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.

that only those in a higher

those at a far deeper depth of

Rui

managed to discover the secret

examined them expressionlessly. Raw hostility emerged from her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of

bull-rushing stance,

of his reverie.

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

with terror as the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

astronomic speed

the very atmosphere

sheer titanic power she had launched herself with would

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

wall many meters above the ground, crashing through

She... missed?

stared at her with an expression that was

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

His mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had with Squire Dylon

Apprentice and Squire level techniques. "An Apprentice-level Martial Art technique simply cannot utilize our

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

pointed look at Rui back then. "The difference

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

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

Rui realized. ('She hasn't even gotten

not be considered a full-fledged Squire. She would be crushed by the 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 the Squire-Realm as far as overall combat

think

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

mind, they

was a Martial Squire. They

favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be if all of them worked

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