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

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

eyes widened at those words. "That's... unbelievable. How strong have you

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

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

but I hope you'll help me

information despite becoming 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

"What do you mean?"

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 more complete and reliable

truth was that there was the possibility that his scientific foundation from

like to know if there was something he could do during the

that. However, I can share this

"Alright then, I'm more than willing to help

finish transcribing it myself." Rui

"Just get it transcribed

can do." Rui shook his head. "All of the data is in my

morphed into

mental technique." Rui

Julian sighed. "I can't say

get back to you when I'm