The Martial Unity

Rui returned to the Kandrian Empire in the span of few hours. He didn't feel the urge to travel back too quickly. The scenery was unique and beautiful. The fauna and flora were different from Earth thus it gave an exotic and alien feel to someone like Rui.

Eventually, he reached the Kandrian Empire, it took him a few more hours to eventually reach the Mantian Region and finally, the Town of Hajin.

"Ahhhh..." Rui sighed comfortably as he took in the cool weather. "There's no place like home!"

He immediately headed back to the Martial Academy. Swiftly completing the annoying post-mission protocols before heading to his dorm.

He took his time as he relaxed a hot water tub, looking into what he'd missed.

"Oh?" His eyes lit up. "Nartha got back to me."

The next Martial Games was going to be held at the DiViliers Hall, where it was held the very first time had attended it.

He couldn't wait. The Martial Games would allow him to test the pattern recognition system of the VOID algorithm against diverse set of Martial Art.

Several days passed as Rui simply sparred with his friends to pass time, and the day had finally come. This time, Nartha had finally resigned to his request and allowed him to wear a normal sparring garb.

"Ready?" She asked him.

"Absolutely." he replied.

not willing to take

"Absolutely not." He replied.

sighing. It was worth

last participated." She told him. "And the grade on your profile has gone from eight to ten." She said with raised eyebrows.

bit." He said

arrived at the resplendent DiVilliers Hall. Rui got off the carriage first, as he escorted Nartha down. They were

see your champion has returned. Today's Martial Games

forward to him whipping up

The matriarch of a small Martial

express goodwill to him made him realize that he had inadvertently engaged in a lot of connection-building by simply doing what he did best. Although this was never his intention when he signed up with Nartha Freier, it

lot of respect and goodwill from many of the guests of this elite social circle. Although many of the more serious competitors who treated it as a competitive

same. With almost all other Martial Artists, their combat style rarely fluctuated much and eventually their fights grew monotonous and boring. There were only so many times one could remain entertained watching the same thing over and over

wasn't the case. The more he fought, the more entertaining he

it was as though he

They were mesmerized.

because things got boring. For them as participants and for the audience. But even at the end of two months, no one was tired of Rui. When he left the Martial

now, he was

formed around Nartha and Rui as many came to speak to

long flowing white hair that reached his neck, while a thick