Climax: Master and Student [part2]

Calian couldn't believe his eyes. 'A barrier? No, that is impossible. Only those of royal blood can conjure barriers,' he thought. And under normal circumstances, he would have been right.

All barrier users were, in fact, descended from royal blood. It did not matter how distant your relations were. As long as you had a single drop of royal blood in your veins, the power to conjure barriers would manifest. Every priestess and member of the Empress's private army could only conjure barriers because they had this connection.

Yet this unknown boy had used that very power.

'Was it his arm? Is it like mine and allowed him to use powers beyond his capabilities? No, that does not seem quite right. If that were the case, then he would have used this power a long time ago.'