The Martial Unity

Rui wanted to walk over immediately and smack some sense into the treacherous moron. But his rationality quashed that urge quickly.

They were in the middle of a battle. The most important matter was the successful completion of the assault on the expanded territory of the Kingdom of Nochus. Rui would be doing himself harm by being the one to escalate the matter in the middle of battle. He could not prove Ian had deliberately aimed at him, but Ian would be able to prove that Rui escalated the matter in the middle of combat.

He would be playing into his hands if he simply acted on his emotions, thankfully Rui was quite rational regarding the matter

But Rui realized he needed to be careful of Ian, the man's grudge was stronger than Rui had expected if he was willing to backstab a fellow Kandrian Martial Artist in a battle against other nations.

BAM BAM BAM!

Rui took down another Martial Apprentice as he glanced at the state of the base of the Kingdom of Nochus. The base had been evacuated, and the sheer environmental damage caused by many dozens of high-ranking Martial Apprentices was immense.

"Hm?" Rui's Seismic Mapping sensed the seismic radiation of motorized carriages heading towards them at incredibly high speeds.

"Reinforcements!" He shouted, announcing the Kandrian Martial Artists.

It seemed that the Kingdom of Nochus had gone as far as to forsake a part of the defense of the core territory to reinforce the Martial Apprentice assets that were still defending the expanded territories.

the battlefield even as the Kandrian Martial Artists

of them. They were part of the military of the Kingdom of

strange sensation from all of them. They emitted a faint threat to the Martial Apprentices yet they didn't feel

('Potions!') Rui's eyes widened.

soldiers dashed at the Kandrian Martial Apprentices

bellowed as he maximized Primordial Instinct and the Mindmirror brain. Time slowed down from his perspective as he took in the whole situation. The Martial Artists had begun retreating at the sight of the motorized vehicles, thankfully. Rui launched several Tempestuous Ripples as he himself backed

meant to pursue. Furthermore, potions had time limits. They couldn't afford to engage in a

damaged by the overwhelming offense from the Kandrian Martial

The operation was successful.

attack me? Your action is a violation of the oaths you swore not only to become a Martial

be held to in order to obtain their Martial licenses. Among these statements was the pledge to good faith, to never act detrimentally to the Martial

Ian coldly replied without even bothering to look at Rui. "I was locked in combat with a Martial Apprentice and he avoided an attack of mine, which then traveled on to find you in its path. I did

was lying. Rui could feel it

Rui instead replied. "Take care to ensure that it never happens again. Surely you wouldn't want to hurt a fellow Martial Apprentice

wouldn't." Ian

be a pain in the ass to deal