The Martial Unity

The Martial Artists were ready to leave at any given time, but the military wasn't nearly as flexible. This was because of the differences in the logistics of the two groups. Martial Artists had very low logistics in general. They merely needed to prepare their uniforms and masks and other necessities such as potions, before getting ready to dispatch.

And soon, they did.

The Martial Artists immediately rushed out as they sprinted toward the Sekigahara Confederate, they were each on extremely high alert. After all, the Sekigahara Confederate's territory was just around the corner. Although it wasn't a long time away by carriage or horse, that meant nothing to Martial Apprentices, especially to Martial Apprentices of as high a grade as they were.

The tension in the crowd was high. This was their very first time fighting an even battle. No longer would they be able to secure a dominant advantage thanks to the quality and quantity of Martial Apprentices.

No.

This time, they were fighting against equals.

Death was inevitable. It was absolutely impossible for them to get away with very few to potentially zero casualties.

That fact weighed on the air, burdening it.

Yet it wasn't the only thing that was.

Rui's concentration was so fierce that it distracted other Martial Apprentices around him. He focused his mind into a sharp lance, as he gazed forward.

"Their Martial Apprentices have been dispatched." Rui declared loudly as he counted them with Seismic Mapping. "There's sixty-three of them."

This was a grim number. Sixty-two high-grade Martial Apprentices were more or less the same as the size of the Martial Apprentices in their assault group.

seemed that the predictions of the strategic department were spot on. The Sekigahara Confederate would indeed rather avoid war in their territory. They had more to lose. Not only would

siege tanks of the Kandrian Royal Army are trailing behind us at a distance" Rui

were much slower than the Martial Apprentices, especially in an environment like the Serevian

begin a battle without them, it was much more detrimental to reduce their speed to travel along with them. It simply gave the Sekigahara Confederate more time to

as they entered everybody's field of vision, bringing along with them a grave sense of danger that one would naturally expect from dozens of

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

each other in

Soon, they made contact.

BAM BAM BAM!

exchanging waves of

RUMBLE

was shaking under the onslaught of the sheer

WHOOSH

BAM!

dodged a swift and powerful

BAM!!

perfect counter while launching his most powerful strike. The sheer power of the strike was far beyond that of any of his normal strikes. It was boosted with the power

strike propelled him into the air and into the

BOOM!

Ripples, a powerful projectile with an

didn't even need to turn back to figure out what that was. The siege tanks had arrived, making haste. Yet they didn't fire down at the Martial Apprentices fighting because they weren't able to selectively hit only hostile Martial Apprentices when they were