The Martial Unity

('What they don't know won't hurt them.') Rui casually leaped past the fence that had marked the territory of the Kingdom of Grahal. The security was pitifully weak, but then again, he had expected this.

Even back on Earth in the twenty-first century with all the civil engineering capabilities of the technologically advanced first-world countries, perfect border security had not been accomplished and was quite difficult.

Even superpowers like the US had not achieved even satisfactory border control as illegal immigrants, smugglers and traffickers routinely burrowed into its territories.

It wasn't that these nations in both Gaia or Earth were doing a particularly bad job, the problem was not with the administration or initiative.

The problem simply was that nations were absolutely enormous. The sheer distance that was covered by the borders and circumferences of these nations was huge, it was an incredibly difficult task to try and achieve high security across every inch of one's borders.

This was especially true for smaller and more impoverished nations. Although their borders were also smaller, the inadequacy of the number of Martial Artists due to emigration, the lacklustre technological development meant that achieving security across borders was far more difficult despite being smaller.

Larger nations like the Kandrian Empire were much better, although not perfect. More powerful nations had an abundance of Martial Artists; thus, these nations could afford deploy a certain number of Martial Artists with sensory capabilities patrolling the borders as well as a sophisticated anti-infiltration system in place thanks to their highly developed esoteric surveillance technology.

Although it was certainly not impossible infiltrate the Kandrian Empire. One had to be far more careful, equipped, specialized and prepared in order to infiltrate the Kandrian Empire. This was in sharp contrast to Rui who infiltrated the Kingdom of Grahal with ease.

The Kingdom of Grahal had a different air to it than the Kandrian Empire did. It exuded a gloomy and desolate vibe.

Rui couldn't put his finger on a single element, it was a combination of things that made him feel that way.

He could see it in their eyes; tired resignation. He could see it in the poorly maintain infrastructure, the number of homeless people

commercial hubs like the town of Hajin. He walked through the steets,

office

of the Martial Apprentice guards asked him as he approached the

replied as he showed them his mission bill and learner's license. The guard frowned when he saw Rui's grade, before nodding after having verified the legitimacy of the documents and

"Okay, clear."

in

still have only a learner's license.')

me." He approached one of

may I help you."

with a client." He told the receptionist. "She lives in another city, I was hoping to contact her

license and mission bill

as she fiddled with a device on her table. Rui guessed that the Martial Union employed a certain degree of information technology in order to manage its data. However, he suspected

was true for all the esoteric technology he had seen in this world. They were capable of replicating a lot of Earth's most common technology, yet they relied on scarcer wondrous esoteric resources instead

is miss Fria, correct?"

"Yes."

which is about a little over two hours from here on carriage." The receptionist. "I can give you her

any issue with disclosing her personal details in

it in order to meet the Martial Artist who undertook the