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 had

not to panic, his state of mind was relevant to whether or not the process

He felt something.

was strange because all

something

He could feel it.

eyes opened in front of him in

were inhuman. Mindless. But

that... the symbiote?') Rui wondered

matter, the darkness converged and gathered around the eyes, forming a pitch-black silhouette that

finally able to see with the darkness around them having suddenly gathered into the silhouette. His eyes widened as

finished his degree when he began research on

His eyes widened in

Wait.

Eyes?

down in relief. His body

which had now fully formed, did not give him any time to process his situation. It lashed out against him

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

He gaped, grimacing

last thing he came into this 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 that the shadow clone of

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

out and fight back with everything he had. If he could do that, he would

how much time was left. Not 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 had