nice meeting you.¡± Sin saw a familiar fidgety girl among the students. ¡°He came from Praqqal, and transferred here, I know you¡¯re wondering why he was transferred here, the chairman said that he is a ¡®special case¡¯. And no one will question him about being a special case transferee. Understood?¡± ¡°Yes, Ms. Laura.¡± ¡°Okay, Sin, you can sit beside the empty desk beside Ichiro, Ichiro I hope you can help him if he has problems, okay?¡± ¡°Okay.¡± ¡°Now let¡¯s begin the homeroom.¡± As Sin took his seat, he heard someone speak. ¡°Sin, I¡¯m Ichiro Ken, you can call me whatever you want.¡± ¡°Okay, Ken.¡± ¡°Ooooh, you¡¯re the first time to call me by my first name.¡± ¡°First name? I thought that is your family name, is it not?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯ve come from a country called Sorran, And when I registered here, I forgot that the way you write your name here is different from ours. So I wrote Ichiro Ken instead of Ken Ichiro. Silly me.¡± This guy is friendly even though his appearance is like a punk. Sin thought. ¡°Okay Ken, nice meeting you.¡± ¡°Nice meeting you too, Sin.¡± The room was silent as all the student listened to their teacher speaking at the front-. Sin is looking around the room and spotted the familiar fidgety girl, the girl felt his gaze and turned to see whose gaze is it. She saw a smiling boy waving at her, and she also waved back, even though she did not expect to meet him again, she felt glad to see him again. Then suddenly- ¡°Ms. Lael, you¡¯re the one that scored the highest point last week, come to the front and receive your special pin here.¡± ¡°U-Understand Ms. Laura.¡± Mira stood up, and walk up front to get her pin from the table, Sin expected that Mira got the high score in the last week¡¯s Class bout, he has a very keen sense on how strong an individual is, and saw Mira as a strong person, so it didn¡¯t surprise him, but the next name mentioned surprised him a bit. ¡°Ichiro Ken, you received the 2nd highest score, get over here and receive your special pin.¡± ¡°Okay Ms. Laura.¡± Sin did not saw Ken¡¯s potential. This person is interesting, all I can sense from him is a wild nature, like a beast, and here I thought that he is just some average martial art practitioner with a wild aura, maybe I judge a book by its cover. ¡°Gaj Jonrei, Kate Wolchstein, Brandon Pierre you three also got in the top 5 last week, receive your special pins for this week¡¯s perks.¡± So the pins will help them to get acknowledge that they have the special perks, Mira has a gold one, so that means she receives 5 perks, Ken has silver so that means he has 3-4 perks, and the three others has bronze pins meaning they get 1-3 perks. Sin concluded. ¡°The others that haven¡¯t been called will receive no perks this week. That¡¯s all, now proceed to the gym we will begin our first class, gather there in 10 minutes, class dis missed.¡± After the homeroom, the students stand up and start preparing; the women went to the dressing room to change into their gym uniforms, while the men stayed in the classroom to change. ¡°Sin, let¡¯s go, I¡¯ll show the way to the gym.¡± ¡°Okay, thanks.¡± ¡°By the way, you seem to know Mira, are you two friends or something?¡± ¡°No, we just met yesterday.¡± ¡°Hmm, how did you meet?¡± ¡°Well, I kinda misunderstood something yesterday and I apologized for it, something like that.¡± ¡°Oh, okay.¡± The two went ahead and walk together to the gym, many students not just from their class are going also to the gym. The first subject was a joint class, that¡¯s why there are many students going to the gym. The two arrived at the gym and saw Ms. Laura preparing something for the class. ¡°Okay, today¡¯s class is about a martial art style that is known for having little practitioners. We invited Master Han a Master of his Dojo, the ¡®Neja Style¡¯, it is a style that focuses on blocks and looking to shift the balance of the opponent, it is also used by one of the students here, Mr. Jonrei. Master Han will now start to lecture about the ¡®Neja Style¡¯ and why it has few practitioners.¡± ¡°Thank you for your introduction Ms. Laura, much appreciated, now then, as you may know-¡° The first class is all about studying martial art styles and learning them through a specific Master that is invited by the Academy. This time around the Master that was invited is Master Han. He started his lecture on ¡®Neja Style¡¯, some students got interested and want to learn a few moves, while others doesn¡¯t seem to care, they still study the moves that Master Han showed them to familiarize them when they face such opponents. ¡°And now as I end my lesson, some of the faces I see right now are the faces that they understand why ¡®Neja Style¡¯ has very few practitioners, it¡¯s not because that this style is boring but it is old, learning old martial arts takes time so that¡¯s why just few people wants to be practitioners of ¡®Neja Style¡¯, I don¡¯t blame you young¡¯uns, I am just here to lecture you about the ¡®Neja Style¡¯, it¡¯s up to you if you want to be a practitioner or not.¡± Ms. Laura walks up front after Master Han finished his lecture. ¡°Alright this time, Master Han will show you the basics of the ¡®Neja Style¡¯, It can¡¯t hurt to learn few moves, also Mr. Jonrei, will you help Master Han?¡± A young dark-skinned man stood up, he is tall in comparison to average teenager, he has white hair, deep yellow eyes and narrow eyebrows, his body looks like it can withstand multiple punches without getting hurt because of how his muscles are visible through his clothes. His name is Gaj Jonrei one of the students that got into to the top 5 in the last week Class bout. ¡°Understood, Ms. Laura.¡± Gaj approach Master Han and shake his hand out of respect for him, the students started to gather in front of them. After lining up, Master Han showed the first move, ¡®Neja Style: Shield stance¡¯ The most basic stance to start blocking an opponent¡¯s strike in ¡®Neja Style¡¯, it uses the strength of the legs to work like an immovable object locking it soles to the ground and using the arms to block high and middle blow from the opponent. Gaj also showed it to other group of students to learn too. After a few trials many of the students mastered it already, Ms. Laura volunteered to hit Master Han while in Shield Stance to demonstrate on when to use it. She strike Master Han with a mighty force, and Master Han successfully block Ms. Laura¡¯s explosive strike. After the demonstration the student¡¯s tried this for a few times and had done successfully. Next, Master Han demonstrated the ¡®Neja Style: Double Line¡¯ and ¡®Neja Style: Knee Bash¡¯, by combining this two, one can create a momentum of attack, Double Line uses the arm and elbow to do the trick, the user throws a straight punch near the solar plexus and transitioning it to a devastating elbow strike at the solar plexus, making the opponent to cry in pain and can hardly catch their breath, then grabbing the head and jumps knee raised using it to strike the opponent¡¯s head, this is one of many combo¡¯s in the ¡®Neja Style¡¯, then Gaj demonstrated the combo at a rubber dummy, the execution was flawless, and the students were awed from the demonstration. After the demonstrations and masteries of the moves, Ms. Laura speaks. ¡°Okay, the demonstrations are finished, we still have time before the class ends, you may use this time to master the moves or spar with each other, the body and head armors are in the gym storage room, feel free to use it.¡± After Ms. Laura¡¯s announcement, Ken approached Sin. ¡°Hey Sin, want to spar with me?¡± ¡°Sure, why not.¡± Okay let¡¯s see if my intuition is right. Sin thought. The two of them borrowed the body armors and head armors to prepare for the sparring; they placed a mat on the floor. Few students heard about the sparring and start gathering around the mat. ¡°Hey Sin, let us make this interesting, if I win tell me about your ¡®special case¡¯, it¡¯s okay right, I mean I¡¯m not questioning about it.¡± The audience of the sparring gained more students because of the bet. ¡°It¡¯s okay though, what if you lose?¡± ¡°Then I will be your servant for the rest of my high school life.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t that kind of relationship you know. Just friends is enough I think.¡± ¡°Okay then, get ready.¡± ¡°The rules are simple, if you get out of bounds you lose, and you lose if you think you can¡¯t fight anymore, is that okay to you?¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, I guess.¡± ¡°Then let us start, can somebody start us off.¡± The interested Gaj suddenly appear. ¡°I will start you two off.¡± The air in between the got heavier, the audiences feel the tension and pressure. Gaj put his right hand at the center, and a few seconds later, he raise it swiftly signaling the start. ¡°TIGER!¡± Ken suddenly shouted after the signal, his moves are fast, Ken dashes to where Sin is barraging him with explosive punches, Sin received his punches effortlessly using the ¡®Neja Style: Shield Stance¡¯, the crowd goes wild after seeing this offense and defense. ¡°ELEPHANT!¡± After Ken shouted the specific animal, the audience was surprised, they were surprised because for the first time they saw Sin knock backed a little bit from his original position. The force in Ken¡¯s hits got heavier but slower. Ken continued barraging Sin some of his Heavy punches while hitting Sin¡¯s Shield Stance. Sin was near the line where he can potentially be out of bounds, the heavy hitting Ken didn¡¯t stop his barrages until suddenly he felt a chill, and he saw Sin smiling. Ken retreated immediately, while the crowd didn¡¯t know what happened why he retreated, Sin spoke. ¡°Amazing, you¡¯re self-taught, are you?¡± ¡°Basically, yeah.¡± ¡°Well, I now understand why I can¡¯t see your potential, thanks for the information you gave me.¡± What information is he referring to? And what potential he can¡¯t see? Is he underestimating me? Ken asked himself. ¡°Please don¡¯t misunderstand, I am not underestimating you or anything, it¡¯s just that, I have interests what your potential look like.¡± ¡°Are you a psychic?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s just my intuition. Well, that¡¯s enough for the break, time for a counter attack.¡± The student were confused as Ken is.Sin stretched his arm, when suddenly Ken shouted again. ¡°PANTHE-¡° A sudden pain struck Ken¡¯s abdomen, when he looked at the spot where he was feeling pain he saw Sin¡¯s hand touching his abdomen with an open palm. ¡°¡¯Neja Style: Open Palm Core Breaker¡¯ is that right? I think it is, yeah.¡± Sin agreed to himself. ¡°Well you¡¯re quite fortunate, this armor absorbed more than enough pain to knock you out.¡± Ken fell to his knees while touching his abdomen where Sin struck him. The audience was silent, they were confused because there¡¯s no such move Master Han demonstrated in his lectures, Gaj however is surprised, he was surprised not because he learned that Sin can use other ¡®Neja style¡¯ but he was surprised because the move Sin used is very tricky to land and he can¡¯t do it without enough preparation during a sparring or a match, a person needs to be fast enough to land this to the opponent, because the target of this move is the abdomen, it is hardly used in matches because they are easy to block, but what he saw was so fast that it is not problem for Sin to land it into Ken¡¯s abdomen. Ken was laughing despite still feeling unwell; the winner of the sparring is without a doubt Sin. Ken forcefully raises himself up. He then took off his body armor and look at the abdominal part, there he saw a bit of Sin¡¯s hand mark. Ken was amazed that the new transfer student was indeed strong and felt relieved that he is not just some rich kid that wants to enter the Academy. ¡°Are you okay?¡± ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m okay Sin, wow that was some nasty move. Where did you learn that? Are you a Neja Style Practitioner?¡± ¡°I guess you can call me that way.¡± ¡°I¡¯m relieved that you entered the academy for being strong, I thought you were really just some rich kid that paid his way to the Academy.¡± ¡°I guess so, promise is promise then.¡± ¡°Hahaha, well I am interested to you as well, we will get along just fine Sin.¡± ¡°We will, and by the way, your technique is amazing, how many animals do you have in your Original Style.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a secret, hahaha, I won¡¯t tell a potential opponent my arsenal.¡± ¡°Seems fair.¡± After the sparring, Sin and Ken returned the equipments and the crowd dispersed. Gaj on the other hand ask a few questions to Sin regarding the fact that he is a ¡®Neja Style¡¯ practitioner. ¡°Not bad.¡± A boy whispered to himself, he watched the sparring earlier and observing the new student, he wears glasses and has a blonde hair, he is the same as the height of Sin, he has an aura of an elite person surrounds him and his build is thin. He started to walk and get back to his class room. ¡°Just who is that transfer student, well I hope he can satisfy my thirst for battle, until then I¡¯ll wait to battle him face to face.¡± Chapter 3 - The Meeting ¡° Haaaah! Hyaaah! Sei!¡± Shouts coming from a dojo can be heard through the Vanberk¡¯s household, a boy and a woman in her late 20¡¯s seems to be sparring early in the morning. ¡°Vaus, you need to add more power to your hits!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± the boy screamed while striking Laura. The boy¡¯s strikes suddenly got heavier and faster. ¡°That¡¯s it! Haaaaah!¡± The two exchanged barraged of powerful strikes while blocking each other. A fist buried to the boy¡¯s guts and fell to his knees, the woman remain standing while panting because of the intense sparring. The boy stands up and takes a stance. The atmosphere changed, Laura on the other hand remains unguarded. The boy shifts its arms to his chest making an ¡®X¡¯ and launches himself towards Laura. Laura took a defensive stance. ¡°Three-Fist Style: Barrage!¡± The boy releases his arms and attacks Laura at an incredible speed, the boy did not stop the attack hoping that he can finally win against his sister in a sparring match. The punches that Vaus released are very devastating, it can fracture a bone or two if an average person is hit, but that was not the case for Laura. Laura, while taking her defensive stance, didn¡¯t seem to be in pain because of a fracture or even hurt. ¡°You seem to have improved, my little brother. But you still lacks in power!¡± Laura took a step back and immediately launches herself to Vaus. Vaus¡¯ attack suddenly stops. ¡°Three-Fist Style: Havoc Haymaker!¡± Laura launched a devastating haymaker, Vaus took the hit around his abdominal area. Vaus got knock backed because of the force of his sister¡¯s blow and fell to his knees the second time, this time, he starts to feel his exhaustion and could not continue anymore, his abdomen area still feel the pain of the blow but he tried to stand up. ¡°Good job on taking that blow.¡± ¡°Are you trying to kill me dear sister?¡± ¡°What¡¯re you talking about?¡± ¡°Nevermind.¡± Still, even though this is a sparring match, my dear sister doesn¡¯t know how to control herself and let it all out. ¡°So, my dear sister, I have a question, who¡¯s the new student in your class?¡± Vaus asked. ¡°New student? Ah, that new student. His name is Sin Reichel, a transferee from Praqqal, he is a ¡®special case¡¯ so the chairman allowed his transfer. Why ask about him? Are you interested to him?¡± ¡°Yeah, a bit. Do you remember his sparring during the joint class?¡± ¡°Yeah, between him and Ichiro Ken.¡± ¡°I was watching them, and got a feeling that, that Sin Reichel is not ordinary, I felt that he could knock out that Ichiro Ken at any moment but did not choose to do so. Why is that? Is he confident that no attacks can harm him? Or is he hiding something?¡± ¡°Hiding or not, he is a strong kid after all.¡± ¡°You think so, my dear sister. I also got the feeling that you and Sin Recheil are about the same level.¡± ¡°I can¡¯t rule out that possibility. I also felt that. Well, enough about that, if you want to test him, or clash with him, either get to the finals in the inter-class tournament or invite him to spar with you in my class. I think that Sin will also be interested in you. I better get ready, don¡¯t get late Vaus.¡± ¡°Yeah, yeah.¡± Hmmm, a spar? That could be interesting.
It is a pleasant morning, many of the students can be seen walking towards the school, others are riding bicycles and others are riding their family¡¯s car. Sin stares at the morning sky while walking, when suddenly- ¡°Hey! Nice morning we have.¡± ¡°Yeah, good morning Ken.¡± ¡°I thought you live in the dorms. Why are you here? And what kind of outfit is that?¡± ¡°I just finished my morning run. I¡¯m about to return to the dorms, and besides it¡¯s still early. How about you? Being here early?¡± ¡°Well, I want to visit you in the dormitory. But we can go together now that you are heading back to the dorms.¡± ¡°I see. My room is kinda messy though.¡± ¡°It¡¯s alright you know. My room is also messy.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± The two showed their ID to the security guard at the gate and proceed walking towards the dormitory. The two arrived at Sin¡¯s room and at Ken¡¯s surprise. ¡°This is a mess; all I can see are Punching bags.¡± As Ken looked around the room, he noticed something. ¡°Hey Sin, Did you rip that off?¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°I mean this bag, did you rip it?¡± ¡°Oh you mean that, no, certainly not, I was just doing my morning routine, I think I just punched that and suddenly it got torn off.¡± ¡°That¡¯s not the level of just punching; I think you¡¯re scarier than Miss Mira.¡± ¡°Mira? What did she do to make her a scary person?¡± ¡°Well, I never won at least once in the weekly class bout since I transferred here a month ago.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a shame, you¡¯re so strong, can you not penetrate her?¡± ¡°Pe-penetrate! What¡¯re you talking about Sin?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I mean, can¡¯t you penetrate her defense?¡± ¡°Oh you mean that penetrate, well, I guess so.¡± ¡°Props for the Eenshi style, and her trained body.¡± ¡°Eenshi style? Is that what Miss Mira uses?¡± ¡°Yeah, I guess. Lael Family is well known after all in Praqqal, my hometown.¡± ¡°Hmmm, is that so? By the way Sin, does Praqqal have another famous family besides Lael?¡± ¡°Yeah, Praqqal at least have 3 famous families there, the Laels which uses the Eenishi style mainly, and the two branches of ¡®The Sun¡¯, the Sunrise Family and the Sunset Family, the Sunset are the Barfal family and the Sunrise are the Elreich family, both family uses Gwiara style.¡± ¡°What a cool family, but are they strong? I mean the Gwiara style.¡± ¡°Well, they have the main branch, and the head of the Elreichs is the undefeatable Serge ¡®The God Fist¡¯ Elreich, but he retired in the official tournaments after his 27th victory and proceeded to teach others the Gwiara style.¡± ¡°That¡¯s awesome, 27 years and no defeats, that man really is strong.¡± ¡°I guess so.¡± ¡°How about you Sin, what style do you mainly use?¡± ¡°Hmmmm. Maybe the Gwiara-style.¡± ¡°What?!¡± ¡°Yeah, I mean, I¡¯m a student of Master Serge after all.¡± ¡°But I thought you¡¯re going to say Neia style, and the fact that you¡¯re The God Fist¡¯s student is surprising.¡± ¡°Well, it¡¯s a secret though, but I trust you that you will not say anything about it to others.¡± ¡°I¡¯m flattered for the fact you trust me, I promise I won¡¯t tell a soul about it.¡± ¡°I appreciate that.¡± Sin said while buttoning his last button of his uniform. ¡°Shall we go then?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±
Ding Dong~ Ding Dong~ Ding Dong~ The sound of the bell can be heard throughout the academy, all the students started to sit in their seats waiting for their homeroom teacher to start the homeroom class. ¡°I wonder what style are we going to learn today. Aren¡¯t you curious Sin?¡± ¡°Just a bit. I hope I can learn some new style today, not the style I have learned in the past.¡± ¡°By the way, how many styles have you learned already?¡± ¡°That¡¯s a secret.¡± ¡°Oh come on. Just a hint will do.¡±A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ¡°Nah. Just count them when I¡¯m using different styles.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± While the two is having a conversation, Mira got curious, she want to ask what they¡¯re talking about, but she can¡¯t because of her shyness. The sound of the door sliding reminds of them that Miss Laura has entered the room and about to start homeroom class. ¡°Okay today we have no joint class, so the joint class will be a self-training class, you can do whatever you want in the gym, except for messing around. I will check the attendance and monitor all of you. Now let us start the homeroom.¡± Miss Laura started the homeroom, she talks about this week¡¯s class bout is getting nearer and expected the students to work hard. She also announces the incoming midterm examination, with the exception of Sin and Ken who is going to take both Preliminary exams and Midterm Exams. Ichiro Ken seems to be nervous and raise a hand. ¡°Miss Laura, w-when is the examinations?¡± ¡°Tomorrow, we will have only 3 subjects per examinations because of the nature of this academy.¡± ¡°So in tomorrow¡¯s exam, Sin and I will take 6 examinations?¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right. Do you have any more questions?¡± ¡°No, thanks Miss Laura.¡± As Ichiro Ken sit down, he let out a big silent sigh. ¡°Hey Sin, are you good at studying?¡± ¡°Hmmm, I¡¯m decent at it. Why ask?¡± ¡°Can we have a group study?¡± ¡°Sure, where will it going to be held?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll get a permission to visit you tonight in the dorms, so we can study at the library¡± ¡°Okay, got it.¡± ¡°Thank you!¡± Ken exclaimed. ¡°Hey, I¡¯m still talking here you know.¡± ¡°Sorry Miss Laura.¡± ¡°Okay class, dismissed. Don¡¯t be late, even if it¡¯s only self-training, I will still get your attendance.¡± ¡°Yes, Miss Laura.¡± The class said in unison.
Two girls are heading to the gym. They seem to be talking about something. One of the girls is fidgety and the other is a blonde, fairly taller than the other girl and with blue eyes, she has an aura that of a girl from a rich family, her name is Kate Wolchstein, who also in the top 5 of the highest score in last week¡¯s class bout. ¡°Mira, what are you going to do today?¡± ¡°I-I¡¯m just going to watch f-from the sides.¡± ¡°Eh, you spar with me don¡¯t you think?¡± ¡°N-no, I¡¯ll p-pass on that. And also I think there i-is going to be another s-sparring match, so I want to watch them.¡± ¡°Hmmm, is that so? Well, it¡¯s a shame; I thought I can learn a thing or two about your style.¡± ¡°I-I¡¯m really sorry.¡± ¡°No need to be sorry, I¡¯m the one requested it.¡± ¡°Hey girls, going to the gym?¡± A boy with a hair like that of a chicken asked? ¡°Huh? Where do you think we¡¯re going?¡± Kate annoyingly responded. ¡°We can go together, isn¡¯t that right Sin?¡± ¡°If we¡¯re not a bother I suppose.¡± ¡°Do whatever you want. It¡¯s not though I can stop you, you chicken head.¡± ¡°Hey, Miss Mira, why are you fidgeting like that? Do you not want us to go with you?¡± ¡°T-that¡¯s not t-the case.¡± ¡°Hey watch it, you chicken head, Mira is just shy.¡± Kate said while patting Mira on the head. ¡°I¡¯m just kidding. Sorry Miss Mira.¡± ¡°I-it¡¯s okay.¡± ¡°Hey, uhm, Sin was it? You want to spar with?¡± Kate said confidently. ¡°Hmmm, why me?¡± ¡°I just thought you¡¯re interesting, I mean you beat this chicken head last time. By the way, I¡¯m Kate Wolchstein.¡± ¡°Yeah, one of the top 5 right?¡± ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s for last week¡¯s though¡± ¡°Well, it seems interesting. I¡¯m in; maybe I can learn something from this.¡± ¡°Okay then, armored or non-armored spar? ¡°Woah Miss Kate, aren¡¯t you getting ahead with yourself?¡± Ken asked. ¡°Not necessarily, I only lost to you because of your stupid ¡®Elephant¡¯; you keep hitting me until I got out of bounds. Besides this is just a spar.¡± ¡°You still remember that. Hehe.¡± ¡°Yes, why wouldn¡¯t I, and besides I got interested, why did you back off when you nearly got Sin out of bounds last time.¡± ¡°See for yourself Miss Kate, that¡¯s why you challenge him right?¡± ¡°Well, Mira, the spar that you thought of is happening, well what¡¯s your answer Sin? Armored or Non-armored?¡± ¡°Just go armored. I don¡¯t have the confidence to hold back if I have no information about my opponent after all.¡± ¡°Hmmm, well let¡¯s do that then.¡± ¡°A-are you sure about this K-Kate?¡± ¡°No need to worry Mira, this is just a friendly spar, aren¡¯t you also curious about him?¡± ¡°W-well, yeah, to a c-certain degree.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go then! We still need to prepare.¡± Ken said excitingly. ¡°Hey aren¡¯t you too excited about this.¡± Sin said.
Mira sat on the side while the other three prepares the equipment needed. Kate and Sin started to wear their body armors and helmets; they caught the attention of Miss Laura taking the attendance and approach Sin. ¡°Must be hard for you, you have 2 sparring match just this week.¡± ¡°It¡¯s really nothing much Miss Laura, this also experience for me.¡± ¡°Is that so, good luck, Kate is a tough girl after all.¡± ¡°Okay, Miss Laura.¡± Miss Laura proceeds to walk towards his little brother who is about to watch on the sides. ¡°Who do you think will win dear sister?¡± ¡°Call me appropriately when in the academy grounds Vaus.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Miss Laura, so who do you think will win?¡± ¡°Given that this is a sparring match, that Sin will not get serious, if I am him, I¡¯m going to use this opportunity to learn about my potential opponents.¡± ¡°Hmmm, an interesting thought coming from you Miss Laura.¡± ¡°I¡¯m just giving you my thought on this spar, no need to take it seriously. They¡¯re about to start, do you want to get nearer?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m fine here; you can go if you want to.¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine here also.¡± Few students gathered around Kate and Sin who is about to have a friendly match. Mira also watch from the sides and Ken is going to be the starter of the spar. ¡°If you get out of bounds or can¡¯t continue anymore you lose, get ready guys.¡± ¡°I hope you will not disappoint me Sin.¡± Kate said. ¡°Don¡¯t worry Kate, I won¡¯t; besides I¡¯m here to learn something, I will not make this boring.¡± ¡°When I say go, you can start.¡± Ken instructed. ¡°GO!¡± Sin made the first move, he launches himself immediately after Ken said go, he strike Kate using a right hand chop following a high kick from the right, Kate blocked it with ease. Sin retreats and Kate followed. ¡°I¡¯m amazed Sin that was fast, but not fast enough.¡± ¡°Is that so? I have now a general idea what you focuses on, it¡¯s rather boring if we go both defensive, so I will take the offensive here, get ready Kate.¡± ¡°Hmmm, this is getting go-¡° Sin cut-off Kate¡¯s statement, his speed suddenly got faster than before, strike after strike, Kate seems having a hard time dealing with Sin¡¯s chops and high kicks, they got faster and importantly got powerful than the last attack. If this continues, this will be over earlier than I expected. Time to stop holding back. Kate thought ¡°Jarhan-style: Stone Skin!¡± Note: Jarhan(Yarhan) Kate suddenly got rip, her muscles got bigger and look like manlier than that of Sin¡¯s. Kate used one of her defensive moves, ¡®Stone Skin¡¯, she strengthened her body by flexing her muscles, her muscles act as some kind of defensive wall that absorbs hits. One of the high kicks of Sin hits her head. Kate is unflinched from his attack. Sin took a step back. ¡°What a troublesome style you got there Kate. I kind of understand why Ken used his ¡®Elephant¡¯ on you.¡± ¡°You¡¯re the one who is troublesome here, how did you got faster? Well, faster or not time to go for a counterattack.¡± ¡®Stone Skin¡¯ also reduces Kate¡¯s speed because she needs to maintain this defensive form. Kate approached Sin and raised her fist, she strike Sin, but Sin blocked her attack. Kate keeps hitting Sin, and Sin keeps blocking her attacks. This continued about a few seconds when suddenly- ¡°Jarhan-style: Iron Arms!¡± Kate¡¯s arms got ripper, her attacks got more powerful and heavier as Kate continued attacking Sin. Sin on the other hand retreated. Kate chased him and continued her attacks, Kate thought that she is giving him a hard time by chasing him down. But Sin suddenly stop and received Kate¡¯s left hand chop with his arms. ¡°This is really troublesome for me Kate.¡± ¡°Stop holding back, you idiot, I know you are hiding something from me.¡± ¡°Hiding? Certainly not, I¡¯m just observing you on how you use Jarhan-style, but this style isn¡¯t what Wolchstein is known for. Forget it, I¡¯ll show how to use Jarhan. ¡®Jarhan-style: Iron Arms¡¯, ¡®Graceful fist: Graceful flow¡¯.¡± The people watching were surprised, Sin just used what Kate used, but unlike Kate¡¯s ripped arms, Sin¡¯s arms didn¡¯t changed. ¡°A bluff? Sin don¡¯t scare me like that, I really thought you can use Jarhan for a moment there.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry Kate, you¡¯ll soon see.¡± He¡¯s bluffing right? Forget it, but what¡¯s with the ¡®Graceful flow¡¯ is he going to increase his speed again, but what will it change if he can¡¯t do anything with my ¡®Stone skin¡¯. Kate thought to herself ¡°Don¡¯t relax yet Kate. Are you ready? This is how you use Jarhan.¡± Sin got incredibly faster than before, he attacks Kate with a right hand chop again. Kate is smirking while ready to receive Sin¡¯s right hand chop. ¡°What a disappointment. Wha-¡° The force of Sin¡¯s current chop was very powerful; Kate thought that her hands are going to be bent. Sin¡¯s speed was so amazing that Kate can¡¯t keep up with Sin¡¯s attacks. The people watching were also amazed to what they are seeing. Kate¡¯s defense also seems can¡¯t keep up to what it is receiving, blow after blow, Kate¡¯s muscles are screaming in pain, Kate wanted Sin to stop attacking her, but her pride doesn¡¯t let her, Sin still continuing his attacks suddenly retreated. ¡°Well, what do you think Kate? That¡¯s how you use ¡®Jarhan-style: Iron Arms¡¯. If you don¡¯t use this well, you¡¯re just like an amateur throwing heavy punches at your opponent. I hate to do this to you, but as I said, I will take this seriously and will not hold back.¡± ¡®Ashura-style: Rock Shatter¡¯. Sin whispered. The atmosphere changed, Sin was making a stance that Kate got a bad feeling about and flexed her muscles to the fullest, she nervously awaits what will happen to her when she¡¯s about to received Sin¡¯s attack, Sin suddenly appeared in front of Kate, Fist at his back ready to hit Kate, when suddenly- ¡°Iron Tank-style: Fortress!¡± The chairman suddenly appeared in front of Kate and received Sin¡¯s attack, the chairman got knock backed instantly with Kate after taking the blow from Sin directly. The audience watching got silent and surprised. Mira and Ken also got silent. Miss Laura immediately approached the chairman and Kate after what happened. ¡°Sin, this is a sparring match, what do you think you¡¯re doing?¡± The chairman asked calmly. ¡°I¡¯m sorry Mr. Ben. I hope you forgive me for my carelessness. I got excited.¡± ¡°Haaaah.¡± Ben let out a big sigh. ¡°I hope this will never happen again in the future sparring matches, also don¡¯t get too excited, you can harm others if you get this excited again, do you understand?.¡± ¡°Yes, understood Mr. Ben.¡± ¡°Miss Laura, take Miss Kate to the infirmary and let her rest.¡± ¡°But, chairman I am o-¡° ¡°You¡¯re not okay, take this chance to rest, soon your muscles will feel more pain than you feel now. I hope this incident won¡¯t let your relationship as classmates turn to worse.¡± ¡°Yes, it will not change, besides I¡¯m the who requested this match after all.¡± ¡°Okay then, Miss Laura, take her to the infirmary.¡± ¡°Come on Kate, can you stand?¡± ¡°Yes, Miss Laura.¡± Sin approached Kate. ¡°I¡¯m really sorry Kate, I just got too excited, I hope you forgive me.¡± ¡°WHAT ARE YOU APOLOGIZING FOR, HUH?!¡± ¡°For injuring you?¡± ¡°IDIOT! I¡¯m okay, I am not injured, I just need time to rest. No need to apologize Sin, but next time try holding back a little, I didn¡¯t think that you are this strong you know. Well then see you later.¡± ¡°K-Kate.¡± Mira approached Kate as Miss Laura was about to escort her to the infirmary. ¡°Mira, I¡¯m okay, no need to worry. Ouch, my muscles starts aching, see you later Mira.¡± ¡°O-okay, get well.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go Kate, you need some rest.¡± ¡°Okay, Miss Laura.¡± Miss Laura and Kate head towards the infirmary, the students watching dispersed and waited for instructions, Ken approached Mira and Sin who is standing in the middle of the ring. ¡°Hey, Mira, can you help us with the cleanup.¡± ¡°S-sure.¡± ¡°Sin, I¡¯m sure Kate will be fine, let¡¯s clean this up.¡± ¡°Okay students, Miss Laura is busy, so the class is dismissed, get back to your respective classroom and wait for next class.¡± Ben instructed. Ben left the gym and headed to his office, while walking he look at his arms that got hit by Sin. The spot that got hit was bruised. ¡°Serge, what are you teaching this kid? You can¡¯t be serious right? Your student is the second person who gave a bruise just by a single hit. Hahahaha!¡±
After the cleanup, Sin, Mira and Ken, the three of them were about to leave, a boy approached Sin. ¡°Hello, Sin Reichel, your match was interesting. It was very amusing to watch a master of Jarhan fighting a practitioner of Jarhan. Did you enjoy your fight?¡± ¡°You seem to misunderstand something, uhm.¡± ¡°Vaus, Vaus Vanberk.¡± ¡°Vaus, I think you misunderstand something here, I am not a master or anything I¡¯m also a practitioner, I just have more experience than Kate that¡¯s all.¡± ¡°Is that so? I thought you¡¯re a master for how well you demonstrated the Jarhan-style, well it seems, I am wrong. I still want to ask you more about yourself, but it seems someone is irritated just seeing me, so I bid you farewell for now, Sin Reichel.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± As Vaus¡¯ back disappeared from their sight, an irritated boy let out an irritated scream. ¡°Aaaaah! I really can¡¯t stand that man, I want to punch that handsome face of his.¡± ¡°Calm down, Ken, Come on let¡¯s get back to the classroom before the next class starts. Mira you too.¡± ¡°O-okay.¡± Vaus Vanberk eh, another Vanberk, is he related to Miss Laura? If so, he¡¯s also a practitioner of Three-fist style. Sin thought.