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 higher Realm of existence

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

Squire...!" Rui

managed to discover the secret to the Squire

the only one who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted

a bull-rushing stance,

snapped out of

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

bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself at the

BOOM!!!

with an astronomic

body tore the

she had launched herself with would absolutely

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until

She... missed?

just stared at her

woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased,

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

difference between Apprentice and Squire level techniques. "An Apprentice-level Martial Art technique simply cannot utilize our

be compatible with the power of

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

a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had

not mastered any Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level techniques

('She hasn't even gotten used to

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

accurate to think of her as

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

they were already

a Martial Squire. They

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

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