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

sensation that only those at a far deeper depth of their path

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

research facility had succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the Squire Realm just in

the only one who was able to maintain some semblance

adopted a bull-rushing stance, aiming at

snapped out of his reverie. "Shit.

was the only one who dove to the side. The other four were frozen, not

bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

an astronomic speed that far exceeded even that

the

herself with would absolutely have killed the

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

their heads crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until

She... missed?

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

over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased, she

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

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

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

it's harder than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back

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

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

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

or Dylon. The combination of her

accurate to think

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

mind, they were

was a Martial Squire. They

new-found arrogance had already taken her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be if all of

all four of them, focusing all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure he exerted drew their attention in