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.

location was

Rui was normally quite careful on

however, he

and a communication device, both of

raised one foot

THUD!!

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

dusting them off. "Time

device. It was necessary to keep them in the loop as

That was where the location

RUMBLE!

incredible speeds. The air recoiled

took him to reach the location that the

the warehouse, huddled together. It was a cramped location. Seismic Mapping detected an underground

no

was clearly not one of them. There appeared to be helpers who aided the needy, they too threw confused looks at him. Rui simply ignored all of

and where the fuck

armed guards stopped

here to kill Faraday Lowminer."

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

THWACK

across the two guards, killing them

the commotion attracted the attention of the

Mask and watched them all freeze in fear, studying their reactions. He was

through them like they were light curtains. Deeper inside the facility was what appeared

BAM!

shocking the many people

entered and exited the tunnel. There were

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

simply disappeared