Adopted Soldier

A minute passed by and not once was Rachel able to hit Richter after that one time at the beginning . She noticed how calm the old man was being, as she barraged him with life threatening punches and kicks . His calm demeanour made her think that the old man was not of the same type as her teacher Lyner, who loved to battle and got excited while fighting .

Yet their strength was similar as they were both went beyond human capabilities . Rachel was now fighting beyond her limit, while the opposing side was treating it as nothing more than a simple breeze .

She only had around three and a half minutes left, until the backlash assaults her . Rachel gritted her teeth and concentrated even harder as she tried to hit Richter . She already guessed that beating Richter by herself was near impossible, but hitting him wasn’t, as proven by her earlier attack .

At this point Rachel discarded her anger, and instead went into a state that was similar to the void state . Rachel was so concentrated in her goal of hitting Richter, that at this moment, she had discarded everything, her fate, her thoughts, her fears, her heart . She discarded it all as she focused her everything into hitting Richter .

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Richter then saw the light in Rachel’s eyes seem to become a bit darker, her eyes almost resembled Alex’s that one time . It was at that moment Richter suddenly barely dodged one of Rachel’s kicks . The kick simply nicked him a bit, but it was enough to rip a bit of his uniform . That was when Richter noticed that Rachel’s moves became sharper . It was as if she discarded all excessive movements in favor of the more simpler ones .

He was amazed at how much growth Rachel had in just a minute or two . She even did it while fighting him, though throughout the whole fight he never hit her, nor tried to counter . Since Richter knew the moment he attacked, Rachel would fall . Seeing as he wanted to see how much Rachel can do, this was the exact scenario he wished to see .

To him this whole fight was nothing more than him playing around with his future in-law .

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Even though Rachel’s speed didn’t change, she was now able to somehow make Richter actually take her a bit seriously . There were two reasons for this . One her movements have become more direct and she no longer lagged in thinking about what to do next, so her punches and kicks had less intervals . Second she no longer telegraphed her attacks by looking at her targeted area . Before she entered this state, Rachel had the bad habit of looking at what she was about to hit, before hitting it . Even though she only looked at it for a fraction of a second, that was enough for Richter to notice her intent . Yet now that weakness wasn’t there, so Richter needed to dodge the attacks as they were coming, since Rachel’s body language doesn’t betray her intentions .

After the four minute mark passed, and Rachel had only one more minute in using full RELEASE, Richter finally felt danger . Richter was forced to evade Rachel by distancing himself from her . When Richter saw what he did, he couldn’t help but smile a bit .

’I see, you are a bit worthy to bear the child of a Greyhound . My grandson did choose well in picking a mate . Now that we had our little fun, I guess it’s time for a nap . ’

Richter who was passively dodging Rachel’s attacks, suddenly bursted forward to attack . Rachel who was in a state of void wasn’t surprised by this and instead of defending she initiated her own attack . Richter seeing this smiled, her choice was the right one . If she were fighting anyone else, then the opponent knowing her power would try and dodge . Yet that wasn’t what Richter did, instead he went deeper into her attack range .

Richter’s left hand was punched making it bend in a very weird way . This was all within Richter’s expectations since he was already planning to sacrifice that one arm to get near Rachel . Once he got near enough, Richter kicked Rachel in the gut, but because of her current state of being in full RELEASE this wasn’t enough to stop Rachel . Richter already knew that, so the moment he kicked her pushing her upward a bit, Richter slipped to the side and did a a 360 spin going upward, and hit Rachel from above, making her fall into the hard floor . When Rachel’s body hit the floor it made a loud booming sound, and the floor that was reinforced with the current technology of the Shadow Mercenaries had a little dent in it .

Still even with that move Rachel was still conscious, Richter who saw that, continued his attack . After a few more strikes from Richter, Rachel even in her full RELEASE state was beaten into unconsciousness . Once that was done, Richter looked at Rachel in approval, her tenacity was incredible . That’s when Richter noticed something weird going on with Rachel’s body . He did a quick check on her and was surprised on what he found out .

’Her RELEASE technique is different from her father’s and what Lyner used that one time . Her technique is a double edge sword that could possibly make her into a cripple . If she continues to use her version of RELEASE she might really become disabled . . . Well it doesn’t really matter if she’s disabled or not, seeing as all she’s good for is making the next generation . Though Seeing her performance, I’m quite curious with the other girl who also likes my grandson . ’

’Based on the reports about her, and how she was able to capture Drake . I can see that she’s more of a commander type, which is different from this little girl who’s more like a front line soldier . Rachel Regius has the physical abilities, while Evangeline Kain has the intellectual abilities . I wonder which of them is a better fit for my grandson . ’

While Richter was musing about the possibilities of both women, he called for some subordinates, and told them to bring Rachel into a more heavily fortified room . A room that was similar to Alex’s, seeing how strong she is, that kind of security is what she needs . If they kept her in any other place, she might breakout with sheer physical force .