The Martial Unity

Rui smirked. "Get going then, tell the others what I've told you and begin executing the plan immediately. If any of you see something, send a beep to the rest of us."

"Got it." Kane disappeared as he Void Stepped away.

Rui turned back, continuing his surveillance of the research facility with Seismic Mapping.

He could sense part of the structure of the facility. Now he planned to circle around it and see if he could stumble into something resembling a secret opening.

At the very least, they could not launch the attack without having a clear means to enter and exit. That would be incredibly foolish and short-sighted and would probably doom the mission. The research facility would probably detect them and would inform the government which would probably send reinforcements. The Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana would also become aware that the Kandrian Empire was aware of the existence of the secret research facility.

Rui suspected that even if they themselves could not actively find the entrance to the research facility, they could, at the very least, detect the flow of resources into the research facility. A research facility of this sort absolutely required regular supply shipments to continue operating smoothly.

There were way no way Rui could miss any exchanges in and out of the facility, he had deliberately repositioned himself to the shortest route between the closest urban town that would likely be the location from which the research facility received supply shipments from. If something came, he would see it in a heartbeat

other ways to narrow down the location of the entrance as well. In all likelihood the entrance was some sort opening concealed by earth and some vegetation over it. It was simple and effective. And there really wasn't any other

a dense forest with thick trees whose roots burrowed deep. The area the opening was constructed in could not be an area highly populated with the trees, the roots would likely be far too deep and widespread, furthermore the soil would also be quite tightly held. The most convenient locations to build a secret concealed underground entrance would be under light vegetation like grass or

remarkably cut down the proportion of the area of the forest that the entrance could be

It wasn't as though there wasn't any human activity whatsoever. There were travelling convoys and carriages of humans across the entire forest, but Rui had deemed them to be unrelated as they continued through the forest without ever stopping in a human that cut through the forest

one of the convoys

eyes knitted as he sensed a convoy approaching the general geographic area. ('Could it

from what he could tell from such

later, they stopped at a location nearly

moved in closer discreetly, looking to get a better seismic view of the situation. At this point, he was

as he got a better understanding of the underground layout Seismic Mapping. ('The opening does not directly lead to the facility. It leads to an initial layer for logistics and security before leading to the actual research facility deeper underground. That makes sense.

Void Step technique from a distance. ('Kane's on

approaching the area, circling to keep the Void Step technique as he waited for entrance to open. He likely wouldn't be able to return immediately, but when he did, he should be able give them valuable intelligence. Then, they could

as a large hatch in the ground open. Two Martial Apprentice and six armed men emerged from

evaluated. ('But definitely