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

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

Squire...!" Rui

discover the secret

the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted a stance in defiance. Yet,

bull-rushing stance, aiming at

out of his reverie. "Shit.

The other four were frozen, not even Nel had been

woman launched herself at the four

BOOM!!!

astronomic speed that far exceeded even that of

body tore the

launched herself with would absolutely have killed the four of them on the

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

far over their heads 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?

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 glanced at her own

understood. His mind flashed back to

we are fundamentally different, our techniques function mechanically different." Squire Dylon had once told 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

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

a pointed

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

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

hasn't

of her unaccustomed demeanor

to think of her

her time leisurely, trying to analyze and rectify her whopping

her mind, they were already

Martial Squire. They were

worked in Rui's favour. If they had any

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