The Martial Unity

There was a moment of silence on the battlefield. All Martial Apprentices focused full on their opponents, sizing them up, evaluating the situation and what course of action to take.

That moment ended quickly.

And all hell broke loose.

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The three Martial Apprentices of the Lowminer Industries shot towards the bandits. They fired a storm of attacks forcing the bandits to diver their attention towards them.

That's when Fae, Kane and Rui jumped in. The three of them sandwiched the bandits against the Martial Apprentices, punishing them through sheer numbers.

Dalen and Milliana circled a little further back, attacking and pushing them back any time one of them tried to squiggle their way through. Their Martial Art were not suited to belligerent attacks like the ones their peers were conducting.

Furthermore, trying to prevent someone from escaping was much harder than trying to not get beaten, which is why the bandits were proving to be a handful.

Yet, despite six-to-four disadvantage, they somehow were just barely managing to not get instantly overwhelmed.

('This blondie is strong.') Rui had recognized that long ago.

He was able to fight Rui and Kane at the same time, something Rui didn't think was possible within the Martial Apprentice Realm, but evidently, he was wrong.

The man had distractingly golden hair and eyes, almost as if they were emitting light rather than reflecting it. Yet his hair and eyes were only the second most attention drawing trait about him.

His Martial Art was remarkable, he had a wide wealth of Apprentice-level techniques, even more so than Rui and Kane combined.

What Rui found interesting was that he was an all-rounder. He had no distinct shortcoming and he was truly strong in all categories.

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a barrage of a Vital Pressure strikes, which the man calmly proceeded to parry with a single arm, swinging his other arm with remarkable speed and power towards

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him wide open for a follow up,

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his attention. What shocked Rui was that he wasn't much slower than Kane, despite having a well-built frame. He used a variety of Apprentice-level maneuvering and speed techniques

more and more admiration for the man. An Apprentice-level technique for

to obtain. This is what Rui

dangerous missions? So that he could obtain techniques

the fight

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back

dodging a kick from

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slammed Rui away with a powerful spinning kick technique, Rui felt a huge impact despite having used both Elastic Shift

Rui recognized that. He had been saved by kane multiple times, and he had bailed Kane out multiple times. They

he did manage to focus on them for

a

power just a level below

just a

of his power was greater than any Apprentice Rui had ever seen, including the Apprentice instructors

worst type of style for the VOID algorithm. Because they had no straightforward shortcomings that could be exploited. The VOID

generally had

had

generally had a

had a mobility

pains to develop a counter-style. Furthermore, Rui hadn't fully adapted the more advanced

impediments that stood in

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on