The Martial Unity

Rui spent a few hours on the first stage of Outer Convergence training. It was more draining than he'd expected. He had to consume two potions before he was good enough to continue training.

Though much to Squire Dylon's surprise, he halted his training and left the facility after biding him farewell.

Rui had purchased four techniques, not one. He wanted to begin training in all of them. Once he got an idea for how difficult or easy the training regimes for each technique was then he could formulate an efficient plan and schedule as for how to go about it.

Dedicating an equal amount of time for techniques that were unequally difficult to master was not an efficient allocation of time.

"Alright..." Rui stretched as he left the striking training facility. "What to do next?"

He shrugged before heading over to the defense training facility. He wanted to begin training Inner Divergence as soon as possible.

"Squire Fare." Rui greeted, bowing to the head instructor of the defense training facility with respect. "I'm here to begin training with the Inner Divergence."

A muscular women built like a tank turned around, glancing at Rui. "Training a third defensive technique? Acute Edge and Elastic Shift are falling short already?" A flash of surprise crept onto her chiseled face. "I would have thought you would go longer without purchasing a defensive technique, with how well you mastered them."

cautionary measure anyway, after

death. Too many people don't develop their defense enough, and what happens as a result? They die." She glanced at Rui with an approving look. "I'm glad you aren't foolish like them. Come, I'll train your

wryly as he

technique capable of much, but it has high demands of the user. Fail to fulfill them and the technique will fail you. Are

aren't allowed." Rui said. "But also, this technique has

"Hmmm... True." she admitted.

Art was not a secret within the Apprentice circles in the Academy. A powerful, yet bizarre all-rounder style, but not really because it would change shape depending on the fight

means by which one

having each muscle group rigid enough, they would be no different from

reasons humans couldn't master it was because the mental faculties required

why it was an Apprentice-level technique; Only

shift when attacked

because the center of mass was the middle point of the body, the only point that was close enough to

thought process and the mindset needed. He was starting to see why the technique warned

up at or close enough to the center of mass, then the technique would simple be ineffective. The user will