The Martial Unity

They all got into position, even if Nel urged rush forward and attack.

In the distance, a silhouette could be seen through the dust, walking in their direction.

STEP

STEP

STEP

It took its time.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened.

Yet, their eyes widened.

The air grew taut as an unimaginable amount of pressure crashed onto them. The air froze, and they haplessly followed suit.

Something was wrong.

Very wrong.

They felt primal fear arise from within their depths, crippling their body.

It was as though time itself had slowed down.

STEP

She emerged from the dust.

Completely naked.

Not a single shred of cloth covered her ample breasts or her pelvis. Yet the sight of her generated nothing but unparalleled fear in all of them.

Rui's eyes widened as he recognized the sensation Primordial Instinct was sensing.

This wasn't just fear.

This wasn't just danger.

Nay.

those in a higher Realm of existence

far deeper

Squire...!" Rui

had succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the Squire Realm just in

only one who was able to maintain

adopted a bull-rushing stance,

out of his

dove to the side. The other four

with terror as the woman launched herself at the four

BOOM!!!

at a with an astronomic speed that far

body tore the very atmosphere

titanic power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

over their heads crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground,

She... missed?

so mind-boggled he just stared at her with an expression

paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased, she glanced at her own palms

was then that Rui understood. His mind flashed back to

long ago when Rui had asked him about the difference between Apprentice and Squire level techniques. "An Apprentice-level Martial Art technique simply cannot utilize our full power because it is not meant to handle our power. Squire-level techniques are simply techniques that can handle the power of Martial Squires, and can only be used by

the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked him back

and it's harder than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back then.

in elation as tinge of hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had only very recently broken through

had not mastered any Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of

forget Squire-level techniques!') Rui realized. ('She hasn't

likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed demeanor and her lack of Squire-level techniques meant that she was well below

more accurate to think

her time leisurely, trying to analyze and rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and resume killing the

mind, they

Martial Squire. They were

had already taken her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be

all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure