The Martial Unity

"Are you sure the security is adequate?" A bald bearded man asked, glancing at the Martial Apprentice sitting opposite to him in the carriage.

"Do not worry, My lord." The Martial Apprentice replied. "Our Earthen Shieldforger party is one of the most reputed bodyguard parties in the Karjakin Confederate. We have a well-balanced team of Martial Artists, and most importantly, me, the most powerful defensive Martial Apprentice in the entire region as well as an excellent sensory Martial Apprentice here." He said, patting the Martial Apprentice sitting beside him.

"Hm." The man nodded. "That's good to hear."

"Still, I have to say. It's an honor to be assigned as the guard of a feudal lord like yourself, lord Faishon." The defensive Martial Apprentice smiled.

"Mm. It is an important and consequently risky occasion. I am enroute to declare war. There are those who oppose war. The pacificists will no doubt attempt to kill me, if they know about this journey. Fortunately, I have all of you. They should be unable to successfully take my life en route to the Haraul Region." He replied.

Feudal lord Faishon Durant was a feudal lord of the Karjakin Confederate, a tiny sovereign state some distance away from the Kandrian Empire. The Karjakin Confederate was a state rife with internal conflict. Due to its nature as a confederate state, its political power was divided among many militaristic leaders known as feudal lords.

The state was always on the brink of civil war over the issue of monopoly and distribution of resources.

Recently, it was pushed over the brink when an irreconcilable disagreement caused one of the feudal leaders to decide to declare war.

Feudal lord Faishon Durant. He was currently en route to the Region ruled by another like-minded feudal lord.

However, he wasn't a fool. The pacifist faction formed by feudal lords with the goal of settling disagreements through peaceful means would do everything in their power to prevent him from sparking war.

Including ambushing and killing him.

hired the most powerful and

a vaunted defensive Martial Apprentice that the Martial Union had evaluated as the equivalent of

should have

Should, being the keyword.

Apprentice sitting beside the

Apprentice immediately heightened his alertness as he turned to the

his opening them with a pale face, turning to the ceiling

BOOM!

fearsome wind blast crushed it. The sensory Martial Apprentice

when he saw the crushed corpse of feudal lord

looked

scanned their surroundings yet none of them had been able to find so much as

A kilometer away;

BOOM!

walked out of the crater. "I still suck at aerial

had used Tempestuous Ripple to elevate himself to a great height by firing downwards and using it as a propeller system, similar to a rocket, to reach directly above the carriage

was the most efficient and effective way to kill the

embarrassing. He was still heads and shoulders below Ana Mariane, who had mastered aerial maneuvering through a similar method to an extremely high degree. She could dance

shrugged, consoling himself. He pulled out the mission tracker

to reach back home because of a message he had gotten

[I've finished.]