The Martial Unity

Rui wasn't sure what to expect, but what he went through was beyond his expectations.

The worst part about the Mindmirror Symbiote was that the information on the experience of having your mind invaded was scarce. The doctors could explain the process technically, but no one could tell him what he was going to experience inside his mind. No one could tell him that. Because no one alive had undergone the process and survived it.

The only information was records of the recounting of Apprentice Valem Deen, the only other confirmed and recorded Martial Apprentice to ever master the Mindmirror Symbiote in the Kandrian Empire. His recountings of the mental takeover phase were incoherent. He used vague flowery language to describe it and wasn't very informative.

He had described the process as a loss of everything, including himself as he fought a battle against the shadow of the symbiote until he finally woke up to realize he was still alive.

Rui wasn't sure what he meant but he tried to prepare himself by at the very least not being surprised and flustered regardless of what happened.

But he failed.

It happened out of nowhere.

His vision blackened and the world disappeared. His remaining senses were still functioning, but he had lost his vision. Thankfully, he could still perceive his environment perfectly with the help of his remaining senses.

But soon they dimmed quickly too.

Sense of hearing.

Sense of smell.

Touch.

it. It was as though he had become

by bit. Rui tried not to panic, his state of mind was relevant to whether or not the process would be a success, and he knew that. Yet before he could even fully regain his

He felt something.

strange because all he could sense was

something in the

He could feel it.

a pair of eyes opened in front

inhuman. Mindless.

symbiote?') Rui

ponder the matter, the darkness converged and gathered around the eyes, forming

to see with the darkness around them having suddenly gathered into the silhouette. His eyes widened as he saw vision around him. What shocked him was that he recognized

of when he was first diagnosed with asthama, when he watched his first Bruce Lee movie, when he finished his degree when he began research on combat sports

are my memories!') His eyes widened

Wait.

Eyes?

glanced down in relief. His body had

did not give him any time to process his situation. It lashed out against him moving and sprinting towards him as it

as he recognized the technique the shadow Rui

gaped, grimacing

wasn't prepared for one. What shocked him,

details of what was happening, but it was clear that he was experiencing a dream or

to not fight back. If his state of mind was vital to the success of the procedure, then he had to go all out and fight back with everything

only was the time period of the mental takeover phase undetermined and variable, but also, his sense of time was warped. He had no idea how much time