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.

as the world turned in her vision and she saw a foot flying straight toward her head, its thumb-toe aiming straight up at her eye

chaos, his tumultuous emotions, nor his

None of it.

Rui Quarrier from ceasing

wouldn't have believed Rui had he told her that

too weak

As for Hever?

even

literally had only one technique in his arsenal. In

Rui's mind. He did not know what

he did nothing, they would all

had

What should he do?

only there was a way to figure out

"...!"

flashed in

Rui's dark pupils dilated.

slowed down

His eyes widened.

best part about the Mind Palace technique was

matter what he put in it, no

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

he used four predictive models instead of one? What if

sharper into the future

into the adaptive model to figure out the best move for

of their movements would be no different

Mind Palace. The Mind Palace shook as he had extracted the predictive model, inputting the parameters like

he predicted the future with the power of four predictive models. The adaptive model of the VOID algorithm hastily swallowed the

objectively the best move possible in that scenario. Nothing else could give Rui a higher likelihood of

the likelihood of victory was

was up

their future, their lives. He

It was heavy.

It was painful.

It was fearful