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.

that only those in a

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

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

They had managed to discover

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 the

woman adopted a bull-rushing stance, aiming

out of

The other four were frozen, not even Nel had

terror as the woman launched herself at the four

BOOM!!!

launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded

tore the very

sheer titanic power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed the

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

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

She... missed?

just stared at

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

to a conversation he'd had with

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

designed to be compatible with the power of

had directed a pointed look at Rui back then. "The difference

she was a test subject

highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of

hasn't even gotten used

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

think of her as

trying to analyze and rectify her whopping

mind, they were

a Martial Squire. They were going

favour. If they had any chance of not dying.

on them. The