The purple light trembled but remained intact. Thus, Nasir was left astounded, looking at Justin without knowing how to feel or what to say.
After waiting for a couple of seconds, staring at the purple light. Nasir finally said.
"Your Highness, can you tell what the hell is this?"
"Formation" Justin said as he switched off the formation.
Formation!
Nasir said it a lot of times in his head but he couldn't understand the so-called formation and how it could defend its attack.
Although, he didn't know how the formation works. He had a hint of what this meant to them.
"Can I ask where you find the formation?" he asked.
"I created it," Justin replied with a light smile on his face.
'Can you come to the med bay? Pipe man and Grandpa Philip woke up.' Kira's voice echoed inside his head.
'I'm coming.'
"Is there anything you want to report?"
"Yes. But I'm not sure what is going on but I would like to bring them to you." Nasir reported.
"Bring what?"
"During your previous speech. Some people develop some unusual abilities. I can't even say what it is per se. So I want to bring them to you."
"Alright, bring them to the conference room and wait for me." With that, Justin left for the med bay.
Inside the med bay, Pipe man's pale face looked at his surroundings with shock written all over his face.
"So we are inside the train…" His voice trails off as he fixes his gaze on a young man attending to him.
"Yes. But we don't call it the train but the Ark. The Ark of Genesis. Because we're Genesis." The young man said with pride.
"Hmm. Hmm." Pipe nodded as everything was still surreal. His last memory was his battle against the giant cockroach.
"How're you feeling?" Kira asked as she came beside him.
"Good. I just need to relax for a few more hours and I will be on my feet." Pipe man said confidently as he knew his body was recovering at a speed that shocked him.
"Can you remove this bandage," A hoarse voice came from a couple of feet from the Pipeman. He is Grandpa Philip.
"We can't remove the bandage. Your injury needs it to heal." Chloe said with a wry smile. She knew Grandpa Philip never liked staying in one place and this was giving her a headache.
"Vera" she called.
Hearing her name, Vera came rushing from the other patient, dressed in white overall like a real nurse.
"Leader, what do you need?" She asked.
"Deal with him" Chloe pointed to Grandpa Philip and left without turning back.
'',
Seeing this, Vera almost collapses with her mouth agape. She froze on the spot not knowing what to do until a hoarse voice woke her from her stupor.
"What are you doing? Remove all these things."
"His highness has arrived." A voice shouted.
At once, everyone inside the med bay held their breath and looked at the entrance.
A young man in loose blue clothes entered the med bay with his long golden hair swaying back and forth from his back.
"Your Highness." Everyone shouted in unison.
"Relax everyone and continue your work," Justin said with a light smile on his face.
Hearing this, an unknown invincible pressure disappeared from the back of the people. Watching Justin walking toward them, the young man beside Pipe man was trembling with a bead of sweat dripping from his forehead. Albeit, his gaze was full of idolization.
"Y-Your" He stuttered with his face reddened.
"Relax…" Justin chuckled. "Give us some space."
The young man wanted to respond but his exhilaration made him unable to speak. As the only thing on his mind was. 'The king talked to me and he chuckled.' He screamed in his heart and rushed out of the med bay with a reddened face.
Watching the behavior of the young man who was not older than him behaving like that. Justin didn't know how to react and only shook his head.
Meanwhile, Pipe man gaze never left Justin's face. He was stunned by his ethereal change. The more he looked at him the more he found he had to believe this was a human being. Looking at him, his instinct was telling him, Justin was already changing from a human to another being entirely.
Unknown to him, he wasn't the only one that felt it. The others feel the change and a sense of urgency clouded their mind. Previously, they thought they could catch up to him but the reality is far from them. Out of the group, Susan and Kira felt the changes the most while also both of them had the feeling of falling back too much.
However, the recent breakthrough for Kira gave her a sigh of relief. She never liked the notion of Susan being in the Third Circle's existence while she was only in the Second Circle. But now, it had all changed and she could play the role of the big sister.
"How do you feel?" Justin asks unknown to the thought running in his mind.
Hmm. Hmm. The pipe man cleared his throat and replied. "I'm fine and thank you for checking on me."
"Don't mention. Also, it's good that you're able to recover quickly."
"Thank you."
"Get well soon. I've got a surprise for you. I know you'll love it." With that, Justin departed from Pipe man bed.
However, the thought of a surprise left me restless. 'What is it?' He tried to guess the surprise but he couldn't think of anything. Just then, Justin's voice echoed in his head.
"Congratulations on leveling up to the second circle."
Hmm! He blinked twice as he tried to understand what he just heard. Second Circle? He gasped and checked his body.
What! His mouth widened and he turned to look at Justin's backside.
The ferocious Grandpa Philip was gentle when he saw Justin and put on his best smile. Also, when Justin was leaving his bedside and told him he ranked up. He was stupefied.
Although Justin came to visit the two, nevertheless, he checked every patient inside the med bay. After half an hour, he finally freed himself and rushed to the conference room.
Inside the conference room, three people stood patiently waiting for the king. Two of the three were trying to stop their hands from trembling while they looked at the entrance often.
"Relax. His Majesty won't eat you," Nasir said with a chuckle.
"His Majesty has arrived." A voice shouted.
'.',
Justin entered the room and didn't listen to the greeting coming from the trio before he took his seat.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting," Justin said with a light smile on his face.
"It's nothing," Nasir responded before he looked at the two nervous people beside him.
"These are the two people that show traces of ability but didn't know how to use it." He added, looking at them.
The duo didn't dare raise their heads as they fiddled with their hands. Both were identical twins with them being female and male. Addison and Jackson.
Hearing this, Justin concentrated his gaze on them and noticed something different about their power. It was a bit different from them that awakened their abilities by killing zombies.
'Peculiar.'
"Try to use your ability." He pointed to the female twins.
"A-Alright…" Addison nodded and closed her eyes.
Suddenly, a kind of wave came out of her body and spread everywhere but midway, her face turned pale as she gasped for air.
"Stop!" Justin's voice woke her up.
In just a couple of seconds, she was already drenched in cold sweats. She raised her head and looked at Justin from the corner of her eyes.
"Don't force it. It's part of you." Justin said slowly. "Now, tell me what you feel when you use your ability."
Addison took a deep breath and tried to remember what she saw when she closed her eyes.
"Although it is a little bit blurry, I can see everything inside the car."
'As I thought.' Justin nodded slightly.
"Good. Now, instead of letting out your power to scatter. Try to concentrate on a single spot." He commanded.
"Alright." Addison nodded and closed her eyes.
"Don't force it. It Feels like part of your body." Justin's voice echoed inside her head.
Without thinking twice, she follows Justin's instructions and feels the strange power inside her body, and controls it to a single point.
"Tell me what you see outside." She heard Justin's voice.
"Hmm. The goblin dead bodies." She said subconsciously.
"That's enough," Justin said loudly.
Huh!
Addison opened her with shock written all over her face. She looked at her twin brother's elation and jumped into his hand.
"Brother, I can use my ability." She screamed.
"W-Well… done," Jackson said with a wry smile as he looked at Nasir.
Nasir looked at the twins' happiness with a knowing smile before he turned to look at Justin. When he noticed the light smile on his face, a sigh of relief escaped from his mouth.
After a couple of seconds, Addison separated from her brother with her face reddened and fear gripping her mind. She had long forgotten she was in the presence of the king.
"I'm sorry… Your Majesty… I—"
"I understand." Justin dismisses it with a wave of his hand. "Your ability is Bio-Sonar"