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.

only those in a

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

Rui

managed to discover the secret

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

adopted a bull-rushing stance, aiming

out of his reverie.

was the only one who dove to the side. The other

as the woman launched herself at the four of

BOOM!!!

a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even that of

body tore the very atmosphere

herself with would absolutely have killed

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

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 away

She... missed?

stared at her with an

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

understood. His mind flashed back to

our techniques function mechanically different." 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

designed to be compatible with the power of a

pointed look at Rui

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

It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy

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

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 Squire-Realm as far

more accurate to think of her as a

her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and

her mind, they were

a Martial Squire. They were going

in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It

all four of them, focusing all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure he exerted