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."

been the representative of the Hrava branch in the Martial Contest. Rui had only met him once before

Apprentices he was supposed to serve as a sparring partner to. He wondered which branches of the Martial

two more sparring partner personal commissions from the Distak and Shamik Families. He intended to visit both of

And so he did.

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

commitment to defensive techniques." Master Gillian Distak had told him. "We offer you a greater amount of techniques, resources, benefits and privileges for a

visited the Shamik Family. "We are willing to extend a certain amount privilege to you in particular. The Lightning Sect will undoubtedly facilitate your

not seem to keen on accepting their requests. They simply wished Rui to take care of the Martial Apprentices he would be training, and did

the end of the day, he was but one

Rui learnt a lot about the politics of the Martial Sects from the explanations of the Martial Masters. For starters, the relationships between Martial Sects wasn't exactly straightforward. It wasn't even necessarily competitive, it all depended

Field such as the Fist Sect that advocated for research on fist-striking techniques. The Palm Sect was a sub-sect of the Fire Sect that advocated for

for offensive techniques, however once budget allocation for the offensive techniques was secured, they immediately competed with each other for which sub-sect

happened across all of the broad

Sects that weren't mutually exclusive. The Fire Sect and the Grappling Sect overlapped a bit with offensive grappling techniques, for

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