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."

"She broke through to the Squire

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 must have learned of its existence and location

extract the research data from them as

before heading in

all. Their

He told them. "Where are the research logs?

shock, before one of them managed to choke out a question.

some mental pressure on them.

this truly all

researcher gulped. "That's everything from

Instinct could sense earnestness hidden beneath all the

as he began skimming through all the documents, hastily

Kane

research data."

at him suspiciously. "Even

some nonsense," Rui replied. "You wouldn't want to return home with

"No." Kane admitted.

long." Rui

now, as Kane said, he couldn't under a word of what was written. But if he learned to read Vinfranese,

surely be beneficial to him in the

for Rui. Rui had come from a world with a far superior scientific

lack of understanding of esoteric technology based on all the wondrous esoteric phenomena in

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 Martial Squires were in the first