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

only those at a far deeper depth of their path could exert

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

research facility had succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the Squire Realm just

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

bull-rushing stance,

out of his

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

as the woman launched herself at

BOOM!!!

woman launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that

the very atmosphere

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

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through

She... missed?

just stared at her with an expression that

had been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman got up, unharmed. Yet she wasn't pleased, she glanced at her own

mind flashed back to a conversation

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 by Martial

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

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

eyes. It was quite clear she was a test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that she had only very recently broken through to the

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

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

of her unaccustomed demeanor and her lack of

accurate to think

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

mind, they were

Squire. They were going

her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be

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