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 higher Realm of existence could

those at a far deeper depth of their path

Rui whispered,

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

onto them. Rui was the only one who was able to maintain

woman adopted a bull-rushing

out of his reverie. "Shit.

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

woman launched

BOOM!!!

launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded

body tore the very

power she had launched herself with would absolutely have

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until

She... missed?

at her with an expression

turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she

flashed back to a conversation he'd

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 Squires, and can only

power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked him

had directed a pointed look

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

Rui highly

hasn't even gotten used to

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 combat power

more accurate to think of her as a

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

they

Martial Squire. They

taken her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It

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