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 existence could exert onto

at a far deeper

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the Squire

was the only one who was able to maintain some

woman adopted a bull-rushing stance,

of

to the side. The other four were frozen, not even

bellowed with terror as the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

with an astronomic speed

body tore the very atmosphere

with would absolutely have killed the four of

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

crashing 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?

he just stared at her with an expression

been paralyzed turned over in shocked confusion. The woman

His mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had

we are fundamentally different, our techniques function 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 utilize our full power because it

compatible with the power of a Martial

sounds." He had directed a pointed look at Rui back

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

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

techniques!') Rui realized. ('She hasn't even

likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed demeanor and her lack of Squire-level techniques meant that she was well

accurate to think of her as

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

her mind, they were

a Martial Squire. They

new-found arrogance had already taken her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would

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