The Martial Unity

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Dalen threw a flurry of jabs at Milliana, which she simply blocked by putting together guard.

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She dodged an incoming kick, before once again blocking a few more jabs.

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She didn't attack much, a decision Rui approved.

Dalen's defensive prowess was in the top three within the Academy.

With a six-foot tall gargantuan frame, with heavy bones and muscles, along with eight defense-oriented techniques, he was a sheer tank. Hurting him was an incredibly difficult task. As far as purely the ability to withstand offense went, only Fae and maybe a few others could inflict meaningful damage on him head-on via ordinary attacks.

Someone like Milliana whose offensive measures weren't particularly impressive, would not be able to inflict so much as a scratch on him unless she somehow managed to land her strongest attack on his eyes or another spot that was equally vulnerable.

She had a much higher chance of winning if she simply chose to wait for him to burn himself out.

What Rui found interesting was the manner in which she handled his attacks. Each defense she chose was the most apt as far as efficiency went.

She blocked quick swift jabs because their speed and number made them harder to dodge, she would need to expend more energy. Furthermore, jabs lacked power in exchange for their swiftness.

She dodged more powerful strikes like kicks and heavy swings. These usually required a higher timeframe to land compared to speedy jabs.

was because they usually were thrown from a greater distance away in order to build up momentum and

between what amount of damage was worth spending the energy

entirely accurate, but she seemed to be doing a good job for the most part. It was an ambitious goal, after all. Being one hundred-percent accurate was a tall order

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which Milliana chose

Rui approved from both of them. As a male and particularly big and strong one, Dalen had a significant physicality advantage against Milliana. Physicality mattered much more in grappling than it did in

much more quickly than striking did and was aligned against Milliana's Martial

she did choose to grapple, there was no doubt she

doubt going to be impressive. Milliana's chances of being able to grapple a victory was just extremely low. She

it was a good deal for Dalen to

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tried for another takedown,

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is he trying so hard

is his best way to win."

if it lands,

him." Rui explained. "She knows the fight will end if the battle turns

an evasive maneuverer specialist, he could see that she was expending a lot of energy as she avoided the shoots from Dalen. "Her evasion definitely is energy intensive. I can tell she doesn't have much experience in high-energy evasion at all. She also hasn't mastered any Apprentice-level techniques specialized in

in regards to the analysis of her evasion was definitely helpful as an expert in that regard.

doesn't help, because if you move too early, then your opponent would just delay the attack, that's why I always move at the earliest moment when it's too late

her with Primordial Instinct. "She's

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