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.

in a higher

only those at a far deeper depth

Squire...!" Rui whispered,

succeeded. They had managed to discover the secret to the

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

woman adopted a bull-rushing stance,

snapped out of his reverie. "Shit.

The other four were frozen, not even

woman launched

BOOM!!!

at a with an astronomic speed that far exceeded even that

the

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

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

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

She... missed?

mind-boggled he just stared at her with an expression that

in shocked confusion. The woman

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

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

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

pointed look at Rui back then. "The difference between

widened in elation as tinge of hope entered his 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

she had not mastered any Squire-level techniques! It was especially impossible since Rui highly doubted the Commonwealth Duchy of Vinfrana even had any Squire-level techniques

techniques!') Rui realized. ('She hasn't even gotten used to her

considered a full-fledged Squire. She would be crushed by the likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of

more accurate to think of her as a

and rectify her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over and resume killing

they were

Martial Squire.

already taken her mindset, but this worked in Rui's favour. If they had any chance of not dying.

of them, focusing all of his mind on them.