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Even with the shishi ball in hand, Sophia Garanord couldn't help but ask, "Did you really defeat him, senior?"
Charles shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm several years older than he is!"
Sophia Garanord couldn't help but mutter to herself, "I've seen many Transcendents who are much older than me, but there are very few who are stronger than me."
It was not surprising for Charles to know Julian, as he had served as an envoy to Inglima, and in Sophia Garanord's and the other juniors' minds, they just assumed he had met Julian in Notruden.
Of course, that was true.
But for Charles to have also met Retainer Lamarlock under the witness of Emperor of Inglima, and to have defeated him, this glory was beyond description.
Even though he was several years older, it did nothing to diminish this achievement.
The respect from this group of juniors, which even included Miss Sophia Garanord, the Strasbourg Rose, suddenly grew a few degrees.
