The Martial Unity

"Sign here one last time and you're good to go." A staff member in the dispatch facility informed him. "Good luck on your mission."

"Thank you." Rui nodded as he collected the assigned standard gear. In addition to the mission recording-device he was expected to use to update the Martial Academy, he was also issued an eco-survey device by apparently the commission department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment meant to be the tool with which he could procure the information and intelligence required by the ministry.

He left behind his mask this time, he was dealing with a beast, not a human that could track him down via his identity. There was no risk associated with not concealing his appearance. He was grateful, as well-made and comfy as the masks were, they were still a pain in the ass.

The Shaia Plains were a good three hours outside Hajin, by carriage. He, however, simply needed to jog and he would reach the place in an hour. Leaving Hajin would require around an hour as well, since it was both big and a dense and populated.

Once he left Hajin, he heaved a sigh of relief.

were truly scenic and picturesque natural environments. Last time, he had been too tense to appreciate it well, especially since they were guaranteed to be ambushed by a bandit force

was far stronger than he was before and this mission

topography, coupled with the cool breeze

peaceful sensation that did the concept of paradise justice. Especially to someone from Earth. Humans had ruined Earth's atmosphere with smoke and greenhouse gases. Rui was quite grateful that the Panama continent had yet to follow suit. He

a vacation, and he quickly reached the Shaia Plains, looking down upon the vast plains

The plains were vast enough to expand past the horizon, making for a potentially huge area over which the target of

protocol system that helped Martial Artists decide what courses of action where most apt for certain situations. Furthermore, in a lot of the missions they provided more direct guidelines so that Martial Artists didn't have to make decision regarding a field

surveillance methods was static surveillance for this particular mission was; permanent employment of large-scale sensory techniques during the period of highest activity. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment had stated in the mission bill that the evidence they had gathered suggested that the

Shaia Plains, the Ministry could roughly estimate the time of these hunting incidents. Then after further corroborating the evidence with timings from eyewitnesses, they

meant that if the target of his mission was extremely active during the night, then