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 that he could

Rui was normally quite careful

he

shaking his head. He quickly scoured the man's body, finding some cash and a communication device, both of

one foot up

THUD!!

had created a crater several meters deep, tossing the corpse in it. Within five

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

the Martial Union on the intel he had acquired, through the communication device. It was necessary to keep them in the loop as soon as he got access

facing south. That was where the location

RUMBLE!

speeds. The

him to reach

appeared to be accurate, this was a good sign. Rui could sense a large number of people within the warehouse, huddled together. It was

no reason

helpers who aided the needy, they too threw confused looks at him. Rui simply

A man stopped him. "Who are you and where the fuck do you think

armed guards stopped

kill Faraday Lowminer." Rui simply

faces. Their reactions supported the claim that the target of

THWACK

his hand across the two guards, killing them

the attention of the rest of the security

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

them like they were light curtains. Deeper inside the facility was what appeared to be a locked section.

BAM!

shocking the many

storage vehicles that entered and exited the tunnel. There were many men loading and unloading

their muskets and other projectile weapons, yet they never had

disappeared from their