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.

was a sensation that only those in a higher Realm

only those at a far deeper depth of their

Rui

succeeded. They had managed to discover

was able to maintain

adopted a bull-rushing stance, aiming

snapped out of his reverie.

only one who dove to the side. The other four were frozen, not even Nel had been able to

bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

with an astronomic speed that far

the

sheer titanic power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the four of them on the

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

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

She... missed?

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

them who had been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got

was then that Rui understood. His mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had with Squire Dylon

we are fundamentally different, our techniques function mechanically different." Squire Dylon 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

designed to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked

sounds." He had directed a pointed look at

was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had

It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy

techniques!') Rui realized. ('She hasn't even gotten used to her

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

to think of

whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and

they were

was a Martial Squire.

arrogance had already taken her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of

his mind on them. The sheer pressure he exerted drew their