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?"

perfect all-rounder."

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

of a jack of

as Fae shook her

is speaking so highly 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

stronger at an incredible pace, yet he wasn't even near being a master of all trades. He wondered how long it had taken

been a Martial Apprentice

"Five years." Fae replied.

eyes flew wide open. "Wait, you said you were two years older than

the age of nine." Fae

"???"

in the history of the Kandrian Empire." She paused, turning

implication was clear. Fiona Roschem was pretty much a

grew engrossed in thought as he attempted to evaluate his chances of winning

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

four techniques he'd set out to master gave him a decent chance, by

Stage

four were talented and had broken much earlier than the norm and had spent more