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 incredibly

you the body, but I submitted it to the Martial

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

admitted. "But that's beside the point.

from him. "You want help with understanding the research

I hope you'll help me out. Besides, you

of the Kandrian

"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, 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

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

if there was something he could do during

admitted. "Still, I cannot share the Martial Union's information, they will surely have me sign a non-disclosure agreement of sorts regarding that. However, I can share this information with

"Alright then, I'm more than willing to help you out with understanding

soon as I finish transcribing it

get it transcribed

do." Rui shook his head. "All of the data is in my mind. I memorized it

morphed into

mental technique."

"I can't say

get back to you