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Shadow Ranking Cup, First Stage
At the battle arena no.25, Shin threw a final hit to kill the last opponent that he had and put an end to his battle against the Potential Titled Rankers of the game.
And right after throwing the killing blow, he turned his head at the other side of the battle arena and saw that mysterious knight was also done dealing with the guys on his side.
"Looks like he is also done with his warm up," muttered Shin while sheathing his sword.
At the same time, the knight happened to look at him before saying. "Now I remember, you are the famous 'Nameless Swordsman' of the Saint Heaven Kingdom. It looks like this is going to become even more interesting."
Then he rolled his shoulders a little to relieve some tension on it before saying to Shin. "We actually don't need to fight anymore at this point. All we needed to do was to sit back and wait for this stage to end, and we are going to advance to the next round of the tournament. But-…"