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.

only those in a higher Realm of existence could exert onto

was a sensation that only those at a far deeper depth

Rui whispered,

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

them expressionlessly. Raw hostility emerged from her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted a stance in defiance. Yet, he was the only

a bull-rushing stance,

of his

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

the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

woman launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even that

the very atmosphere

she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the four of them

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

through a part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had finally been killed, landing

She... missed?

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

four 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

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

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

to be compatible with the power of a Martial

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

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

Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level

realized. ('She hasn't

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 of

analyze and rectify her whopping

mind, they

was a Martial Squire. They

If they had any chance of not dying. It

four of them, focusing all of his mind on