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 though he had become a

as well, bit by bit. Rui tried not to panic, his state of mind was relevant to whether or not the process would

He felt something.

all

something in the

He could feel it.

pair of eyes opened in front of him

inhuman. Mindless. But they stared,

that... the symbiote?')

the darkness converged and gathered

His eyes widened

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 was reborn in this

memories!') His

Wait.

Eyes?

relief. His

to process his

as he recognized the technique the shadow Rui used against

Canon!') He gaped, grimacing

prepared for one. What shocked him, even more, was the fact that the

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

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

no idea 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