The Martial Unity

Outer Convergence and inner Divergence handled the pure combat-oriented aspects of his Martial Art. Seismic Mapping increased his competence in mission solving.

He had three hundred and fifty-three martial credits left. He wanted to splurge all of it on one more technique in order to get something that would benefit him all-round.

He wasn't sure where to go with this. A condition like that was too vague to allow him to narrow down his search.

He began by dismissing environmental techniques, that was too specific. Labour-centric techniques were also instantly disqualified.

Beast-centric techniques were interesting, but he did not intend on deep diving into hunting class missions just quite yet, he also wanted something a bit more fundamental before expanding to esoteric fields and applications.

Weapons-mastery was certainly interesting, but he felt it was far too much of an initiative. Mastering even a single weapon was no joke, and usually required many years of hard training.

He also wasn't particularly interested or attracted to them. He was a hand-to-hand purist fanboy. Though dealing with weapons was something he would eventually have to do. Upgrading the VOID algorithm to deal with weapon users was part of the long process of adapting the VOID algorithm to the world of Martial Art.

He also hadn't seen much of hand-held weapons either, he wasn't sure why, perhaps he ought to ask one of their squire instructors when he got around to it.

('That leaves...') He glanced at the final section he left untouched. ('Stealth.')

Stealth techniques were mainly useful for covert operations, but being capable of some degree of stealth was probably generally useful.

('If I had stealth capabilities, I might have been able to hide Bella to safety.') He thought. But again, there was no way he could have.

what to expect. What he

[Void Step]

At the highest level of mastery, a user could effectively move around a room

and sixty martial

Grade ten difficulty.

techniques. It was truly a ridiculously beyond what he thought would be the norm. He glanced through some more techniques, ascertaining

[Blank Melt]

the peripheral vision of observers with a combination

[Dead Step]

a coordinating breathing technique

Rui wouldn't have been surprised if someone told him he was being

disbelief and skimmed through them. If the previous sections had intrigued him, it was nothing compared to the fascination he felt as he

his final technique, he

highest graded technique in the entire sub-section, and this was despite the it's extremely high difficulty of mastery. Rui, for one, did not think it was over-graded or overpriced, the stated capabilities

difficult to master, he would be scared to leave the

which of them to purchase. Just as he began skimming through, a particular technique caught his

[Blink]

be able to act during an observer's blink, partially bypassing their vision. It was a technique that could be used to bypass ordinary observers

was a beautifully simple technique, that could be incredibly powerful depending on how well it was timed

hundred and twenty martial credits, falling well within his budget, unlike

an end to