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.

a sensation that only those in a higher Realm of existence could exert onto

at a far deeper depth of their

Rui

facility had succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the Squire

her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was able to maintain some

bull-rushing

out of

the side. The other

with terror as the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even that

the

titanic power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had

She... missed?

stared at her with an expression that was saturated with

shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased,

that Rui understood. His mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had

once told him 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

the power of

sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back then.

elation as tinge of hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject

Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had

realized. ('She hasn't even gotten

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

think

rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and

mind, they were already

Martial Squire. They were going

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

of them, focusing all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure he exerted drew their attention in