The Martial Unity

Rui opened his eyes slowly. An clear sky entered his field of vision.

He frowned.

Where was he?

He got up to his feet as he gazed forward, squinting as his eyes adjusted. A beautiful landscape extended as far as the eye could see as he gazed down at the breathtaking sight, appreciating its beauty.

But he was still confused.

He turned around, glancing at what was behind him, yet what he saw shook him to his very core.

He saw a path.

A path with profound depth.

A path he was on.

Yet what shook him wasn't the path itself.

No.

What truly shook him was treacherous calamities the path winded through.

Monsters.

Earthquakes.

Meteorites.

Land-breaks.

A torrent of devastating catastrophes littered his path.

It was a horrifying sight that inspired primal terror.

And yet, it inspired awe.

Through his terror, he could see profound boundless beauty in that path.

enchanted him, mesmerizing him,

a path he wanted to walk

when he took his first step,

up a shock, jerking upright as he gasped

glanced around spotting his

completely confused. It took him a

dream again...') He thought to

match?" His eyes widened as

were both silent

to get her with the Stinger, inflicting a critical wound. But the damage you

sighed, closing

disappointment and frustration. He had given that fight his everything, but

a deep breath as he exhaled deeply, shaking

went against a monstrous prodigy that has been cultivating techniques for six years. The odds were stacked against you in every way, in every possible parameter, yet you managed to not only push her going all-out but inflicted a critical wound that threatened to lose her the match. Frankly, she also got a little lucky

Contest, this is merely a checkpoint in your

being a Squire Candidate at the age of fourteen was truly astonishing. Furthermore, he had fulfilled the harder and

a genius back in her era, yet even she couldn't

Voidbringer...') She

I do not intend to let this failure hold me back." he said solemnly. "Instead, this failure will

a slight

Martial Contest had shattered and reforged his world view of what was possible and what wasn't. It expanded his view

various techniques

eyes had already left the past,

* * * *

sat on a chair as she gazed outside the window of her room, as she

sparkling cup sat atop a table

supposed to be an honour and a matter of boundless prestige, yet she didn't

a pensive mood, unsure

sure about how she felt of what

Champion and given that cup as the crowd

KNOCK KNOCK

She absentmindedly

"Miss." Her butler bowed.

"What is it?"

Master has summoned you." He said,

nodded, having expected

she walked towards the center of the

the study of Sage Damian Roschem