In the middle of that ordeal, she threw him a simple question.

"Have you fulfilled the two conditions of Squire candidacy?" She asked him straightforwardly.

"I have," Rui truthfully answered. She peered at his reactions with her sharp eyes, discerning every detail. Rui felt transparent, for the first time.

"Tell me about your Martial Art and your Martial Path."

Rui paused for a moment as he contemplated his answer.

What could he even say on the spot to such a request?

"My Martial Path is adaptive evolution. My Martial Art allows me to adapt my combat style and all of my movements to suit my opponent's, Martial Art." He replied, pausing before continuing. "In its most ideal state, I would be able to adapt to any form of opposition of any kind in combat. However, unfortunately, I'm far away from achieving that goal. I have yet to develop solutions against many fields of Martial Art, several domains and different kinds of opponents as well."

"An ambitious goal, no doubt." She commented. "How do you hope to go about it?"

more than he would tell most people, but this was clearly part of the test. "By expanding the diversity of my capabilities. Every Martial Art has a unique solution, the greater the

was relevant. It was difficult to explain the VOID algorithm to people of this world, let alone explain its flaws. He couldn't very well tell her that the VOID algorithm was a relic from a different world that was limited to the previous and needed to be adapted adequately

"That will take

admitted. "Yet, I intend to see it through to the

"Do you remember

time slowed down, and an immense wave of clarity washed over

did the moment happen?"

happened in the middle of combat. I had been beset by targeted attacks from ten Martial Artists across three nations on the battlefield. The situation was dire and I had been pushed to my very limit. For a moment there I had been

you ready for a higher Realm of power?" She

a moment. "As

She stared at him.

the pressure she exerted on him was

nodded. "In my evaluation as a mind-sensory Martial Squire, you are indeed qualified to undergo the breakthrough to

Squire?'" Rui echoed with raised

a very niche field, an overlap of the sensory Martial Art techniques and mental techniques." She explained. "It allows me to peer into the mind of my target to a certain degree. Most applications of my Martial Art are purely combat-oriented. But it is quite useful in circumstances like these, where the state of a

I am a Squire candidate through

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