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

they very recently succeeded. She must have been a Squire candidate." Rui said. "That's why the

facility. "There are a few more researchers alive, we'll extract the research data from them as planned, kill them, and set

all nodded, before heading

any time at all. Their

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

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

mental pressure on them. They quickly scurried before

this truly all there

The head researcher gulped. "That's everything from

could sense earnestness hidden beneath all

all the documents, hastily

doing?" Kane asked in the

research data." He

at him suspiciously. "Even

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

"No." Kane admitted.

won't take long." Rui

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

be beneficial to him in

Rui. Rui had come from a world with a far superior scientific and research foundation. He himself possessed an extremely rich background

technology based on all the wondrous

of the research that were unique