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.

feel it. It was as

of mind was relevant to whether or not the process would be a success, and he knew that. Yet before he

He felt something.

all he could sense

something

He could feel it.

in front of

were inhuman. Mindless. But they

that... the symbiote?') Rui wondered with

converged and

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

his first Bruce Lee movie, when he finished his degree when he began research on combat sports and of Project Water and the VOID algorithm, and when he died and

His eyes widened in

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 launched a powerful

him greater as he recognized the technique the shadow Rui used against

He gaped,

procedure expecting was a physical fight. But that didn't mean he wasn't prepared for one. What shocked him, even more, was the fact

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

going 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 he had. If he could

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