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."

murmured uncertainly. "It's

shook his head. "I'd show you the body, but I submitted

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

that's beside the point. The point is, the research

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

you'll help me out.

despite becoming a full-fledged scholar of the Kandrian Institute of Sciences. I'm quite interested

"What do you mean?"

breakthrough once you're ready." 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,

had expected. But he could not explain the truth. The truth was that there was the possibility that his scientific foundation from Earth could potentially allow him to optimize his journey to the

He would like to know if there was something

have me sign a non-disclosure agreement of sorts regarding that. However, I can share this information with

then, I'm more than willing

as I finish transcribing it myself."

get it transcribed by

his head. "All of the data is in my

morphed into

Apprentice-level mental technique."

Julian sighed. "I can't

smirked playfully. "Anyways, I'll get back