Those words cut deep. Very deep. Only Magus and Reine would really know how deeply. And the cut because they were true, or at least were true for the person he was five years ago.

"You're right. I was a failure back then. I couldn't protect anyone and I returned to Japan in shame... But your records are out of date, Shaw. That was years ago." He slowly stood up, his face solid and seemingly unflinching in the face of what was, by all logic, an unbalanced match-up as Shaw had said. "And I can beat you. I know exactly how."

"Alric, Raven, Magus. Blast him with everything you've got. Don't hold back."