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.

turned in her vision and she saw a foot flying straight toward her head,

the chaos, his tumultuous emotions, nor his physical

None of it.

Quarrier from ceasing the dimmest light of hope

believed Rui had he told her that none of this

and Nel simply used their power to hinder her. They were too weak to fight her head-on, as much as Nel

As for Hever?

even need to

one technique in his arsenal. In all that time, he hadn't mastered a single other

chaos in Rui's mind.

did nothing, they

he had already done, they would

What should he do?

way to figure out the best

"...!"

thundering realization flashed in

Rui's dark pupils dilated.

itself slowed down

His eyes widened.

part about the Mind Palace technique was

what he put in

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

models instead of one? What if accurately used all four models to peer into

gaze deeper and sharper into the future than

into the adaptive model to figure out the

all of their movements would be no different from seeing the very future

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 Nel latch onto the Squire's arms, as he had

future with the power of four predictive models. The adaptive model of the VOID algorithm

scenario.

the likelihood of victory

up

fate, their future, their lives.

It was heavy.

It was painful.

It was fearful