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 higher Realm of

sensation that only those at a far deeper

Rui whispered,

succeeded. They had managed to discover the

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

bull-rushing stance, aiming at

out of his reverie. "Shit.

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

he bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself at the four of

BOOM!!!

astronomic speed that far exceeded

body tore the

had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the four

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had finally

She... missed?

stared at her with an expression that was saturated with

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

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

"An Apprentice-level Martial Art technique simply cannot utilize our full power because

with the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had asked

and it's harder than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look

a test subject in

impossible since Rui highly

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

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

more accurate to think of her as

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

they were already

Squire.

but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not

four of them, focusing all of his mind on them.