Kreil glanced at Anne, beckoned, and said, "Let's talk somewhere else."
Pointing at another young officer, he said, "Abner Sumay! My closest friend. A twenty-fifth-grade Fifth-Rank Military Commander, a seventeenth-rank Great Knight, and the only man who has ever forced me to take off my gloves in battle."
Under the warm sunlight, the young officer with black hair, black eyes, a strong physique, and an innate air of imposing pressure smiled. "I've heard of you! My cousin's loyal subordinate."
Charlotte gave an awkward laugh and did not dare continue that topic. He could hardly say in front of Anne that he was an admirer of Menilman, The Empire's First Rose. That would have been far too tactless!
Kreil and Abner, Anne and Charlotte, the four of them left side by side.
The Gorgia University students watching nearby could not help whispering among themselves. Many of them were not Transcendents. They had seen Charlotte calmly evade the charge of Kreil, a seventeenth-rank Great Knight, and use a Transcendent technique like the Blood Flame Transformation Technique, but they did not understand the key details. They had "misjudged" Charlotte's strength, and his reputation instantly spread throughout the campus, elevating him to a completely different level of status than before.
Once they left the Gorgia University campus, Kreil opened the door of a military carriage and climbed in first.
Charlotte had no choice but to follow. The inside of the carriage differed from an ordinary family carriage; it resembled a small meeting room and clearly could serve as a small command post during wartime.
Kreil continued their earlier conversation and asked, "Anne told me you're only fourth-rank?"
Charlotte nodded and answered, "Yes!"
Kreil asked again, "You awakened the Blood Flame Qi ability?"
All four universities possessed the inheritance of Bloody Glory. Kreil had certainly