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 higher Realm

a far deeper depth of their path could exert

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

had managed to discover the secret to the

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

adopted a bull-rushing stance,

of

who dove to the side. The other four were frozen, not even

with terror as the woman

BOOM!!!

an astronomic

body tore the very

would

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous

She... missed?

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

in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet

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

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

they're just designed to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?"

pointed look

as tinge of hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely

Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level techniques

realized. ('She hasn't even gotten used to her own power,

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

think of

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

her mind, they

a Martial Squire. They were

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

focusing all of his mind on them. The