The Martial Unity

Although Rui had immense difficulty with Seismic Mapping, he was quite excited to eventually master it. The technique had an immense amount of utility. If he had possessed the technique when undertaking missions there was a good chance he would have been able to save Bella Hier and a good chance he would have been able to ensure the bandit operation in the Shadow Trails would have gone more smoothly.

Furthermore, just being able to sense his surroundings to this degree would give him a lot of security and confidence. Only a Martial Artist with incredible stealth techniques and covert capabilities would be able to sneak past his senses once he mastered Seismic Mapping.

"Alright, enough about that." he said as he stood before the stealth training facility.

It was finally time for Rui get acquainted with the final technique he had purchased; Blink.

The stealth training facility was also unexpectedly large. Despite the fact that stealth technique was merely a sub-section in the miscellaneous section of the Apprentice library.

In many a way the stealth training facility was similar to the sensory training facility. There were specialized environments that he could see Martial Apprentices training in, and specialized forms of training for each technique.

"Squire Helen." Rui bowed respectfully for the fourth time in a day. "I am Martial Apprentice Rui Quarrier. I've come here to learn the Blink technique."

She was a short middle-aged woman with a demure stature, she turned around, glancing at him.

"Blink huh?" She sized him up. "Good choice." She said. "I hope you understand what the technique is capable of. Most people who purchase this technique have exaggerated ideas of how powerful the technique is."

believe I understand the technique well

you?" She threw a skeptical expression

created by blinking to achieve

Most Martial Artists aren't morons, if you abuse it too much they'll figure it

He was already aware that this technique would not make him invincible or allow him to end the fight instantly unless his opponent was a human or a careless Martial Artist. After all, the technique was priced at only

bit when she saw he

humans. Humans blink for a longer period of time in combat than Martial Artists because of their slower cognition. Against humans, this technique is extremely effective and can allow you to effectively cross even a hoard of people unnoticed if you time it well." She said. "Against Martial Apprentices,

Rui nodded in response.

can only use it as a way to surprise them. In order to understand how this happens, you first need to understand how Martial Artists think

Artists don't identify and react to an attack purely after it has been launched. In most cases, Martial Artists subconsciously analyze movements to partially gauge and partially predict

was well shown that the human brain was constantly in a predictive mode, trying to infer outcomes

brain has already evaluated the motion of the object and plotted out its trajectory

avoid the strike based on the early evaluation." She said. "When using Blink in combat, your aim should not be to attack when your Martial Apprentice blinks, but to hide the early signs of attack when

their mind makes subconsciously. This will hinder their reaction and

attack during the blink is better than moving during the

Martial Apprentice" She said. "Martial Apprentices blink too quickly and you're not fast enough, as a Martial Apprentice yourself. Only a Martial Squire could do that,

Rui nodded,