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.

a

was a sensation that only those at a far

Squire...!" Rui

had managed to discover the

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

bull-rushing stance,

snapped out of

dove to the side. The other four were frozen, not

woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even

tore the very atmosphere

she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

went flying 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 killed, landing

She... missed?

was so mind-boggled he just stared at her with an

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

flashed back to a conversation he'd

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

designed to be compatible with the power of

He had directed a pointed look at Rui

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

Rui highly doubted

realized. ('She hasn't even gotten used to her

Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed demeanor and her lack of Squire-level techniques meant that she was well

think of her as a

whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and resume killing the

her mind, they

a Martial Squire.

If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be if all of them

of his mind on them. The sheer