'Another'

After securing a safe position, Abigale finally allows the second batch of attackers to attack her, displaying her total control over the 100 strong mobs. As the attackers unleash their attacks towards her, she catches the punch of the closest attacker and pulls him towards her.

The young male attacker smiles blissfully as he draws ever closer towards Abigale's embrace, thinking that Abigale must be an aggressive woman who is not afraid to show her affection in public. In his mind, he quickly imagines himself becoming a couple with Abigale and leading a blissful married life.

However, before his inner fantasy can be fulfilled, Abigale released her grip on him as she moves away from her original position while forcing the young man to take her prior position.

Suddenly, the young man's mind blanked out as two kicks landed on both sides of his face, squashing his face slightly, knocking him out. The kicks belonged to non-other than the young man's comrades who were attacking together with him. The rest of the youths let out a shocked expression as all this happened in an instant, without their mind being able to register what had just happened!

Little did the youths know, Abigale is well known in the army as the master technician, who is able to run rounds around even an entire platoon of seasoned soldiers in unarmed combat!

"Madam Abigale! You said that no individual is invincible when far outnumbered, we have over 100 people here and you are still running circles around us! At this rate, we would all be exhausted before even getting the chance to attack you!" Ryker whines as he proceeds to sit down on the floor, giving up on this hopeless endeavour.

"I did emphasize if outnumbered by a well-trained army, you recruits are nowhere near even the lowest standard of Arsenal Army at the moment!" Abigale mocks with a smirk on her face and then continues to encourage. "Come on, stand up, if you give up even during training, you will never be prepared for the real enemies. This is an order!"

The mob of youths unwillingly continued their siege on the fortress known as Abigale as they feared there might be punished if they did not do so. After all, the orders of a superior officer must be carried out, even if they were to fail, they had to at least make an attempt.

Waves after waves of youths continue to attack Abigale but are promptly dispatched by her with deceptively simple-looking moves.

Percy who had remained at the back of the mob thus far begins to see a faint astral like figure dressed in a military uniform with a sword attached on its waist appearing in front of him.

After the faint astral like figure was fully formed, it charged towards Abigale and seemingly predicted Abigale's movement as it is able to follow after her movement with ease. And as it gets within its' punching range, it unleashed a simple quick jab, making contact with Abigale.

However, the astral like figure immediately disperses into smoke, doing no damage and not perceived by Abigale nor any other youths. The smoke quickly reforms itself in front of Percy and charges towards Abigale again.

Percy thought he was hallucinating, and then became confused as he did not have prior experience of hallucination nor did anything happened to him in the past 20 minutes that would suggest him being compromised by some form of hallucinogen.

Having sensed the confusion of her host, the System chimed in.

[Host, this is the work of your 'Another' trait, it must have been activated as you starts to synchronize with your 'Another'. Part of its ability is to allow you to see the combat moves your more experienced 'Another' would execute given similar circumstances.]

[Basically, if you can follow your 'Another''s movement to the letter, you will fight like a veteran soldier who has survived countless battles.]

Percy wonders how strong his 'Another' must be, being able to predict Abigale's movement with ease, before realizing that he does not even know what an 'Another' is even supposed to be!

In fear of other people noticing him talking to thin air, Percy softly whispers a question, "System, what is an 'Another'?"

[You are still too weak to know, I will inform you about the details once you are strong enough to protect yourself.]

Before Percy can speak, the System interrupts.

[And also, host, you need not whisper, simply call for me in your mind and think of the words you want to convey.]

"Alright System, since you won't tell me what an 'Another' is today, I won't pry further." Percy conveys in his mind, finding this experience of mind communication unique, and guesses that this must be how telepaths feel when communicating with others through their mind.

"Evan, I think I can follow Madam Abigale's movement. But I will need you to attack together with me to increase the odds of success. Are you in?" Percy explains as he looks at Evan with anticipation.

"Sure, the worst that can happen is greeting the rough parade square grounds with my face. Noting to be afraid of." Evan eagerly replies.

The duo begins to move forward towards the front of the mob where the action is.