The Martial Unity

They were all silent for a while, trying to process the fact that they were still alive. Rui appeared calm and relaxed but in reality, his mind was a maelstrom of chaos.

('Holy shit, we beat a Martial Squire.') His eyes widened as the full gravity of their situation dawned on him. ('The Martial Union is going to go nuts when they learn about this.')

Still, the context made the situation less absurd. The Martial Squire they were facing was nerfed and shackled in several ways.

If she had been given even a month of training and even a single Squire-level technique of the weakest grade, she would have crushed them.

Rui recalled how weak he was when he first broke into the Apprentice Realm. Back then, he hadn't mastered even a single Apprentice-level technique. Any Martial Apprentice could casually toy with him with Apprentice-level techniques.

The Martial Squire was in a similar situation with the Squire Realm.

('No, her predicament was even worse.') Rui shook his head. ('At least I didn't have a new body to get accustomed to.')

If she didn't have those handicaps...

Rui sighed. "We have a mission to complete. Let's get going."

The others stirred, before nodding.

"Where's the grade-ten Martial Apprentice?" Nel asked, scratching his head.

Rui turned towards him. "That was the grade-ten Martial Apprentice."

eyes widened. "She broke through to the

very recently succeeded. She must have been a Squire candidate." Rui said. "That's why the Martial Union sent us to destroy it and the researchers. They

we'll extract the research data

all nodded, before heading

any time at all. Their

He told them. "Where are the research logs? I want all

in shock, before one of them managed to choke out a question. "What happened

Now." He exerted some mental pressure on them. They quickly scurried before procuring

this truly

from the inception of

Instinct could sense earnestness hidden beneath

the documents, hastily storing the

you doing?" Kane asked in the

the research data."

at him suspiciously.

whether these are, in fact, legitimate documents or just some nonsense," Rui replied. "You wouldn't want to return home with a bunch of documents about the sanitation logistics of the research facility instead of the research data we seek,

"No." Kane admitted.

long." Rui told

was truly curious about the research that the facility had engaged in. For now, as Kane said, he couldn't under a word of what was written. But if he

beneficial to him in the

but that was not true for Rui. Rui had come from a world with a far superior scientific and research foundation. He himself possessed an extremely

problem was his lack of understanding of esoteric technology based on all the wondrous esoteric phenomena

out.') Rui smirked. As long as Julian aided him with the more fantastical parts of the research that were unique to the world of Gaia, he would have no problem understanding the core of what was happening and what exactly