Bab 1337: Exposed

There were fifteen of them, and surprisingly all of them were high-grade.

"You think you can just beat my buddy up and-"

Time slowed down as Rui activated his Martial Heart for just a millisecond. He activated a breathing technique while carrying the girl, ensuring she wouldn't get hurt. It would have been impossible to fight in such circumstances, but that was only when he was fighting an equal.

POW POW POW POW...!

Martial Squires were so weak that even such a handicap was not much of a handicap at all. He swiftly knocked all of them out within a millisecond, before leaping away to a distant isolated part of the bazaar.

The girl fiddled with her bracelet in shock. "Y-You're so strong...!"

Rui narrowed his eyes as he stared into her eyes with a piercing stare.

Three words escaped his mouth.

"Drop the act."

"E-Eh?" She tilted her head in confusion. "W-What do you mean sir?"