The Martial Unity

"I heard Kane was a favourite." Rui said. "Does that mean the other favourites among the descendants of the Martial community are also at his level?"

Fae nodded. "Talen-wise Kane is considered a top three among all the descendants of the Martial community. Though he isn't the most talented."

Rui's eyes flew wide open at those words. "You're telling me there's a prodigy even more talented than Kane??"

Rui found that hard to believe. Kane broke through at the age of eleven, and was so talented that he was easily on par with Rui, despite all of Rui's huge advantages. Up until, recently, Kane was comfortably stronger than him too. Rui was certain that if Kane loved Martial Art as much as he did, he might have gone to even greater heights.

Fae nodded. "Her name is Fiona. Fiona Roschem. The granddaughter of His Honour Grandmaster Sage Damian."

The granddaughter of His Honour Sage Damian, who was the Grandmaster of all the Academies in the Kandrian Martial Union, lived up to her pedigree.

"How strong is she?" Rui asked with sparkling eyes.

"I haven't seen her in almost two years, I don't know how strong she currently is." Fae replied. "But she's strong. I haven't beaten her a single time in any of our spars, despite being two years older than her. She's the strongest Martial Apprentice of our generation, probably."

"Damn, you're killing me." Rui complained. The more Fae went on and on about this girl, the more he felt impatient for the Kandrian Martial Festival to arrive.

"Don't be so hasty, get a hold of yourself." Fae threw a disapproving look. "It's still some time away, and as you are right now, you probably won't be able to beat her. Forget fighting her, you can't be sure you'll be elected as a representative."

her Martial Art like?" Rui

a perfect all-rounder."

jack-of-all-trades but a master of none." Rui

more of a jack of all trades and a master

another outburst of excitement, as Fae shook her head at the

of her, she must be something else.') Rui

of all fields? If that really was the case, then Rui had quickly surmised he stood no chance as he was now. He knew that he was far from a master of any one particular field, he had barely managed to become above average in all fields, which wasn't unimpressive, because most Martial Apprentices could manage becoming average in one or two particular

he wasn't even near being a master of all trades. He wondered how long it had

long has she been a Martial Apprentice for?"

"Five years." Fae replied.

"Wait, you said you

at the age of nine." Fae confirmed with a complicated

"???"

the history of the Kandrian Empire." She paused, turning to Rui. "All of

was pretty much a confirmed future

thought as he attempted to evaluate his chances of winning the

Martial Academy, he needed to grow to be the strongest of the Martial Apprentices of the Martial Academy,

him a decent chance, by then his wealth of techniques would

through after a few years of training in the Foundation Stage and Exploration Stage, and then needed to

Kane were quite different from these Apprentices. The latter four were talented and had broken much earlier than