The Martial Unity

He stared at Rui with fearful eyes. Rui calmly returned his stare with an icy one of his own.

"ACK!" He choked as Rui grabbed him by the neck.

"I know it was no more than an assignment for you." Rui strengthened his grip. "I know it wasn't personal for you."

He brought the man's face closer.

"But honestly?" Rui asked. "I don't give a damn."

"...!" The Martial Apprentice's face grew red. He felt as though his head was going to burst. He struggled desperately, trying to pry Rui's hands off his neck while kicking Rui with all the Apprentice-level technique he could.

In vain, of course.

His measly attacks couldn't even budge Rui even when he wasn't using any Squire-level defensive techniques.

The Martial Apprentice's eyelids fluctuated as his vision blurred.

The brain tended to automatically shut down when blood flow to it was shut down for more than seven seconds.

Rui clenched his grip, squeezing down hard.

SNAP

A Martial Apprentice's body was fundamentally human, barring the brain. Rui didn't even need to use Outer Convergence to snap his neck with ease, killing him on the spot.

THUD

He dropped his body to the ground, sighing.

('Not the most rational decision.') He had enough self-awareness to realize that wasn't the best decision he could have made. Maybe the Martial Apprentice had mastered some mental technique that allowed him to fool Rui's Primordial Instinct. Maybe the location that he had given Rui was wrong and fake, and he successfully fooled Rui using that technique.

the location was wrong so

it wasn't likely, but Rui was normally

time, however, he had

some cash and a communication device, both of which he took. There was nothing else

raised one foot up in the

THUD!!

he had created a crater several meters deep, tossing the corpse in it. Within five minutes, he had buried the body in soil and had completely covered

then." He clapped his hands, dusting them off. "Time

the communication device. It was necessary to keep them in the loop as soon as he got access to new intel, a policy that ensured

where the location of the homeless shelter

RUMBLE!

as he dashed away at incredible speeds.

him to reach the

huddled together. It was a cramped location. Seismic Mapping detected an underground layout as well, whose only entrance was at the center of

no reason to

him. He was clearly not one of them. There appeared to be helpers who aided the needy, they

man stopped him. "Who are you and

bunch of armed guards

kill Faraday Lowminer."

looks of shock and anger that emerged on their faces. Their

THWACK

simply waved his hand across the two guards,

the attention of the rest of the

off his Mind Mask and watched them all freeze in fear, studying their reactions. He was trying to gauge how confident they

was what appeared to be a locked section. Rui could sense the tunnel

BAM!

broke through, shocking the

entered and exited the tunnel. There

raised their muskets and other projectile weapons, yet they never had a chance to

disappeared