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

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

Squire...!" Rui

facility had succeeded. They had managed to discover the

Raw hostility emerged from her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was able to maintain some

woman adopted a bull-rushing

snapped out of his reverie.

the side. The other four were frozen, not even Nel had been

with terror as the woman

BOOM!!!

an astronomic speed that far exceeded even

tore the very

sheer titanic power she had launched herself with would

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,

She... missed?

he just stared at her with

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

His mind flashed back to

Rui had asked him about the difference between Apprentice and Squire level techniques. "An Apprentice-level Martial Art technique simply cannot utilize

just designed to be compatible with the power

than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back then.

eyes widened in elation as tinge of hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had only very recently broken through

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

forget Squire-level techniques!') Rui realized. ('She hasn't even gotten used to her own

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

more accurate to think

her time leisurely, trying to analyze and rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and resume killing the

mind, they

a Martial Squire.

If they had any chance of not

on them. The sheer pressure he exerted