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."

had been the representative of the Hrava branch in the Martial Contest. Rui

the same was likely to occur with the other Martial Apprentices he was supposed to serve as a sparring partner to. He

sparring partner personal commissions from

And so he did.

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

offer you a greater amount of techniques, resources, benefits and privileges for a lesser amount of

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 privilege to you in particular. The Lightning Sect will undoubtedly facilitate your speed and maneuvering to rise significantly, you have much

keen on accepting their requests. They simply wished Rui to take care of the Martial Apprentices he would be training,

At the end of the day, he was but one Martial Apprentice.

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 on the relation between fields

smaller fields that fell within the big fields. Field such as the Fist Sect that advocated for research on fist-striking techniques. The Palm Sect was a sub-sect

budget allocation for the offensive

similar thing happened across all of the broad and larger

mutually exclusive. The Fire Sect and the Grappling

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