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."

the Martial Contest. Rui had only met him once before the commencement of the first round of the

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

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

And so he did.

days, he visited them both. Almost unsurprisingly, 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

told him. "We offer you a greater amount of techniques, resources, benefits and privileges for a lesser amount of

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 privilege

seem to keen on accepting

well enough. While he was probably promising potential asset in their eyes. At the end of the day, he was but one Martial

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

advocated for smaller fields that fell within the big fields. Field such as the Fist Sect that advocated for research on fist-striking techniques.

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

similar thing happened across all of the broad

Sects that weren't mutually exclusive. The Fire Sect and the

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