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.

those in a higher Realm of

a far deeper depth of their path

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

to discover the secret to the Squire Realm just

Rui was the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted a stance

bull-rushing stance, aiming at

out of his reverie. "Shit.

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

terror as the woman launched herself at the four of

BOOM!!!

a with an astronomic speed that

body tore the very

with would absolutely have killed the four of them

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 killed, landing a great distance away from

She... missed?

just stared at her with an

the four of them who had been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased, she

back to a conversation

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

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

harder than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at

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

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

realized. ('She hasn't

be crushed by the likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed demeanor and her lack of Squire-level techniques

accurate to think of her as a

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

mind, they were already

Squire. They were going

this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of

mind on them. The sheer pressure