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 fact that they didn't suffer. He

spared. "You're going to take us to the secret research facility. You will cooperate with us. Is

simply stared at his masked face in shock, their legs had long given in, and they were shivering

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

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

would get far too agitated with all the screaming that would inevitably ensue. It was too messy and lowered the probability of

way. Fortunately, because Rui finished the job

that there no visual elements that would give away that the convoy had been hijacked by them, Rui did not see any way they could possibly be

they reached the secret entrance of the research facility. All of them tensed, yet maintained their calm and composure. They did not want to

The hatch opened.

clockwork, the Martial Artists and the armed men emerged from

documents without saying a word, exactly as Rui had instructed him

Just as he reached;

BAM!

"AAARGH!"

the security floor startled the two Apprentices just as they

before they

BAM BAM!

as Rui and

focused and prepared, they might have been able

But they weren't.

And so, they didn't.

PEW

BAM!!!

on them hard as 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

The two Martial Apprentices grimaced as they leaped backwards