No Certainty (Part 1)

Despite his huge build, the bald man's movements were graceful and his speed so great that he landed on the other side of the room before the Knight Guards could take a second step forward.

The rings on his right hand fused into a knuckleduster and a fist the size of a beer mug darted like a bullet at the helm of the flabbergasted Knight Guard. His battle-honed reflexes brought him to raise his shield to block, but his opponent was too fast.

A clang of metal akin to a bell sound resonated through the room when the other Knight Guard intercepted the armed fist with his own.

"Interesting." The voice of the guard was clinical, with no regard for his colleague's brush with death. "You only look like a man. You are an Emperor Beast."

The bald man's eyes widened for a split second before they became yellow and his pupils black-slitted.