The Martial Unity

Rui's eyes raised his eyes in interest. It was possible for him to exchange lesser version of the VOID algorithm to the Martial Union for things he truly needed in the future. As far as potency went, the VOID algorithm was very easily a grade ten level technique as far as difficulty and power went. Rui wondered what he would get in turn for lesser versions of the VOID algorithm.

"Train my daughter well." Master Frial. "The head butler of the family will handle the matter of the contract."

Rui nodded.

"Our time ends here." Master Frial bluntly told him. "Leave."

Rui got up, bowing before leaving the room.

He had a lot to think about. He quickly signed the contract before leaving. He would begin the weekly training immediately.

What he found interesting was that his daughter attended the Hrava Martial Academy branch. This was a bit bizarre to him. But technically, Rui supposed he could enter other Martial Academies if it was for the sake of a mission. This made him feel a bit strange, sparring in other Martial Academies as a sparring partner while he was a student of the Hajin branch.

"Also... If she's in the Hrava branch..." Rui pondered. "I might run into Arjun Erigaisi."

Contest. Rui had only met him once before

the other Martial Apprentices he was supposed to serve as a sparring partner to.

still had two more sparring partner personal commissions from the Distak and Shamik Families.

And so he did.

the Masters of both Martial Families extended him an offer to join the Earth and the Lightning Sects respectively. Although they went about it differently than Master Frial did, what they offered effectively boiled down to be

privileges for a lesser amount of cost. Your defense will undoubtedly grow should you accept

talent with a unique and powerful Martial Art." Master Verlen Shamik had told him at a separate occasion when he had visited the Shamik Family. "We are willing to extend a certain amount

seem to keen on accepting their requests. They simply wished Rui to take care of the Martial Apprentices he

understood their perspective well enough. While he was probably promising potential asset in their eyes. At the end of the day, he was but one Martial Apprentice. The Fire, Earth and Lightning Sects were

relationships between Martial Sects wasn't exactly straightforward.

within the big fields. Field such as the Fist Sect that advocated for research on

came together under the Fire Sect for securing budget allocations for offensive techniques, however once budget allocation for the offensive techniques was secured, they immediately competed with each other for which sub-sect gets the bigger share for the

similar thing happened across all of the broad and

were Sects that weren't mutually exclusive. The Fire Sect and the Grappling Sect overlapped a bit

that were in deadlocks for such reasons. It was a messy and