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 higher Realm of existence

only those at a far deeper depth of their

Squire...!" Rui

succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to

them expressionlessly. Raw hostility emerged from her, crashing onto them. Rui was the only one who was

adopted a bull-rushing stance,

out of

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

woman launched herself at the

BOOM!!!

launched herself at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even

tore the very atmosphere

power she had launched herself with would absolutely have killed

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

flying far over their heads crashing through a part of the wall many meters above the ground, crashing through more obstacles until her tremendous momentum had

She... missed?

stared at her with an expression that

woman got

was then that Rui understood. His mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had with Squire

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

they're just designed to be compatible with the power of a Martial Squire?" Rui had

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

quite clear she was a test subject in this facility,

she had not mastered any Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the

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

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

more accurate to think of her as a

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

mind, they were

a Martial Squire. They were going

worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying. It would only be if

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