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 of existence

at a far deeper depth of their

Rui

facility had succeeded. They had managed to discover

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

bull-rushing

of

side. The other four were frozen, not even Nel

the woman launched herself at the four

BOOM!!!

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

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

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

She... missed?

so mind-boggled he just stared at

four of them who had been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up,

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

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 not meant to handle our power. Squire-level techniques are simply techniques that can handle the power of Martial Squires, and can

they're just designed to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked him back

and it's harder than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back then. "The difference between us exceeds your

she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had only very recently broken through to the

was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy

('She hasn't even gotten

she could 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

think of her as

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

they were

was a Martial Squire.

If they had any chance of not dying.

his mind on