"( I was so shocked, my senses suddenly go tingling... )" Galen says after realizing a presence behind him.
"( Who's behind me? )" Galen says as the person behind him then approaches.
" Did you hear, what they say? " as the person behind him says that, Galen immediately makes a distance as he sees the person behind me.
"( Those robes... )" Galen says as he remembers the robe people that also came with the black-robed people that attacked his family Dojo back then.
"( The robe of Dark Blue and had the Shark logo within it, I've seen that kind of robe for I remember seeing some people using it during the attack on my family's Dojo. )" Galen says as he then suddenly remembers something, something that the members of the Great Ocean guild say earlier.
"( It couldn't be, this person is. )" Galen recounts it, but before Galen even get the clue who the person he's facing is, he was immediately attacked which he immediately countered while immediately giving the attacker the [Thunder Sting Strike] Technique as Galen wants to give him critical damage.
" You're good, it seems you have some skills outside your Gifts. " the person says as he accepted the attack with open arms as if he had no problem dealing with it.
"( The [Thunder Sting Strike] doesn't affect him, but that was supposed to be one of the most dangerous arts that my [Stinger Martial Arts] could offer. )"
"( And he just takes the very attack, without having his bones or his internals broken because of it. )" Galen says for the [Thunder Sting Strike] was the technique meant to instantly attack the opponent's internal body parts and also exploding it if the Strike was imbued with powerful and focused energy to obliterate that very internals.
Sadly, those techniques only work if he's fighting a normal human or a Gifted human and other superpowered beings who had a lower Tier than him since Galen's Gift Core is at Tier 2.5, meaning based on the System's calculation, his level is around 50 at the time, at level 53 to be exact.
As Galen thinks about his failure, he was then punched by the hooded person as the man in the hood smiles after seeing him.
" I see you learned Martial Arts, no wonder you're movement looks different,"
" I thought people had abandoned the use of Martial Arts years ago. "
" Even the most powerful Asian Clans had reduced their proficiency in that subject and focused only on mastering the Gifts. "
" Not all of it! " Galen says while giving the hooded man another powerful strike.
" Not bad... " the guy says while receiving nothing from Galen's attack.
" It seems you are one of those Martial Artists that already tapped into the Ki, huh? " he says.
" How did you do it? "
" I thought the Gift Cores inside our body were supposed to rid any kinds of energies into our body outside the energy of the Divine. "
" But you, you managed to not only absorb those Ki, but it seems you managed to combine it with the Gift Core's power. " the hooded man grins.
" It's my little secret, don't expect that I will even give it to you. " Galen strikes at the hooded man.
"( This guy is very strong and menacing. )"
"( His aura is so horrific as if he was imbued with demonic energy... )"
"( Just who is he? )" Galen thinks until he remembers the last word from the Great Ocean guild member that he spied earlier, regarding something.
"( Could it be? )" Galen as he now knows who could his assailant be.
" You're one of the Sharks!!! " Galen shouts to the hooded man.
As he says that, the hooded man was so tickled as the man laughs after Galen notices who he is.
" I see, so those 'Clownfishes' really did tell you about me, I mean 'us'? " the hooded man says agreeing to Galen's statement regarding his organization.
As he laughs, the guy from the Sharks then opens his hood, revealing his face as he shows Galen his head that has one horn in it.
"( His head!!!? )"
"( Is that... )" Galen was shocked to see it.
" I see that this is your first time, seeing a human with a horn, a Demonic Horn to be exact. " the Sharks' man says to Galen that 'he' was an executioner whose job is to execute and hunt those who dare spill the beans about the Guild and those who spied on the Guild's business.
" So you're going to kill me, huh? "
" Whoever or whatever you are? "
" Yes, and before you die... "
" Call me Shark-6, the one who will end you today. "
.......
( Back to the present. )
" The Sharks? " Ragna asks Galen as he gives him one of his HP Potion.
Galen only silently sees Ragna while also looking at the potion.
"( What the hell is this? is this blood? )" he looks at the HP Potion that looks like a red liquid.
As he sees that, Ragna tells him that the HP Potion is brought from some random store that he happened to went at the time which is a very idiot lie, even Ragna Twelve and 69 were immediately pissed at why Ragna had to spill the beans about his very secret.
"( Of course I can, is not like he would notice anyway. )" Ragna says as he waits for Galen to continue his story about the 'Sharks' man that he fight back then.
" You done? " Ragna asks Galen because he needs some time to consume the potion which healed him and his legs.
'( It seems the potion also works for those who don't have the System. )" Ragna thinks as he takes notes regarding it.
After Galen drinks it all, he was then recovered and continues his story into the part where he fights Shark-6 in a bloody battle where he was very wounded since Shark-6 has the ability to summon Spikes from his body, making Galen have a hard time landing a strike since his attacks require physical contact in order to distribute the destructive energy into the opponents' internals.
" It's no use... "
" No matter what kind of techniques you try to give me, it would be useless. "
" For these spikes will attack you first once you landed your attacks on my body. "