Chapter 237 You Look Just like Him (2/2)

Reila, which had often heard about the close relationshi+p which her sister-like friend had with her father, couldn't help but cover her mouth emotionally Even the old ht upwards and breathe in slowly in order to prevent his eer to knohat his student had gone through in all of these years, but this was not the time to

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Back into the royal castle of the Karalis empire

The prison of the Karalis eht outside of the capital city There, the day to day criminals would be placed in wait for a trial, or if had already been judged guilty, they would serve their sentence with no option to be released in advance

The most ieon of the capital's royal castle These crih food and water to survive, and nothing else No s, no doors, and no light

In one of these cells, was a thirty-odd years old man His eyes were closed, as he had no need to keep the one of the walls The rocky hich he was looking at was covered in dents, and dried blood, and in the stale air of this cell, constant thu sounds could be heard resound at an unsteady rhythm

Thu-thump Thu-Thu-Thu Thu-Thump

This man was extremely thin, and yet, the muscles of his body had developed to an incredible definition His body see born to practice martial arts His back was covered in scars, and he was practicing various styles of boxing against the hard and cold rocky wall Just like he had been doing for the past five years

His rations of food and water would always appear in his room at the same time every day, with the exception of this very day, where the appearance of his rations had been delayed for more than twenty minutes

He had found this an odd occasion, yet, he didn't complain He was in a prison after all, and he couldn't expect all of his needs to be catered every day without any exception He had been forced to work in the mines before, and there, he didn't have it any better

In the mines, food would only be passed down rarely, and iven to those ould th worth the most The oldest ones would always have to take less than the others, as they wouldn't be able to work as er, this ed a method to keep himself distracted and that

He was an extremely talented martial cultivator, and thanks to the constant practice he had accued to perfect every styles of coe of And even create his own

In theroutine, he threw one punch after the other, until finally, he felt the rock on which his fists were crashi+ng, become softer and softer

It wasn't rare for hi would give hi Instead, it see its hardness

Before he could understand why, the 'thu sounds, and one punch at a tih the ten meters of thick wall

The ht filtered through what had now becooing crazy, he slowly opened his eyes, and after turning his hands into claws, he started to ht becahter, to a point where he couldn't keep his eyes opened anyain to the increasingly brighter light, he noticed a silhouette standing right behind this thick curtain of water Thehiia and familiarity

With his heart in his throat, he pushed his whole body towards the re directly into it At the same time, he muttered with a croaky voice ”brother”

Seconds later, he fell into an empty corridor

When he had seen this corridor the first tio, it was coht that caht on each and every one of its corners

For as ht was still too bright for hi his eyes with one of his hands, he looked around Moht was hitting his face directly, and for a good reason

A youngdirectly in between hiht difficulty, he looked at this young s, all the way up to his shoulders Until finally, his eyes landed on his facial features Causing him to be shocked beyond words

”You look just like hi voice