The Martial Unity

Days passed.

Half his time went into physical training while the other half went into psychological training. To his surprise, the psychological training was just as hard as the physical training.

"Your reflexes must become more defensive." Squire Gerd told him. "You cannot flail around with that kind of power, it needs to be controlled and safe."

They were in a room, meditating. Rui absorbed her words, taking them in. This was one of the therapeutic training sessions that he was made to undergo. It lasted a few hours until they were done.

"Does the Martial Union go this far for non-Martial Artists?" Rui asked afterward. "Ultimately, it's an organization for Martial Artists, not everybody else, right?"

It's not that Rui didn't understand the point of the rule, it made sense, but it was also quite restrictive to Martial Artists. Although he was personally doing well with the training, he could imagine others having a hard time with the training. Was the Martial Union really the kind of organization that would hamper Martial Artists for the sake of civilians?

"Martial Artists need to integrate into society." Squire Gerd told him. "Part of that entails not being a permanent threat and risk to all people around us. We'll be detached from society if we are unable to not hurt people by mistake. That increases the probability of a civil war between the state and Martial Artists."

concerned with the coexistence of Martial Artists and normal human civilization?" Rui asked,

question. "Those that are in power care enough, yes. Although there are those of political factions within the Martial Union that

within the Martial Union?" Rui asked, curious. "That are separate

a very specific matter; the budget allocation of research and development funds." She explained. "They do not concern themselves with any other matters outside of the political advocacy, campaigning, and lobbying for the research budget allocated to the research of the techniques that each Martial Sect is centered around. The political factions concern

"Matters like what?"

"The matter about the role and place for Martial Artists

are political factions centered around the role that Martial Artists ought to

are Martial supremacists that believe that Martial Artists are superior beings that ought to rule humanity by virtue of our power. Of course, they aren't the majority. The majority are normal Martial Artists that believe that Martial Artists while superior in combat, ought to be part of normal human civilization in some form

larger and also in power now?" Rui

why a large number of the policies and conditions that the Martial Union has are conducive towards ensuring that Martial Artists are able to integrate into the Kandrian Empire

Martial Festival, as well as the fact that offense-class missions are not permitted

the more prominent

Rui had no doubt in his mind that it played an important and significant role in ensuring that

a gigantic fussy festival every five years, in order to ensure that culture and values would always remain on the side