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 path could exert onto

Squire...!" Rui

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

who was able to maintain some semblance of composure. He adopted a stance

woman adopted a bull-rushing

snapped out of

The other four were frozen, not even Nel had been

terror as the woman launched herself

BOOM!!!

an astronomic

tore the very atmosphere

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

Would have.

Yet, it didn't.

went 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 finally been killed, landing a

She... missed?

Rui was so mind-boggled he just stared at her with an expression that was saturated

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

mind flashed back to a conversation he'd had with

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

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

it's harder than it sounds." He had directed a pointed look at

test subject in this facility, which meant it was extremely likely that

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

('She hasn't even gotten used to

would be crushed by the likes of Squire Kyrie or Dylon. The combination of her unaccustomed demeanor and her lack of Squire-level techniques meant that she was well below the

accurate to think of her as a

her whopping inaccuracy. She didn't immediately rush over

mind, they

a Martial Squire. They were going

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

of them, focusing all of his mind on them.