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.

was a sensation that only those in a higher Realm of existence could exert onto

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

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

had managed to discover the secret

hostility emerged from her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted a stance in defiance. Yet, he was

a bull-rushing

of his

was the only one who dove to the side. The

terror as the woman launched herself at the

BOOM!!!

at a with an astronomic

tore the very

had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the four

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

far over their heads crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more

She... missed?

mind-boggled 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 glanced at her own palms in

understood. His mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had with Squire Dylon a long

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 handle our power. Squire-level techniques are simply techniques that can handle the power of Martial Squires, and can only be used

to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked him back

pointed look at Rui back then. "The

was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was

highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had

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

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

to think of her as a

her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush

her mind, they were already

Squire. They

in Rui's favour. If they

focusing all of his mind on them. The sheer pressure he exerted drew their