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."

"It's incredibly hard to

definitely happened." Rui shook his head. "I'd show you the body, but I submitted it to the Martial Union

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

that's beside the point. The point is,

what Rui wanted from him. "You want help with

you're busy, but I hope you'll help me out.

to that information despite becoming a full-fledged scholar of the Kandrian Institute of Sciences.

"What do you mean?"

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 more complete and reliable information that you surely couldn't get your hands

was that there was the possibility that his scientific foundation from Earth could potentially allow him to optimize his journey to

then he would rather 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

However, I can share this information with you and gain a more in-depth and thorough understanding

than willing to help you out with understanding the research data. When do we

finish transcribing it myself." Rui

Julian frowned. "Just get it transcribed

of the data is in my mind.

expression morphed into one

technique." Rui

sighed. "I can't say I'm not

get back to