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

that only those at a far deeper depth of their

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the Squire Realm

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

bull-rushing stance,

snapped out of

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

bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself at the four of

BOOM!!!

woman launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even

tore the very atmosphere

power she had launched 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 her tremendous momentum had finally been killed, landing a great distance

She... missed?

at her with an expression that

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

to a conversation he'd had with Squire Dylon a long time

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.

just designed to be compatible with the power of a

directed a pointed look at Rui back then. "The difference between us exceeds your

hope entered his eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this

meant she had 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

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

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

accurate to think of

analyze and rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She

her mind, they were

was a Martial Squire. They were

her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be if all of them worked

on them. The sheer pressure