The Martial Unity

One of the perks of the missions in the Serevian Dungeon was the fact that Martial Artists did not need to write reports on their missions like they would normally be required to. The reason for that was the Martial Union and the Kandrian Royal Army were surveilling the battle with the surveilling facilities that had been erected within their territory. The Serevian Dungeon colonization team already had accurate information on exactly how the battle proceeded.

"The mission was a brilliant success." Commissioner Feristen announced with a smile. "Frankly, all of you have exceeded even our most optimistic projections. The Sekigahara Confederate has suffered disproportionately high losses and the military has successfully inflicted significant damage on the fortifications that they had erected. I have been authorized to bonus all of you for your meritorious efforts..."

Rui listened to his words carefully as he scrutinized the man.

('He's painting a very positive spin to this.') Rui noted. ('What about the Martial Apprentices that died?')

Around nine Martial Artists of the Martial Union had died. Not too devastating in the big picture, but not insignificant. Yet their sacrifices didn't seem to be as impactful as he had initially expected.

Each of those Martial Apprentices had fought for the Kandrian Empire and died in the process.

Of course, Rui understood the mindset behind the response of the Martial Union to this. While it certainly was true that Martial Artists dying was a pretty undesirable outcome, it couldn't be avoided.

It was inevitable.

was between ordinary humans

was a field centered around death. Every Martial Apprentice that had come here had come of their own free will knowing full well the dangers and potential for death in this mission, especially with the entirely accurate

Martial Union had beefed up the payments on the mission to a ridiculous degree to justify the difficulty and had

couldn't really say the mission was not

to be forgotten that only under the threat of real death could Martial Apprentices genuinely improve. The most powerful Martial Apprentices in the world almost always ended up being the ones that had persevered through the most. It was physically impossible to nurture truly strong Martial Artists if one only coddled them like they

once commissioner Feristen had

guys were doing alright." Rui nodded as he met up with

was hella fun!"

you got seriously hurt." Rui threw

told you

him any further as he turned to the

was made aware of several shortcomings in my combat style in the circumstances of the battlefield," Fae replied. "I've made improvements that have generally focused on one-on-one battles, but I have soon come to realize that my ability to cope under circumstances as chaotic as

create a vacuum in the atmosphere between her and her opponent. This created a suction force that pulled

she would be leaving herself wide open to an

is compromised due to focusing on one opponent at a time. I know you're an offensive Martial Apprentice, however, it is impossible for Martial Apprentices to not rely on defensive techniques. That's why it's known as a core