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.

that only those in a higher Realm of existence could exert

at a far deeper depth of their path

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

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

who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He

adopted a bull-rushing stance, aiming

snapped out of his reverie.

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

as the woman launched

BOOM!!!

a with an astronomic

tore the

power she had launched herself with would absolutely

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

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

She... missed?

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

who had been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she

flashed back to

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

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

pointed

as tinge of hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject

Rui highly

techniques!') Rui realized. ('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

more accurate to think of

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

mind, they

was a Martial Squire.

they had any chance

at all four of them, focusing all of his mind on