The Martial Unity

"When are they coming?" Nel groaned impatiently.

Rui sighed. "They should be here soon."

"You said that three minutes ago!" Nel retorted.

"Then stop asking every three minutes!" Rui glared at him. "Listen here young ma-"

Rui suddenly froze as he turned around, narrowing his eyes. "They're coming. Everyone scram. Fae, do the honours."

Fae immediately rushed to two large, tall trees.

BAM BAM!

With two powerful blows, the trees collapsed, blocking the usual path the shipment convoy would usually travel through.

They all immediately scattered to the sides as they hid some distance away.

Two minutes later, a few loaded carriages arrived at that spot, stopping at the collapsed broken tree trunks blocking their path.

Soon, the men emerged from the carriages, talking exasperatedly and loudly in vinfranese and sanskrit.

BAM BAM BAM BAM!

Four large Tempestuous Ripple attacks crashed onto almost all of them men, killing all those it touched.

Only four survived.

THUD

his feet from the sky, sighing at the corpses. Killing was a dirty sensation, but it was one he endured. He could, at the very least, take solace in the

the only four men he had spared. "You're going to take us to the secret research

face in shock, their legs had

furiously nodded. Rui had heard them speak Sanskrit so he wasn't too

it so that the carriage would not even need to be forced into in a way that could damage it. He also killed them extremely quickly in a way that wouldn't agitate the horses too much. Both carriages and horses were perfectly fine and the entire hijacking took only

them, forcing their way in and damaging the carriage, losing the horses that would get far too agitated with all the screaming that would inevitably ensue. It was too messy and lowered the probability of success of the

Martial Apprentices gathered and quickly boarded the convoy after they cleared the trees out of the way. Fortunately, because Rui finished the job that quickly, they would still

that that there no visual elements that would give away that the convoy

them tensed, yet maintained their calm and composure. They did not want to give their

The hatch opened.

clockwork, the Martial Artists and the armed men emerged from

him the documents without saying a word, exactly as Rui had instructed him to. The Martial Apprentices skimmed through the document briefly, nodded, heading to

Just as he reached;

BAM!

"AAARGH!"

sound and screech from within the security floor startled the two Apprentices just as they were about open the door to

they could

BAM BAM!

close exploded open as Rui and Fae launched themselves at the two Martial Apprentices

been alert, focused and prepared, they might

But they weren't.

And so, they didn't.

PEW

BAM!!!

the two attacks inflicted critical injuries. Rui didn't have time to aim, precision and accuracy usually came at the cost of speed and haste, and in this scenario the latter two were more important. As long as

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