The Martial Unity

He couldn't defeat her, not by himself, at the very least.

But he didn't need to.

He wasn't fighting alone.

BOOM!

A powerful invisible collision crashed into her head, rocking her body. It threw her attack off-course, missing Rui by just a few millimeters.

Fae and Nel appeared out of nowhere, latching onto her arms in arm-bars with their whole bodies, doing their best to restrain her movements.

Her reactions were heavily delayed due to her surprise and confusion.

She felt an invisible force grabbing her shoulder and chest; Hever.

Rui grinned at the sight. ('Kane, you mad lad, you actually succeeded.')

Kane had healed all of them with the healing potions that they each carried while Rui kept the Squire busy. He then carried them over while using the Void Step technique. Theoretically, Void Step wasn't limited hard to a single person. However, in practice, it was extremely difficult to expand it beyond one's self.

Yet, Kane's mastery and fortitude allowed him to succeed in doing just that for three people. He appeared out of thin air a few moments later, collapsing to the ground, exhausted. He would not be able to fight anymore for the time being.

Yet he had already done more than enough. He had dispelled defeat and given them another chance, it was more than Rui could expect from him.

Not even a moment had passed since they appeared. Hever's extreme muscle memory flashed as it activated the improved Meteor Swing technique in the briefest of moments. He elevated her over his head before plummeting her down headfirst at incredible speeds. Fae and Nel coiled on her as though their lives depended on it. In a way, it did depend on it. Their legs coiled around her neck and head, holding both in place.

Yet, even as she plummeted headfirst, she wasn't afraid. She had already withstood this attack unharmed earlier. The other two Martial Apprentices were not hurting her, just momentarily restraining her.

She was vulnerable momentarily, yes. But she did not think it could be exploited, Hever's motions were too fast for any kind of coordinated attack. She had already decided to kill them all the second she landed.

That was when she heard it.

PEW!

A whistling sound, as if something sharp were cutting through the air at high speeds.

It was only after that she realized what it was.

foot flying straight toward her head, its thumb-toe aiming straight up at

the chaos, his tumultuous emotions, nor his physical

None of it.

had been able to prevent Rui Quarrier from ceasing the

wouldn't have believed Rui had he told

too weak to fight

As for Hever?

even need

his arsenal. In all that time, he hadn't

in Rui's mind. He

he did nothing,

did what he had

What should he do?

way to figure out the

"...!"

thundering realization flashed in his

Rui's dark pupils dilated.

down to

His eyes widened.

the Mind Palace technique

in it, no matter how

a predictive model for all of them in Mind Palace at this very moment.') He had realized, looking at

models instead of one? What if accurately

sharper into the future than he

the adaptive model to figure out the

their movements would be no different

that moment, his mind had violently rampaged into a frenzy through his Mind Palace. The Mind Palace shook as he had extracted the predictive model, inputting the parameters like a madman as he had watched Fae and

The adaptive model of the VOID algorithm hastily swallowed the data up and instantly, the

possible in that scenario. Nothing

likelihood of victory was still

was up

fate, their future, their

It was heavy.

It was painful.

It was fearful