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.

in a higher Realm of existence could exert onto

those at a far deeper depth

Squire...!" Rui

had succeeded. They had managed to discover

examined them expressionlessly. Raw hostility emerged from her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was

woman adopted a bull-rushing stance,

snapped out of his

he was the only one who dove to the side. The other four were frozen, not even Nel had been able to

bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even that

body tore the very atmosphere

would absolutely have killed the four of them

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

many meters above the ground, crashing through more

She... missed?

he just stared at her with an expression

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

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

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 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

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

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

his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely

not mastered any Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level techniques in

('She hasn't even gotten

a full-fledged Squire. She would be crushed by the likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed

accurate to think of

rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She

they were already

was a Martial Squire. They were going

but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not

mind on them. The sheer