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.

tried moving his body, but he couldn't even feel it. It was as though he

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

He felt something.

all he

there was something in

He could feel it.

of eyes opened in front of him in

were inhuman. Mindless. But

that... the symbiote?') Rui wondered

and gathered around the eyes, forming a pitch-black silhouette

His eyes widened

diagnosed with asthama, when he watched 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?

down in relief. His

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

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

Canon!') He gaped, grimacing in

mean he wasn't prepared for one. What shocked him, even more, was the fact that the

didn't understand the details of what was happening, but it was clear

of the procedure, then he had to go all out and fight back with everything he had. If he could do that, he

the time period of the mental takeover phase undetermined and variable, but also, his