The Martial Unity

Rui had to admit, nailing a difficult mission was one of the best feelings ever. An immense wave of satisfaction washed over him as he thought about the fact that not a single villager died. Although, one did come close.

Thankfully, there was only one hidden gang member inside the building. Rui had no idea what he was doing in there instead of joining his gang-mates, but thankfully there had only been one. If there were several and each had taken a hostage, then there would have been a bit of an issue.

For now, he was fine, but he really felt the need to improve his covert abilities. There were many missions just like this one where he felt his lacking stealth. Missions where, if he had been stealthier, he would have been able to complete them with much greater ease and simplicity.

This mission was an example. If he had a technique that at the very least allowed him to completely evade normal human senses, then life would have been far easier.

('I'll put it on the list for next time.') He mused. At the end of the day, missions were literally his livelihood. It made sense to purchase techniques that would make the completion of missions easier in that regard. Even if his missions weren't of the covert-class, that did not mean he did not require covert capabilities. Generally, it was best if one possessed some amount of capability in all general and common fields. There were just too many reasons to not invest further into his stealth

But he didn't intend to do that immediately. He had recently come out of a seven-month-long training stage, he had no intention of jumping back into training. He intended to go for various, different kinds of missions that would enrich his experience and expand his worldview. He had lived in this world for nearly sixteen years, yet he had experienced too little of everything it had to offer. He wanted more, he wanted to do more.

He even had ideas on what he wanted to do.

('The Beast Domain...') His eyes lit up with wonder.

colonized by humans. However, a little over a third of the continent's land was uncolonized natural environments that

where Martial Apprentices like himself were only qualified to enter the outskirts of the outer-most layer,

of colonizing and conquering the Beast Domain was so extraordinarily high that the nations simply could not afford to undertake such a herculean task. Furthermore, it wasn't just a matter of difficulty, perhaps if humanity as a species came together as one, it

united that it was genuinely hilarious, yet also incredibly sad. Humans fought with each other to a degree beyond what imagination could beggar. Conflicts on all scales were

to join hands, short of a global

also a source of great opportunity. Untold esoteric resources lay within

could be used to accomplish wonders. This was why the human species held a great amount of interest in

technology was, it was extremely difficult and untenable to use

And thus, they did.

the Beast Domain with his own two eyes at some point. Perhaps his next mission ought to

as dangerous as advertised, then

hunting mission with the Earthen Basilisk had shown him how inadequate his Martial Art really was when it came to non-human entities. Many hunting-class missions after that had reflected that as

the pattern recognition system was not particularly bothered by the differences between humans and non-humans.

algorithm, he needed to find solutions for the incompatibility problems. This was something he intended

didn't matter that he was a grade-ten Martial Artist. That was very general grade given to him by the Martial Academy in evaluation of his combat prowess. What mattered was his compatibility. He was not compatible with