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

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

Rui whispered,

to discover the secret to

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

woman adopted a bull-rushing stance, aiming

of his reverie. "Shit.

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

woman launched

BOOM!!!

woman launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that far

the

titanic power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the four of them on the

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had

She... missed?

mind-boggled he just stared at her with an expression that

in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased, she glanced at

Rui understood. His mind flashed back to

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

just designed to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked

sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back then. "The difference between us exceeds

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

especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level techniques in

realized. ('She hasn't even gotten used

would be crushed by the likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed demeanor and her

think of

rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She

her mind, they

a Martial Squire. They were

arrogance had already taken 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

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