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

you?" She threw a skeptical expression

the opening created by blinking to achieve more than what they

a fight. Most Martial Artists aren't morons, if you abuse it too much they'll figure it out and will not only counter it

nodded. He was already aware that this technique would not make him invincible or allow him to end the fight instantly unless his

she saw he didn't have any fancy considerations about the

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, it's more difficult and limited. Martial Apprentices have enhanced cognition in combat, they blink

Rui nodded in response.

use it as a way to surprise them. In order to understand

general, but especially Martial Artists don't identify and react to an attack purely after it has been launched. In most cases, Martial Artists subconsciously analyze

a well-documented phenomenon in neurology. Even in the twentieth-century, it was well shown that

most humans flinch when an object approached them at high speed even at a distance. Because the human brain has already evaluated the

decision to avoid the strike based on the early evaluation." She said. "When using Blink in

their mind makes

of the attack during the blink is better than

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

Rui