The Martial Unity

Rui had only intended to break the ice with each of the four techniques on the first day, before returning back to his room and figuring out how he's going to divide his time and energy. He didn't intend to extend beyond what was necessary.

But he had completely forgotten about that as he immersed himself into the training regime. He loved the sheer progress as he grew better and better at timing blink maneuvers. In the end, he lost track of time completely all the way until his stamina was drained.

"Twelve hours?" Rui couldn't believe it, it passed so quickly he wouldn't have been surprised if Squire Helen was pulling his leg.

She nodded in response. "You just kept going on and on, I thought you were aware of the time." She shrugged. "Apprentice training schedules are largely self-regulated, after all."

Rui nodded, still dazed in disbelief.

"How did you do it?" She asked out of curiosity. "How did you get so good at the technique so quickly? Your rate of growth is unheard of!"

Rui scratched his head awkwardly, unsure of what to say.

"Dunno" He shrugged. "Glad it's working out this well though."

He quickly bade her goodbye before she could inquire any further, and left the stealth-training facility as he headed back to the Apprentice dorms.

back as he grew absorbed in thought at the training sessions that he had undergone

training sessions alone, he had come to realize that the priced techniques were not overpriced in any way. Each of

In fact, he planned to replace some of the

was for

four techniques he had picked

training session, but he

want to be held back from completing missions because he

in one go. The mind retained experience the longer it experienced a particular phenomenon or

days of continuous training to purely Seismic Mapping training. He could simply make every alternate day a Seismic Mapping training day while leaving

technique to train for was Blink. Just the very thought of the training put Rui in a good mood. This was the first technique whose training was so enjoyable that Rui

can continue to train Blink to refine proficiency above just ordinary mastery." He thought aloud. He even thought he could make it a hobby! Just to feel better whenever he

training proceeded, he didn't need to spend too much time to it. Thus, he decided to allot it the least amount of training timing. He suspected that Blink might end up being the

That left two techniques.

Convergence and Inner

the two, Inner Divergence was definitely harder." He noted. "So,

nutshell. Of course, he would have to chink out the details and be more thorough

this time. Had he tried to pick five he would have quickly realized

didn't think he would be able to complete five premium techniques