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.

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

the chaos, his tumultuous emotions,

None of it.

from ceasing the dimmest light of hope that had appeared in front

had he told her

hinder her. They were too weak

As for Hever?

didn't even need

in his arsenal. In

appeared, there was chaos in Rui's mind. He did not know what

he did nothing, they would all

he did what he had already

What should he do?

a way

"...!"

thundering realization flashed

Rui's dark pupils dilated.

slowed down to

His eyes widened.

Mind Palace technique was that it

he put in it, no matter

at this very moment.') He had realized, looking at the four

of one? What if accurately used all four

sharper into the future

adaptive model to figure out

their movements would be no

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 Nel latch onto the

models. The adaptive model of the VOID algorithm hastily swallowed the

scenario. Nothing else could give Rui a higher likelihood

of victory

up to

fate, their future, their lives.

It was heavy.

It was painful.

It was fearful