The Martial Unity

"Recently, I completed an international mission." Rui said, sipping tea after they had settled alone in a room. "I happened to get my hands on research data of great importance to my Martial Path."

Julian stared at him silently, waiting for him to finish.

"Research data on the breakthrough to the Squire Realm." Rui added. "It's legitimate and successful."

Julian's eyes widened. "Are you absolutely sure?"

"We fought a Martial Squire who broke through to the Squire Realm through the method developed by the research I obtained."

Julian almost spat out his tea as he burst into a bout of coughs, taking a few minutes to regain his composure. "Surely, you jest."

Rui shook his head. "You know I'm not."

"There's no way you fought a Martial Squire. You would be dead."

"She was only a quasi-Martial Squire as far combat prowess went." Rui clarified. "She had very recently broken through and was not only entirely unaccustomed to her power but also lacking in Squire-level techniques."

"But even then..." Julian continued.

"I didn't beat her alone. We were a team of five. One grade-ten Martial Apprentice." He pointed to himself. "And four grade-nine Martial Apprentices."

Julian murmured uncertainly. "It's

show you the body, but

at those words. "That's... unbelievable. How strong

admitted. "But that's beside the point. The point is,

his composure as he understood what Rui wanted from him. "You want help with understanding the research data from me,

nodded. "I know you're busy, but I hope you'll help me out. Besides, you do stand to gain much if I'm not

a full-fledged scholar of the Kandrian Institute of Sciences. I'm quite interested in what you have procured. But what I'm curious about is why are you so strongly interested

"What do you mean?"

Julian told him. "Whatever information you managed to procure from outside the nation is certainly paltry compared to the highly-advanced and highly-refined breakthrough process and procedure the Martial Union has developed. At your absurdly high rate of growth, you'll almost certainly receive this opportunity. When that time comes, you'll gain access to not only the information you procured from your mission but also much more and

expected. But he could not explain the truth. The truth was that there was the possibility that his scientific foundation

find out sooner rather than later. He would like to know if there was something he could do during the next training stage that could either lessen the risk of

Union's information, they will surely have me sign a non-disclosure agreement of sorts regarding that. However, I can

"Alright then, I'm more than willing to help you out with understanding the research data. When do

I finish

"Just get

head. "All of the data is in my mind.

into one of surprise. "But

mental technique."

see." Julian sighed. "I can't

smirked playfully. "Anyways, I'll get back to you when